We’re slowly making our way back to Colorado and visiting relatives along the way. At Julie’s grandparent’s cottage we didn’t have internet access although I did go into town to an internet cafe. Now we’re at my brother’s place in Ohio and he has internet access but we also have a lot going on.
This is old news but something I haven’t written about yet. The night after I dropped out of RAAM, I woke up totally drenched in sweat and the sheets were pretty soaked too. All I wanted to do was sleep but Julie was pretty freaked out about it. I felt fine other than muscle soreness. Julie insisted I go to the Emergency Room.
Once we got to the ER they were concerned about my electrolyte levels because of what I had just done. I was confident that amount of Endurolytes I was using would have been more than enough but figured getting tested would be a good way to find out for sure. They drew a bunch of blood and tested for several things.
The results showed my electrolytes were indeed fine. The only things the tests showed were I had significant muscle damage which didn’t surprise them and that I’m low on my thyroid medication. I thought the one result they talked about was Muscle Damage Index and mine was 900 but I lost the sheet and can’t find any information on it. They also said my free T4 was basically zero.
I’m on a high dose of thyroid medication which has seemed to be working well but the problem is I don’t know what happens I do really long rides. Dr. Carter plans to do more tests when I get back home. A big thanks to Dr. Carter for his help during the race. He was on the phone with my crew at 11:30 at night the first night in Kansas trying to help walk them through popping my pelvis. He also was helping track down doctors for me along the way.
The conclusion on the sweats was that my body was just trying to flush out all the toxins from my effort. They continued for a couple nights and now I seem to be over them.
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