[nostatic]

Never had an episode quite like this one. Preface is my day job has been really high stress lately and I've also been gigging 8-10 times a month so the candle is burning at both ends.

Anywho, yesterday I had to brief a 2-star, then drive across town to another meeting that ended up being 7 hours long. I didn't eat or drink much (half a sandwich and a glass of water at lunch) and finally was driving home around 8pm when close to home I started getting bad abdominal cramps (lower - stomach and below). I occasionally (though rare) get a few of those then they go away, these persisted. Got home, figured I was dehydrated and hungry, so drank a few glasses of water and we went to get some sushi. They subsided somewhat but came back once we got back home a little before 9. At that point I took a low dose of xanax thinking it might be panic attack related.

So I start getting chills/shakes to go with it, but no fever. I'm considering whether I need to go to the ER, somewhat fearing an appendicitis, but the pain isn't localized and I'm not throwing up. Around 10pm the cramps subside (maybe the xanax - it is also an anti-spasmodic I think) but the chills continue and then I start running a fever of 100F. The last thing I want to do is spend Fri night at the ER. Well, actually that is the second last thing - last thing would be to keel over. At any rate I figure I'll ride it out and if the fever gets worse or I start puking I'll do. It drops back down to 99F and I spend the next few hours on the couch feeling hot alternating with chills/shakes and drifting in and out of sleep. At 4am everything goes away, and I go to bed. Wake up this morning tired but no fever, no cramps, and I'm hungry for breakfast.

So...wtf? Really short-lived gastroenteritis? Basically it was about a 7-hour non-fun ride.