New record for me...

[2ndMDRebel]

This morning at approx 2:30 my temperature hit 105.4 degrees, thats the highest its ever been. After 30 minutes in a cold shower drinking ice water and taking motrin I got it down to 100. Glad I woke up when I did, under three blankets and shivering is not a good sign. Also glad Vicky is a nurse and knew right what to do!

I hate being sick.

[Egon Spengler]

Before I read the nurse thing I was going to say you should go to the hospital!!!! Those are emergency room time temperatures!!!

[Go Mifuni]

My all-time high was 107. I was about 10-12 years old. The nurse on the phone didn't believe my mother and made her take my temp again while she was on the phone. I remember laying in the back seat for the drive there and walking into the hospital. I also remember my vision being blurry at the edges.
I stayed in the hospital for a week.
They never did figure out what was wrong with me.

Hope your feeling better soon.

[TiTo35]

WOW homie...I hope you feel better...Do you have the flu or just a cold?

[1stMerc]

The key is that you reached that temp "at rest", unless you were having a nightmare. Good thing you woke up and even better that Vicky is a nurse. Hope you feel better soon.

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[MarauderMark]

good thing you got in the shower. Last i had that my wife threw me in a cold tub (Holy S***:eek:) and gave me tylenol and it took the temp right down..now all you need is rest , it does the body good.

[Raudermaster]

That sucks, glad you caught it in time. I believe my highest temp has been 105.

[Bluerauder]

This morning at approx 2:30 my temperature hit 105.4 degrees, thats the highest its ever been...
Wow Tom. Hope you are getting better now. The 105*-106*F territory is some serious sickness for an adult. Younger kids tend to run high; but fever in that range for grown-ups is pretty bad. Glad Vicky was able to get it under control for you. Here's to a speedy recovery. :beer:

I hit 103*F about a year ago (Nov '06) and was a walking mess. Turns out that I had pneumonia, kidney infection and serious dehydration. Screwed me out of a trip to MV IV and made me use 2 weeks vacation time recovering. Nasty stuff.

[Dennis Reinhart]

That is very high, I have off and on ran high temps, Sheila said I was like a oven, the bottom of my feet felt like I was standing on coals, next day I was fine, I am glad you are better.

[03calitejas]

Same thing here with the high fever when I was 12 years old. I was running about 106 for awhile. I was really burning up and when I explained to my mom that my hands were blowing up like balloons and everyones faces looked fat and looked like a cartoon drawing she called the hospital and they had her put me in a cold bath...omg but it worked.

for a couple years after that I could look at peoples faces and close my eyes and see them all puffy and exaggerated.

Take good care of yourself and be thankful for Vicki

"When I was a child I had a fever...my hand felt just like 2 balloons. Now I've got that feeling once again, I can't explain, you will not understand...this is not how I am" Pink Floyd- The Wall

[CRUZTAKER]

Well as long as we know you are going to be ok, I can facetiously say that perhaps it was 'Marauder fever'.

Spring IS right around the corner.;)

[MarauderTJA]

Glad to hear your feeling better. Guess your womam could call you hot stuff...:D


On the serious side, my grandaughter today had a 104.8 temp witht the flu. Took some time to get her temp down according to my daughter. Serious stuff going around.