Mine came on me suddenly also. Last Monday morning I felt weak, but otherwise OK... normally I would have gone with wife to her nail salon and got a nice pedicure... hot rocks, scented/salted olive oil massage ;-)... but I opted to stay home.
By 2:00PM I was having violent shaking chills. When wife came back I said I was going to lie down... barely made it, fell into bed. Next thing I remember some strange voice said, "Mr. Thompson?... an EMT.
I was incoherent... couldn't remember names, medications.
I arrived at ER before wife and son... I couldn't sign my name or even make initials... just a vertical line. I thought I was having a stroke... I was aware, but otherwise non-functional :-(
I'm now home, with a two-port PICC Line... my wife administers a massive daily dose of an anti-biotic via the PICC Line
Thanks!
Same to you, yours and to all the S.E.D participants. ...Jim Thompson