Aloha, I have a steadily increasing ESR (was 42 last week, now 75). I'm 63. Female, ordinarily extremely healthy, normal wt and ht, BMI 18, and active. Now, I feel like an old woman and have to take 2,000-3,000 mg tylenol just to get out of bed. I took care of a VERY sick feral cat a few months back and handled his open nasty abcess wound daily for a month. I got a rash and became sick right after that.