Last night at 8pm, 31 days after being admitted to hospital with sob and high temp I am finally home🥳
Turns out I had flu. I improved quickly with antivirals and antibiotics with some oxygen support. Unfortunately after 5 days I started feeling phenomenally unwell very quickly. I had pneumonia, 3rd time since April, but the worst I had ever felt. High doses of IV and oral antibiotics, needed much more oxygen and felt on a few occasions I was not getting better😞
The hospital staff were great, and slowly I was able to wean down from the oxygen but unfortunately not off it. This is not of course what I wanted and means that I now have oxygen at home. But the main thing I keep telling myself is I am home!!
Chest xray and scan shows my fibrosis has progressed further. So shoulders back, and get going with my new “normal “ Really looking forward to Christmas- with not a pressie bought- but who cares. I’m home 🥳👏👍🏻
Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas 😘
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That’s great news, home in time for Christmas. You’ve been through a lot so take things easy. Wishing you all the best for Christmas and the coming year. Xxx🎄
That’s the best news, home in time for Christmas. You’ve been through a bad time recently but at least you’re home for Christmas . Make sure you don’t do too much.
Wishing you all the best for Christmas and the coming year.
The best news! Enjoy being in your own home at last with your own lovely bed, take care of yourself now that you're on the road to recovery. It takes a while to fully recover from pneumonia ××
Oh, gosh. Poor you. So glad you are home in time for Christmas but I hope you will be able to rest as much as you need to. Pneumonia is a tough and slow recovery, as I am sure you know all too well. Don't set light to the pudding anywhere near your oxygen!
Welcome home! I know the feeling well. Just remember it takes a long time to recover from a serious illness and you’ll feel frustratingly weak! So be kind to yourself and don’t expect too much too soon. Baby steps x
As you say at least you are home and take time to recover at your own pace ,wishing you a very merry Christmas and a better healthy new year 🎁🎅🎄sending you an emoji present so at least it will feel like Christmas .
Good you are home for xmas. It is hard accepting oxygen at home but you will realise its a life saver . It has prevented me from calling the paramedics many times. when I have an exasperation and my breathing gets worse I just up the oxygen until I feel better. Wishing you a merry Xmas and a happy and healthy 2025. xx
I feel as if I have failed somehow needing oxygen at home, stupid I know . I have always been such an active as possible person. I need to reset my mindset as to my new normal and go forward, not look backwards. Thank you for your practical advice. X
I know how you feel this was my worse nightmare. I'm now on oxygen 24/7 . I have severe COPD but was managing the breathlessness. Then was told I have Pulmonary Hypertension which was a shock. The treatment is oxygenI asked my Respiratory nurse how long I have to have the oxygen 24/7 and was told for the rest of my life, it really upset me. I still feel angry at times as it limits my life , but without it, I don't like the alternative .
There are other illnesses with far worse consequences so I try to be Positive and concentrate on what I can do not what I can't. It's hard as the canular across my face is annoying and to go out means I have to carry a heavy cylinder. Lots of adjustments but I'm still here and have my family around me.
I am 80yrs old and many don't get the privilege of reaching this age
Hopefully I can get a few more years in with the help of oxygen, so it really is a life saver
Have a lovely Xmas and remember you are not alone. Lots of love . Sheila xx
You must be over the moon to be home at last, what a long stay you have had in hospital. Plenty of tlc and lots of rest, maybe a good tonic to help you recover. Enjoy your christmas at home the best present ever x
Welcome home after a terrible spell. Using the oxygen will give your lungs a chance to heel. Take it easy over the festive season wishing you a speedy recovery.
Its lovely that after such a traumatic time you’re home for Christmas 😃 Have the best time and hopefully your health will continue to improve now that you're back where you want to be 😊Very best wishes for 2025 xx
Glad to hear that you're home ... you've had a really rough time so take good care of yourself....never mind about presents...friends and family will consider it a Christmas gift that you are home from hospital!!!
That's good news. Take it easy and slowly . The main thing is you're home. Look after yourself and adapt to your new normal. Best wishes for Christmas and New Year.
Gosh you’ve beat my record 21 days with sepsis and pneumonia! You’ve really had it rough though and that’s a toll on your lungs. So pleased you’re home for Christmas, stuff the presents, nothing like your own bed and a hot cuppa.
I would have happily let you keep the record 😂 I think my lowest point was when one of the consultants came to me and asked what my thoughts were on resuscitation! I told him to go away and come back when I was feeling better and he had read my notes as it was already documented!
The family are all of the same opinion regarding presents, told me to wrap a packet of digestive biscuits if it made me feel better 😂 Have a good Christmas 😘
wonderful news for you and your family. I hope you don’t try to overdo it now you’re home. Merry Christmas to you and your family and good wishes for better health next year xx
what an awful ordeal for and feeling worse to end up with pneumonia again!! That sounded frightening but…. Good old oxygen has come home with you and I was put on oxygen in August this year on exertion and tbh when I check my sats I use it so I don’t get another chest infection. Like everyone had said “ home in time for Christmas”. Breathe easy xxx
well doe for getting home before Christmas. I’ve still got presents to get and I haven’t written a card yet. I just had pneumonia too and I haven’t got the energy to do much. I’m doing what I can and what isn’t done is too bad. I could well have been in hospital a week or so ago. I could barely walk and I fell off the loo twice. I’m much better now but still lacking in strength.
You have a lovely Christmas and I’ll try to do the same.
So sorry to read you have also had pneumonia Mavary. Hope you start regaining your energy soon. As for cards, I have sent none, the husband sent the relatives one, everyone else nope. Presents only a couple I bought months ago and remembered they were in my cupboard ! The family will be together, and who knows I may get to lift a glass of something 🥂
so happy your home for Xmas I am same spent five weeks in hospital too and home now with nothing sorted till yesterday for Christmas but with a fantastic supportive daughter and hubby we are now nearly there. Have restful Christmas and here’s to healthier happy new year for us all 🎄🎊
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