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Turning lemons into lemonade

As the 3 year anniversary of my admission to ICU comes round (18th December) I reflect on how it has changed my life, one minute I was looking forward to...

As the 3 year anniversary of my admission to ICU comes round (18th December) I r...

•10 years ago

ICU legal spouse questions

My dad is in the ICU at the cancer center on a ventilator and cannot speak for himself. He is legally married to my mom and we just found out he has a...

My dad is in the ICU at the cancer center on a ventilator and cannot speak for h...

•10 years ago

ICU

Hi, am new here, a family member has now been at ICU for 9 days. Two weeks ago she felt she was having a heart attack, we found out her heart rate was twice as...

Hi, am new here, a family member has now been at ICU for 9 days. Two weeks ago s...

•10 years ago

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Writing things down while asleep!

I don't know if anyone has experienced this but here's my account of it. I am normailly on a daily basis, a load of strong opiates for pain control (Tapentadol...

I don't know if anyone has experienced this but here's my account of it. I am no...

•10 years ago

I've been reading the poll about the transition from ICU to a ward, and I find I can't answer it.

I was in a room by myself in ICU because I had C Diff. One day I was told I was being moved to the ward. I was wheeled in my bed to another room by myself. The...

I was in a room by myself in ICU because I had C Diff. One day I was told I was ...

•10 years ago

Changing times

I was lucky enough to be a guest speaker at the first ever ICUsteps Conference this week, giving a patients view of how a critical illness impacts on your life...

I was lucky enough to be a guest speaker at the first ever ICUsteps Conference t...

•10 years ago