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ICUsteps

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Hi,new here!

Hi, my name is T and ive been an ICU RN for the past 20 years. I love this type of nursing and I cant imagine doing anything else. I'm not working at the...

Hi, my name is T and ive been an ICU RN for the past 20 years. I love this type ...

•8 years ago

Isolated

Help please. My local hospital used to have an icusteps support group. In their wisdom they decided to stop being under the ' umbrella ' of icusteps. Thus...

Help please. My local hospital used to have an icusteps support group. In thei...

•8 years ago

Memory loss

My partner was in ICU for 6 days after suffering a cardiac arrest. He is doing fantastic and he is on his feet, although not too steady. His past memory seems...

My partner was in ICU for 6 days after suffering a cardiac arrest. He is doing f...

•8 years ago

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Facing the memories of ICU through open conversation and art/video art

Hi, I am an ex-patient of ICU ( May- June 2015) and an art student currently studying at the Glasgow School of Art. I recovered physically much quicker than...

Hi, I am an ex-patient of ICU ( May- June 2015) and an art student currently st...

katefranceslingard

•8 years ago

The Storm

I think this wonderful quote by the Japanese author Haruki Murakami sum up perfectly the journey many of us ICU survivors have taken. Best wishes to you all...

I think this wonderful quote by the Japanese author Haruki Murakami sum up perfe...

•8 years ago

Returning to work after icu stay

Good morning all, I have been out of hospital for 3 1/2 months now and although a lot better than when I first came home there are still a lot of things still...

Good morning all, I have been out of hospital for 3 1/2 months now and although ...

•8 years ago

OMG check out my walking skills!!!!!

Literally walked around 171 steps last Sunday, today, 17k!! It's amazing what I can do when I set my mind to it. I'm exhausted, and in bed whilst my hubby and...

Literally walked around 171 steps last Sunday, today, 17k!! It's amazing what I ...

•8 years ago

A little worried 😐

My partner had a heart attack and cardiac arrest on Monday. Thankfully he is now off sedation and morphine but he is totally delusional and is unable to keep...

My partner had a heart attack and cardiac arrest on Monday. Thankfully he is now...

•8 years ago

Cheers from Munich!! (I'm the baldie on the left, my hair fell out) xx

Hey all, after being in a coma for 2 weeks (swine flu, double pneumonia, sepsis, cardiac arrest) and dialysis for 3 in Feb and March this year, I'm finally on...

Hey all, after being in a coma for 2 weeks (swine flu, double pneumonia, sepsis,...

•8 years ago

icu serviver

hi I'm new here my name is mick . At the start of 2015 I was in icu in an induced coma for two and a half weeks and in hospital for a total of six and a half ....

hi I'm new here my name is mick . At the start of 2015 I was in icu in an induce...

bunnyrabbit1234

•8 years ago

Worried siblings

Hi all..just want to thank you all for the support I got when I posted about my brother Paddy . He had heart bypass nearly a month ago..He was so ill we...

Hi all..just want to thank you all for the support I got when I posted about my ...

•8 years ago

Terrified about tomorrow

Tomorrow I fly to Munich, my first holiday since my hospital stay in Feb March this year. And to top it all off, I have now developed a chest infection, my...

Tomorrow I fly to Munich, my first holiday since my hospital stay in Feb March t...

•8 years ago

Close Friends 20 yr old Daughter (also a close friend aswell) in ICU after Hit & Run-RTC

Hi This morning I got a phone call from a close friend called Gareth, who was really upset because his 20 year old daughter Annie had been knocked down in a...

Hi This morning I got a phone call from a close friend called Gareth, who was r...

•8 years ago

Losing it...

My husband is in the icu. 6 days ward, now two icu. He was put on a respirator yesterday. I am struggling with visits. You hear stories of people staying...

My husband is in the icu. 6 days ward, now two icu. He was put on a respirator...

•8 years ago

I need some honest and informed advice... Please.... Head injuries and Induced coma

Hello all, Ive been reading everyone else's stories and trying to make sense of my own. I'll try and explain it as short as poss. My partner was attacked by...

Hello all, Ive been reading everyone else's stories and trying to make sense of ...

•8 years ago

Worried Sibling

My brother 64 years old, had heart bypass and aortic valve replacement eleven days ago..its been one set-back after another! He wasn't responding as well as...

My brother 64 years old, had heart bypass and aortic valve replacement eleven da...

•8 years ago

MY mom is in ICU

Hello everyone this is a difficult time for me and my family and I need some reassurance. My mom was taken by ambulance to the hospital on Thursday September...

Hello everyone this is a difficult time for me and my family and I need some rea...

•8 years ago