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Info to support my employer.

Can anyone recommend any links or pamphlets I can give my employer to help them understand how I may be recovering after being in icu and on a ventilator and...

Can anyone recommend any links or pamphlets I can give my employer to help them ...

•3 years ago

How long has it taken others to wake from sedation after a cardiac arrest in icu

Hi everyone first time posting. My nan had a cardiac arrest and her heart stopped for 45 minutes. Today will be her 4th day in icu. She is on life support she...

Hi everyone first time posting. My nan had a cardiac arrest and her heart stopp...

•3 years ago

Anxiety in hospital

Hey guys, dad is still on the road to recovery. He seems more himself now and it seems all the delirium has passed. Now he is having extreme anxiety. I know...

Hey guys, dad is still on the road to recovery. He seems more himself now and it...

•3 years ago

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My Dad is not waking up Fully After Brain surgery, catching pneumonia and went thru sepsis shock.

My Dad is a 5 year Glio surviver (Brain Tumor) He was Flight lifted to UC Davis in Sacramento Ca. as his Tumor was back and needed surgery. His surgery went...

My Dad is a 5 year Glio surviver (Brain Tumor) He was Flight lifted to UC Davis...

•3 years ago

National Patient Safety Alert – Steroid Emergency Card to support early recognition and treatment of adrenal crisis in adults

Sorry this is a bit long but if you are on steriods please read. Did you know.... this alert came out in August 2020 and effects steriod users More can be...

Sorry this is a bit long but if you are on steriods please read. Did you know.....

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•3 years ago

Dad in icu with covid 8 weeks. Doctor talking about end of life care

Hi all my dad has been in intensive care for 8 weeks during this time he had bipap for a week then his lung collapsed and he was placed on a ventilator 24...

Hi all my dad has been in intensive care for 8 weeks during this time he had bip...

•3 years ago

Covid hair loss

Hello! New to the group and I spent time in ICU in December 2020 with covid, I was very poorly, lost my mum the same day I was admitted! I’m still experiencing...

Hello! New to the group and I spent time in ICU in December 2020 with covid, I w...

•3 years ago

No sleep in hospital

So my dad is currently weaning down with trach on and he’s breathing on his own today with some help of oxygen, so we’re doing good there. But he hasn’t slept...

So my dad is currently weaning down with trach on and he’s breathing on his own ...

•3 years ago

Does anyone here have MS?

I’ve talked a bit about my icu experiences (hypothermia) but the thing I haven’t mentioned so far is that at the end of last year I received a diagnosis of...

I’ve talked a bit about my icu experiences (hypothermia) but the thing I haven’t...

•3 years ago

surviving day 2 day

out now 3 months but it all seems slow esp mood swings and breathing and walking new to site also my PC skills dodgy went on zoom re ICUSTEPS Southport very...

out now 3 months but it all seems slow esp mood swings and breathing and walking...

•3 years ago

Hi everyone does anyone have advice on after care for icu flashbacks and help with piecing things together?

Hi everyone , I was wondering if anyone had any advice , to make a long story short I was in icu for around 6 weeks at the end of last year beginning of this...

Hi everyone , I was wondering if anyone had any advice , to make a long story sh...

•3 years ago

Post Covid Depression or the current situation of my life?

Hi! It's my first post here. I've had a moderate to serious case of Covid; 52 percent lung damage at the time of admission. I was discharged from hospital on...

Hi! It's my first post here. I've had a moderate to serious case of Covid; 52 p...

•3 years ago

Cuffed vs uncuffed trachy - can anyone explain?

In my memories of being in ICU sometimes I could speak with difficulty and sometimes not at all. Someone stated to explain that it depends whether the trachy...

In my memories of being in ICU sometimes I could speak with difficulty and somet...

•3 years ago

Seeing double?uble?

In ICU and for a while after I had double vision. It faded and is OK now. Is that a common side effect of sedation? If not, any suggestions what might have...

In ICU and for a while after I had double vision. It faded and is OK now. Is tha...

•3 years ago

Living on Trach

What are the odds that someone would have to live on a trach once off of the vent. My dad’s lungs are pretty damaged from the Covid, plus he had pneumonia...

What are the odds that someone would have to live on a trach once off of the ven...

•3 years ago

Need help knowing how to talk to my brother in ICU

Hi community, my brother Michael is in icu and has severe brain damage however when I visit sometimes he's incredibly sharp and the brother I know and other...

Hi community, my brother Michael is in icu and has severe brain damage however w...

•3 years ago

Question - might lost memories return

I have a 3week gap in my memories before I was brought to a&e, including no memory at all of what happened to cause the problem in the first place. I assume...

I have a 3week gap in my memories before I was brought to a&e, including no memo...

•3 years ago

Trach was successful

Today was the day my dad had his tracheotomy. Everything went well and the dr said we’re taking a different approach this time with the trach and going to wean...

Today was the day my dad had his tracheotomy. Everything went well and the dr sa...

•3 years ago

Neuropathy pain

I am 20 years old and was in the ICU for over a week while on deployment and was later diagnosed with neuropathy and have been taking gabapentin for about 4...

I am 20 years old and was in the ICU for over a week while on deployment and was...

•3 years ago

Advice... Will it ever come back?

I'm really worried. Since my I.C.U experience (Close to death) I'm still very weak which really concerns me. I'm only 36 so of course I'm worried because...

I'm really worried. Since my I.C.U experience (Close to death) I'm still very w...

•3 years ago

Physical Therapy

Hey guys, is it possible to do physical therapy while having a trach? Dads getting one done tomorrow and didn’t know if we’d have to wait or not?

Hey guys, is it possible to do physical therapy while having a trach? Dads getti...

•3 years ago

Back on vent

Hey guys, my dad has had to go back on the vent due to being septic. He had been taken off on the 5th of May. In the last week he was diagnosed with hospital...

Hey guys, my dad has had to go back on the vent due to being septic. He had been...

•3 years ago

Breathlessness

Hi I’m 14 months out of a 3week stay in icu .I went in for surgery 15mins in my lungs collapsed and pneumonia.put in induced coma.came home the day before...

Hi I’m 14 months out of a 3week stay in icu .I went in for surgery 15mins in my ...

•3 years ago