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ICUsteps

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All posts for April 2023

Still affected by ICU stay

Hi everyone. I was in ICU last year for 10 days. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to be alive and I am extremely grateful to the staff who got me through. I am...

Hi everyone. I was in ICU last year for 10 days. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy ...

•1 year ago

Author of “39 days”

I am a survivor of 39 days of intubation due to severe Covid infection in May of 2021. I wrote a book about the experience to explain the terror of intubation,...

I am a survivor of 39 days of intubation due to severe Covid infection in May of...

•1 year ago

Struggling to return to normal as a relative

Dear all, Firstly, thanks for taking the time to read my post. My father in law was admitted to ICU with sepsis in February 2023. He spent 5.5 weeks there;...

Dear all, Firstly, thanks for taking the time to read my post. My father in ...

applesandpears94

•1 year ago

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Dealing with the after affects

hi! I was in a coma for 7 weeks in early 2021, lots of ptsd thoughts when I woke up, I gained the ability to walk after a week of leaving icu, recovered...

hi! I was in a coma for 7 weeks in early 2021, lots of ptsd thoughts when I wok...

•1 year ago

Dealing with brother in ICU, dealing with Sepsis, stroke, cardiac arrest and seizures, please help!

Hello, My brother has been in ICU for 8 weeks. He caught sepsis because of a infected heart valve with vegetations on it. The sepsis led to a cardiac arrest,...

Hello, My brother has been in ICU for 8 weeks. He caught sepsis because of a inf...

•1 year ago

three years past sepsis still losing hair

I have had sepsis three years ago due to a kidney infection and e coli . I lost most of my hair now. I’m still losing hair and now is extremely fine. Anyone...

I have had sepsis three years ago due to a kidney infection and e coli . I lost ...

•1 year ago

hair loss

I was put in an induced coma on Christmas Day 2022 due to having double pneumonia, sepsis, strep b, flu and a plural infusion! I spend two weeks in an induced...

I was put in an induced coma on Christmas Day 2022 due to having double pneumoni...

•1 year ago

Back In HDU

Hi Everyone! Just to let you know that my husband James is back in HDU. He has developed another bout of sepsis which has stemmed from a very bad kidney...

Hi Everyone! Just to let you know that my husband James is back in HDU. He ha...

•1 year ago

ICU DIARY KEPT

Hi I was in the ICU on September 2021 with Covid Pneumonia. I Swas on a ventilator for 13 days and had really bad Delerium at thevtime and still cant stop...

Hi I was in the ICU on September 2021 with Covid Pneumonia. I Swas on a ventilat...

•1 year ago

Stomach Discomfort

Hello Everyone! I have began posting here about my husband who is recovering from sepsis. Has anyone ever had any stomach discomfort after being in ICU/High...

Hello Everyone! I have began posting here about my husband who is recovering ...

•1 year ago

3 years later

I know it's 3 years later but I wanted to write this in case someone needed to see. This thread helped me so much when my dad was in the ICU on a ventilator....

I know it's 3 years later but I wanted to write this in case someone needed to s...

Sandwichesandchips

•1 year ago

Constantly Tired.

Hello Again! I'm on to ask this time if it is normal for someone recovering from sepsis to just want to stay in bed most of the day. My husband has in all...

Hello Again! I'm on to ask this time if it is normal for someone recovering f...

•1 year ago

Overcoming icu

please could someone help, I can’t stop thinking about my time in icu I’m really struggling to get it out of my mind

please could someone help, I can’t stop thinking about my time in icu I’m really...

•1 year ago

ICU to home

Dad was admitted to a&e due to diabetes but turned out he had pneumonia and out of the blue his best chance of survival would be to transfer him to icu & put...

Dad was admitted to a&e due to diabetes but turned out he had pneumonia and out ...

•1 year ago

trachiamalacia

hi all My dad had surgery jan 5th suffered significant blood loss with subsequent multi organ failure. ICU have done an amazing job to get him through but...

hi all My dad had surgery jan 5th suffered significant blood loss with subseque...

•1 year ago