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Here I am again!

I didn't think I would need to post again but after finally being free of awful flashbacks, I am once again experiencing them. It seems to be every time I go...

I didn't think I would need to post again but after finally being free of awful ...

•7 months ago

Not being able to walk or move

did anyone else experience total loss of being able to walk, move hands or whole body after wakening up, even neck and face muscles? I couldn't even lift or...

did anyone else experience total loss of being able to walk, move hands or whole...

•7 months ago

BD Today

I get to spend my 2nd Birthday since discharge today. I’m so thankful ICU saved me so I can spend this day with my partner my children my grandchildren and...

I get to spend my 2nd Birthday since discharge today. I’m so thankful ICU saved...

•7 months ago

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Delirium

I had sepsis and multi organ failure February 2022, I have gone from being on Zero medication practically before this (apart from Treatment for an autoimmune...

I had sepsis and multi organ failure February 2022, I have gone from being on Ze...

•7 months ago

My father died after spending 2 weeks in a coma due severe sepsis and multi organ failure. I love him so much.

He spent a week in ICU at his local hospital where he was extremely poorly and he briefly stopped breathing during a routine nursing manoeuvre, but recovered...

He spent a week in ICU at his local hospital where he was extremely poorly and h...

•7 months ago

eyes opening nothing else

I need some hope. My husband suffered a TBI after a fall. He was in an induced coma for 7 days while they kept an eye on the pressure on his brain. They...

I need some hope. My husband suffered a TBI after a fall. He was in an induced ...

•7 months ago

intro

•7 months ago

My boyfriend isn't waking up from a coma, has anyone experienced this?

Had a meeting yesterday to discuss the next steps but they already took the sedatives off my boyfriend last night. He didn't react or move at all but still...

Had a meeting yesterday to discuss the next steps but they already took the seda...

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•7 months ago

Possible Anoxic Brain Injury

hello, my dad suffered a cardiac arrest which he was down for ~25 min before they brought him back. I know there is possible ABI and he was put on a ventilator...

hello, my dad suffered a cardiac arrest which he was down for ~25 min before the...

•7 months ago

Help. Icu

Hi all I'm new here but I'm also lost and don't know what to do. My mom currently needs a liver transplant but she has pneumonia and they had her sedated now...

Hi all I'm new here but I'm also lost and don't know what to do. My mom currentl...

•8 months ago

Home Oxygen Therapy

I don't recall seeing this mentioned on here but was wondering if anyone had experiences of being discharged home with Oxygen after an ICU stay. I'm a month...

I don't recall seeing this mentioned on here but was wondering if anyone had exp...

•8 months ago

Dad in ICU

My dad went on holiday from England to Alicante and two days in he had a cardiac arrest. He went to ICU after being in a private hospital where they said...

My dad went on holiday from England to Alicante and two days in he had a cardiac...

•8 months ago

Sex, Relation's, Partner P2

So thank you for those that have replied so far. My thoughts / situation. Like most of us that have been in ICU for some time and have had interventions for...

So thank you for those that have replied so far. My thoughts / situation. Like...

•8 months ago