Experiences with

Intensive care

You will be helping patients and families in the intensive care unit in the future. Who Where When How People with experience of any care on the intensive care unit, in the United Kingdom, as a patient or relative.

I ended up in intensive care, I suffered sepsis, pneumonia, multi organ failure and was put in an induced coma. My Glasgow coma scale score was 3, my family were told I was unlikely to survive. I did survive and the intensive care staff told me its a miracle I did.

I’ve had my anaesthetic pre op and he said that due to my size my recovery will be harder and I need to get my lungs as healthy as possible and I will probably be in Intensive care for around 5/6 days.I’m very scared but I have to have the op hoping for any advice please it will be much appreciated thank

hello, my partner has been in intensive care coming up to 5 months now. I feel incredibly lonely, and would love to speak to someone going through a similar thing and maybe be able to support each other.

Hello, this might seem a strange one, given all the other major after-effects of intensive care, but I got a bit of a shock yesterday to be told I have gum disease.

I have been in Intensive Care Unit for 4 weeks with pneumonia in both lungs and also a virus. I am much improved and although very weak, I am hoping to be home in the next couple of days. It's going to be a slow recovery but I will be back with you in the next week or two.

Hello, this is a bit of a left field one, and it has come as a complete shock, but on top of all my other post-covid pneumonitis debilitations I have now been diagnosed with osteoporosis. It seems some of the bones in my spine are not what they should be and are pinching nerves, and this is contributing

Her oncologist wants us to consult an intensive care physician. All inputs are appreciated🙏🏼

6ibs 5oz… both of us ended up in intensive care so it has been bitter sweet time for us but I’d do it all again in a heartbeat just to have him in my arms❤️ So this is little Noah Shaun evans His middle name is after my dad who was tragically taken away from us 2 years ago ❤️

I’ve just come out of intensive care as I had fluid around the heart and pneumonia but I’m feeling exhausted has anybody ever have this how long does it take to get your strength back thank you very much

I ended up in Intensive care and I have never fully recovered. I then started having terrible attacks involving my gallbladder and was hospitalised many time. There where no stones.

Just been diagnosed with afib which I didn’t have when I had the anigram which they did when I was in intensive care for 5 days what they thought was a Takitsubos. they are still not sure If it was or not but since the anagram the pain in my wrist is also up my arm and my hand feels funny too.

He was transferred through with intensive care team to a city hospital as there was nothing more they could do. He had then also started bleeding in his stomach.

Last night roger had 45 minutes of arterial fibulation he is receiving medicine for it intravenously which will ladt for 24 hours hoping to see him today he will proberbly have to stay in cardiac intensive care again ( sorry about spelling/ typing bit of a technphob !

Hi all My dad is in the final stages of CBD and in fact the Palliative Care Consultant seems to think we have less than 3 months left with him. I am really really struggling with this and can't bear the thought of not having my dad but this illness is the cruellest illness I have ever encountered.

Hello all, I wondered if there is anyone in our community who has/is having a similar experience to mine and has any ideas or guidance on next steps. To summarise, I was diagnosed with a stage 2/3 poorly differentiated Mullerian tumour arising in endometriosis with concurrent Stage 1A LGSOC in the

He was life-watched by helicopter to a bigger city with a pediatric intensive care unit. He was then diagnosed with moderate asthma. They noticed his adenoids were enlarged. He had them removed. We have never experienced asthma in our family so this is all new to us.

Some of you may have read my long story on the Enhertu infusion. I have it in my lungs, spine and then it spread to my liver and the next treatment (Xeloda, I think) and after three months still progression. If you have the time, grab a cup of coffee and read. OR, if you are having trouble sleeping

I saw a new Neurologist at my local hospital last week as my RLS has been made worse by the chemo I am on. I am stage 4 and Palliative care for Sarcoma with mets in liver, chest wall and spine. I told him I can’t wean off Ropinerole so he suggested changing to Rigotine patches which, as I also have IBS

Palliative care and panel discusssion about active surveillance for prostate cancer https://youtu.be/DmFYLTPYwt0