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Hello! sorry for absence; nearly died.

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My friends, I hope all is well .
I have been ill since June. I will try to summarise! Began with loads of unrelated problems; savage sore throat; then terrible breast pain ( they thought I had cancer?); a month of gastroenteritis whereupon I lost an awful lot of weight and all my strength. Immune system must have been rock bottom. There were other things but I can't quite remember. Went to bed on the 29th of August ok I suppose but awoke in the night with a bit of a pain in the left upper chest. Thought I had simply slept or coughed funny, as you do! It got quickly and progressively worse and I lost all bladder control. Thought shite, I'm having a heart attack. Coughed up a tiny bit of blood, was a bit feverish I suppose and thought I better call an ambulance. They immediately put the blues on and rushed me to hospital with, cor blimey, sepsis, pneumonia, kidney failure, organ failure, had to put me in a coma, on life support for two weeks, heart nearly gave up and BP went down through the floor so they had to pump me with noradrenaline. Unfortunately the drug takes the blood from your extremities and chucks it at your vitals so, my friends, I have 4 necrotic toes on my right foot which will auto amputate after probably about 4-5 months depending upon a myriad of things!! I have to laugh!. I had a tracheotomy of course so I had to learn to breath, talk, move, drink, eat, walk, poo, wee and all the other stuff of life, all over again!! Me being a motor mouth, it was torture, as you can imagine!! it's still a long, long way to go full of total uncertainty...will I ever be well and able enough to get a dog again? Or swim? Or cycle, or ride a horse? Dunno just have to wait and see and cope with each bit slowly. And, guess what?? Diabetes had hardly a thing to do with any of it!! But it has a lot of influence on what is to come.
Will sign off and shut up for now!?!! Much love to you all SOON and LATER! xxxxxxxxxx
 
Any questions welcome!! If I can answer them! My memory is a bit coma- confused and advice, truly great xx
 
Omg @TTS , you have really been through the mill. It sounds like they took good care of you while you were so terribly ill.
I trust you are well on the way to recovery now , though I suspect you still have a ways to go yet.
Please take good care of yourself.
 
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Oh my poor, poor friend I am so sorry to hear this :( So thankful that you were able to get treatment, but sorry to hear about the struggles you now face {{{HUGS}}} Despite the trauma I can see that you are determined to fight your way back from this, and I hope that you are able to get back to doing the things you want, with plenty of help and support from friends, family, and all of us cheering you on 🙂 Take care, and please keep us updated 🙂
 
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Sorry to hear this, but wishing well. X
 
That is awful, what a ride you have been on, but not a good one! 😱 Sort of helps to put things in perspective...

I have always presumed that Sepsis is caused by and infection, so I do have one question, if you don't mind: Have they found out what the root cause of that infection was? I assume it was related to the pneumonia?

Anyway, wishing you well and sending positive thoughts your way. 🙂
 
Wow! So sorry to hear this - but so pleased that you are here to tell the tale, and your determination and spirit are inspiring!
 
Sheesh, and I get annoyed when my BG reading is over 5.5 these days. Thanks for sharing and I hope you get better quickly. Not sure about the dog though 🙂
 
Oh so sorry TTS horrendous ordeal, I am wishing you a steady recovery and feeling tonnes better by Christmas.

Much Love to you xox Hope you have lots of helpful people around you at home.
 
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Any questions welcome!! If I can answer them! My memory is a bit coma- confused and advice, truly great xx
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OMG. Not quite sure what to write except wish you all the best.
 
Good grief what a nightmare time you have and are still having. You must be made of strong stuff to have come through all that. Wishing you well and I hope your recovery, however long it takes is as successful as it possibly can be. Sounds like you have a brilliant attitude. All my best wishes to you. Please let us know how you are getting on xx
 
Firstly welcome back, it's good to see you again and hopefully your health will continue to improve.

TTS said:
Any questions welcome!! If I can answer them! My memory is a bit coma- confused and advice, truly great xx
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Now the question, what are you going to do for an encore? 😱 Nothing detrimental to your health I hope.
(((((((((((hugs))))))))))
 
By ek you lovely lot!! I didn't expect such love, care and praise!! Made me weep with appreciation. Honestly, please, I really thankyou all SO MUCH for your kindness....unbelievable. As for the encore, I think I might gallop round England on a very black and tall horse!!!
I will get back to you soon with stuff! Oh, umm, I think the sepsis was caused by the pneumonia and the 3-4 week gastro infection, but to be honest, no one really explained? There's alot of questions about it all that I am struggling with and the emotional wreckage that the coma, ICU etc has left, is utterly confusing y'know? I'm sorta researching PTSD and ICU survival info, together with necrosis and what to expect and all that, but gawd, I'm struggling with it all!! Just dunno from one half day to the next what is going on??! With emotional and physical health! And they still haven't given me a counsellor, nor have OT or Physio been round...blimey?! I've an appointment with Diabetic Clinic today but they can't answer all of these things. Too many questions and not enough answers!
For now please, all of you take care and stay warm and merry! Thankyou my friends. Xxxxxxxxxx
 
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By ek you lovely lot!! I didn't expect such love, care and praise!! Made me weep with appreciation. Honestly, please, I really thankyou all SO MUCH for your kindness....unbelievable. As for the encore, I think I might gallop round England on a very black and tall horse!!!
I will get back to you soon with stuff! Oh, umm, I think the sepsis was caused by the pneumonia and the 3-4 week gastro infection, but to be honest, no one really explained? There's alot of questions about it all that I am struggling with and the emotional wreckage that the coma, ICU etc has left, is utterly confusing y'know? I'm sorta researching PTSD and ICU survival info, together with necrosis and what to expect and all that, but gawd, I'm struggling with it all!! Just dunno from one half day to the next what is going on??! With emotional and physical health! And they still haven't given me a counsellor, nor have OT or Physio been round...blimey?! I've an appointment with Diabetic Clinic today but they can't answer all of these things. Too many questions and not enough answers!
For now please, all of you take care and stay warm and merry! Thankyou my friends. Xxxxxxxxxx
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I had a friend who a few years ago, was given an appointment though sometime later to go over her stay in ITU.
 
Good grief you do not do things by halves! 😱 That sepsis is so scary, nearly lost my brother last year, horrible. I'm so sorry this had to happen to you but you obviously have an inner core of steel to survive it all, well done and I hope you continue to improve. Your poor toes! :( But needs must.
 
What everyone else said - ditto.

Personally - despite obviously being MEGA relieved I'd survived - I have more than a sneaky suspicion that being diabetic and all the dire warnings I've been given for 50 years and doing my best to avoid them - I would deeply resent the fact I'd had to lose toes through such a combination of 'unfortunately co-incidental' circumstances.

I should think you DO need counselling - you wouldn't be normal if you didn't and there it is - you'll get nothing but empathy here.
 
Thankyou so much for all your support; I seriously mean that. I feel terribly lonely within it all and am trying so hard not to be a pathetic martyr or feel sorry for myself or any of that stuff that sort out makes you out to be summat 'special' or ' different ' and all of that stuff y'know?? God it's hard to work through the tangled type mess of it all without wondering and worrying about the outcome(s). Yes, grovesy, they do invite you back to talk about surviving ITU...it would be good I think. I will ring them because as I'm staying at the parents until gawd knows when, I may have missed the postal invite. I can't thankyou all enough. I'm thinking of you and sending love ❤ xxxxxxxxxx
 
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