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Sepsis: What's your experience recovering from sepsis?
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Thank you. It is good to hear that this is real. I may be facing another heart surgery but I have never been more afraid (even during open heart surgery) than I was during and since septic shock, I am not the same. I am confused during conversations, keep getting infection, no drive, have stopped “faking it” in front of my poor six year old autistic son. I can say it’s a terrible situation, yet I’ve done nothing to address it because I’ve lost the drive. And then to learn a second heart surgery is on the horizon, makes me so angry and actually jealous of my friend’s lives.
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Sepis is a cruel thing to survive. For me, I have to be vigilant about any kind of infection. 12 years ago I must have had a small cut in between some toes that got infected from a shower at a gym. It turned into cellulitis that required 7 days of big time i.v. antibiotics and hospitalization.
I’m much more vigilant now in terms of cuts and scrapes.
Almost 25 years later I’m still jealous of people who didn’t lose a big part of their day to day life due a serious chronic health condition.
You will feel like giving up every now and then but therapy and SSRI’s can help that. Sometimes you have to work pretty hard just to keep your head above water.
Hang in there keep swimming.