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Sepsis: What's your experience recovering from sepsis?
Intensive Care (ICU) | Last Active: Aug 9 5:19pm | Replies (91)Comment receiving replies
I recently had sepsis (Early April 2025), and like a few others did not know it. I didn’t go to the hospital until my husband called for an ambulance when I was no longer making sense.
I have the additional issue of having RRMS, an autoimmune disease which leaves me immunocompromised.
I was in the hospital about five days, but they didn’t tell me I had sepsis. They told me I had a severe kidney infection. I found out a few days later after looking through paperwork.
My question/issue is the frustration that every time I eat (or drink) something, it nauseates me to the point of needing to throw up. Has anyone else experienced this?
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I had my septic shock in 2016, two months in 3 hospitals, every organ shutting down only remember talking to my worried husband then nothing. 10 years and still not quite right, tired, sometimes nausea and brain fog. This is my new normal. I had a finger amputated that apparently my blood clot went to. I shouldn't be alive! My story is a lot longer than this but here we are alive!
Omg yes, I always feel nauseous and ready to vomit since septic shock, and eating is a huge problem. I can only eat a tiny bit at one time. I’m taking zofran so at least I don’t throw up, but have lost a significant amount of weight. I’m trying to combat the lack of appetite by eating a little, but more frequently. I’m fatigued from the septic shock, and the lack of nutrients is making it worse. I’ve been sipping on protein shakes during the day, so maybe that’s something you can try, at least to get some nutrients
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@vze1n191, how scary for you. There is something called Post Sepsis Syndrome (PSS). One of the lingering symptoms can include nausea and poor appetite. Has your medical team been able to prescribe something that helps so the you can eat and drink? Are you able to keep things down and have good nutrition?