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@cindyvag

Hi there, since i last posted i have been out of icu now 3 weeks, still weak but back at work 2 weeks. I still get chest and back pain but i think its from the acid reflux. Throat still sore from tube and funnily enough i have broken out in sores that look like pimples all over im assuming this is because my immune system still low. But on the up side im.alive and get to see my boys every day considerring the doctors did not think i would make it. My attitude to life has changed dramatically and my only thing i need to work on now is my anxiety after icu.... that is my biggest struggle at the moment. Pls tell me this is normal

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Many people experience anxiety after ICU. I'm hoping @seanne will share more with you.

@andreab writes more about it in this blog
* Breaking it Down: Post Intensive Care Syndrome and Recovery - Emotions https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/pics/newsfeed-post/breaking-it-down-post-intensive-care-syndrome-and-recovery-emotions/