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Sepsis: What's your experience recovering from sepsis?

Posted by sepsissister @sepsissister, Dec 12, 2011

Is anyone out there living with sepsis? My sister was admitted to the hospital on Nov. 1st with severe abdominal pain. Test found that she had a mass blocking her intestines. I will try to keep this short...she had surgery to remove part of her colon and large & small intestine and the tumor that originated in her appendix, (appendiceal cancer is rare) things were fine for a few days, until the sutures in the intestines let loose, the resulting bile leaking into the stomach cavity caused her to be septic. A colostomy was performed, and she survived the septic shock. She is now home, and trying to recover from the sepsis. She is very frustrated by the lack of strength and energy that she is experiencing. We know so little about this. We do know that it is extremely serious. Is there anyone out there who can share there experience with sepsis?

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hamsta112052 | @hamsta112052 | Aug 9 5:19pm
In reply to @vze1n191 "I recently had sepsis (Early April 2025), and like a few others did not know it...." + (show)
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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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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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