Proper poorly!

[Sara_H]

Hello CycleChatters!

I've been offline for a while, after a bit of a scary brush with the grim reaper!

Long story short, felt unwell on 29th Nov, OH came home @ 11am on 30th (he'd been away overnight) and found me semi conscious on sofa (having managed to get son up and packed off to school!).

The rest is a blur, spent a few days in the critical care unit and 10 days in hospital in total with a diagnosis of septacaemic shock. Have been home a while now and im slowly recovering, but still very tired, dizzy and weak, so definitely no bike or car for me for the time being.

Starting to get a bit bored, but happy to be alive and being very well looked after by my OH and Mum!

Happy Christmas!

 

[Hilldodger]

Blimey Sara! Get well soon.

 

[Paulus]

Glad to hear that you are on the mend

 

[ianrauk]

Get well soon Sara.
Not nice to hear about these things.
Welcome back and glad you are on the mend.

 

[Saluki]

Get Well Soon Sara, that must have been a tad scary. How on earth did you get septacaemic shock?

 

[asterix]

Ten days in hospital! You must have been ill..

GWS

 

[Fab Foodie]

Get Well Soon Sara, that must have been a tad scary. How on earth did you get septacaemic shock?

Yeah, how? Best wishes.

 

[numbnuts]

Get well soon Sara

 

[Sara_H]

Get Well Soon Sara, that must have been a tad scary. How on earth did you get septacaemic shock?

Just unlucky, I had typical appendix symptoms initially, but a CT scan of my abdo was clear, and the initial focus of infection remains a mystery!
Me and the OH are both experienced critical care nurses, so the experience was bizarre and frightening as we were aware exactly what was going on . TBH, I think he's more traumatised than I am.

 

[Night Train]

Blimey!

Get well soon, Sara.

 

[Saluki]

I think illness is always worse for the 'watcher'! I have haemopleagic migranes and it scares the life out of Packrat. I am generally past caring when he is worrying.

Daytime TV is horrendous, I do hope that you feel less bored soon, but being looked after is a bonus? Yes?

 

[totallyfixed]

Take your time, getting bored is actually a good thing, shows you are recovering, believe it or not there are worse times of the year to get ill, plenty on the telly and the weather is dire. Best wishes.

 

[ColinJ]

There seem to be quite a few CycleChatters cheating the grim reaper this year! GWS Sara.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Sorry to hear you've been poorly, especially as I know from personal experience how professional nurses can be with their own family members

Sounds like you've got a lovely one.

I should add as a caveat that ALL nurses are lovely!

 

[deanE]

Ten days in hospital! You must have been ill..

GWS

10 days in hospital, it’s a wonder that you survived that. Take care to mend well.