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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Well, I'm not 100% sure it was food based. But we don't know what else it could have been from.
Got some pads so I could sleep without worry. And at the time, we only had one bathroom. But fortunately there was no issue with getting to the bathroom.
Now we have two full bathrooms. So if anything like that was to happen again we'd be OK.
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Sepsis perhaps - which can be caused by any infection.
I developed sepsis in 2019, probably from a mild UTI. It advanced to septic shock within an hour of symptom onset (shivering). After emptying my bowels majorly, I collapsed onto the floor unable to move. My mobile phone was where it always is - on my desk. It was hours before I could make enough noise to attract the attention of neighbours, which included a nurse who called for an ambulance.
I was in hospital for just over 3 weeks, starting with 12 days in an ICU where they pumped me full of antibiotics to clear the infection - strong antibiotics give me the runs. After discharge, it took several months to get my bowels back to 'once-day in-the-morning' normalcy.
Lessons: a) don't ignore mild infections, b) if you live alone make sure you can raise an alarm - had I not had a washing machine to bang on and open windows to shout through who knows…
What I want is a wearable alarm that doesn't need to be within a Bluetooth signal of a mobile phone that can be worn on the wrist that isn't the size of a golf ball.
BR