I haven't been out to the woods for nearly 9 months, since about a week before I was struck down by #sepsis. Below is one of the last pictures I took pre-illness, on a beautiful early spring evening. This week, I made a big step forward. 🧵/1 #recoveryjourney #photography #trees #woodland #mindset - ThreadSky

timsmalley.co.uk • 80 days ago

I haven't been out to the woods for nearly 9 months, since about a week before I was struck down by #sepsis. Below is one of the last pictures I took pre-illness, on a beautiful early spring evening.

This week, I made a big step forward. 🧵/1

#recoveryjourney #photography #trees #woodland #mindset

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timsmalley.co.uk•80 days ago

I managed to go swimming for the 1st time on Monday. And then again on Wednesday & this morning.

It was very daunting, which may seem weird, but sepsis started with a throat infection. Swimming in a public pool made me nervous.

But I was greeted by a rainbow as I arrived for my 1st visit. 🧵/2

timsmalley.co.uk•80 days ago

Back in April, a simple throat infection led to a 7.5-week stay in ICU, with repeated & multiple organ failures. I almost lost my right leg.

It was touch & go whether I would even make it through for about 6 weeks. My lungs kept failing. My kidneys were gone & my liver had problems, too. 🧵/3

timsmalley.co.uk•80 days ago

And the doctors had to keep putting me into an induced coma & onto a ventilator. My sats, with a CPAP mask, were down in the low 60s on four different occasions.

Luckily, my heart was strong even if everything else was shutting down around it. 🧵/4

timsmalley.co.uk•80 days ago

I do believe that this & my positive mindset helped me pull through. All of my organs are working as normal today - the ones I was born with.

I swam 64 lengths in total this week.

For some, that might seem a lot; for others, it might seem insignificant. But for me, it is a big milestone. 🧵/5

timsmalley.co.uk•80 days ago

When I left the hospital, I was still in a wheelchair. I then progressed to using a walking frame and then in August, I moved on to crutches. Before sepsis hit me like a train, I would walk 20 miles a week in the woods.

Perhaps, before too long, I will be able to walk without crutches again. 🧵/6

timsmalley.co.uk•80 days ago

And then maybe, by Spring, I can get back out into the woods again - a year after being admitted to hospital.

Just in time for the beautiful bluebells, which I last saw in May 2023. 🧵/7

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