Lauren’s Story: How a UTI Led to Sepsis, Surgery, and Life-Changing Pain. #10

Lauren was young, active, and full of life, until a simple UTI changed everything.

She did everything right: saw her GP, took antibiotics, and went to hospital when things got worse. But within hours, her body was shutting down. Lauren was in sepsis, fighting for her life in ICU.

In this powerful and emotional episode, Lauren shares how:

•⁠  ⁠Her infection rapidly developed into life-threatening sepsis
•⁠  ⁠She woke up in intensive care with no memory of what happened
•⁠  ⁠She needed emergency stent surgery to save her kidneys
•⁠  ⁠And how, even now, she’s living with chronic pain and waiting for corrective surgery the NHS hasn’t been able to provide

Her story is heartbreaking and a reminder that sepsis can strike from something as “simple” as a UTI.

I also open up about my own near-death experience with UTI sepsis and the PTSD that followed.

This is an episode about awareness, survival, and what happens when healthcare systems fail to act in time. And when we don't listen to our bodies.
It’s a story that could save a life 💛

📍 Listen, share, and help raise awareness of sepsis.
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