Laughter thru Tears - 1:20 Podcast

09/08/2026

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/local-woman-story-inspiring-fight-sepsis/

September is National Sepsis Awareness Month, the condition affects over a million Americans each year and can be deadly.

09/08/2026

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/woman-shares-story-sepsis-awareness-month-infection-bloodstream/45225130?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwdGRjcAUNW5twZG9mBWZkaWQWUOA9IEK4hL-XPggDFhZHtvh8dREQvWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7pyh0UDuYfPINZyuu1jU-YEzXT45PTr5J8eGjCQJ3_HHlOFzvwniOGvLrKGw_aem_Aea9WiLuBBDOMnmBNe45QQ

A Maryland woman is sharing her near-death experience in hopes of helping others this Sepsis Awareness Month.

09/08/2026

18 minutes of sleep last night…and then two doctors’ appointments, and one spine scan that wound up being moved to Thursday. Such is the life of a sepsis survivor. All long distance drives and a quick pop in for a virtual Hill Day for . I never want to miss Hill Day with Sepsis Alliance, these, I greatly enjoy♥️. I just crossed my fingers and hoped to sound coherent.

4:28 now and we’re finally home. After leaving around 10. I swear I cannot feel my legs.

Up to 75 % of sepsis survivors suffer from post sepsis syndrome. It’s not an easy fix. And what truly hurts us survivors, is when it feels like some try to downplay the numbers. The stark reality is, every septic shock survivor that I meet, encounters the same challenges as me. Sometimes worse. 😳

I’ve been battling insomnia off and on since my sepsis crisis. Last night was a doozy. In utter frustration I pulled out my phone around 4 and started doom scrolling and drifting off with my thumb on the screen, shooting off a bunch of wackadoo TikToks to both strangers and friends. (If you were one of them, my apologies.)

All that, for 18 minutes of light slumber, according to my Fitbit, which immediately started judging me and my hollow, sleep deprived eyes.

I asked this question of other sepsis survivors on Facebook around the wee hours of dawn - how many sepsis survivors also battle insomnia since almost dying from sepsis? That question was met with a landslide of responses.

It feels like some try to downplay our plight and our symptoms. They don’t ask us, how we should be supported. . Or compare their X, Y and Z condition to ours. Or worse yet, they try to speak for us, taking away the only thing we have left, our voices, to tell our stories, and how we’re feeling. This is most definitely not cool. 😭😭 And it hurts.

If it sounds like I’m having a bad day today, it’s because I am. All while faking it with a goofy, tired smile on my face. I’m definitely exhausted, and NOT okay. 😥

This is the reality for many of us survivors. Sepsis Awareness Month, and all year round.

09/07/2026

09/07/2026

Trying to drum up more engagement and increase my efforts to raise sepsis awareness and awareness of Post Sepsis Syndrome and the struggles we survivors face.

It’s very difficult for me to walk. I have and , Crohn’s and severe osteoporosis. Plus, lung damage from being a survivor. There are times I want to quit. I doubt myself and wonder, is anyone seeing these posts? Or my podcast?

Our suffering should never feel ignored, forgotten, or minimized. At least 75% of us suffer from post sepsis syndrome. Millions of us. I’m trying to shine a light on sepsis and sepsis survivors. 🙏🏼♥️

09/06/2026

I’m a septic shock survivor, and September is Sepsis Awareness Month.

At the end of this month, I’m going “Back to the ” to walk 18 miles from to to walk for sepsis survivors, post sepsis syndrome, and families who’ve lost someone to sepsis.

I’m also fundraising for the national non-profit Sepsis Alliance

If you support me in this endeavor to help the 1.7 MILLION Americans who are impacted by sepsis every year, hit the like button, comment and share this video. ♥️

And thanks for helping me spread word. ♥️♥️

09/05/2026

Day 5: Sepsis Awareness Month: A huge part of sepsis prevention is preventing infections in the first place. Just got the updated Covid vaccine at CVS Pharmacy like we do every September, and we’ll get the flu vaccines in two weeks. Got a $5 cash coupon too!

I’m 63. My parents were born in the early 1900s and lived through horrific times pre-vaccines where they lost friends and family to polio, TB, measles, influenza, and smallpox. My dad suffered lifelong heart complications from scarring from rheumatic fever when he was 4 years-old.

They each only had 8th grade educations, but listened to physicians and scientists. As soon as vaccines came along, they scooted us off to receive ours. I still have the tiny dimpled scar on my upper arm from my smallpox vaccine. And, I never got smallpox. 😉 I did however, manage to contract chickenpox when I was pregnant with my son in 1990. There were no vaccines for chickenpox back then, and my son’s life was in jeopardy if I had delivered him while still having the virus. Thankfully, he waited and made his entrance after his due date. All my kids of course got the chickenpox vaccine when it came out.

As a septic shock survivor and someone with multiple chronic conditions, I get my vaccines as recommended by my own doctors, and always will. 🥰 My now-adult kids are healthy, and still get theirs as recommended by their doctors.

It was doctors, after all, who saved me from septic shock. ♥️

09/04/2026

https://youtu.be/Ei9IztyytyI?is=X-6S79MmIq1LK1Vk

My podcast episode with Ally Hossain of Sepsis Trust NZ

Caitlin Alsop Sepsis Alliance Sepsis Canada Survivors 4 Sepsis Awareness NZ Christine Caron

The New Zealand Sepsis Trust is a registered charity dedicated to r...