TTP Episode 5 Surviving Covid with David Beddow

Welcome to Taking the Pee Episode 5 conversations about life, health and overcoming the challenges we face on our individual journeys.

This time I speak to David Beddow about surviving covid.

David grew up in Stamford, Lincolnshire, then moved to Buckfastleigh in Devon.He met his wife in 2001 while she was working in the UK and they got engaged in 2002. Her contract ended and she returned to South Africa, so David moved there where the got married. They returned to the UK in 2017 for his wife's work and their son was born in 2018. In March of 2020 the family returned to Cape Town just before lockdown restrictions came into force.

David went into hospital for a routine course of antibiotics to treat a wound on his foot and during his treatment he contracted covid 19 and became extremely unwell. David subsequently became critically ill and spent the next few months in intensive care. David has made a remarkable recovery and can now share his experience with us.

Please note that there are descriptions of medical procedures and frank discussion about suicide and a near death experience. So if you're sensitive to these topics be warned.

I'd love to hear from listeners,  if you have any comments or would like to join the converwaffle please leave a comment.

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