Recently I came down with a bad case of pneumonia and ended up spending a week in hospital, followed by a week recuperating at home.  I had been unwell for at least a couple of weeks and had been soldiering on, insisting on having the capacity to honour my work and personal commitments.  By the time I was admitted to hospital, I was told that had I left it a couple more days, I would likely have ended up in ICU with sepsis.  For the record, I consider myself to be independent.  Most things (apart from a stubborn jam jar lid) I try to manage myself as I really do…