The phrase "a case of recuperating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation or instance where someone is recovering or regaining health or strength after an illness or injury.
Example: "After the surgery, it was a case of recuperating at home for several weeks before returning to work."
Alternatives: "a situation of recovery" or "an instance of healing".
It concerns a prodigal son, François Jean-Claude Brialyy), a suave and sophisticated Parisian student who returns home to recuperate from a case of tuberculosis (for which Chabrol had taken a rest cure several years earlier), and who finds his former best friend, Serge (Gérard Blain), wasting away as an alcoholic, and resolves to help him.
Gotham staple The Late Show With David Letterman returns from a weeklong production hiatus this week; but will bring in a new stable of guest hosts as its eponymous impresario ranked No. 23 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list continues to recuperate from a case of viral shingles.
(GP 4, female): 'These are people who sometimes don't recuperate after a particular condition as you expect - hey, I treated that bladder inflammation and… so it is partly a case of expectations and knowing that if I treat that condition they should recuperate after a certain period.
Eating ice cream out there the whole time, we felt like a couple of recuperating old grannies.
Finally, the Greeks employed physical culture as a form of preventive medicine and as a means of recuperating from illnesses and weaknesses.
And he then achieved a top-10 finish with Vale this season, all to the backdrop of recuperating from a hip operation and persistent speculation about his future.
Dr. Frank Gilson is recuperating from a bad case of road rash — not from ill-fitting cycling shorts, but from a grueling encounter with San Francisco's bike plan.
Her career skidded downhill in the early Noughties, propelled by poor album sales, a bad case of food poisoning, a plagiarism lawsuit, Glitter and a hospital stay to recuperate from what her publicist called "an emotional and physical breakdown".
According to his website, Gottlieb became interested in jazz while recuperating one summer from a severe case of trichinosis.
While on a West Coast trip, he contracted an acute case of appendicitis and faced a number of days in the hospital recuperating.
