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Following 2 concussions sustained playing sport in a 20 min period I was very confused and unable to do much - a scan showed no fluids which was great news....

I don’t write much these days but here I am again. What I can’t understand is how my head feels and hasn’t changed in years. I can’t explain it but it prevents...

Hey, I hope everyone is well and have been enjoying the glorious weather? Just wondering, who is it I need to speak to, to get conformation or a letter saying...

Something else that I haven't mentioned for a while that's really useful. Writing a profile will help others improve their memory's. Keep reading & you'll find...

Brother is currently working on swallow exercises because he lost his swallow following a brain injury. Has anyone experienced similar and had a good outcome?...

Hi all, It's Action for Brain Injury Week! Our See the Hidden Me campaign shines a light on the hidden and often misunderstood effects of a brain injury, and...

i was a solicitor, a partner in a law firm, post TBI work has offered to take me back at a role of less than a secretary. i'm insulted and intend to give them...

I was rushed into hospital blue lights on Thursday evening all my stats were dangerously low. I am so tired in fact extremely tired and low. I want to go away...

Hello everyone, We are back with a brand new episode of our podcast. This is a special episode of brain injury bites recorded for ABI Week. This year's theme...

Hello I've not been posting on here for some time as use the PA forum. I've never had a formal diagnosis. Strange as seemingly back to 2018 as started...

I've spent most my life not knowing why I completely forget the day before and anything in it..I'm 37 years down the line from my head injury and it's not...

Getting my cranioplasty next month however, due to the trauma of my last surgery I’m over anxious and to be honest extremely scared. Looking for success...

There are so many helpful people on here to whom we have cause to be grateful, for their many suggestions. In particular we owe a great deal to Joanna Lane,...

well,yesterday was exactly a year since i first saw my boy after his horrible accident.some of you will recall that i was unable to see him for 17 weeks due to...

In case this helps someone else. My partner is in a rehab unit. He has severe brain damage but is largely content. He started his 4th serious bout of sepsis on...

My partner had a TBI in 2018 , a bike accident . He has recovered well after a lot of rehab and care and love . He has L sided weakness, poor balance and a...

Another fall curtisey of no peripheral vision so sporting a few cuts, bumps, bruises onto of the usual. Hit my chin, broke my nose, fractured hand, whiplash...

Are ppl with brain injuries considered genuine cases now cos I (and millions of others) went through Hell with the assessors. I had a letter asking about my...

Hi. My brother is recently home from hospital after 18 months following a brain injury. He is experiencing a strange sense of reality where everything feels...

Well I've just visited my husband again and the Dr says that his confused state may improve once I get him back to my daughters. She doesn't know if it will...

My brother is recovering from a big brain injury. He’s recently home from hospital after an 18 month stay. Anyhow mostly he’s incredibly fatigued. However some...

Well, my daughter persuaded me to drive me and my husband up to Yorkshire in our motorhome ( the very same one that dropped on my husbands head) to have a...

In reply to all you lovely people who not only read but replied with the love and encouragement you gave me. Thanks is not enough, you all uplift because you...

Evening everyone are there any plans in place for A B I wk nxt week Feel it NEEDS to be publicised

Hi. My brother got home a month ago after a 18 month stint in hospital following a brain injury. I’m finding his progress hard. He can communicate and...

Hi does anyone experience a stinging burning pins and needles pain in there head I’m three years since my accident I don’t understand why I’m still in so much...

Hi Just an update. Still waiting for the divorce to come through and a settlement he has sent me a letter telling me to leave the family home. Having falls...

Morning, Sorry I haven’t been on for a while. It’s taken a little bit longer than planned to get back up and running after my op. I felt fine for the 1st...

well,here we go again.son moved from walkergate into what is the best facility available.some of you will remember the very serious situations i had the last...

so,got up this morning(well sort of rolled out of bed!)with a plan.had my several coffees,took mr socks out,game on...plan "A",utube instructions for fixing...