Posts - Headway | HealthUnlocked

Headway

10,516 members • 12,819 posts

All posts for October 2012

Woman on the Edge .... how to make cherry scones

on the second attempt to shop for ingredients remember to buy cherries! use scales and make the dough, roll out and cut ... all going well so far. put on...

on the second attempt to shop for ingredients remember to buy cherries! use s...

•11 years ago

Hearing Loss

Hi everyone - I had m SAH a year ago and six months later have hearing loss in one ear and tinnitus. Please does anyone else have this? x

Hi everyone - I had m SAH a year ago and six months later have hearing loss in o...

•11 years ago

I always have an 'Anniversary Party'

I've just been reading a load of the blog posts here, which really made me feel lucky. I am pleased this site has been opened! I just thought I'd share...

I've just been reading a load of the blog posts here, which really made me feel ...

•11 years ago

Want to take advantage of all our features? Just log in!

or

milestones are important aren't they

13 dec 2007 my life and for those nearest and dearest to me changed for even i had a brain hemmoraghe there i go again my brain hemmoraghe with many thousands...

13 dec 2007 my life and for those nearest and dearest to me changed for even i h...

•12 years ago

Missing my Daughter

Hi everyone, I am a Mother with a Daughter who suffered a hypoxic brain injury through being hypo (she is diabetic) and having a lot of drink and drugs in her...

Hi everyone, I am a Mother with a Daughter who suffered a hypoxic brain injury t...

•12 years ago

1 year in & I'm finding the medical teams refusual to give any sense of the future for my husband's recovery v frustrating! Words of wisdom?

•12 years ago

Meeting friends!

Does anyone else struggle to get our there and meet friends? I keep fibbing to save their feeling and hide indoors or go somewhere really busy or the cinema...

Does anyone else struggle to get our there and meet friends? I keep fibbing to ...

•12 years ago

menopause brought on by my heamorrhage ?

i just wondered if any female sufferers have same problem i have been borderline menopausal for a few yrs but since my injury my periods have stopped...

i just wondered if any female sufferers have same problem i have been borderline...

•12 years ago

exploding brain and survive hell still here

up to 2007 dec 2007 i led a fortunate life top level rugby in 80s 2 children great job good money new life in spain madly in love to intensive care and...

up to 2007 dec 2007 i led a fortunate life top level rugby in 80s 2 children gre...

•12 years ago

I am a lucky one

Can I start by explaining the back ground to writing this? I travel to work with someone who's father suffered a brain haemorragh, like me- and I said to him...

Can I start by explaining the back ground to writing this? I travel to work with...

•12 years ago

i just want to stay in bed today !

hi fol;ks, well im having one of "those" days today i woke my man at 6.30 made us tea and sent him off to work when that feeling came upon me once again, i...

hi fol;ks, well im having one of "those" days today i woke my man at 6.30 made...

•12 years ago

disabled equipment

i desperatly need furniture items to make my life easier rise and recline chair house repairs am told there are grants available where and who can i approach...

i desperatly need furniture items to make my life easier rise and recline chair ...

•12 years ago

are there any mums and siblings out there who are struggling with the after effects of their child's brain injury?

My son was mugged at the age of 18 and suffered his head injury at the hands of the muggers

My son was mugged at the age of 18 and suffered his head injury at the hands of ...

DebbieCritchell

•12 years ago

shoulder subluxation after a stroke or TBI

my girl friend lost the use of her left side after her stroke in april the therapy she received helped her leg, her speech,her eating and swallowing just...

my girl friend lost the use of her left side after her stroke in april the ther...

•12 years ago

Life changes.

In October last year my partner suffered a brain heammoraghe. Luckily he was admitted to the Walton Centre Liverpool as he was in that area at the time. No one...

In October last year my partner suffered a brain heammoraghe. Luckily he was adm...

•12 years ago

Rehab

I'm not great with details any more (my mom says I used to be super-organised, not that I remember that), but I recall feelings, and the memories I have of...

I'm not great with details any more (my mom says I used to be super-organised, n...

•12 years ago

Woman on the edge ... Lesson 1 ...how to burn poached eggs...

put on pan to boil ... forget it as it burns dry try again .... add eggs to boiling water .... forget that you did that and serve to your partner ..... see...

put on pan to boil ... forget it as it burns dry try again .... add eggs to bo...

•12 years ago

One Woman on the Edge of a Life Less Ordinary - the ramblings

Yes; I am the heatlh and safety advisor who fell off a step ladder and landed on her head in the garden.... life has never been the same since that day....

Yes; I am the heatlh and safety advisor who fell off a step ladder and landed on...

•12 years ago

adjusting to a new way of life

My husband suffered a traumatic brain injury after an accident at work almost two years ago. This is the first time I have ever used a blog. I am just going to...

My husband suffered a traumatic brain injury after an accident at work almost tw...

•12 years ago

My life's been turned upside down

After been hit by a car at only age four my life since then has been dipped upside down i know everything i have done in the past has made me who i am today...

After been hit by a car at only age four my life since then has been dipped upsi...

•12 years ago

Do you, or someone you know, experience problems with chewing or swallowing (dysphagia)? If so, can you help us with our new factsheet?

We are developing a new factsheet to help people deal with dysphagia - a common condition after brain injury. It explains what dysphagia is, how normal...

We are developing a new factsheet to help people deal with dysphagia - a common ...

Partner•12 years ago

Anyone claimed ESA?

Hi everyone, We've just put in a claim for employment and support allowance for my son. He's making great progress after 6 months in rehab but there's no...

Hi everyone, We've just put in a claim for employment and support allowance ...

•12 years ago

Musings of a survivor

Well, I just signed up tonight and I already have a lot to think about from reading blog posts so far. I first heard about Headway about nine years ago, and...

Well, I just signed up tonight and I already have a lot to think about from read...

•12 years ago

i had a subarachnoid haemorrhage on april 28th 2012

my boyfriend had just left for work and i was making a cup of tea when it happened, i knew instantly what was happening as 25yrs ago my mum had one and died, i...

my boyfriend had just left for work and i was making a cup of tea when it happen...

•12 years ago

Lucky?

In July 2005, I fell off my bicycle in France. Luckily, I was wearing a helmet. Even so, I was knocked into a coma, where I stayed for several weeks. I got...

In July 2005, I fell off my bicycle in France. Luckily, I was wearing a helmet. ...

•12 years ago

My brain injury experience

In August 2009 I was diagnosed with a brain tumour and subsequently underwent four seperate operations. At the moment it is looking as if that may be the last...

In August 2009 I was diagnosed with a brain tumour and subsequently underwent fo...

•12 years ago

My mums experience of a brain injury.

My mum experienced a ruptured brain aneurysm 2 and a half years ago now, she survived but sadly has been left with a large amount of brain damage and now needs...

My mum experienced a ruptured brain aneurysm 2 and a half years ago now, she sur...

•12 years ago

I suffered a brain injury on 27th January 2005, due to a sever car crash,it has left me with sever brain injury.

I have no smell / taste, no feeling down the right hand side of my body, no spleen. But I have over come most of these problem by sheer detirmantion and being...

I have no smell / taste, no feeling down the right hand side of my body, no sple...

•12 years ago

Search posts

Pinned Posts

Don't forget the Headway helpline is here to help!

Setting your contact and data sharing preferences

Latest poll

Do you feel isolated as a result of your brain injury?

Topics

All posts(1070)

Brain injury effects(392)

Daily living(129)

Carers & family(62)

New members(62)

Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them.

Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked.

Archive

2024

Jan Feb Mar Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2023

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2022

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2021

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2020

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2019

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2018

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2017

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2016

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2015

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2014

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2013

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2012

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep Oct Nov Dec