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Amino acids.....

Has anybody heard of the supposed healing effect of amino acids, and their effect on cognitive skills? If so, any thoughts/comments?

Has anybody heard of the supposed healing effect of amino acids, and their effec...

•11 years ago

Up to one third of people with brain injury have hormone problems...isn't it time you got screened for pituitary damage?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2184646/Depressed-Always-tired-It-childhood-bump-head.html Never knew the prevalence was this high! It...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2184646/Depressed-Always-tired-It-chil...

•11 years ago

Headway meetings and activities in postcode area PR

If you live in the postcode area PR in Lancashire there are a number of Headway meetings and activities you are welcome to attend free of charge. The Drop In...

If you live in the postcode area PR in Lancashire there are a number of Headway ...

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•11 years ago

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Operation is Almost here !!!!!!!

Well its the night before the operation we have waited so long for , and its 3rd time Lucky after 2 others have been cancelled. I am not sure if any of us...

Well its the night before the operation we have waited so long for , and its 3rd...

•11 years ago

Good people

Latest blog from: www.hopegoesupanddown.blogspot.com - a record of the hope, terror and unknown future faced when the one you love most in the world suffers a...

Latest blog from: www.hopegoesupanddown.blogspot.com - a record of the hope, ter...

•11 years ago

Benefits, here I go!

Well am now going to try for PIP or DLA, have started by asking Social Services if they will assist me. Here is the letter I just wrote to them. Hi, I...

Well am now going to try for PIP or DLA, have started by asking Social Services ...

•11 years ago

My partner is currently in rehab after suffering hypoxic brain injury 7 weeks ago.

His physio is coming along really well, however his cognitive skills are not.I've been told that he may have to be assessed and moved elsewhere as they are...

His physio is coming along really well, however his cognitive skills are not.I'v...

•11 years ago

Medical assessment.

I suffered a stroke in October and had an assessment at the job centre last week. I'm expecting a letter in a week or two saying that I'm fit for work. The...

I suffered a stroke in October and had an assessment at the job centre last week...

•11 years ago

Recovery time and how it goes

Hi, after my SAH haemorrhage, I spent a week in intensive care on a drip and 3 weks in a ward, my memory was not terrible, I was walking OK and speech and...

Hi, after my SAH haemorrhage, I spent a week in intensive care on a drip and 3 w...

•11 years ago

What is going either wrong or on?

So the doctor just called me and wants me to see him first thing tomorrow, he said it is for a few reasons, he wants to do bloods, my blood pressure is sky...

So the doctor just called me and wants me to see him first thing tomorrow, he sa...

•11 years ago

Just picked up on this article during my research on 'encephalitis' this morning! 'Mail online health'

The devastating brain illness encephalitis affects up to 4,000 Britons a year. It can strike anyone at any age and is commonly caused by the herpes, or cold...

The devastating brain illness encephalitis affects up to 4,000 Britons a year. I...

•11 years ago

Festival of Neuroscience

On Monday at 12.30 i will be joining a team from UKABIF (UK Acquired brain Injury Forum) to talk about my TBI. The event is part of the British Neuroscience...

On Monday at 12.30 i will be joining a team from UKABIF (UK Acquired brain Injur...

•11 years ago

Rehab discharge- what happens now?

Hi, my 24yr old son suffered a tbi in August 2012 and i was told to prepare for the worst. Thankfully the worst didnt happen and we still have him. He is...

Hi, my 24yr old son suffered a tbi in August 2012 and i was told to prepare for ...

•11 years ago

Help/advise needed

I was knocked down in December 92, where I suffered from a broken neck/leg & I also suffered a brain injury. I beleive that I've been allowed to splip through...

I was knocked down in December 92, where I suffered from a broken neck/leg & I a...

•11 years ago

Is brain aneurysm hereditary? My wife's mum died at age 52 and my wife is now 49. I hear it can be hereditary and I'm worried for her.

•11 years ago

Court

Well what will today bring. The elderly lady who caused the traffic accident, and caused two of my children to sustained brain injuries is in court today. We...

Well what will today bring. The elderly lady who caused the traffic accident, a...

•11 years ago

Cancellation again

Jack my son is 11, he was involved in a serious car accident along with one of his sisters six month ago. We had appointment over a week ago to have two areas...

Jack my son is 11, he was involved in a serious car accident along with one of h...

•11 years ago

NHS brain injury budget cuts ruining lives of thousands afflicted or caring for someone with brain injury

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/26/nhs-brain-injury-cuts-heartbreaking Stuart Noad likens having a brain injury to being a tiger that has lost...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/26/nhs-brain-injury-cuts-heartbreakin...

•11 years ago

Has an overdose caused this to happen?

Hello, my name is Taylor, I hope I am posting in the correct place as I'm completly in desperate need of advice. I will try and make this as simple as I can....

Hello, my name is Taylor, I hope I am posting in the correct place as I'm comple...

•11 years ago

Hi everybody, I'm back

Thought I'd update you all. How you been?

Thought I'd update you all. How you been?

•11 years ago

what do i say how do i handle

what do i say an elderly friend's wife just suffered a stroke she is paralysed down one side i know he or their daughters will phone me what do i say about any...

what do i say an elderly friend's wife just suffered a stroke she is paralysed d...

•11 years ago

Here's Hoping

Latest blog from: www.hopegoesupanddown.blogspot.com - a record of the hope, terror and unknown future faced when the one you love most in the world suffers a...

Latest blog from: www.hopegoesupanddown.blogspot.com - a record of the hope, ter...

•11 years ago

Its happening to me, a sense of unreal, since posting on AnthonyM question without this support there is nothing......

survivors support is everything albeit online, I am afraid, i do not go to headway, I do not go out socially as i have problems with audio/temporal lobe since...

survivors support is everything albeit online, I am afraid, i do not go to headw...

•11 years ago

How honest should I be?

Hi all, my friend suffered a traumatic brain injury Aug 2012 and is in a rehab unit. She is subject to a Deprivation of Liberty order and has poor short term...

Hi all, my friend suffered a traumatic brain injury Aug 2012 and is in a rehab u...

•11 years ago

Hi, to those of you who have had a clipping for an unruptured aneurysm - how do you feel 12 months on? Do you have any symptoms or worries?

I had a craniotomy/clipping 17months ago and am struggling with anxiety, worrying if i have another one! Trying hard to overcome this, i know i'm lucky and...

I had a craniotomy/clipping 17months ago and am struggling with anxiety, worryin...

•11 years ago

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