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Micropsia

I wondered if I was the only person on the planet who suffers from permanent Micropsia after a hypoxia brain injury. There's not much information online and...

I wondered if I was the only person on the planet who suffers from permanent Mi...

•10 years ago

My life has improved immeasurably...

My life has improved immeasurably since I threw out all my socks and went to a mega Tesco to buy 30 pairs of identical black socks. All that time I wasted...

My life has improved immeasurably since I threw out all my socks and went to a m...

•10 years ago

Happy Mothers Day .

Happy Mothers Day to all those Mums who are doing a great job of caring for thier loved ones or being looked after by loved ones on the special day .

Happy Mothers Day to all those Mums who are doing a great job of caring for thie...

•10 years ago

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Encephalitis Survivors

Hi headway friends! I just want to share that I read the best book ever... Yes, you guessed it! Brain on Fire by Susanna Calahan. If you've ever had...

Hi headway friends! I just want to share that I read the best book ever... Yes, ...

•10 years ago

bye bye £4000..........

Hello studio :D finally signed papers yesterday get keys midweek and we are planning to open Easter Weekend how about that :) thanks for all your support xxx

Hello studio :D finally signed papers yesterday get keys midweek and we are plan...

•10 years ago

ATOS

ATOS has now terminated the contract with the government and is paying compensation to them , so how does this affect us who are waiting for an assessment I...

ATOS has now terminated the contract with the government and is paying compensat...

•10 years ago

Good days!

I've just had 3 good days this week, by good I mean more able to get on with things. But I don't know if I'm ever going to get used to this strange feeling in...

I've just had 3 good days this week, by good I mean more able to get on with thi...

•10 years ago

Quilts for Valour

Did anyone use visual aids along their recovery paths, to help their memory. We have a beautiful quilt :-) Whilst in Birmingham my son received a quilt for...

Did anyone use visual aids along their recovery paths, to help their memory. We ...

•10 years ago

i wonder why

I have a question for headway in all the years you have been Helping people why have you not documented or asked permission To document the after effects of...

I have a question for headway in all the years you have been Helping people why ...

•10 years ago

I live in france and would very much like to find a support group

My 30 year old son had a serious accident 4 years ago. I am very concerned about the amount of medication he is taking, (epilepsy and depression). I don,t...

My 30 year old son had a serious accident 4 years ago. I am very concerned abo...

•10 years ago

The right to refuse information

If a person is terminally ill and has expressed a wish NOT to be told their prognosis should the medical profession insist they be told and try to discuss what...

If a person is terminally ill and has expressed a wish NOT to be told their prog...

•10 years ago

30 things to stop doing...

Not specific to brain injury, but this really struck a chord with me personally, so I thought I'd share it :) http://www.lifebuzz.com/just-stop/

Not specific to brain injury, but this really struck a chord with me personally,...

•10 years ago

Any advice on pain killers

Hi I am still getting blinding headaches and have Been prescribed Codeine Phosphate 30mg tablets For the past fourteen weeks does anyone know of A pain killer...

Hi I am still getting blinding headaches and have Been prescribed Codeine Phosph...

•10 years ago

Daily Mail priory hospital

Has anybody read the story about the two so called carers slapping and abusing a severly brain damaged patient at this Hospital, the cost of treatment there is...

Has anybody read the story about the two so called carers slapping and abusing a...

•10 years ago

Anyone here at university?

I had a stroke in 2012 and I've been desperately trying to get back to university ever since. I was in my second year, and since then I've repeated twice. I...

I had a stroke in 2012 and I've been desperately trying to get back to universit...

•10 years ago

Take a look and make some noise

UKABIF - giving a voice to acquired brain injury Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Colleague, Establishing the numbers...

UKABIF - giving a voice to acquired brain injury Is this email not displaying c...

•10 years ago

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memory loss and how to describe it?

I find that trying to describe my memory loss is like trying to describe the colours of rainbow to someone that is blind. Its just so irratic, somethings i can...

I find that trying to describe my memory loss is like trying to describe the col...

•10 years ago

Guides newly injured and us long timers

I had forgotten :-) about these which may be useful to those (and family) of the whom newly injured and some of us that need reminding. one is the brain...

I had forgotten :-) about these which may be useful to those (and family) of the...

•10 years ago

Trying to make sense of what happened to me!

My story started on December 13th 2013 while checking My emails I felt something go pop in my head followed By the worst headache I have ever had, I went to...

My story started on December 13th 2013 while checking My emails I felt something...

•10 years ago

ABI

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT PERCENTAGE OF BI ARE CAUSED BY ABI AS OPOOSED TO TBI OR OTHER CAUSES.?

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT PERCENTAGE OF BI ARE CAUSED BY ABI AS OPOOSED TO TBI OR ...

•10 years ago

Driving assessment

Could anyone tell me what is involved in a driving assessment after a head injury? In July 2012 I was involved in a serious car accident and had serious brain...

Could anyone tell me what is involved in a driving assessment after a head injur...

•10 years ago

Daughters Braintumer

Hi there can any one help my daughter had a Braintumer removed 14 months ago her personality has changed and she has turned against all the family and me,...

Hi there can any one help my daughter had a Braintumer removed 14 months ago h...

•10 years ago

life after sah

not sure weather to laugh or cry, well actualy im doing both sometimes managing to do both at same time. been waiting for a council house for 9 years and...

not sure weather to laugh or cry, well actualy im doing both sometimes managing ...

•10 years ago

wooo hoooo we have lift off :)

after a few teething problems i can now tell you i get the keys to my studio on the 1st its been a hard old journey to get here with everything going on but...

after a few teething problems i can now tell you i get the keys to my studio on ...

•10 years ago

If you had the chance what would want to tell medical staff about dealing with brain injured patients?

Was there something that was really good about your treatment or something you wish had been different? How active were you in your own treatment? Did the...

Was there something that was really good about your treatment or something you w...

•10 years ago

Sudden Cardiac arrest

Hi, Is a sudden cardiac arrest lasting 25 minutes, with 5 shocks considered a long time? and would do that actually all mean?

Hi, Is a sudden cardiac arrest lasting 25 minutes, with 5 shocks considered a lo...

•10 years ago

Can anyone translate into English please?

''There may be psychogenic potentiation and motivational factors, perhaps of a conscious and unconscious nature which are colouring the current presentation....

''There may be psychogenic potentiation and motivational factors, perhaps of a c...

•10 years ago

I feel so alone since my TBI

Hello everyone, this is my first post, When I was discharged from hospital after my TBI last year it felt like I was being thrown onto the street without...

Hello everyone, this is my first post, When I was discharged from hospital afte...

•10 years ago

Therapists

Have you guys found therapy helpful? It's been about three maybe four weeks since I have started therapy and I really don't like it and my lady isn't very...

Have you guys found therapy helpful? It's been about three maybe four weeks sinc...

•10 years ago

Is it normal to lack social confidence

Hi following on to previous questions which are closely linked is it normal to lack social confidence after a TBI or is it just me

Hi following on to previous questions which are closely linked is it normal to l...

•10 years ago

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