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memory

hi, Like many people on here I have an unreliable memory. Does anyone have any tools that can be used to help with things, i use post its, and i have my diary...

hi, Like many people on here I have an unreliable memory. Does anyone have any ...

red_spinel

•9 years ago

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First Step Taken - GP Seen

So today I had an appointment with my GP who was pleasently more in-tune with what I was trying to describe to him than I was expecting. He seemed to already...

So today I had an appointment with my GP who was pleasently more in-tune with wh...

ashj

•9 years ago

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Fatigue

Yesterday i seemed so much more awake mentally, today i just feel like a zombie who cant even function the oven properly.... ooh and seem to keep my eyes open

Yesterday i seemed so much more awake mentally, today i just feel like a zombie ...

Savage12345

•9 years ago

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Wonky Head Day

Most days I live pretty normally and complete a full day's work and some leisure time in the evening but it still goes wonky at random (or to be more...

Most days I live pretty normally and complete a full day's work and some leisure...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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Just when you think you've, 'got it together'!

Alerted to my wife, my belief that the shower was not switching on at all. I tried to phone the fella who fitted it, to ask if he could visit. Thankfully I got...

Alerted to my wife, my belief that the shower was not switching on at all. I tri...

miracleman

•9 years ago

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OFF TOPIC! Caricature

The last one was Robert DeNiro. So, who is this FEMALE singer then?

Matt2584

•9 years ago

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A passing thought before bed

A passing thought before bed... Recovering from a BI is made harder by the modern world ? ..... does anyone agree if you lived on a tropical island where...

A passing thought before bed... Recovering from a BI is made harder by the mod...

Savage12345

•9 years ago

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shingles

thanks to all who replied would like to know if there is any link between shingles and BI was diagnosed before christmas still not gone only medication was...

thanks to all who replied would like to know if there is any link between shingl...

comanchero

•9 years ago

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What words do you use when talking about brain injury with children?

Hello, I'm a doctoral student undertaking research that aims to explore children and families experiences of parental brain injury. In particular, I will be...

Hello, I'm a doctoral student undertaking research that aims to explore childre...

clare2608

•9 years ago

12 Replies

Fancy hiring a tandem for free?

Hi all, I just wanted to publicise an excellent organisation I came into contact with last year. Following my brain haemorrhage I became partially sighted, and...

Hi all, I just wanted to publicise an excellent organisation I came into contact...

Smilerdi

•9 years ago

2 Replies

Age

Does anyone think being older or younger makes the process of having a brain injury easier to manage ?

Does anyone think being older or younger makes the process of having a brain inj...

Savage12345

•9 years ago

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Creativity part 2

To add to my first post Creativity here is another example. My Liverpool football club shrine

To add to my first post Creativity here is another example. My Liverpool footbal...

jimboriley52

•9 years ago

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Call the midwife

Wow! Who saw call the midwife? Sad but we'll done I thought? Wonder what they did if headway weren't around back then?

Wow! Who saw call the midwife? Sad but we'll done I thought? Wonder what they di...

razyheath43

•9 years ago

7 Replies

Introduction

Hi, I'm new to the site and wanted to introduce myself. I had a serious car crash almost 2 years ago and only received help with the physical effects of a...

Hi, I'm new to the site and wanted to introduce myself. I had a serious car cra...

ashj

•9 years ago

9 Replies

47 year old female,suffered brain hemorage oct14 caused me to have stroke. Surgeons performed craniectomy. Now deciding whether to have cran

Anyone had a craniplasty?

Pocketdolly

•9 years ago

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Medication

Apart from antidepressants, has anyone's doctor given them any medication to take which has helped their quality of life ?

Apart from antidepressants, has anyone's doctor given them any medication to tak...

Savage12345

•9 years ago

10 Replies

charity grants

Hi all just writing to see if anybody has any info or ideas about the following I have been turned down for funding by social services to go to an headway day...

Hi all just writing to see if anybody has any info or ideas about the following...

comanchero

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Landlords and Quaker Meetings

Landlords and their agents do make me grumpy. The broken econimics of the decade until 2008 and the continuing propping up of it have created a generation of...

Landlords and their agents do make me grumpy. The broken econimics of the decad...

Hidden

•9 years ago

6 Replies

OFF TOPIC! Caricature

Last one was Sylvester Stallone or Judge Dredd without his helmet, thanks Michael :). So who is this actor then?

Last one was Sylvester Stallone or Judge Dredd without his helmet, thanks Michae...

Matt2584

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Blank moods

This may seem a strange question but after living with a ABI for nearly 16 years I still get frustrated at different symptoms I keep getting. Well here goes...

This may seem a strange question but after living with a ABI for nearly 16 years...

paxo05

•9 years ago

19 Replies

Hormones

Has anyone had any problem with hormones since they had their brain injury ?

Savage12345

•9 years ago

10 Replies

Laughter

Hello, i suffered a tbi and was wondering if anyone else suffers from a lack of laughter now, it is fustrating that i no longer like the things i did before my...

Hello, i suffered a tbi and was wondering if anyone else suffers from a lack of ...

Savage12345

•9 years ago

12 Replies

Alloa, mini Baroness and Curfew (And me)

Possibly the only English fan of Alloa Athletic (That would be me) the newest mini fan proudly wearing her Alloa shirt. And the cat. The pic always amuses me

Possibly the only English fan of Alloa Athletic (That would be me) the newest mi...

BaronC

•9 years ago

12 Replies

Concussion

Can any body tell me there experiences managing concussion. Cheers

LizzieConcussed

•9 years ago

9 Replies

Black Country Brain Injury Convention

Get your free tickets to our Brain Injury Convention in Dudley - and find out about the work of Headway Black Country. Visit http://tinyurl.com/dudley2015

Get your free tickets to our Brain Injury Convention in Dudley - and find out ab...

BenNewtonHBC

•9 years ago

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OFF TOPIC! Caricature

The last one was Sean Connery. Now, who is this actor?

Matt2584

•9 years ago

6 Replies

6 years 9 months on, is it an appropriate time to share what's worked for me? Mostly balance and mobility!

Well am going to share anyway! :) If you haven't got the time or energy to read 'My Story' as posted on here (& be warned it might be bit of an ordeal), I'll...

Well am going to share anyway! :) If you haven't got the time or energy to read ...

miracleman

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Stroke

On radio 4, yesterday and today at 11am is a good programme about stroke. 'Life in my Head'. The Life In My Head: From Stroke To Brain Attack Ep 1/2 Monday...

On radio 4, yesterday and today at 11am is a good programme about stroke. 'Life...

Tissue1

•9 years ago

2 Replies

Acquired Brain Injury Coordinator

Would anybody benefit from this role? This is my job. I am an Acquired Brain Injury Coordinator. I support, advise and signpost all matters that can help, if...

Would anybody benefit from this role? This is my job. I am an Acquired Brain Inj...

abico

•9 years ago

26 Replies

Mental Fatigue

Hi Ya'll my work has been demanding quite a bit from me lately and I was just wondering. How do you all battle or overcome cognitive and mental fatigue?

Hi Ya'll my work has been demanding quite a bit from me lately and I was just wo...

Negeen

•9 years ago

16 Replies

Posts - Headway | HealthUnlocked

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All posts for March 2015

memory

First Step Taken - GP Seen

Fatigue

Wonky Head Day

Just when you think you've, 'got it together'!

OFF TOPIC! Caricature

A passing thought before bed

shingles

What words do you use when talking about brain injury with children?

Fancy hiring a tandem for free?

Age

Creativity part 2

Call the midwife

Introduction

47 year old female,suffered brain hemorage oct14 caused me to have stroke. Surgeons performed craniectomy. Now deciding whether to have cran

Medication

charity grants

Landlords and Quaker Meetings

OFF TOPIC! Caricature

Blank moods

Hormones

Laughter

Alloa, mini Baroness and Curfew (And me)

Concussion

Black Country Brain Injury Convention

OFF TOPIC! Caricature

6 years 9 months on, is it an appropriate time to share what's worked for me? Mostly balance and mobility!

Stroke

Acquired Brain Injury Coordinator

Mental Fatigue

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