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Overwhelmed

Hi, I just want to say I'm very thankful and rather overwhelmed (yes tears are prickling!) with how many messages to say hi and welcome me on here - the fact I...

Hi, I just want to say I'm very thankful and rather overwhelmed (yes tears are p...

•8 years ago

Matt's splash for cash

I am doing a sponsored swim for Headway Portsmouth and South East. Please sponsor me. I only need 2 more pounds to reach my target :).

I am doing a sponsored swim for Headway Portsmouth and South East. Please sponso...

•8 years ago

Good morning well afternoon all

Gosh been a while since on here. My daughter got off to uni but struggled so came home a lot, I seemed to be driving back and forth to Sunderland a lot. Iv...

Gosh been a while since on here. My daughter got off to uni but struggled so cam...

•8 years ago

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Headway in Falkirk

Has anyone been to Headway in Falkirk? I've only just discovered this site and that there is intact a headway in Falkirk (nearest one to me.) Just wondering...

Has anyone been to Headway in Falkirk? I've only just discovered this site and t...

•8 years ago

Newbie

Hi there, I've just noticed this site. I acquired a BI back in 2000, at age 12 and I've forever looking for support/understanding of what it does to us! I...

Hi there, I've just noticed this site. I acquired a BI back in 2000, at age 12 a...

•8 years ago

Is this normal

Just wondered how many wanted toknow about hospital. Like the recovery you can't remember. Mark doesn't want to know. I relive it almost every day. I'd like...

Just wondered how many wanted toknow about hospital. Like the recovery you can't...

•8 years ago

Paediatric First Aid

On Wednesday and Thursday of this week I was on St John Ambulance paediatric first aid course for my role as a foster carer. When the trainer got onto the...

On Wednesday and Thursday of this week I was on St John Ambulance paediatric fi...

•8 years ago

I is well annoyed

My dad is in the middle of filling in forms to acquire a passport for me right now. He has filled in the forms for me, I have got some passport photos and I...

My dad is in the middle of filling in forms to acquire a passport for me right n...

•8 years ago

Medicals...

Recorded this one a while ago, forgot to post it, ironically https://youtu.be/Q1OBSxVTbv8

Recorded this one a while ago, forgot to post it, ironically https://youtu.be/Q...

•8 years ago

Close friend suffers brain injury after cardiac arrest

Hi everyone Yesterday afternoon one of my close friends called Mark a store manager aged 36 suffered a massive heart attack that caused a cardiac arrest in...

Hi everyone Yesterday afternoon one of my close friends called Mark a store mana...

•8 years ago

They say everything happens for a reason

But does it?...Does everything happen for a reason? Yesterday, at one of my disabled groups I go to, I found out that a very nice man is seriously ill and I...

But does it?...Does everything happen for a reason? Yesterday, at one of my disa...

•8 years ago

Organic Catatonic Disorder

Dear Readers, Is there any adjustment that can be made for this form of brain injury: Organic Catatonic Disorder other than isolation or intravenous...

Dear Readers, Is there any adjustment that can be made for this form of brain in...

•8 years ago

Weird Smells

After awakening from my SAH/Brain bleed I get really weird smells. Yes Yes I do wash !! Seriously my perfume stinks and the Doctor pointed to his forehead...

After awakening from my SAH/Brain bleed I get really weird smells. Yes Yes I do...

•8 years ago

Epilepsy starting to worsen.

I firstly started with epilepsy in 1985 and for 15 years really suffered with it. After that time, I was put on the medication I'm on now which controlled it...

I firstly started with epilepsy in 1985 and for 15 years really suffered with it...

•8 years ago

great weekend

although every weekend is great for me because i go out with my wife , today was really special, my mate agreed to see me. i hadnt done anything to offfend...

although every weekend is great for me because i go out with my wife , today was...

•8 years ago

Access Card

Hi everyone, hope you're having a good weekend. (At least the rains stopped). Just found some information about a company called Nimbus who offer a special...

Hi everyone, hope you're having a good weekend. (At least the rains stopped). Ju...

•8 years ago

titanium cranioplasty

Hi Everyone, I Just had a Titanium cranioplasty surgery done 4 days ago and I am still in the hospital on antibiotics since the most common complication is...

Hi Everyone, I Just had a Titanium cranioplasty surgery done 4 days ago and I am...

•8 years ago

Was this a panic attack or something else?

A couple of days ago I awoke at about 2:30 am in a panic. My heart felt like it was beating very fast and I had weird feeling in my solar plexus. I felt a...

A couple of days ago I awoke at about 2:30 am in a panic. My heart felt like it...

•8 years ago

How could i not love this man.

It's not always easy not by any means but we're talking more. I'm not his battering ram for when he's down. ...not literally but he can be hurtful. But...

It's not always easy not by any means but we're talking more. I'm not his batte...

•8 years ago

Short Film Competition Entry

UKABIF (United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Foundation) ran a competition in September asking people to send in films, no longer than five minutes describing...

UKABIF (United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Foundation) ran a competition in Se...

•8 years ago

Essential oils

http://livingtraditionally.com/essential-oils-and-brain-injuries-what-you-are-not-being-told/ I've been using Frankincense for a few years now and it has...

http://livingtraditionally.com/essential-oils-and-brain-injuries-what-you-are-no...

•8 years ago

Hypoxic brain Injury

Hi I just joined this group today.. On the 17th August my mum who is 46 suffered cardiac arrest in her sleep ,I found her my husband carried out CPR until the...

Hi I just joined this group today.. On the 17th August my mum who is 46 suffered...

•8 years ago

canabis oil tablets

hi you may remember a couple of weeks ago i stopped taking my statins as the muscl pain in my left arm was really painfull wel since i stopped taking the...

hi you may remember a couple of weeks ago i stopped taking my statins as the mus...

•8 years ago

Headway Bitesize e Newsletter

Hi I have just read the e newsletter from Headway "Bitesize" and have found it a very good read strongly recommend

Hi I have just read the e newsletter from Headway "Bitesize" and have found it ...

•8 years ago

Matt's splash for cash

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Matts-splash-for-cash-page I wonder if people will donate just to get me to stop reposting this link?

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Matts-splash-for-cash-page I wonder if pe...

•8 years ago

New to the forum

Hello there. I've lived with an aquired head injury for over twenty years now with minimal medical support after my initial operation. i managed to work for...

Hello there. I've lived with an aquired head injury for over twenty years now ...

•8 years ago

I am new here and have a 37 year old son who is in hospital recovering from hypoxia

Hi my name is Helen and 32 days ago my son had an accident which then led to a heart attack unfortunately by the time he was found and resuscitated there was...

Hi my name is Helen and 32 days ago my son had an accident which then led to a ...

•8 years ago

Very little information on discharge from hospital.

I was told very little about what to expect after my operation for subdural heamatoma. I was only told to take paracetamol for two weeks. No follow up...

I was told very little about what to expect after my operation for subdural heam...

•8 years ago

Informing unhelpful doctors

This question is directed to people who received bad treatment from one doctor, left them and got better treatment from a different one. Have any of you gone...

This question is directed to people who received bad treatment from one doctor, ...

•8 years ago

Post traumatic amnesia

Can anyone give me some information on post traumatic amnesia? My partner is suffering from this at the moment after suffering a cardiac arrest last month and...

Can anyone give me some information on post traumatic amnesia? My partner is su...

•8 years ago

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