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I am new here…. Hi to everyone.

Hi everyone,I have a 19 yr old son who is in an induced coma for the 2nd time, he had a motorbike accident 2 weeks ago.

Hi everyone,I have a 19 yr old son who is in an induced coma for the 2nd time, h...

JoEjOe70

•7 years ago

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Down in the dumps 🤕

Sorry to be so negative but sometimes I feel like everyday is such a struggle since my TBI over three years ago! The emotional impact (despite having therapy...

Sorry to be so negative but sometimes I feel like everyday is such a struggle si...

Annie-2

•7 years ago

24 Replies

My Story

I sent in my story to headway to see what would happen and they want to talk to me in more detail, My story might actually get put on thier page as well as...

I sent in my story to headway to see what would happen and they want to talk t...

bexx87

•7 years ago

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Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Has anyone here had this type of haemorrhage and recovered well? After an accident resulting in tbi?

Has anyone here had this type of haemorrhage and recovered well? After an accide...

sue-66

•7 years ago

22 Replies

How long will this last?

Hi everyone. I had a serious car accident 10 weeks ago. One of my injuries was two serious contusions at the front of my brain. I keep having dizziness and...

Hi everyone. I had a serious car accident 10 weeks ago. One of my injuries was t...

Lynnepitt

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Hyper

Does anyone experience Hyper happy craziness? Verbally & energetic? First time at work... Apologised next day. Luckily I'm known for excitement & Humour....

Does anyone experience Hyper happy craziness? Verbally & energetic? First time...

Ghost-on-point

•7 years ago

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Little update

A little update to people who follow my challenging stay in the UK. I have found a therapist so Im tryong to process different things connected to my injury...

A little update to people who follow my challenging stay in the UK. I have found...

Iwona084

•7 years ago

2 Replies

Brain injury advice

Hi, my brother recently suffered a hypoxic brain injury. He's biting his bottom lip very severely. I'm bothered about him biting him through it. Has anybody...

Hi, my brother recently suffered a hypoxic brain injury. He's biting his bottom ...

Leanntaylor1

•7 years ago

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Doh ........ Doh

So one of the most bizarre things about head injuries seems to be our ability to randomly do stupid things and it is always when we think things are "normal"...

So one of the most bizarre things about head injuries seems to be our ability to...

sospan

•7 years ago

18 Replies

Just a Bang on the Head, Cameron McNeish

Outdoors hiking writer Cameron McNeish had a head injury and learnt the hard way that you often don't get warned of it until it's too late....

Outdoors hiking writer Cameron McNeish had a head injury and learnt the hard way...

Hidden

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Brain Injury... And caring for mum

Hello everyone, new to the forum but looking for some support/ answers! Mum ,now 77, had a massive Brain Haemorrhage with associated stroke two years ago. At...

Hello everyone, new to the forum but looking for some support/ answers! Mum ,now...

Hidden

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Seizures

Hi everyone Following brain surgery my partner suffered seizures. 2 Tonic clonics then multiple Focal Seizures. He is on 1000mg Keppra and 300mg Epilium twice...

Hi everyone Following brain surgery my partner suffered seizures. 2 Tonic cloni...

Dondags07

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Cranioplasty still has Fluid in head the head is it normal?

My husband had his Cranioplasty about 3 weeks ago and every morning his head look puffy. I touch his head a it feels like fluid in it. It this normal? I talked...

My husband had his Cranioplasty about 3 weeks ago and every morning his head loo...

Desire2004

•7 years ago

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Dancing on the brain

Some time ago I went for a 24 hour EEG test and actually managed to get the results. My wife read them out and apparently I have a high number of...

Some time ago I went for a 24 hour EEG test and actually managed to get the resu...

sospan

•7 years ago

13 Replies

all headway staff and helpline lets all do a post for them because they are so nice .

they are beautiful people . they are so nice and understanding and no other people s emotions and bi they are the best and I think it would be nice all of us...

they are beautiful people . they are so nice and understanding and no other peop...

eddstjohnoneday

•7 years ago

8 Replies

CSF leak

I have a mucocele that attached itself to my dura and althought the mucocele itself has been drained (twice now), they can't remove it. A complication is that...

I have a mucocele that attached itself to my dura and althought the mucocele its...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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doctors with scott

well went to the doctors today as they have revoked his licanse again as there was no more reports only the old ones and the letter said see your gp so off we...

well went to the doctors today as they have revoked his licanse again as there w...

irishrose48

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Please vote tactically in the general election tommorow

I'm not political but as someone who lives with disability resulting from a BI I need the support of the state to give me the best chance in life. I'm now past...

I'm not political but as someone who lives with disability resulting from a BI I...

barny1

•7 years ago

20 Replies

Need to vent

Its been almost a year since the accident which left my partner with a TBI after 3 bleeds on the brain and multiple broken bones. Thought we had got away with...

Its been almost a year since the accident which left my partner with a TBI after...

HJ10HMO

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Speaking again

Hi, my partner has a trachy and they are putting a speaking valve in for a few hours at a time. They will be weaning the trachy off him, but in the meantime,...

Hi, my partner has a trachy and they are putting a speaking valve in for a few h...

sue-66

•7 years ago

10 Replies

DWP challenge by 'Billie' on their denial of psychological factors affecting ability to plan/follow journey

If you receive PIP mobility please consider donating and/or sharing this link. https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/wish/ Summary There has been widespread...

If you receive PIP mobility please consider donating and/or sharing this link. ...

barny1

•7 years ago

8 Replies

BBC's Doctor in the House

Has anyone been watching this? I know some of it will be down to good selection of cases but it makes me angry that someone can lose 20 years of quality of...

Has anyone been watching this? I know some of it will be down to good selection ...

Lizum

•7 years ago

8 Replies

High Omega 3 Intake

I have had post concussion syndrome for 15 months and heard about the Omega 3 Protocol yesterday. I'm not normally one for alternative treatments but I'm...

I have had post concussion syndrome for 15 months and heard about the Omega 3 Pr...

Lizum

•7 years ago

8 Replies

More than another day.

Woke up this morning and pulled back.the curtains on another damp day. Another day of great British summer Another day of being glad to be here. But then I...

Woke up this morning and pulled back.the curtains on another damp day. Another d...

paxo05

•7 years ago

10 Replies

what amazing friends I have.

I really must be the luckiest person ever to have such good friends and family. Four of my friends are doing a Colour Obstacle Rush to raise money for Headway...

I really must be the luckiest person ever to have such good friends and family. ...

maureen103

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Vegetative state

My daughter will be 30 at the end of this month. She has got 2 beautiful children (a girl and a boy). Two years ago she was taken ill (a headache (!!!) ). She...

My daughter will be 30 at the end of this month. She has got 2 beautiful childre...

yemmahabou

•7 years ago

20 Replies

Tonsilectomy

Yep, I'm having one. On the waiting list now... Croaky time!!

BaronC

•7 years ago

21 Replies

Cant vote in general election

So I can have a job here in the UK and pay taxes but I cant decide where these taxes would go... just upset I hope everyone is OK and safe!

So I can have a job here in the UK and pay taxes but I cant decide where these t...

Iwona084

•7 years ago

10 Replies

Should I still be taking Citalopram?

Last February I had a stroke mimic and since neither my GP or hospital could find a cause they put it down to stress/anxiety. I was put on Citalopram 20mg. I...

Last February I had a stroke mimic and since neither my GP or hospital could fin...

lcd8

•7 years ago

14 Replies

Sleep after TBI

Hello all, We are 9months post injury..I just wondering if anyone has had similar problems.. Whenever we are laying down in bed, my partner cannot lay still,...

Hello all, We are 9months post injury..I just wondering if anyone has had simila...

Clgn83

•7 years ago

13 Replies

Posts - Headway | HealthUnlocked

Headway

All posts for June 2017

I am new here…. Hi to everyone.

Down in the dumps 🤕

My Story

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

How long will this last?

Hyper

Little update

Brain injury advice

Doh ........ Doh

Just a Bang on the Head, Cameron McNeish

Brain Injury... And caring for mum

Seizures

Cranioplasty still has Fluid in head the head is it normal?

Dancing on the brain

all headway staff and helpline lets all do a post for them because they are so nice .

CSF leak

doctors with scott

Please vote tactically in the general election tommorow

Need to vent

Speaking again

DWP challenge by 'Billie' on their denial of psychological factors affecting ability to plan/follow journey

BBC's Doctor in the House

High Omega 3 Intake

More than another day.

what amazing friends I have.

Vegetative state

Tonsilectomy

Cant vote in general election

Should I still be taking Citalopram?

Sleep after TBI

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