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Cranioplasty long term outcomes

Hi everyone I'm new here and newish to the world of cranioplasty. In dec I was hit by a motorcycle. I spent much of Dec in a coma, had right side paralysis, a...

Hi everyone I'm new here and newish to the world of cranioplasty. In dec I was h...

Katewgibbs

•7 years ago

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The Survival

This is not a post claiming self pity or a need for gaining people to feel sorry for me. This is to hopefully help people gain more understanding of similar...

This is not a post claiming self pity or a need for gaining people to feel sorry...

Tony-Muzzy

•7 years ago

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I thought TBI was the worst thing

Sadly today I have just learnt that my best friend has just been diagnosed with a tumour gliomas anaplastic glioma grade 3 in his left frontal lobe and has...

Sadly today I have just learnt that my best friend has just been diagnosed with ...

Padmeister

•7 years ago

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Is it safe to go in for surgery following a mild concussion (possible PCS)?

Hi there, So last week I had an accident on a film set where by I ended up being thrown forward and hitting my head off the windscreen of a vehicle when the...

Hi there, So last week I had an accident on a film set where by I ended up being...

blakk293

•7 years ago

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bI mummy and daddies

Hi has any one. Who had suffered a BI who can only use one arm as a result had any bad experiences using the bus or public transport! I was told I couldn't use...

Hi has any one. Who had suffered a BI who can only use one arm as a result had a...

Prettythings1

•7 years ago

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Seizures

What about seizures... My partner is having seizures and they are having difficulty getting them under control... They don't seem to be as frequent or as long...

What about seizures... My partner is having seizures and they are having diffic...

Chris1082

•7 years ago

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The Announcement. Drum roll Please...

Here we go...

BaronC

•7 years ago

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Long lasting fatigue

Hi. A year since a brain injury.. total recovery from fractured skull, brain bleed, fit etc. but find any really concentrated brain activity very tiring....

Hi. A year since a brain injury.. total recovery from fractured skull, brain ...

elsae

•7 years ago

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In Need of Hope

Hello... Two weeks ago, my partner had a cardiac arrest and is in a coma and not waking up. When he first went in they had him sedated and cooled him for...

Hello... Two weeks ago, my partner had a cardiac arrest and is in a coma and no...

Chris1082

•7 years ago

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New Steps

Hello Just looking for a bit of support. Tomorrow I go back to college to continue my interrupted 2nd year of Counselling Course Level 4 after my bout of...

Hello Just looking for a bit of support. Tomorrow I go back to college to conti...

CH56Twin

•7 years ago

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Can eating sweets make you tired?

Been on day out with BI group I go to. On way back the man who runs group said he was tired and said it was cos he'd eaten some sweets just before setting off...

Been on day out with BI group I go to. On way back the man who runs group said h...

keeley24

•7 years ago

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Neuro Appt Change

Hi all.My 1st. Neuro appt. moved to next wk! What,goes on in 1st Appt ? Iam,bringing list of all symptoms .I,hope he takes my seriously.I,know alot on here...

Hi all.My 1st. Neuro appt. moved to next wk! What,goes on in 1st Appt ? Iam,br...

abcwangfoo

•7 years ago

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HYDROCEPHALUS

HI DOSE ANY ONE KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE TO WAIT FOR MRI SCAN,HAD CT SCAN MARKED URGENT REFERRAL FOR MRI .WHAT IS TIME SCALE

HI DOSE ANY ONE KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE TO WAIT FOR MRI SCAN,HAD CT SCAN MARKED URG...

martinbradley

•7 years ago

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Knight 27

Mini Baroness, her accomplice and... Sir Gunter Killandmaim Sir Gunter was a traveller who discovered many things in his lifetime. He discovered the Isle Of...

Mini Baroness, her accomplice and... Sir Gunter Killandmaim Sir Gunter was a tra...

BaronC

•7 years ago

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Benefits etc

FAO fellow DWP battlers: I had an appointment with welfare rights, who work under the NHS, last week which I was advised to do after scoring zero on a PIP...

FAO fellow DWP battlers: I had an appointment with welfare rights, who work und...

mikedthorpe

•7 years ago

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At last

At last the PIP tribunal date has been set for October 15th. This is for the tribunal date but I've still got to hear about my ESA. So the nightmare continues

At last the PIP tribunal date has been set for October 15th. This is for the tri...

spideyman

•7 years ago

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Face Burning

Hi all; 1st symptom happened few months ago. A,tear drop feeling on Left side of face.Ever since,tingling on and off same side. Maybe nerve problem.I,have...

Hi all; 1st symptom happened few months ago. A,tear drop feeling on Left side of...

abcwangfoo

•7 years ago

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Relationships

Sorry I've not been online for a while. It will be 2 years at the beginning of Dec since my collapse with SAH. I am doing well, I can see that and...

Sorry I've not been online for a while. It will be 2 years at the beginning of ...

Lann62

•7 years ago

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Just a quick question !!!

Hope all of you are well ,anyway my question :?does anyone feel like there waiting for something?or feel like there distancing themselves from people?😍

Hope all of you are well ,anyway my question :?does anyone feel like there waiti...

Pat-rick1

•7 years ago

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Headway Shop in Whitchurch

I am delighted to say a shop has opened in my local community of Whitchurch it's called "headway" I shall certainly be going into it and taking items I have no...

I am delighted to say a shop has opened in my local community of Whitchurch it's...

1949liz

•7 years ago

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How do you feel..

My husband told me last night he wishes he wasn't here any more. Living he means. Not here with me. He tells me he loves me. I did cpr and saved him...I'm glad...

My husband told me last night he wishes he wasn't here any more. Living he means...

MaryLou13

•7 years ago

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FIRST DAYS OF DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL - HELP!

Hi so we had our discharge on Friday and I now have a full week on my own before any care starts.I have to work full time but I do work at home. My spouse is...

Hi so we had our discharge on Friday and I now have a full week on my own before...

AVENA

•7 years ago

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26th Knight

Mini Baroness sitting on the shoulders of a giant while he leans on... Sir Michael Doitnobuggerelseoffered Sir Michael was a lovely man, a real gem, nobody had...

Mini Baroness sitting on the shoulders of a giant while he leans on... Sir Micha...

BaronC

•7 years ago

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Xarelto

Has anyone had side effects from this medication?

CS74

•7 years ago

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Dizzy

Hi, I've been doing dead well in my recovery for a while now but just now I'm having a prolonged episode of dizziness which hasn't happened for ages. I don't...

Hi, I've been doing dead well in my recovery for a while now but just now I'm ha...

jentwistle

•7 years ago

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Right hemiplegia

Its the condition i was left with after my accident

wayne1982

•7 years ago

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Benefits and entitlement

The thing I find frustrating in any application is that they expect me in my condition with a very severe/significant diffuse axonal closed TBI, to have a...

The thing I find frustrating in any application is that they expect me in my con...

Padmeister

•7 years ago

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25th Knight

Mini Baroness, her guardian/carer/father/idol/idiot with... Sir Lars Torders Sir Lars pioneered drinking yourself to death, ironically. He lived on nothing but...

Mini Baroness, her guardian/carer/father/idol/idiot with... Sir Lars Torders Sir...

BaronC

•7 years ago

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Coughing

Advice please I keep coughing not painful just annoying wondered if anyone else had that please Nikki x I

Advice please I keep coughing not painful just annoying wondered if anyone else...

Beppybutton12

•7 years ago

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Urine retention and catheterisation

I am after some understanding on this subject. Twice my partner has had the catheter removed and twice its been put back, due to retaining urine and then...

I am after some understanding on this subject. Twice my partner has had the cath...

sue-66

•7 years ago

4 Replies

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All posts for September 2017

Cranioplasty long term outcomes

The Survival

I thought TBI was the worst thing

Is it safe to go in for surgery following a mild concussion (possible PCS)?

bI mummy and daddies

Seizures

The Announcement. Drum roll Please...

Long lasting fatigue

In Need of Hope

New Steps

Can eating sweets make you tired?

Neuro Appt Change

HYDROCEPHALUS

Knight 27

Benefits etc

At last

Face Burning

Relationships

Just a quick question !!!

Headway Shop in Whitchurch

How do you feel..

FIRST DAYS OF DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL - HELP!

26th Knight

Xarelto

Dizzy

Right hemiplegia

Benefits and entitlement

25th Knight

Coughing

Urine retention and catheterisation

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