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My son has an ABI and suffers from tremors in his legs an upper body. He recently said his eyes were experiencing problems with vision as in objects moving so...

My son has an ABI and suffers from tremors in his legs an upper body. He recentl...

•6 years ago

3 year old - Brain Stem Encephalitis (bacterial)

Hi all I am looking for success stories to remain positive and have faith that my little nephew will wake up. He was vomiting on Wednesday - taken to ER,...

Hi all I am looking for success stories to remain positive and have faith that...

•6 years ago

Just Saying Hello

Hi, I found this forum through the headway charity. I had a TBI 1981 and had delayed concussion and short term amnesia, I thought I had recovered from it but...

Hi, I found this forum through the headway charity. I had a TBI 1981 and had del...

•6 years ago

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from consultants down to general practice speak about the symptoms we experience as if they are imagined, it causes psychiatric injury!

the distress caused by constant, less than helpful dialogue. this seriously does cause a desperation and sadness that is often as difficult to deal with as the...

the distress caused by constant, less than helpful dialogue. this seriously does...

•6 years ago

Snnnnoooooooooooow

Bristol is very hilly and we hardly get snow which means it must be extremely cold (my them said 13.5 when I woke up this morning and I put the heater on full)...

Bristol is very hilly and we hardly get snow which means it must be extremely co...

•6 years ago

I had great fun i had to share (non bi related post)

I had to share how again I had great fun watching this years lantern parade like I did last year (i was mainly at the front watching my zumba teacher dance)...

I had to share how again I had great fun watching this years lantern parade like...

•6 years ago

Technology.

Hi everyone. Do any of you with BI use the Alexa thingys? Thinking of trying one for hubby to help with reminders etc? <3 x

Hi everyone. Do any of you with BI use the Alexa thingys? Thinking of trying one...

•6 years ago

part two of children's story "Brain damaged adventures in Chobe National Park".

Last time on Brain Damaged Adventures ... Bernard, an elephant with terrible tinnitus and a shocking memory, met Sylvia, a monkey with balance problems and a...

Last time on Brain Damaged Adventures ... Bernard, an elephant with terrible tin...

•6 years ago

Partner in long term MCS and I have a small child

I've asked this question a year ago but I'm posting again in the hope there might be someone out there. My 36 year old partner has been in MCS for nearly a...

I've asked this question a year ago but I'm posting again in the hope there migh...

•6 years ago

When they log on does it take a while for the front page to load?

When they log on does it take a while for the front page to load?

When they log on does it take a while for the front page to load?

•6 years ago

was fired over my tbi/pcs.

This is such an awkward thing to post knowing what my response would be, which is to just scroll down and assume spam or a con artist.... I am a very...

This is such an awkward thing to post knowing what my response would be, which i...

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•6 years ago

What am I doing wrong?

Rough few days and I feel I’m constantly in the wrong and being told to stop being so negative and down - when I feel all I do is try my best and it’s just...

Rough few days and I feel I’m constantly in the wrong and being told to stop bei...

•6 years ago

HealthUnlocked advent calendar day 7 - Headway

Many brain injury survivors and their loved ones find sharing their experiences with similar people helps them take on those day to day challenges together. To...

Many brain injury survivors and their loved ones find sharing their experiences ...

Partner•6 years ago

Charity Funding

Hi, can anyone explain the definition of being a charity please? Headway is registered as a charity however I know people who attend (as did I) and everyone...

Hi, can anyone explain the definition of being a charity please? Headway is reg...

•6 years ago

Horse riding

Hi, I’m Sarah and I’m new on this website. I had a horse riding accident 6 years ago. My sister and I ended up on a main road not our choice (instructors)!! My...

Hi, I’m Sarah and I’m new on this website. I had a horse riding accident 6 years...

•6 years ago

How to survive or thrive at Christmas

A year ago we asked our members on HealthUnlocked and Facebook for their tips and ideas on coping with the Christmas period after brain injury. Using your...

A year ago we asked our members on HealthUnlocked and Facebook for their tips an...

Partner•6 years ago

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Not a TBI

How about this for a scar? Quadriceps tendon repair after total separation. Occurred in Cambodia, dragged through Vietnam [long before the BBC thought about...

How about this for a scar? Quadriceps tendon repair after total separation. Oc...

•6 years ago

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16 years later

My name is Jonathan.on November 16 2001 I was passenger in a serious car wreck for which I wore brunt of injuries.shattered c6 vertebrae in neck,broken arm...

My name is Jonathan.on November 16 2001 I was passenger in a serious car wreck f...

•6 years ago

Double doctors appointment

I have just come out of hospital after another knee op had three replacements and then a revision knee replacement all on the same knee as the others did not...

I have just come out of hospital after another knee op had three replacements an...

•6 years ago

Can’t let go

My ot came and I said I felt as if I could do with some more physio as I’m walking without my walking stick inside and he says it increases my town in my arm...

My ot came and I said I felt as if I could do with some more physio as I’m walki...

•6 years ago

depression helpline

If you're a guy and feeling down then the CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) helpline is great. https://www.thecalmzone.net/help/helpline/ Ive phoned...

If you're a guy and feeling down then the CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserabl...

•6 years ago

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Post Concussion Syndrome following RTA

I was in an RTA 8 weeks ago when a woman came speeding round the corner over onto my carriageway and before i had time to react she had hit the side of my......

I was in an RTA 8 weeks ago when a woman came speeding round the corner over ont...

•6 years ago

new brain injury story (bit makeshift!)

When I got chatting to the very helpful woman on the Headway helpline we discussed how I use to write (boring law journal articles and stuff for kids) but...

When I got chatting to the very helpful woman on the Headway helpline we discuss...

•6 years ago

Fear at forthcoming coiling! Connective tissue issue!

Hello all PKD sufferers out there but also anyone with the brain anerysm scenario that can accompany this disease. Has anyone been told that having PKD puts...

Hello all PKD sufferers out there but also anyone with the brain anerysm scenari...

•6 years ago

New to this, daughter of a mum who has just had a bleed on the brain

Hi all, my mum 3 months ago was rushed into hospital with a brain heamorrage. I have been so stressed and down as I'm her only next of kin, I have a family of...

Hi all, my mum 3 months ago was rushed into hospital with a brain heamorrage. I ...

•6 years ago

Specialist and Results

Hi i have had a Shunt in my Head since 1974 have had it replaced Five times since, The last one was in 2000 and have had lots of problems sine like...

Hi i have had a Shunt in my Head since 1974 have had it replaced Five times sinc...

•6 years ago

Sense of smell

Hi, I was wondering if anybody else has had or is having a similar problem with their smell. When I had my head injury I completely lost my sense of smell and...

Hi, I was wondering if anybody else has had or is having a similar problem with ...

•6 years ago

CBD OIL.

Having suffered restless leg syndrome for a number of years and osteoarthritis pain killers reacted with rotigotine patches and made condition worse but...

Having suffered restless leg syndrome for a number of years and osteoarthritis...

•6 years ago

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