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ABI Week 2018: You, me, and brain injury

Today is the start of Action for Brain Injury Week, and this year we're raising awareness of the ripple effect a brain injury can have on not just the...

Today is the start of Action for Brain Injury Week, and this year we're raising ...

headwayuk

Partner•6 years ago

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Feeling down 😢

Hi All, Just wanted to know if there is anyone else out there who suffers from severe mood swings (depression) since their TBI-I am getting VERY down mood...

Hi All, Just wanted to know if there is anyone else out there who suffers from ...

Annie-2

•6 years ago

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Please I need your advice...

Is it okay to travel by air after 10 months of decompressive craniectomy without cranioplasty? 3 hours of air travel....

Is it okay to travel by air after 10 months of decompressive craniectomy without...

Desz

•6 years ago

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BaronC

•6 years ago

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Learning

I've complaint about a group. I've banned on the group messages ???? Is like you can't have your say. The group say I'm still welcome to be in the group ?????...

I've complaint about a group. I've banned on the group messages ???? Is like you...

Cj-195

•6 years ago

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Feeling hurt

Hi everyone Would like some advice. My husband of 39 years had a cardiac arrest resulting in hypoxic brain injury. He was without oxygen for approximately...

Hi everyone Would like some advice. My husband of 39 years had a cardiac arrest...

lbuxton

•6 years ago

9 Replies

Who's enjoying the sunshine?

I got some cheap flowers from Wilko that should start appearing in 2 weeks and I changed the soil in my bush and put it into a slightly bigger pot as I noticed...

I got some cheap flowers from Wilko that should start appearing in 2 weeks and I...

bexx87

•6 years ago

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Aggressive

Kev has been in the rehabilitation centre for 2 weeks now and I am really disappointed with it! I have not had any updates and do not really know what their...

Kev has been in the rehabilitation centre for 2 weeks now and I am really disapp...

treetate

•6 years ago

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Waiting

This week has been the hardest , trying to sort out PIP -that’s in the post tg .i saw the housing people yesterday, they need a few more things and they also...

This week has been the hardest , trying to sort out PIP -that’s in the post tg ....

Pat-rick1

•6 years ago

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Apparently, I am a layabout

Alright folks, Well today is the first day back for me from spending a week away on a cruise ship that made it’s way to Norway. It’s such a beautiful country,...

Alright folks, Well today is the first day back for me from spending a week away...

Matt2584

•6 years ago

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Coping with grief with TBI

I typed a long post but it disappeared...so I will keep this short this time. How do people with TBI cope with grief? On Tuesday this week my parents came to...

I typed a long post but it disappeared...so I will keep this short this time. H...

Ro_76

•6 years ago

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They don’t want to put her on a trach!

It is Day 8, and we requested the trach, and feeding tube as the next step, a doctor actually said to me “ you really want to put her on a trach when you know...

It is Day 8, and we requested the trach, and feeding tube as the next step, a do...

Rd81105n

•6 years ago

16 Replies

Clipping surgery

Hi, I had a brain aneurysm clipped 7 weeks ago and have a question. I lost my sense of smell and taste and am wondering if anyone has experienced this and if...

Hi, I had a brain aneurysm clipped 7 weeks ago and have a question. I lost my s...

katram2

•6 years ago

6 Replies

Support

Hi i am new to this site. My partner suffered a tbi nearly 17years ago and looking for support i met him 2years ago

Hi i am new to this site. My partner suffered a tbi nearly 17years ago and looki...

Novo88

•6 years ago

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Titanium Mesh Plate

Hello all. I’m new to the site so still trying to learn my way around. I had a craniotomy 7 weeks ago to remove a benign tumor from my skull. That part of my...

Hello all. I’m new to the site so still trying to learn my way around. I had a c...

JackyeMS

•6 years ago

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Neurosurgeon appointment

Saw the surgeon today , hopefully surgery by the end of June at the latest. I’m allowed to go to the Stones concert if I behave myself and this gives him a...

Saw the surgeon today , hopefully surgery by the end of June at the latest. I’m ...

Shon48

•6 years ago

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Prayers For Jackie

Last Tuesday, my mom got dropped off to the hospital from a cardiac arrest. The doctors say she wasn’t breathing, and it took them 20 min to resuscitate her......

Last Tuesday, my mom got dropped off to the hospital from a cardiac arrest. The ...

Rd81105n

•6 years ago

11 Replies

Northwick Park rehab centre

Has anyone got any experience of Northwick Park rehab centre and if so what was your opinion? My dad has been offered a bed there but we were waiting for a...

Has anyone got any experience of Northwick Park rehab centre and if so what was ...

Lauren_1006

•6 years ago

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I just don't want to be here

So I'm back and I am so depressed, it all kicked off in February where I took a cocktail of alcohol and diazepam. While most of you will see that as the worst...

So I'm back and I am so depressed, it all kicked off in February where I took a ...

shellsbelle

•6 years ago

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Walk With The Baron

With only eight weeks remaining before the big day, the question is, is anybody out there organising a walk on the 1st of July? I'm aware of one or two in the...

With only eight weeks remaining before the big day, the question is, is anybody ...

BaronC

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Progess

Thanks to a lot of encouragement from friends on this forum and my family, I’ve made a couple of steps forward this last week. I managed to have my first...

Thanks to a lot of encouragement from friends on this forum and my family, I’ve ...

IanAG

•6 years ago

6 Replies

Family friend and Girlfriend saved my life when I was attacked 2 days ago, today

Hello Hope you are all ok. Doing this post from my hospital bed because I am back in hospital again. The reason I am back in hospital again is because I was...

Hello Hope you are all ok. Doing this post from my hospital bed because I am ba...

Hodder1992

•6 years ago

15 Replies

Effects after a coma.....advice and exp. welcome.....

My husband was in a coma for 5 days from DKA and shock (he was hypoxic, hypothermic, in shock and had blood sugar of 1100) happily he woke from the coma and...

My husband was in a coma for 5 days from DKA and shock (he was hypoxic, hypother...

crazy_48618

•6 years ago

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Depression

Kevin has been at the rehab centre for 5 days now but seems to becoming more and more depressed. Me visiting seems to unsettle him as he knows he is in there...

Kevin has been at the rehab centre for 5 days now but seems to becoming more and...

treetate

•6 years ago

5 Replies

Fed up!!

Hello all.... Just feeling down today and Fed up of this tight pulling feeling And the stingy pains i have around my head. I know it's probably early days but...

Hello all.... Just feeling down today and Fed up of this tight pulling feeling A...

Gina1972

•6 years ago

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Moving

My partner is moving back to Italy!?!? I don’t want too because I have a little support here in London. And my Italian is terrible.. I am going to have to...

My partner is moving back to Italy!?!? I don’t want too because I have a little...

Pat-rick1

•6 years ago

11 Replies

Best friend Helen out of coma

Hello Hope you are ok. Sending you this good news about Helen condition from her bedside in the ICU. Just before 3pm today Helen opened her eyes for the first...

Hello Hope you are ok. Sending you this good news about Helen condition from her...

Hodder1992

•6 years ago

9 Replies

Brain fog/fatigue

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has actually managed to combat or cure the dreaded brain fog and horrible fatigue. I’m 5 years post a brain haemorrhage and...

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has actually managed to combat or cure the dr...

ErinSAH

•6 years ago

29 Replies

Falling and failing.

I've not been on here for a long long time. I'm back because I'm off work again. No sleep again last night, but this seems to be the rule these days. Only...

I've not been on here for a long long time. I'm back because I'm off work again...

Danslatete

•6 years ago

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Fluid in arm

Anybody had a Ct angiogram in the arm and above the needle site is swollen later ? 🤗🤗

Anybody had a Ct angiogram in the arm and above the needle site is swollen later...

Shon48

•6 years ago

1 Reply

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All posts for May 2018

ABI Week 2018: You, me, and brain injury

Feeling down 😢

Please I need your advice...

#thankstoyou

Learning

Feeling hurt

Who's enjoying the sunshine?

Aggressive

Waiting

Apparently, I am a layabout

Coping with grief with TBI

They don’t want to put her on a trach!

Clipping surgery

Support

Titanium Mesh Plate

Neurosurgeon appointment

Prayers For Jackie

Northwick Park rehab centre

I just don't want to be here

Walk With The Baron

Progess

Family friend and Girlfriend saved my life when I was attacked 2 days ago, today

Effects after a coma.....advice and exp. welcome.....

Depression

Fed up!!

Moving

Best friend Helen out of coma

Brain fog/fatigue

Falling and failing.

Fluid in arm

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