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1st time pedi

Was really enjoyable for £23. I'm doing so many things I wanted to do for EIGHT years but never had time due to work, now I have time to check off stuff on my...

Was really enjoyable for £23. I'm doing so many things I wanted to do for EIGHT...

•6 years ago

Tinted lenses work, a review.

I informed the community last year of the 'astonishing' effects after being tested for and prescribed tinted lenses. I have been wearing them now for a few...

I informed the community last year of the 'astonishing' effects after being test...

•6 years ago

Happy 18th birthday !!!

Happy 18th birthday to my frontal lobe and very much like how I would treat my actual 31st birthday a month and half ago rather than dwelling and looking...

Happy 18th birthday to my frontal lobe and very much like how I would treat my ...

•6 years ago

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Support group?

Hi evreyone, does anybody know of any support groups/clubs in the Portsmouth area? I kind of need a friend that isn't my partner!

Hi evreyone, does anybody know of any support groups/clubs in the Portsmouth are...

C0ldhAndswarmheart

•6 years ago

Tonight's sunset

Tonight's sunset

Tonight's sunset

•6 years ago

Oxygen chambers

Hi all, I just wondered if anyone has been in an oxygen chamber (I think that is what there called) since their brain haemorrhage? I have one quite local and...

Hi all, I just wondered if anyone has been in an oxygen chamber (I think that is...

Cornishwaves247

•6 years ago

So dizzy - any test to see if I am safe?

Has anybody come across any GP or self test to diagnose and score the impact of dizziness / disequilibrium. To see if I am safe to drive, use stairs and walk?...

Has anybody come across any GP or self test to diagnose and score the impact of ...

•6 years ago

Nerve pinch after blood drawing (Sorry for the long post)

Around 6 months ago, I had a severe allergic reaction for the first time in my life. I was working at a summer camp and I woke up one morning covered in hives....

Around 6 months ago, I had a severe allergic reaction for the first time in my l...

•6 years ago

burn scars

i was given some unfortunate advice in 2016 to treat my brain meningioma with very high dose radiation as opposed to surgery. i had a horrible reaction with...

i was given some unfortunate advice in 2016 to treat my brain meningioma with ve...

•6 years ago

Wheelchair Globetrotting after I sustained a head injury

To find the book on Amazon only type “Thrills on Wheels”, the full title is Headfirst Thrills on Wheels. Alternatively search the book by my name: “Max...

To find the book on Amazon only type “Thrills on Wheels”, the full title is Head...

•6 years ago

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Sunrises, rainbows and chewy the seal on brixham harbour Twitter (also kite surfing dunes at dawlish warren)

So while checking out the kite surfer vid on the bcc spot light (which I shared with the dawlish museum fb page and they have reshared it) I also saw a video...

So while checking out the kite surfer vid on the bcc spot light (which I shared ...

•6 years ago

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Therapy is good !

Thank you @projecthappiness_org for sharing this great post and my blog ! If you would like to read this blog please check the link on the project happiness...

Thank you @projecthappiness_org for sharing this great post and my blog ! If you...

•6 years ago

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Young people with brain injuries- making new friends... Your experiences of Headway group?

Hello- my daughter who is 22 has an acquired brain injury. She’s done incredibly well and now she’s taken the first step to go back to Uni part time. She had...

Hello- my daughter who is 22 has an acquired brain injury. She’s done incredibly...

•6 years ago

Has anyone out there spoke after a tbi

Although I’ve had lots of comfort by this forum with information and experiences of other people’s tbi however I never seem to see the outcome I know the...

Although I’ve had lots of comfort by this forum with information and experiences...

•6 years ago

My friend and her dad at her wedding.

So this is one of my friends that also goes to the same Headway I do, that is where I met her. Quite an inspiring young lady, she had a car accident. She was...

So this is one of my friends that also goes to the same Headway I do, that is wh...

•6 years ago

Anyone know where I can view/ tryout recumbent 3 wheel disability bike?

OH , a keen cyclist had his brain haemorrhage last year following a fall from his bike. Desperate to cycle again but balance not good. Would make such a...

OH , a keen cyclist had his brain haemorrhage last year following a fall from hi...

•6 years ago

Still no appointment

grrrrr they have said if i call on wednesday i can get one but I HAVE A OH ASSESSMENT SO NO I CANT CALL BACK ON WEDNESDAY THATS IF I ABLE TO SPEND THE ENTIRE...

grrrrr they have said if i call on wednesday i can get one but I HAVE A OH ASSES...

•6 years ago

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Oh baby mummy is sorry but please behave

My poor printer

My poor printer

•6 years ago

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Even my new printer is po about printing the guide

Jeez calm down new toy mummy donest want to you print it believe me

Jeez calm down new toy mummy donest want to you print it believe me

•6 years ago

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I don't want to learn about this but I need to as a safety measure

I don't want to learn about the new evil that is uc as it's been well over 10 years since I was last on benefits that they screwed me out of £200 inbetween job...

I don't want to learn about the new evil that is uc as it's been well over 10 ye...

•6 years ago

Argh I hate gp receptionists !!!! I am under the order of my gp GIVE ME A Appointment!!!

I hate gp receptionist they are dragons they refusr to give me a face to face appointment despite my gp telling me to tell them it's under the instructions of...

I hate gp receptionist they are dragons they refusr to give me a face to face ap...

•6 years ago

Finding work

Nearly 20 years on from the accident and my son ( now 40) has been living with me for 5 years . Prior to that he’s had failed relationships , loads of jobs in...

Nearly 20 years on from the accident and my son ( now 40) has been living with m...

•6 years ago

So bc I'm a tech geek

One of the services gave me a booklet of apps to try and I've found these really helpful so far so I thought I would share some of them or if you Google the...

One of the services gave me a booklet of apps to try and I've found these really...

•6 years ago

Nothing beats afternoon cream tea after Sunday lunch and by afternoon they can only be eaten after 2pm but I have been know to eat them as .

Early as 8am for my breakfast to the horror of the office :-p My neighbour made fresh scones for our dessert as I told him I brought fresh clotted cream and...

Early as 8am for my breakfast to the horror of the office :-p My neighbour made ...

•6 years ago

Tonight's sunset

My camera can pick on colours my eyes cant that's why all the pictures are so good, well is is a £100 per month contact phone so I would hope it did have good...

My camera can pick on colours my eyes cant that's why all the pictures are so go...

•6 years ago

Sometimes I hate the life I made

One final weekend post/song before I leave to go to my neighbors for Sunday lunch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUOlc_j4rMA

One final weekend post/song before I leave to go to my neighbors for Sunday lunc...

•6 years ago

Connecting

My hubby had neurosurgery 20 years ago and all this time we have lived with his epilepsy, low empathy and mood and anxiety. He shouts a lot at me, has no life,...

My hubby had neurosurgery 20 years ago and all this time we have lived with his ...

•6 years ago

Did you feel like a charlatan because your TBI was

Hello, first post here as I begin my integration into a new lifestyle. Here's a quick overview for context, and then I have a couple of questions for the...

Hello, first post here as I begin my integration into a new lifestyle. Here's a ...

•6 years ago

Just had JW knock on the door and I chewed their ear off

I had 2 JW at the door and I opened it in my pjs and dressing gown so I chewed their ear off about Brexit and how I work for the council so I get politcal crap...

I had 2 JW at the door and I opened it in my pjs and dressing gown so I chewed t...

•6 years ago

God keep my head above water, don't let me drown, I'm too young to fall asleep

So avril lavigne was one of the artist I use to listen to in my rock skater phase of teenage hood if you go back and listen to her earlier songs she is very...

So avril lavigne was one of the artist I use to listen to in my rock skater phas...

•6 years ago

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