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Letters to pip

Now when you have to send forms into pip.they send you a freepost envelope.if you ask to send by registerd post.you get told no as thy have coverd...

Now when you have to send forms into pip.they send you a freepost envelope.if yo...

ricozoe

•5 years ago

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What do careers do for you?

Somebody has told me that there not there to walk your dog or clean up but I’ve looked it up and all I can find is they do stuff for you that your not able,...

Somebody has told me that there not there to walk your dog or clean up but I’ve ...

Dynamite36

•5 years ago

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Great news - DWP revised ;o)

Just received this email :- . Hi everyone! From June 3rd 2019, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) began sending out a revised version of their much...

Just received this email :- . Hi everyone! From June 3rd 2019, the Department...

StaceM8

•5 years ago

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Before I walk to the shop I prepared, good state of mind etc. Yesterday morning a bin lorry turned in front of me without warning ⚠️ eruption I explode I give...

Before I walk to the shop I prepared, good state of mind etc. Yesterday morning ...

Pat-rick1

•5 years ago

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More on fatigue.

Hiya all. Just read this article on fatigue after brain injury and thought I’d share 😁...

Hiya all. Just read this article on fatigue after brain injury and thought I’d s...

Wazza84

•5 years ago

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7 months since brain heamorrage

I lose so many days since sah, lost forever it's like being in a dream then it's September having lost months doing nothing. I don't seem to have good days...

I lose so many days since sah, lost forever it's like being in a dream then it's...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Trying to help my friend who had a TBI in April 2019

Hi all, My friend who is 69, collapsed a fell into the road outside his house in April 2019. He had a Traumatic Brain Injury, spent a week in ICU in a induced...

Hi all, My friend who is 69, collapsed a fell into the road outside his house in...

guitarlady

•5 years ago

7 Replies

First Post

Hi there, I'm new here, I am the Chair of Gwynedd and Mon and my name is Nicola... I have no idea what I am doing here haha

Hi there, I'm new here, I am the Chair of Gwynedd and Mon and my name is Nicola...

Nb83

•5 years ago

19 Replies

Advice for services/rehab

Hello! I sustained a head injury back in 2010. Whilst it’s mild and I’ve managed to get through uni, I’m now taking a small break before starting work part...

Hello! I sustained a head injury back in 2010. Whilst it’s mild and I’ve manag...

Mel1910

•5 years ago

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Stressed exhausted wife

I’ve been caring for my husband for 4 and half years after he got knocked over by a car he suffered 2bleeds on his brain , earing loss in one left ear and now...

I’ve been caring for my husband for 4 and half years after he got knocked over b...

17ar

•5 years ago

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Home nursing - tips

Hi Forum, Just wanted to connect, my dad had a brain bleed stroke 6 months ago, I am home nursing him. Complete vegetable, peg fed, double INCONTINENCE...

Hi Forum, Just wanted to connect, my dad had a brain bleed stroke 6 months ago, ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

8 Replies

Head

Hi all during a particularly intense exercise session on Monday evening, i felt a sudden pain in the left back of my head. I hadnt experienced it before. It...

Hi all during a particularly intense exercise session on Monday evening, i felt ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

3 Replies

Head's f****d

I'm going insane (edited by admin)

Memory_manc

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Anger issues

Anyone else found that they have a problem with anger issues since getting a brain injury

Anyone else found that they have a problem with anger issues since getting a bra...

Memory_manc

•5 years ago

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Honoured to be able to speak out

Good morning! Very excited to share this, please see me here! The Bee Foundation Philadelphia USA https://youtu.be/OoHraXN60WQ

Good morning! Very excited to share this, please see me here! The Bee Foundatio...

Kavib

•5 years ago

1 Reply

TopiramateAccord

TopiramateAccord I have been put on these pills for my tremor , I started taking 25mg for two weeks and found that I was fine, then I had to increase to...

TopiramateAccord I have been put on these pills for my tremor , I started takin...

1949liz

•5 years ago

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Help needed regarding my son in the community

I am a Mother of a man who nearly 2 years ago was in a coma and has a brain injury. He has come along way and is now ready to move from rehab into the...

I am a Mother of a man who nearly 2 years ago was in a coma and has a brain inju...

Cotton50

•5 years ago

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Brain making up it's own reality post TBI?

Hi, Partner is 6 months in following TBI. Can't seem to find my answer on Google or here... but does anyone have experience where TBI survivor absolutely...

Hi, Partner is 6 months in following TBI. Can't seem to find my answer on Google...

Purplelover25

•5 years ago

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How has rehabilitation helped your long-term recovery after brain injury?

Headway are compiling a detailed report on the ‘postcode lottery’ of post-acute rehabilitation – and we need your stories to show how high quality rehab is a...

Headway are compiling a detailed report on the ‘postcode lottery’ of post-acute ...

headwayuk

Partner•5 years ago

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I guess I am a bit of a fool.

Not looking for ego bolstering. Just need to tell someone. I just got back from my second vacation since my injury and just like the first a year ago, about...

Not looking for ego bolstering. Just need to tell someone. I just got back from...

Miss_B_Haven

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Recently Diagnosed with Brain injuries

Hi and good morning I have had many blows to my head in my life and the equivalent to 2 full swings of a baseball bat. RTA's, fights, falls, assaults, etc.etc....

Hi and good morning I have had many blows to my head in my life and the equivale...

Artistherapy

•5 years ago

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Brain-fart moment

Hi folks, I had a little brain-fart moment today. I usually go out on my own twice a week which I really enjoy doing too. Well today I was walking to the bus...

Hi folks, I had a little brain-fart moment today. I usually go out on my own twi...

Matt2584

•5 years ago

12 Replies

ESA appointment

Hi folks, In January I had an appointment for my ESA benefits. After waiting for an hour and a half I was then told that I wasn't going to be seen by a......

Hi folks, In January I had an appointment for my ESA benefits. After waiting for...

Matt2584

•5 years ago

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Head Pain

So I ruptured a brain aneurysm about 3 years ago and then almost back to back surgeries on my head one was to put a piece of my skull back the other one was to...

So I ruptured a brain aneurysm about 3 years ago and then almost back to back su...

Mari414

•5 years ago

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Came off sertaline. Now struggling

I have been taking sertaline 100mg for 2 years ( previously on it for 2(year) I had serve anxiety/ intrusive thoughts and ocd) due to post natal I’ve been...

I have been taking sertaline 100mg for 2 years ( previously on it for 2(year) I ...

Justwanttobeok

•5 years ago

4 Replies

Insomnia

My sons TBI was 18 months ago and he’s doing really well. He suffers a lot with insomnia though - he gets tired, lies down and he says his brain starts working...

My sons TBI was 18 months ago and he’s doing really well. He suffers a lot with ...

Hetty56

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Hi folks, new to the forum any advice and support would be most gratefully accepted.

Short Back story. Following a bad fall at work in May 2018 when I tripped over some I.T cables in the board room and went flying into the board room cabinet...

Short Back story. Following a bad fall at work in May 2018 when I tripped over ...

Sapper1965

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Angiogram.

Hiya all.. So at short notice I’ve got an angiogram at 7 in the mornin (I found out an hour ago 😳) Although I was given the all clear of my AVM being rid of...

Hiya all.. So at short notice I’ve got an angiogram at 7 in the mornin (I found...

Wazza84

•5 years ago

17 Replies

Yep I'm still here

Hi all. Just to let those who know me that I'm still here. I still reading the posts and giving the odd( sometimes it may seem very odd) reply. I've been a bit...

Hi all. Just to let those who know me that I'm still here. I still reading the p...

paxo05

•5 years ago

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Revenge Of The Blisters pic

The Lincoln group before the big walk. Fantastic turnout this year :) Plenty of awareness raised, not to mention well over £1000 again. I'm genuinely......

The Lincoln group before the big walk. Fantastic turnout this year :) Plenty of ...

BaronC

•5 years ago

5 Replies

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All posts for August 2019

Letters to pip

What do careers do for you?

Great news - DWP revised ;o)

Stay claim

More on fatigue.

7 months since brain heamorrage

Trying to help my friend who had a TBI in April 2019

First Post

Advice for services/rehab

Stressed exhausted wife

Home nursing - tips

Head

Head's f****d

Anger issues

Honoured to be able to speak out

TopiramateAccord

Help needed regarding my son in the community

Brain making up it's own reality post TBI?

How has rehabilitation helped your long-term recovery after brain injury?

I guess I am a bit of a fool.

Recently Diagnosed with Brain injuries

Brain-fart moment

ESA appointment

Head Pain

Came off sertaline. Now struggling

Insomnia

Hi folks, new to the forum any advice and support would be most gratefully accepted.

Angiogram.

Yep I'm still here

Revenge Of The Blisters pic

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Do you feel isolated as a result of your brain injury?

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