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Poppy

Hi folks, I expect some of you are missing my art. Well it's partly because of the weather. Where it has been hot I don't feel like drawing much and also where...

Hi folks, I expect some of you are missing my art. Well it's partly because of t...

Matt2584

•5 years ago

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Winter fatigue

Do you find fatigue is worse now the its getting dark earlier and stays darker in the morning longer? My partner Alan, in the last few days, seems to be a bit...

Do you find fatigue is worse now the its getting dark earlier and stays darker i...

sue-66

•5 years ago

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Flying 6 weeks after Micro Decompression Surgery

Hi there, My husband has recently had Micro decompression surgery for trigeminal neuralgia. We are due to fly to Egypt on Tuesday which is 6 weeks to the day...

Hi there, My husband has recently had Micro decompression surgery for trigeminal...

Kazahmed

•5 years ago

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Sleep

My problem is I sleep so much it has been 18 months but if I don’t sleep when I need to I can’t function My lovely (not so) decided after 14 years together to...

My problem is I sleep so much it has been 18 months but if I don’t sleep when I ...

Nikkisue

•5 years ago

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The shakes

13 months on from my TBI and I am still suffering from ongoing shaking in the left side (the subdural hematoma was on my right side so I understand this? )...

13 months on from my TBI and I am still suffering from ongoing shaking in the le...

Pranny

•5 years ago

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7+ years on

Hi all This is likely to be an epistle. It is 5.55am and I have been awake a while now, you know the scenario. Can’t stop your mind buzzing around all those...

Hi all This is likely to be an epistle. It is 5.55am and I have been awake a whi...

Kirk5w7

•5 years ago

46 Replies

2 years on

Wondered if anyone on here about two years post surgery. I had a planned craniotomy no bleed no stroke but feel exhausted still. Will this ever go away....

Wondered if anyone on here about two years post surgery. I had a planned cranio...

Navillus

•5 years ago

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Aneurysm repair side effects

I had an unruptured, 28mm ,wide necked Annie coiled and stented in June 2018 . Since then I’ve had to learn to walk , bathe and dress myself which I have...

I had an unruptured, 28mm ,wide necked Annie coiled and stented in June 2018 . S...

Shon48

•5 years ago

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Feeling fatigued,linked to my headaches.

Hiya, like to share how i deal with my headaches. I'm trying not to be so pain-killer dependant,so i have...

Hiya, like to share how i deal with my headaches. ...

itsallinmyhead51

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Returning !

Hello. I was last on here looking for sound advice, in 2015, after my husband had been knocked off his bicycle- going him a TBI, serious physical injuries and...

Hello. I was last on here looking for sound advice, in 2015, after my husband ha...

KNSJ44

•5 years ago

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Driving with brain trauma

I will never drive again, I have admitted that driving will kill me or others eventually. I was in the same boat as many of you that write posts about driving....

I will never drive again, I have admitted that driving will kill me or others ev...

Artistherapy

•5 years ago

33 Replies

Aftercare

When you have a brain aneurysm why does the aftercare suck !! Everything takes so long and your left to right for help if it wasn't for my partner I don't know...

When you have a brain aneurysm why does the aftercare suck !! Everything takes s...

Gym1bunny

•5 years ago

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Why didn't I think of that?

I'm not sure where to 'put' this, but remember how supportive this forum has been in the past. Almost two weeks ago, I was verbally diagnosed with an Autistic...

I'm not sure where to 'put' this, but remember how supportive this forum has bee...

Gaia_rising

•5 years ago

4 Replies

Thoughts on carbamazepine

Hi I’m just wondering if anyone has been prescribed carbamazepine to help with anger/aggression. If so did it help? Do you become dependent on them? Any side...

Hi I’m just wondering if anyone has been prescribed carbamazepine to help with ...

Dabb

•5 years ago

7 Replies

Brain Aneurysm diagnosis one 3mm one 6mm

I have just been diagnosed with two brain aneurysms. I am on a waiting list to see a neurosurgeon. My question is this. I have had an ongoing ear problem and...

I have just been diagnosed with two brain aneurysms. I am on a waiting list to ...

sallyb57

•5 years ago

6 Replies

Life insurance

Hello, One of my members has asked me if I know of any life insurance company that deal with people with brain injuries? Could anyone please recommend any...

Hello, One of my members has asked me if I know of any life insurance company ...

Nb83

•5 years ago

2 Replies

Free Giveaway!

Good morning Monday! If you can’t read in the same capacity as I have experienced after my SAH. Then an audiobook is the answer! I’m giving away 5 free...

Good morning Monday! If you can’t read in the same capacity as I have experience...

Kavib

•5 years ago

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PIP assessment

My husband is 30 years post head injury. He has received DLA mid rate for about 25 years. He was told that this was a life long award due to the extent of his...

My husband is 30 years post head injury. He has received DLA mid rate for about ...

Shushy

•5 years ago

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Awaiting mri

Second brain mri and this time spine. Nearly a year on now.

Nackapan

•5 years ago

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Visual technology assessment.

I've now been seen. Testing took 1 3/4hrs I've been prescribed precision tinted glasses. Very thorough. So really hopen they help me in the house in the...

I've now been seen. Testing took 1 3/4hrs I've been prescribed precision tinted ...

Nackapan

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Struggling

Hello all I haven't posted for a while but today I'm really struggling with my Anxiety it's been 16months since my grade 5 brain anarysum and so much as...

Hello all I haven't posted for a while but today I'm really struggling with my A...

Gym1bunny

•5 years ago

11 Replies

How to get back into education

Hello, I was hit by a car while on the pavement seventeen years ago, sustaining a right frontal lobe injury, I was fifteen at the time. Since then I've made...

Hello, I was hit by a car while on the pavement seventeen years ago, sustaining...

Steamed

•5 years ago

9 Replies

Medico Legal Report?

It's nearly three years since I had my accident and I am still suffering with post concussion syndrome, the never ending exhaustion being the worst of it. I...

It's nearly three years since I had my accident and I am still suffering with po...

halinbath

•5 years ago

16 Replies

Intro post/vent

Hi! First time posting, and I sort of wish it wasn't just because I need some understanding ears to vent to! I had a minor head injury almost a year ago now....

Hi! First time posting, and I sort of wish it wasn't just because I need some un...

reluctantOracle

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Independent wheelchair Globetrotting After brain injury

http://maxmteliso.com/2019/09/14/trip-to-usopen18-expected-to-run-an-errand-without-legs/ To avid readers

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MaxMteliso

•5 years ago

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Part-time work

I’m looking at trying to get into some form of part-time employment but am anxious about it. I’ve always been self employed and post brain injury know that...

I’m looking at trying to get into some form of part-time employment but am anxio...

Interpab

•5 years ago

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A big strop.

Please can you help me understand? OH who has a brain injury suffers from ‘ melt downs’ occasionally. Today with 2 good friends we walked to the pub with the...

Please can you help me understand? OH who has a brain injury suffers from ‘ melt...

Charente

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Neuropsychologist.

Hiya all.. after my neurology appointment yesterday the doctor has referred me to see a neuropsychologist. Any info on what to expect would be very much...

Hiya all.. after my neurology appointment yesterday the doctor has referred me ...

Wazza84

•5 years ago

19 Replies

Pity post

Hi all, Posting in here as you guys get it. Partner of 12 yrs was in an explosion Feb this yr, sustained severe traumatic brain injury amongst other...

Hi all, Posting in here as you guys get it. Partner of 12 yrs was in an explos...

Purplelover25

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Advice/hope needed after fall

Hi, im looking for some advice/reassurance this is normal .... My mother had a fall nearly 3 weeks ago which resulted in a bleed on the brain and pressure....

Hi, im looking for some advice/reassurance this is normal .... My mother had a f...

Nicci1881

•5 years ago

10 Replies

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Headway

All posts for September 2019

Poppy

Winter fatigue

Flying 6 weeks after Micro Decompression Surgery

Sleep

The shakes

7+ years on

2 years on

Aneurysm repair side effects

Feeling fatigued,linked to my headaches.

Returning !

Driving with brain trauma

Aftercare

Why didn't *I* think of that?

Thoughts on carbamazepine

Brain Aneurysm diagnosis one 3mm one 6mm

Life insurance

Free Giveaway!

PIP assessment

Awaiting mri

Visual technology assessment.

Struggling

How to get back into education

Medico Legal Report?

Intro post/vent

Independent wheelchair Globetrotting After brain injury

Part-time work

A big strop.

Neuropsychologist.

Pity post

Advice/hope needed after fall

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Latest poll

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

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Why didn't I think of that?