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Feeling sad

What’s normal ! My husband seems like his old self a lot of the time but then he says/ does something that makes me realise he isn’t 😦 I’m finding it so...

What’s normal ! My husband seems like his old self a lot of the time but then he...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Is it just me

My partner keeps calling me selfish about the way I’m feeling he constantly shouts at me his very inpatient with me even my kids have a go at me I feel like...

My partner keeps calling me selfish about the way I’m feeling he constantly shou...

Braininjurysurvivor

•4 years ago

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Looking at the world the other way round

I am shortly coming up to my 8 th year post injury and plowing on as best as I can. At Easter this year we were deliberately rammed by another vehicle and...

I am shortly coming up to my 8 th year post injury and plowing on as best as I c...

sospan

•4 years ago

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Good morning......a question for carers.

Hi all. Thankyou all for replies to my posts. Reading them and others posts on here I have felt not so alone and dare I say it less guilty and selfish Nothing...

Hi all. Thankyou all for replies to my posts. Reading them and others posts on h...

Carer16

•4 years ago

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Looking different than before is difficult.

When all is said and done, when we are alone, or looking at ourselves in the mirror or a reflection in a window, for some of us we see something very...

When all is said and done, when we are alone, or looking at ourselves in the mi...

deborah27

•4 years ago

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PIP, cancelled again!!!!!!!

Before I had my BI I always thought the system worked, was happy to pay my dues. I wrote a post a while ago ranting about the DWP/PIP/Capacitity for work etc....

Before I had my BI I always thought the system worked, was happy to pay my dues....

pinkvision

•4 years ago

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My daughter suffered an anoxic brain injury two months ago and her sight hasn’t come back yet

My 24 year old daughter suffered an anoxic brain injury two months ago. She was on life support for three weeks, started breathing on her own after three...

My 24 year old daughter suffered an anoxic brain injury two months ago. She was ...

Charlie68

•4 years ago

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will i ever be me again ??????????

hello all i hope you are as well as possible ,ive not been on in a while as been a bit low , im soooo fed up of feeling tired i have been out to my local town...

hello all i hope you are as well as possible ,ive not been on in a while as been...

burtongal

•4 years ago

14 Replies

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Morning all, has anyone heard of this? Frustrated with the lack of progress my husband is making, I started googling, and found this. It's not available in the...

Morning all, has anyone heard of this? Frustrated with the lack of progress my h...

FlowerPower62

•4 years ago

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Advice - recovery from Anoxic brain injury/stroke has gone backwards since going to nursing home

Any ideas - I'm at a loss as to what to do. My mother had a contained aneurism in August which resulted and anoxic brain injury and minor stroke. She was...

Any ideas - I'm at a loss as to what to do. My mother had a contained aneurism ...

AAG3

•4 years ago

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Ongoing headaches three years after surgery

Hello, this is my first time on here but at the moment I’m open to any ideas. I had benign brain tumour removed three years ago. I am very lucky it wasn’t more...

Hello, this is my first time on here but at the moment I’m open to any ideas. I ...

LauraGathercole

•4 years ago

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Helpful books to help children coping with parents brain injury

Following the car crash my husband was involved in 14 months ago he has diffuse axonal injury. My husband now lives with carers 24/7 as he is awaiting a leg...

Following the car crash my husband was involved in 14 months ago he has diffuse ...

ZP1980

•4 years ago

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Craniotomy

I need advice and help please I’m struggling so badly mentally I need as much advise from people who have had a craniotomy with there original bone mine was...

I need advice and help please I’m struggling so badly mentally I need as much ad...

Braininjurysurvivor

•4 years ago

14 Replies

27 month after tbi

I’ve posted on here a few times since my brother was attacked back in 2017 and suffered a tbi, it’s been a long road however I am pleased to say he can now...

I’ve posted on here a few times since my brother was attacked back in 2017 and s...

Leab2017

•4 years ago

5 Replies

Post surgery

Hi all I'm 3 weeks post surgery from having my aneurysm coiled. The op went well and I left hospital the next day. 2 days later I was woke with a bad headache...

Hi all I'm 3 weeks post surgery from having my aneurysm coiled. The op went well...

Tinker51

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Feeling Happy and 'Relieved'

Hi Everyone see, I changed, my Greeting, I'm feeling Happy, or Happier, than I have for a few a while. Why you ask...Don't you? Well I'll tell you anyway....I...

Hi Everyone see, I changed, my Greeting, I'm feeling Happy, or Happier, than I h...

AndrewT

•4 years ago

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Hypoxic brain injury 6 months after cardiac arrest

Hey. It's now 6 months since my mum had a cardiac arrest and suffered 3 parts hypoxic brain injury. My mum is still unconscious and we don't know if she is...

Hey. It's now 6 months since my mum had a cardiac arrest and suffered 3 parts hy...

Loverofwords

•4 years ago

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Does anyone diagnosed with PCS feel worse after haircut, hot shower, heat on head etc?

I fell on a wet pavement 7 months ago and hit my head on a wall. No bump or cut but felt sick, groggy and spaced out for days. Diagnosed with PCS at A&E....

I fell on a wet pavement 7 months ago and hit my head on a wall. No bump or cut ...

Gwenen

•4 years ago

8 Replies

Ok a Silly, but Cleaver Joke

Dear Everyone....yes even You, A Tibetan Monk goes to Dentist, for a Check Up. The Dentist informs him that 'He Needs Quite Extensive 'Work' Done''. The Monk...

Dear Everyone....yes even You, A Tibetan Monk goes to Dentist, for a Check Up. T...

AndrewT

•4 years ago

2 Replies

Brain Injury - Life After A Brain Injury, Care Companies and Activities.

Hi everyone, I am new here. I have joined this group for my mum who is 49 and had a brain aneurysm, which caused her to have a stroke. This happened almost...

Hi everyone, I am new here. I have joined this group for my mum who is 49 and h...

annie1970x

•4 years ago

15 Replies

Christmas IS Coming!

Dear Everyone (Don't I 'always' say that?), It's nearly That time of year again👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, you know the one. As a Confirmed Christian it IS 'Special', to me,...

Dear Everyone (Don't I 'always' say that?), It's nearly That time of year again�...

AndrewT

•4 years ago

12 Replies

Chronic subdural haematoma

Hi. Just looking for some advice....my dad fell a month ago due to heart block. he ended up with 2 small 5 and 6mm subdurals. He got a pacemaker, got home and...

Hi. Just looking for some advice....my dad fell a month ago due to heart block. ...

Anoneemouse

•4 years ago

3 Replies

Make you ALL Smile, I hope

Dear Everybody- that's a 'Welcoming' Start, A Mother, and Son, are attending a, particularly Long, Christmas Service at the local Church. After about Two...

Dear Everybody- that's a 'Welcoming' Start, A Mother, and Son, are attending a, ...

AndrewT

•4 years ago

2 Replies

Ringing in sick

Hello everyone What absolute stars you are ...I feel much less alone and thankyou for sharing how you feel. I've picked up a cold from somewhere and while...

Hello everyone What absolute stars you are ...I feel much less alone and thanky...

Carer16

•4 years ago

3 Replies

Update

Hi there I just wanted to write an update for all your lovely people who took the time to share your stories with me. Well it’s 5 weeks today since our world...

Hi there I just wanted to write an update for all your lovely people who took t...

Hidden

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Worried about concussion

Hi everyone I fell down the stairs two weeks ago, 3 inch cut to head which needed stitches at A&E, the doctor told me I may also have mild concussion. I have...

Hi everyone I fell down the stairs two weeks ago, 3 inch cut to head which neede...

Janice717

•4 years ago

14 Replies

Debt epic almost over.

CAB have saved my sanity, mini bankruptcy recommended and in process. No credit for 6 years. that's fine with me. FFFew, no homelessness for Xmas.

CAB have saved my sanity, mini bankruptcy recommended and in process. No credit ...

pinkvision

•4 years ago

4 Replies

Brain trauma

I hope this doesn't seem weird or a bit off subject, but I've had for sometime always felt the Injuries I've had to my head over the last 20 years may have...

I hope this doesn't seem weird or a bit off subject, but I've had for sometime a...

davidoff1979

•4 years ago

3 Replies

Allowances / Benefits

My GP has kindly arranged for us to see someone from CAB next week to assist us to claim certain allowances. This seems very complicated as to what I should...

My GP has kindly arranged for us to see someone from CAB next week to assist us ...

Charente

•4 years ago

6 Replies

Awful Cold and 'Lemon Tree'

Dear Everybody, Firstly I have a Terrible Cold, hopefully now getting 'A Bit Better'🤞. However I might be in "Terrible Trouble", why you ask....Well Don't...

Dear Everybody, Firstly I have a Terrible Cold, hopefully now getting 'A Bit Bet...

AndrewT

•4 years ago

7 Replies

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All posts for November 2019

Feeling sad

Is it just me

Looking at the world the other way round

Good morning......a question for carers.

Looking different than before is difficult.

PIP, cancelled again!!!!!!!

My daughter suffered an anoxic brain injury two months ago and her sight hasn’t come back yet

will i ever be me again ??????????

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Advice - recovery from Anoxic brain injury/stroke has gone backwards since going to nursing home

Ongoing headaches three years after surgery

Helpful books to help children coping with parents brain injury

Craniotomy

27 month after tbi

Post surgery

Feeling Happy and 'Relieved'

Hypoxic brain injury 6 months after cardiac arrest

Does anyone diagnosed with PCS feel worse after haircut, hot shower, heat on head etc?

Ok a Silly, but Cleaver Joke

Brain Injury - Life After A Brain Injury, Care Companies and Activities.

Christmas IS Coming!

Chronic subdural haematoma

Make you ALL Smile, I hope

Ringing in sick

Update

Worried about concussion

Debt epic almost over.

Brain trauma

Allowances / Benefits

Awful Cold and 'Lemon Tree'

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

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