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An enforced holiday...

My wife has suspected breast cancer. Sorry to be blunt, but yes, we were told last week that the last mammogram my wife had uncovered a mass that needed...

My wife has suspected breast cancer. Sorry to be blunt, but yes, we were told la...

BaronC

•4 years ago

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Help and advice

Hi I’m 34 and was in an accident in March 2019 I want to know if there is anyone here that has suffered acute subdural haemorrhage , extra-Dural haemorrhage...

Hi I’m 34 and was in an accident in March 2019 I want to know if there is anyon...

Braininjurysurvivor

•4 years ago

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Research/Recommendations beyond the Norm (Bristol area)

Hi all, Looking for links to research, support and advice that I may not be aware of, on the following matters. I'm proactive so any help is really...

Hi all, Looking for links to research, support and advice that I may not be awar...

Warmbeetroot

•4 years ago

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Post concussion syndrome is Largely migrainous in nature

Post concussion syndrome is Largely migrainous in nature According to the latest findings: So said my PCS expert neurologist when I asked him to tell me the...

Post concussion syndrome is Largely migrainous in nature According to the latest...

Angostura

•4 years ago

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I'm new here... and suffering with Post concussion syndrome

I'm two weeks into post concussion syndrome. Struggling to be honest, any advice on how to recover but also get on with things?

I'm two weeks into post concussion syndrome. Struggling to be honest, any advice...

headhurt

•4 years ago

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Art as therapy, drawing again, etc. Good news!!

Hi and good morning everyone. I just wanted to post a happy post from me for a change. I am an artist and have been for 10 years since things starting changing...

Hi and good morning everyone. I just wanted to post a happy post from me for a c...

Artistherapy

•4 years ago

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DVLA breakthrough

Hi all, It’s been a while since I posted on here, although I have been popping on here and there! I have been waiting for 12 months for the DVLA to make a...

Hi all, It’s been a while since I posted on here, although I have been popping ...

Broken_Doll

•4 years ago

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Motivation help

Hi. I'm new to this forum. Wonder if any one has tips on the following on how to manage with lack of motivation. It's been a year since my accident and la k...

Hi. I'm new to this forum. Wonder if any one has tips on the following on how t...

Turkey62

•4 years ago

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cold weather

Hi I've been out walking my son to school, but the weather has turned cold. I seem to be having headaches is this normal. I had a subarachnoid Hemorrhage in...

Hi I've been out walking my son to school, but the weather has turned cold. I s...

chrissycornwall

•4 years ago

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Visual Weirdness. Nailed It.

Hi I have written many posts on this topic and now finally I know what the last fragment is. 'Bright pulsing lights woke me up one night.' A stream of yellow...

Hi I have written many posts on this topic and now finally I know what the last ...

pinkvision

•4 years ago

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Ice cream headache feeling after going out and aftermath

It has gotten very cold up here. I went out yesterday and the cold hit me like an ice cream headache. I have felt really dizzy, feel like I want to walk,...

It has gotten very cold up here. I went out yesterday and the cold hit me like a...

Artistherapy

•4 years ago

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Help for carers with stress

Anyone who's a carer feel stressed out.i am going to see our gp who knows us well, and I feel like I'm going to down the first five mins bursting into tears at...

Anyone who's a carer feel stressed out.i am going to see our gp who knows us wel...

Carer16

•4 years ago

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Loss of smell and taste

Has anyone else lost smell and taste following a brain injury and how do you compensate/ cope? For me it’s been 2years 5 months... I’ve got used to tasting...

Has anyone else lost smell and taste following a brain injury and how do you com...

Tim_I_am

•4 years ago

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feeling stressed

What a weird day yesterday, went to my placement for uni. Did half a day, my husband picked me up and we went for lunch and shopping. When we got home I felt...

What a weird day yesterday, went to my placement for uni. Did half a day, my hus...

chrissycornwall

•4 years ago

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Is going a bit nuts part of the healing process

Hi I'm going to ramble on a bit in a bid to find some sense, get a few things off my mind and see if this resonates with anyone. I think I'm doing really well...

Hi I'm going to ramble on a bit in a bid to find some sense, get a few things of...

pinkvision

•4 years ago

5 Replies

Hello.

Hi everyone. I hope it's ok to join here as I feel so limited in where to find people who live with brain injury. I'm a carer to my husband. He had a bleed...

Hi everyone. I hope it's ok to join here as I feel so limited in where to find p...

Carer16

•4 years ago

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Blurry vision in one eye

The blurred vision had gone by the time I was 22 years old... now it’s making a return with a slow vengeance... I have noticed over that past 5 years that it’s...

The blurred vision had gone by the time I was 22 years old... now it’s making a ...

thrillseeker

•4 years ago

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UKABIF

If you are around in London today, I will ve book signing at the UKABIF conference.

If you are around in London today, I will ve book signing at the UKABIF conferen...

Kavib

•4 years ago

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Advice please?

Hiya. I have received my second Capability for Work form - I think I completed the first one two years ago. Does anyone know if I need to send in copies of...

Hiya. I have received my second Capability for Work form - I think I completed ...

Marnie22

•4 years ago

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Update, just home after craniotomy

Hi everyone I had the craniotomy for clipping of unruptured aneurysm on right middle cerebral artery on Monday the 4th of November . It was an 8 hour...

Hi everyone I had the craniotomy for clipping of unruptured aneurysm on right m...

Shalala72

•4 years ago

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Nobody knows the struggles I've seen...

I have Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory. I also have relapsing polychondritis. I also have fibromyalgia, asthma, osteoarthritis, recovered from...

I have Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory. I also have relapsing polychon...

LittleBribri

•4 years ago

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On Holiday (again)

Dear All, I'm off on Holiday....What, you say....Again? Well there was a Spare Space, with one of my Mother's Groups. So YES! I not taking a Computer, so NO...

Dear All, I'm off on Holiday....What, you say....Again? Well there was a Spare S...

AndrewT

•4 years ago

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return of driving license

Hello I've just received a letter from DVLA after making a complaint about how long the process is taking. So the have had a CRAN3B from the hospital...

Hello I've just received a letter from DVLA after making a complaint about how l...

chrissycornwall

•4 years ago

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dreams

Hi Had the weirdest dream last night, that I was on the hospital bed while doctors were stapling my head. then they said they couldn't do it, rolled me on my...

Hi Had the weirdest dream last night, that I was on the hospital bed while docto...

chrissycornwall

•4 years ago

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It’s been a while

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything and I’m not sure why. I’ve had battles with the rehab unit in Homerton, lack of communication from them because...

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything and I’m not sure why. I’ve had batt...

Adidrive

•4 years ago

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Annoyed

Why do doctors and consultants always put people down Why aren’t they encouraging in the things they say My wife in rehab and her consultant is appealing...

Why do doctors and consultants always put people down Why aren’t they encouragi...

philbou

•4 years ago

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Mindfulness based cognitive therapy update. Dreaming up lead balloons.

The course is very good, well structured and run by a psychoanalyst and a psychologist. It's not what I thought it would be and still hav'nt figured out what's...

The course is very good, well structured and run by a psychoanalyst and a psycho...

pinkvision

•4 years ago

13 Replies

DWP sick medical.

Hi I wrote last week about a medical for PIP that all went wrong. Well yesterday I went for the DWP sick medical (I forgot the actual name) and it went well. I...

Hi I wrote last week about a medical for PIP that all went wrong. Well yesterday...

pinkvision

•4 years ago

7 Replies

Husband suffered severe brain injury

My husband was involved in a serious car crash in Sept 2018. He was put in an induced coma for 6 and a half weeks aswell as having numerous operations on the...

My husband was involved in a serious car crash in Sept 2018. He was put in an in...

ZP1980

•4 years ago

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Having trouble coming to psychological terms with a brain injury. How do you do it ?

Hi. I'm suffering from a bit of a mind swirl. I was in a car accident in 2003 where I was told I'd suffered just a concussion. I thought I'd gotten away...

Hi. I'm suffering from a bit of a mind swirl. I was in a car accident in 2003 ...

Freckle1000

•4 years ago

19 Replies

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All posts for November 2019

An enforced holiday...

Help and advice

Research/Recommendations beyond the Norm (Bristol area)

Post concussion syndrome is Largely migrainous in nature

I'm new here... and suffering with Post concussion syndrome

Art as therapy, drawing again, etc. Good news!!

DVLA breakthrough

Motivation help

cold weather

Visual Weirdness. Nailed It.

Ice cream headache feeling after going out and aftermath

Help for carers with stress

Loss of smell and taste

feeling stressed

Is going a bit nuts part of the healing process

Hello.

Blurry vision in one eye

UKABIF

Advice please?

Update, just home after craniotomy

Nobody knows the struggles I've seen...

On Holiday (again)

return of driving license

dreams

It’s been a while

Annoyed

Mindfulness based cognitive therapy update. Dreaming up lead balloons.

DWP sick medical.

Husband suffered severe brain injury

Having trouble coming to psychological terms with a brain injury. How do you do it ?

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