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My husband's depression after a TBI

Hi all, My husband has experienced depression and anxiety for most of his life. He was randomly assaulted on Christmas Eve 2019 in front of our 3 little...

Hi all, My husband has experienced depression and anxiety for most of his life. ...

•4 years ago

Concerns for the future

Hello everyone, I would like to apologise in advance for my post, I have had a horrible day just thinking and getting myself quite distressed. My husband is...

Hello everyone, I would like to apologise in advance for my post, I have had a h...

•4 years ago

I have come into some unexpected money !

Well it is Saturday morning and I received an unexpected letter telling me I have come into some into some unexpected money. No, it isn't from a Nigerian...

Well it is Saturday morning and I received an unexpected letter telling me I hav...

•4 years ago

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Sliding Doors moment

Yesterday I was working in the foodbank and I love it when I serve those who shit on me in the past and they are now stuck in dead end relationships with...

Yesterday I was working in the foodbank and I love it when I serve those who shi...

•4 years ago

A Quiet Gentle ABI Activity

If you are on Facebook sign up to Chris Packham’s (Springwatch) The Self-Isolating Bird Club. You just request to join and will be accepted. It is a wonderful...

If you are on Facebook sign up to Chris Packham’s (Springwatch) The Self-Isolati...

•4 years ago

I’m built for this

Lockdown drives ppl mad as they aren’t used to it and my neighbour can’t believe how well I’m handling this. This is actually normal for most people with a...

Lockdown drives ppl mad as they aren’t used to it and my neighbour can’t believe...

•4 years ago

Backwards step in ruptured brain aneurysm

Hi it’s one month and four days after my best friend was treated for a ruptured brain aneurysm. The hospital coiled the ruptured aneurysm and also coiled an...

Hi it’s one month and four days after my best friend was treated for a ruptured ...

•4 years ago

Something in jest turns out to be so true

I came across an attempt at a joke on the internet "Don't walk a mile in my shoes, that would be boring. Spend 30 in my head that will freak you right...

I came across an attempt at a joke on the internet "Don't walk a mile in my shoe...

•4 years ago

Prolonged Disorder of Consciousness

Hi, Just wondering if anyone out there has any experience of this and can give me some encouragement. Has anyone recovered from being in this state? My partner...

Hi, Just wondering if anyone out there has any experience of this and can give m...

•4 years ago

Ongoing financial support

Hi! My father had a traumatic brain injury a couple of months ago. Soon he is going to be discharged from the hospital. He doesn’t walk, he lacks mental...

Hi! My father had a traumatic brain injury a couple of months ago. Soon he is g...

•4 years ago

Waiting for a bed

Morning lovely people, just had a consultant on phone.we are at the stage now of waiting for a place in rehab centre.son is currently James...

Morning lovely people, just had a consultant on phone.we are at the stage now of...

•4 years ago

Learning Disability Register.

How does one get on the learning disability register for those of us with brain injury who have some reason got lost in the NHS system.

How does one get on the learning disability register for those of us with brain ...

•4 years ago

Update..

Morning all.sons fluid drain successful and drainage tube removed.throat tube capped off and a speaking valve inserted.the work starts now regarding...

Morning all.sons fluid drain successful and drainage tube removed.throat tube ca...

•4 years ago

Stroke doesn’t qualify for vaccine in category 6??

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone else has been told by their surgery their stroke doesn’t qualify for the vaccine as an underlying health condition? I had...

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone else has been told by their surgery their st...

•4 years ago

Parenting After Brain Injury

I have been chatting with other people on-line for around ten years now and find it an incredible support network. Someone always seems to have a...

I have been chatting with other people on-line for around ten years now and find...

•4 years ago

Routine change with TBI

It’s been mentioned before how a change in routine can have an effect on people with a brain injury. Why is this? What’s going on in the brain when a...

It’s been mentioned before how a change in routine can have an effect on people...

•4 years ago

Do you answer research questionnaires?

Has anyone here ever been involved in research or studies for brain injury? If I see questionnaires I always fill them in - I figure they can only change...

Has anyone here ever been involved in research or studies for brain injury? If...

•4 years ago

Covid vaccine- first dose

I got the first dose of the covid vaccine this morning (Pfizer). I feel very lightheaded and disoriented now. Is this a normal side effect of the covid...

I got the first dose of the covid vaccine this morning (Pfizer). I feel very l...

•4 years ago

Nice day

Lovely weather,no snow/ rain dog had good walk today.another step forward with my boy.he got through lung draining procedure.how he manages I don't know,he is...

Lovely weather,no snow/ rain dog had good walk today.another step forward with m...

•4 years ago

Fluid on lungs

Hospital consultant rang hour ago to say sons lungs are filling with fluid so they are going to perform a drain procedure today.some risk involved but he will...

Hospital consultant rang hour ago to say sons lungs are filling with fluid so th...

•4 years ago

Mouth watering

My mouth keeps filling with water. I spit when I talk it’s so embarrassing. Been to dentist and docs and they can’t find anything wrong. Has anyone else had...

My mouth keeps filling with water. I spit when I talk it’s so embarrassing. Been...

•4 years ago

Post concussion syndrome

Hi, I feel a bit of a fraud after reading some of the posts hear and I'd like to start by wishing everyone well. I had 2 nasty concussions last year, and...

Hi, I feel a bit of a fraud after reading some of the posts hear and I'd like t...

•4 years ago

How to explain

How do you tell someone they not who they were?how is it possible to know what to do as a mother if you can't see/speak to your child?how can you be sure of...

How do you tell someone they not who they were?how is it possible to know what t...

•4 years ago

Shoulder pain

3 days ago, I banged my left shoulder against the edge of a table as I was getting out of bed. It still hurts today. I don't see any discoloration or any...

3 days ago, I banged my left shoulder against the edge of a table as I was getti...

•4 years ago

What for?

So many things wrong I know I can't post negative.no one gets so many injuries at limit.I want to start .occipital condlye is only caused by high energy blunt...

So many things wrong I know I can't post negative.no one gets so many injuries a...

•4 years ago

So vexed/confused..

Always shocked!if I could would click heels like Dorothy there's no place like home.

Always shocked!if I could would click heels like Dorothy there's no place like h...

•4 years ago

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Aggression

My husband had a AVM rupture about 9 years ago and in July two years ago he was in a motorcycle accident that caused a severe concussion. Since the accident he...

My husband had a AVM rupture about 9 years ago and in July two years ago he was ...

•4 years ago

Update on son

Morning all.sent son I pod he likes the music.nurses say he gave a "thumbs up" when asked if comfy.last night I spoke with him on speakerphone and he was...

Morning all.sent son I pod he likes the music.nurses say he gave a "thumbs up" w...

•4 years ago

Stroke - covid/ventilator

Hi there, I thought I would post in this group to maybe get an answer. My dad was placed on a ventilator/trach from dec 31 to feb 1. Last week we found out...

Hi there, I thought I would post in this group to maybe get an answer. My dad w...

•4 years ago

carbon monoxide poisoning

would anyone know why my memory before brain injury remains perfect, but my short term memory is so bad? thank you

would anyone know why my memory before brain injury remains perfect, but my shor...

•4 years ago

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