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Solicitors renewed thread

Hi, There was a post last year regarding solicitor recommendations......

Hi, There was a post last year regarding solicitor recommendations......

•4 years ago

The day I came home😁

Hiya everyone. 8 years ago today I came home from hospital after a year & 22 days stay.. If you don’t already know I had a massive brain haemorrhage due to an...

Hiya everyone. 8 years ago today I came home from hospital after a year & 22 da...

•4 years ago

Cancelled surgery

Ok guys my surgery cancelled after I spent the day in the reception room waiting for the doctor I wouldn’t mind but this is the 4 th time it’s been cancelled....

Ok guys my surgery cancelled after I spent the day in the reception room waiting...

•4 years ago

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Ltach vs snf

Any anoxic brain injury patients know much about ltach hospital care? My sister is being released from hospital but is in vegetative state (so they say). Is...

Any anoxic brain injury patients know much about ltach hospital care? My sister ...

•4 years ago

Post injury food taste

Breakfast this morning was toast made from a national brand bread. Blindfolded, it could have been an interesting taste test to guess what it was :...

Breakfast this morning was toast made from a national brand bread. Blindfolded,...

•4 years ago

I’m going in for my surgery tomorrow

So I’m going in for my brain surgery in the morning after a lot of waiting I’ve packed enough for 2 weeks have I over packed 5pj nightie day clothes stuff to...

So I’m going in for my brain surgery in the morning after a lot of waiting I’ve ...

•4 years ago

Disappointed

Well guys,sorry to say call didn't happen last night.I used messenger as arranged earlier with staff,but no reply...I was very deflated got to say.on the other...

Well guys,sorry to say call didn't happen last night.I used messenger as arrange...

•4 years ago

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Inability to look at screens. Can’t even glance at them.

Hi everyone I’m new here and joined because my boyfriend has been suffering from an unknown condition and it seems like we can’t find anyone else who has gone...

Hi everyone I’m new here and joined because my boyfriend has been suffering from...

•4 years ago

Just my luck!

So,went for long bath last night and glanced at iPad before went to bed,there's a missed call from son...well,obviously not from son but the rehab unit.someone...

So,went for long bath last night and glanced at iPad before went to bed,there's ...

•4 years ago

Exhausted trying to function!

Was excited to finally be getting my hair done this Saturday but 3 hours'out' has totally wiped me out, sickness and headaches. Just exhausted from going from...

Was excited to finally be getting my hair done this Saturday but 3 hours'out' ha...

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•4 years ago

Apprehensive

So I am going for the 1st visit to the hospital tomorrow morning before taking my kids on Wednesday. I saw my husband on Friday for a very last minute...

So I am going for the 1st visit to the hospital tomorrow morning before taking m...

•4 years ago

stuggling to cope

well hi, not been on a long time , son 25 abi due to stroke and meningitis as a baby say autism type traits ...as his sole parent and family member i,m really...

well hi, not been on a long time , son 25 abi due to stroke and meningitis as a...

•4 years ago

Lola

Hi fellow Brain Injury survivors, During the 2nd lockdown late last year and through the 3rd lockdown I have been somewhat lucky because there is a place near...

Hi fellow Brain Injury survivors, During the 2nd lockdown late last year and thr...

•4 years ago

Request for Recommended Residential Care Options

Hi, Hoping you're well. I'm posting in the hope of getting some residential care options recommended for a friend of mine who suffered chronic brain trauma a...

Hi, Hoping you're well. I'm posting in the hope of getting some residential care...

•4 years ago

Community Mental Health Joke!

This morning in the post I received a poorly sealed envelope from my local team. In it is a telephone appointment with a "Mental Health Care Support Worker"...

This morning in the post I received a poorly sealed envelope from my local team....

•4 years ago

icepick headache

I seem to have a new headache at night called an icepick headache, I wish it would go away, I think it is because I am lying down or sleeping. I wonder if...

I seem to have a new headache at night called an icepick headache, I wish it wou...

•4 years ago

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That was tough

Got a bliser,had to walk,no problem.I'm. Not getting it.was very bad.he looked nice,he cried,I did too ,could care less he held my hand even put to his face...

Got a bliser,had to walk,no problem.I'm. Not getting it.was very bad.he looked ...

•4 years ago

TBI depression

Trying to find someone to help my son who is severely depressed following a TBI

Trying to find someone to help my son who is severely depressed following a TBI ...

•4 years ago

Where to get help with fatigue and head pain? (PCS / Mild Brain Injury)

Advice & guidance of where to get help with fatigue and head pain? 18months after accident with PCS / mild brain injury GP continues to have no answers...

Advice & guidance of where to get help with fatigue and head pain? 18months afte...

•4 years ago

Training courses

Hi everyone, So, we had a meeting yesterday in which we agreed that my partners discharge date will be moved to the 1st June as he is doing so well with...

Hi everyone, So, we had a meeting yesterday in which we agreed that my partners ...

•4 years ago

DR says following commands is not a response but reflex

I see positive response, Dr says no. My sister who they say has an anoxic injury has been making improvements. If you touch her she moves and you know she...

I see positive response, Dr says no. My sister who they say has an anoxic injury...

•4 years ago

Carers does it get better- own emotions

So from the moment I seen husband on life support to even now 13 months later the nausea, constant flashbacks, no appetite, excessive chain smoking (only at...

So from the moment I seen husband on life support to even now 13 months later th...

•4 years ago

Think ive confused people!

Think I could have worded my post better..when I said "V" day,I meant visit..I havnt seen son since his accident 23/12.I'm going on my own for two...

Think I could have worded my post better..when I said "V" day,I meant visit..I h...

•4 years ago

Levadopa

Hi. Does anyone have any experience with this drug being used for movement disorder? The hospital is pushing quite hard for my husband to be started on it...

Hi. Does anyone have any experience with this drug being used for movement diso...

•4 years ago

Who is he?

Hiya everyone. So this picture of me popped up on my Facebook memories.. I know it’s me pre haemorrhage but I don’t recognise “him”.. it’s a bizarre feeling to...

Hiya everyone. So this picture of me popped up on my Facebook memories.. I know ...

•4 years ago

Life Insurance

What does everyone do for life insurance? I was in a accident in 2011 and suffered a severe head injury and had crainiotomy then surgeons found a bleed on my...

What does everyone do for life insurance? I was in a accident in 2011 and suffer...

•4 years ago

Oh thank goodness hes getting moved

My son was temporarily moved to a brain rehab unit,for 4 weeks awaiting a place at a different one this 4 weeks has been hell, because communication again...

My son was temporarily moved to a brain rehab unit,for 4 weeks awaiting a place...

•4 years ago

"V" day!

Morning all,so visit is booked in for Friday!naturally, I'm nervous,relieved,all of usual emotions.I've decided to go alone though I've had offers of a...

Morning all,so visit is booked in for Friday!naturally, I'm nervous,relieved,all...

•4 years ago

Discharge

Not really a question I guess. But we have today had a case conference with the rehab unit which my husband is in. We are in month 4 and a something since he...

Not really a question I guess. But we have today had a case conference with the...

•4 years ago

I don’t know what I’m doing

I think I must be the weakest person I know. My husbands only been home 2 weeks and I’m really struggling. I am sitting here in tears, and I just broke down in...

I think I must be the weakest person I know. My husbands only been home 2 weeks ...

•4 years ago

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