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Back from the dead story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHGyu_AXNWg Search YouTube for "Shelley Yates Fire The Grid - Vancouver Speech" Best wishes to the Headway chatters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHGyu_AXNWg Search YouTube for "Shelley Yates Fi...

RecoveringH

•3 years ago

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One of the issues of lockdown easing - catching up on bad news

With people emerging from lockdown either through easing or feeling more confident after having a second jab, it gives us a chance to catch up on people we...

With people emerging from lockdown either through easing or feeling more confide...

sospan

•3 years ago

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Smartwatch

Hi. I'm looking for a smartwatch which could be used as an "I need help" buzzer. My husband has a problem with his speech. His main issue aside from forming...

Hi. I'm looking for a smartwatch which could be used as an "I need help" buzzer...

ored13

•3 years ago

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Rang unit

Spoke with unit this morning.son comfortable since his arrival.he had got upset when h.d.u nurse who travelled with him had to leave.he seems to have...

Spoke with unit this morning.son comfortable since his arrival.he had got upset ...

Dogsabighelp

•3 years ago

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Is it possible to get industrial disablement benefit if I have post concussion syndrome as a result of an accident at work?

I have Post Concussion Syndrome as a result of a fall head first from a ladder with fractures to the eye socket and face and a suspected subarachnoid haematoma...

I have Post Concussion Syndrome as a result of a fall head first from a ladder w...

Cornishboxer2

•3 years ago

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Covid

Sam's still got a while before he gets his covid jab as he's only 25 but has anyone had concerns expressed about any possible effects of the jab on those...

Sam's still got a while before he gets his covid jab as he's only 25 but has any...

Hetty56

•3 years ago

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Fantastic news!

So,totally unexpected I get a call y/ day afternoon from lead nurse saying they packing sons stuff.he got a rehab place!4 hours later another call to say he...

So,totally unexpected I get a call y/ day afternoon from lead nurse saying they ...

Dogsabighelp

•3 years ago

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Promotion to a new a job

According to the Capita I have a new role - I have been classified as a walking aid, how I rank compared to a guide dog for the blind or an assistance dog for...

According to the Capita I have a new role - I have been classified as a walking...

sospan

•3 years ago

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Progress?

Morning all.well,a little progress made in last couple of days.took on universal credit first,they have continued to make my payments as though son is still...

Morning all.well,a little progress made in last couple of days.took on universal...

Dogsabighelp

•3 years ago

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Repetition in choice making

Hi all, I'm after views from the community. My friend makes a decision to chat with me, made in advance, for say two days time. His care team then check on the...

Hi all, I'm after views from the community. My friend makes a decision to chat w...

reo12

•3 years ago

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Stuttering

Over the week or maybe more, I've started stuttering from nowhere. Never done this before and have no idea why. I know or should I say 'I think ' I had a...

Over the week or maybe more, I've started stuttering from nowhere. Never done th...

Chelle3069

•3 years ago

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Apnea on trach/vent

My sister who has an anoxic injury can't be weaned from the trach/ vent because she has apnea. Anyone ever go through this and does it improve?

My sister who has an anoxic injury can't be weaned from the trach/ vent because ...

Angech

•3 years ago

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Speech

Just needed a mini rant (I'm having a few of these lately). What God is working on volume in speech of its not intelligible. My husband's speech was better a...

Just needed a mini rant (I'm having a few of these lately). What God is working...

ored13

•3 years ago

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Inkognito

When i be little i hear someone calling my by my name when i play alone i see leters and pictures in the sky when i be little too remember some things what...

When i be little i hear someone calling my by my name when i play alone i see l...

Inkognito1995

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Mind changing

Does anyone else suffer with constant mind changing. It drives me mad, one minute I'm decided I'm doing something then the next I've changed my mind. It...

Does anyone else suffer with constant mind changing. It drives me mad, one minut...

Purpleclax

•3 years ago

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Feeling quite "bolshie:today

Hi,getting more than a little tired of people renaging on me.I mean,its not like I'd arranged to meet someone for coffee and they didn't turn up?when I'm told...

Hi,getting more than a little tired of people renaging on me.I mean,its not like...

Dogsabighelp

•3 years ago

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Discharge thoughts

Hello lovely people! Looking for a bit of advice. So there are a few rumblings of the potential discharge date for my husband being in May. We live in a...

Hello lovely people! Looking for a bit of advice. So there are a few rumblings...

ored13

•3 years ago

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Vibrations and loud noises while sleeping

So for a long time I have been experiencing this sort of “vibration” stage when I’m about to fall asleep . Originally it started as I was trying to put myself...

So for a long time I have been experiencing this sort of “vibration” stage when ...

Gleaming

•3 years ago

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I've discovered the secret!!

https://youtu.be/NTKf1r2c1zQ

BaronC

•3 years ago

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Thanks for advice/info

Morning lovely people.after the "dol" situation that totally threw me as didn't have a clue,it is in place with the proviso that nothing happens without my...

Morning lovely people.after the "dol" situation that totally threw me as didn't ...

Dogsabighelp

•3 years ago

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Astrazeneca Covid jab

I am receiving my vaccination against the corona virus tomorrow. I have no reservations about receiving the jab, but with the current concerns with blood...

I am receiving my vaccination against the corona virus tomorrow. I have no res...

Ninaneurons

•3 years ago

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Groundbreaking revelation!

Had a difficult week culminating in a meeting today with colleagues concerned about the change in me. I have realised after lots of mulling over and not...

Had a difficult week culminating in a meeting today with colleagues concerned ab...

Headshrink

•3 years ago

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Very upset

Morning all.looking for some advice.nurse rang me last night with update(nurse who's accent I don't understand) she tells me I should consent to deprivation of...

Morning all.looking for some advice.nurse rang me last night with update(nurse w...

Dogsabighelp

•3 years ago

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A day to remember.

Hiya All Today marks 9 years since I had a massive brain haemorrhage due to an AVM in my brain stem.. 9 years since my life changed forever... 1 year and 22...

Hiya All Today marks 9 years since I had a massive brain haemorrhage due to an A...

Wazza84

•3 years ago

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Advice on severe brain trauma

My 17 year old son had an accident 6 months ago. He suffered severe head trauma and has been left in a minimally conscious state with complex needs. The...

My 17 year old son had an accident 6 months ago. He suffered severe head trauma ...

Hopeful1966

•3 years ago

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Iightheadeness

I have been experiencing lightheadedness for over a year now. Around Christmas in 2019 I got sick with upper respiratory virus and sinus infection. Also fluid...

I have been experiencing lightheadedness for over a year now. Around Christmas i...

Mooch21

•3 years ago

22 Replies

Screen lighting solution.

Hi, a Dutch friend from another brain injury site has done some research into screen flicker and how it affects people. He has found a screen system that...

Hi, a Dutch friend from another brain injury site has done some research into sc...

pinkvision

•3 years ago

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Today’s the day

So I’ve just had the call from the hospital and my husband is on his way home. It’s been 11 months and I’ve got two very anxious kids waiting for his arrival....

So I’ve just had the call from the hospital and my husband is on his way home. I...

pozza40

•3 years ago

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Husband in rehab and disorientated/memory probs.

Hello. My husband had a brain injury on his brain stem. He stayed on ITU in a semi coma for 4 months. For the past 8 weeks he’s been in rehab. The most...

Hello. My husband had a brain injury on his brain stem. He stayed on ITU in a se...

Rayoflight123-

•3 years ago

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Botox

I quite often see individuals trialing Botox though I don’t actually know what it’s used for. Can anyone inform me please

I quite often see individuals trialing Botox though I don’t actually know what i...

Cornishwaves247

•3 years ago

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Headway

All posts for April 2021

Back from the dead story

One of the issues of lockdown easing - catching up on bad news

Smartwatch

Rang unit

Is it possible to get industrial disablement benefit if I have post concussion syndrome as a result of an accident at work?

Covid

Fantastic news!

Promotion to a new a job

Progress?

Repetition in choice making

Stuttering

Apnea on trach/vent

Speech

Inkognito

Mind changing

Feeling quite "bolshie:today

Discharge thoughts

Vibrations and loud noises while sleeping

I've discovered the secret!!

Thanks for advice/info

Astrazeneca Covid jab

Groundbreaking revelation!

Very upset

A day to remember.

Advice on severe brain trauma

Iightheadeness

Screen lighting solution.

Today’s the day

Husband in rehab and disorientated/memory probs.

Botox

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