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hi its nut job again

thank god for you people....had good chat with my freind nan earlier,she knows whats what.i will of course make myself R.P.R and will accept an advocate.my...

thank god for you people....had good chat with my freind nan earlier,she knows w...

Dogsabighelp

•4 years ago

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dol

so now it seems i have been mistaken.just hear that they all doing stuff meetings etc.without my knowledge.there was never an order in place so why did someone...

so now it seems i have been mistaken.just hear that they all doing stuff meeting...

Dogsabighelp

•4 years ago

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Life after Tbi

On August 14th of last year I was involved in a bad car accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury. I was wondering if anyone could tell me things that...

On August 14th of last year I was involved in a bad car accident and suffered a ...

Jareel10

•4 years ago

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Hi All, New here, Question

Hi Everyone, Just wondering if people have any sort of follow up or treatments following surgery. Basically I had to have a large bleed drained end of October...

Hi Everyone, Just wondering if people have any sort of follow up or treatments f...

Bushman1926

•4 years ago

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Day 14 post cardiac arrest and global anoxic injury. So confused and overwhelmed.

Hi all, thank you for the replies i received to my first post. There was a lot of helpful suggestions and it helped to hear from others who had been through...

Hi all, thank you for the replies i received to my first post. There was a lot o...

Parapp

•4 years ago

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Pain

Why after over 2 years since my last operation am I still in pain 😢

Braininjurysurvivor

•4 years ago

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Thanks

I would just like to say thank you for the lovely welcoming comments. I hope I will be able to give something back in due course. Special thanks to my dear...

I would just like to say thank you for the lovely welcoming comments. I hope I w...

Stickysheep

•4 years ago

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Messed up brain

Just lately my head is all over the place I’ve suffered with mental health problems all my life. Then in 2018 found out I have an AVM because I had a bleed....

Just lately my head is all over the place I’ve suffered with mental health probl...

Bellbells

•4 years ago

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Accute Pain In Shins And Ankles

Legs! Recently my legs have been in severe pain. After a few hundred yards walking on the street my ankles develop a pain, further on and the pain moves to my...

Legs! Recently my legs have been in severe pain. After a few hundred yards walki...

Cavallo

•4 years ago

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Hello

Hello everyone. Just joined, undiagnosed atrial fibrillation led to a stroke in July 2018. Remaining physical effects are minor, but have poor concentration,...

Hello everyone. Just joined, undiagnosed atrial fibrillation led to a stroke in...

Stickysheep

•4 years ago

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Hot Hot Hot!

Hiya everyone. So how’s everybody coping with the heat? I can’t cope with it myself, the heat gives me headaches with extra dizziness. I used to enjoy the sun...

Hiya everyone. So how’s everybody coping with the heat? I can’t cope with it mys...

Wazza84

•4 years ago

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BI and back to work..

Hi All, I had a SAH in April 2020, went back to work in September 2020, I have Bi-polar, OCD, anxiety. (This was before BI) I now am struggling at work with...

Hi All, I had a SAH in April 2020, went back to work in September 2020, I have B...

JoannaHelen

•4 years ago

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Bedtime head discomfort - pillow recommendations?

Hi all, I had a craniotomy in 2018 and still struggle a lot with sleep. I can only sleep on my left hand side now and it takes an age to get comfortable. Can...

Hi all, I had a craniotomy in 2018 and still struggle a lot with sleep. I can on...

JimG1983

•4 years ago

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Titanium mesh so weak

I had got a titanium mesh for a cranioplasty screwed on me and it doesn’t make sense as to why is it so thin and it bends so easy as to I accidentally slept on...

I had got a titanium mesh for a cranioplasty screwed on me and it doesn’t make s...

Itsliifee

•4 years ago

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Babbling...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnXwfGqQUQY

BaronC

•4 years ago

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Hello

Hi Been struggling to cope with my partner’s changed personality feel bad saying it Left for a while but couldn’t cope with the guilt so back doing my best to...

Hi Been struggling to cope with my partner’s changed personality feel bad saying...

CJUPHILL

•4 years ago

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Headaches

SAH five years ago and shunt. Why are my headaches so bad. Shunt on highest setting draining the least csf. but oh the headaches discharged from Addenbrookes...

SAH five years ago and shunt. Why are my headaches so bad. Shunt on highest set...

Barnspops

•4 years ago

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hello all

just checking in and to thankyou all for your wise words and continued support,it really means the world to me.since his outburst,son they say has shown no...

just checking in and to thankyou all for your wise words and continued support,i...

Dogsabighelp

•4 years ago

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Help with head injury & feeling 😞

Hello everyone hope u are all okay, will I finally got a doctors appointment today after waiting for two weeks he said to take Paracetamols for my on going...

Hello everyone hope u are all okay, will I finally got a doctors appointment to...

Tula1276

•4 years ago

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Anxious-going on day trip

Wrapping sons birthday presents last night and I cried, this time last year me and son had to pin husband down whilst in drive thru was horrible, another...

Wrapping sons birthday presents last night and I cried, this time last year me a...

New_beginning

•4 years ago

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Injury details. SCBIRT nearly 20 years later.

Right temporal extramural Haematoma, Small interparanchymal haemorrhage In both frontal lobes Skull fracture rh side Surgery right Temporal-parietal...

Right temporal extramural Haematoma, Small interparanchymal haemorrhage In both...

CW2002

•4 years ago

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Restless Legs and Gabapentin

Hi all! My husband has been taking Gabapentin for about 4 months which he was told 100mg should massively improve his restless legs syndrome, which he has...

Hi all! My husband has been taking Gabapentin for about 4 months which he was to...

MBG23

•4 years ago

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Visual inspiration

Hi everyone, Recently we’ve been watching a short series on YouTube called “Living with a brain injury” and my partner has found it really good to watch...

Hi everyone, Recently we’ve been watching a short series on YouTube called “Livi...

Lasbville

•4 years ago

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Has anybody managed to get through to DVLA????

Has anyone had any dealings with DVLA the last 4 months? I tried to contact them back in April after my operation and then gave up. In the end I contacted my...

Has anyone had any dealings with DVLA the last 4 months? I tried to contact the...

Ginola67

•4 years ago

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Employment woes

Hi Headway community, I'm Yenni in Manchester, 31 years old. I was active hear 5-7 years ago and have been doing the slow brain injury, road accident recovery...

Hi Headway community, I'm Yenni in Manchester, 31 years old. I was active hear 5...

inneyenni

•4 years ago

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brother's anger at me 5 years out

I love my brother a lot, though he has always been a sarcastic and a bit difficult. Since his concussion 5 years ago due to an accident in a cycling race,...

I love my brother a lot, though he has always been a sarcastic and a bit difficu...

mrtall

•4 years ago

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Foot drop advice

Has anyone got any foot drop advice? I feel like crying every time I look at my partners foot. Rehab have refused to splint it for 10 months regardless of this...

Has anyone got any foot drop advice? I feel like crying every time I look at my ...

Loveandcats

•4 years ago

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Post concussion and dizziness / hard to explain eye issues....

Hi I'm wondering if there is any advice / similar experience here. I hit my head 9 months ago -Oct. Seemed to be improving around April time, no big symptoms....

Hi I'm wondering if there is any advice / similar experience here. I hit my head...

silverbirc

•4 years ago

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ok

im trying hard to understand.they tell me he was fine after his 10 minute rant yesterday.rang today they say he ok no probs.i will not/cant do this visit.they...

im trying hard to understand.they tell me he was fine after his 10 minute rant y...

Dogsabighelp

•4 years ago

7 Replies

Cranioplasty

Hi all. in September 2019 I suffered a catastrophic ABI during surgery to coil an anuerysm resulting in craniotomy I have been waiting since then for my...

Hi all. in September 2019 I suffered a catastrophic ABI during surgery to coil ...

Charlie90

•4 years ago

10 Replies

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All posts for July 2021

hi its nut job again

dol

Life after Tbi

Hi All, New here, Question

Day 14 post cardiac arrest and global anoxic injury. So confused and overwhelmed.

Pain

Thanks

Messed up brain

Accute Pain In Shins And Ankles

Hello

Hot Hot Hot!

BI and back to work..

Bedtime head discomfort - pillow recommendations?

Titanium mesh so weak

Babbling...

Hello

Headaches

hello all

Help with head injury & feeling 😞

Anxious-going on day trip

Injury details. SCBIRT nearly 20 years later.

Restless Legs and Gabapentin

Visual inspiration

Has anybody managed to get through to DVLA????

Employment woes

brother's anger at me 5 years out

Foot drop advice

Post concussion and dizziness / hard to explain eye issues....

ok

Cranioplasty

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