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Reminder, Back the ABIBill. Contact your MP now, today.

Pairofboots posted a link to Back the ABIBill a while back. https://www.abibill.org.uk/ I wrote a personal email from my very high soap box to my MP asking...

Pairofboots posted a link to Back the ABIBill a while back. https://www.abibill....

•2 years ago

Post Concussion

Hello everyone , I'm new to the forum. I am interested in occipital neuralgia and post concussion . I have had an accident in February and then 3 to 4...

Hello everyone , I'm new to the forum. I am interested in occipital neuralgia an...

•2 years ago

A great way to have different passwords but always remember them !!!

Hiya all, hope you're all well ;o) Just saw a post about remembering different passwords ...... & here's how, safe, secure & easy to remember ....... For...

Hiya all, hope you're all well ;o) Just saw a post about remembering different ...

•2 years ago

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Miracle continues

I have an aneurysm, which grew so large it was pressing on my brain stem, and surgeons were reluctant to operate further as too risky. Amazingly a blood clot...

I have an aneurysm, which grew so large it was pressing on my brain stem, and su...

•2 years ago

Scans ?????🤔🤔

I've had 1 CT Scan of my head a few weeks ago in 37 years and I'm thinking maybe my tbi is too long ago to be picked up. I dont need no scans as I live with...

I've had 1 CT Scan of my head a few weeks ago in 37 years and I'm thinking maybe...

•2 years ago

Ataxia following brain surgery

I've had brain surgery around 10 times, none since 2009 thank god, but that one did leave me with ataxia. I spent 3 months in a transitional living unit...

I've had brain surgery around 10 times, none since 2009 thank god, but that one ...

•2 years ago

Pip telephone assesment done

Well I think it went well I gave it my all for an for hour and a half. I couldnt shut up once i got going (conversation timing issues) she seemed nice enough...

Well I think it went well I gave it my all for an for hour and a half. I couldn...

•2 years ago

Anyone come around from a wakefulness and sleep state after head injury?

Hi, I’m new to this community chat. My partner suffered a catastrophic brain injury going head first into a horse box when he was on his motorbike. He has had...

Hi, I’m new to this community chat. My partner suffered a catastrophic brain inj...

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•2 years ago

Old helmets

Hi everyone Does anyone know any charities that accept old helmets worn for neurological reasons eg: post craniotomy? Many thanks

Hi everyone Does anyone know any charities that accept old helmets worn for neu...

•2 years ago

Am I one of the only people to have had their brain 'carpeted'? 🤔

Hello everyone. 5yrs ago I was pretty poorly with a number of 'challenges'. I had suffered a skull fracture when I was 12 which left some damage that only let...

Hello everyone. 5yrs ago I was pretty poorly with a number of 'challenges'. I ha...

•2 years ago

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Reading back the short version

So I've been trying to write things down thanks to your comments. I typed a short version of events of my life from junior school to my accident the change in...

So I've been trying to write things down thanks to your comments. I typed a shor...

•2 years ago

I wish I could be the person I was before I fell down those stairs

Oh HealthUnlocked. Before it happened, 13 years ago, I was driven, passionate, focussed and interested in my areas of focus. Those areas were in brain research...

Oh HealthUnlocked. Before it happened, 13 years ago, I was driven, passionate, f...

•2 years ago

Is my new MRI report something to be concerned about?

Hi. I have been dealing with brain fog, memory loss, nerve and muscle pain and discomfort, ear ringing, muscle twitching, throbbing headaches, extreme fatigue,...

Hi. I have been dealing with brain fog, memory loss, nerve and muscle pain and d...

•2 years ago

Telling folk

Having hidden my disabilities for 37 years I've struggled to tell it to my family and they been great but i'm still very fearful of sharing this with the...

Having hidden my disabilities for 37 years I've struggled to tell it to my famil...

•2 years ago

amazing!

i read back almost a year and i cant beleive...i never thought it possible that my boy would be facetiming my freind and telling her via alpha board not to...

i read back almost a year and i cant beleive...i never thought it possible that ...

•2 years ago

How anyone who’s suffered a TBI gets back to ‘normal’ life

Hello. So I was a passenger in a car crash in 2019 and along with many other injuries, suffered a TBI. I’m still in recovery but I was just wondering if anyone...

Hello. So I was a passenger in a car crash in 2019 and along with many other inj...

•2 years ago

practical?

i often wonder about how "system" works.im just a person who had misfortune to be told my son was seriously injured,hit by a car on his way home.its almost a...

i often wonder about how "system" works.im just a person who had misfortune to b...

•2 years ago

reflecting

im just a person that joined this group in the worst possible time on a level of fear and horror.i have met and had support from the most amazing people on...

im just a person that joined this group in the worst possible time on a level of...

•2 years ago

2 steps forward, 1 back

Feeling fed up, after feeling elated a few weeks ago. Thanks to Joanna Lane of the Christopher Lane Trust, my husband was diagnosed with growth hormone...

Feeling fed up, after feeling elated a few weeks ago. Thanks to Joanna Lane of t...

•2 years ago

The long walk to recovery

A thousand mile walk starts with on step. Walking to find the old me but learning along the walk that me as I knew him was never coming back felt like the...

A thousand mile walk starts with on step. Walking to find the old me but learni...

•2 years ago

Has anybody had any experience of seeing a neuro-ophthalmologist?

Filling my brain injury acquired in 2008 I experience issues where I have a disconnect between what I’m looking at but my brain doesn’t register? My...

Filling my brain injury acquired in 2008 I experience issues where I have a disc...

•2 years ago

Good and bad

The good news is doctor is guna refer me to nerve specialist for my lower leg to find out why I fall over he were reluctant to go down the TBI route with me...

The good news is doctor is guna refer me to nerve specialist for my lower leg to...

•2 years ago

Showing my Doctor my disabilities for the first time

I'm seeing my doctor at 12:30 today. This is the first time any doctor will see my disabilities for what they are EVER. I've done so many balance and memory...

I'm seeing my doctor at 12:30 today. This is the first time any doctor will see ...

•2 years ago

Headaches

Hi everyone I suffered a head injury in October 2020. So just over a year ago and I’ve fortunately recovered quite well. I have suffered and still suffer...

Hi everyone I suffered a head injury in October 2020. So just over a year ago a...

•2 years ago

New here so please be gentle with me.

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum but unfortunately not to having a BI. I fractured my skull and was in a coma for a week when I was 12. 5yrs ago had my...

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum but unfortunately not to having a BI. I fra...

•2 years ago

hypoxic brain injury and severe cogntion problems

hi everyone im new to this site in the hope someone can help me my husband had a hypoxic brain injury due to a cardic arrest he was without a pulse for...

hi everyone im new to this site in the hope someone can help me my husband had a...

•2 years ago

Your all Amazing..I'm finding strength to see this too its end.

Just wanted to say a MASSIVE THANKYOU to all that have given me so much knowledge and experience with TBI. After reading comments today about phone...

Just wanted to say a MASSIVE THANKYOU to all that have given me so much knowledg...

•2 years ago

Cop3 form dilemma

Has anyone ever had a neurologist consultant who is treating the person injured refuse to fill in a COP3 on grounds that it is for the department of social...

Has anyone ever had a neurologist consultant who is treating the person injured ...

•2 years ago

Pip Telephone consultation..I'm struggling.

Anyone any advice regarding pip telephone consultations. I've had a text today saying my consultation is 25th November. I'm seeing my doctor next week 18th to...

Anyone any advice regarding pip telephone consultations. I've had a text today s...

•2 years ago

artist who is very tallented

its a huge ask but i have seen his work,amazing.not sure if he still on forum.my son hasnt been able to see his much loved dog for a year.im thinking a good...

its a huge ask but i have seen his work,amazing.not sure if he still on forum.my...

•2 years ago

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