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22 Month Update.

Brace yourself; husband only got his NHS Plan this week. It's taken me few days to digest with tears being on this journey and hold on 'Its only going to be...

Brace yourself; husband only got his NHS Plan this week. It's taken me few days...

New_beginning

•3 years ago

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Had this all my life if you even need out knowing let me know as iv struggled with it all my life

Right iv got a question to ask am worried about my head as I had this all my life so I havnt had no problems till now am starting to get more headaches and...

Right iv got a question to ask am worried about my head as I had this all my lif...

Boxoffrogs1

•3 years ago

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A legal question…

I just wondered if anyone has had any experience of accessing bank accounts of loved ones once they have lost capacity? My sister has some money in a bank...

I just wondered if anyone has had any experience of accessing bank accounts of l...

ButterflySundae

•3 years ago

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Update on my son

We had my sons 3 monthly review last week and the progress he has made is amazing. The DNAR has been removed and his morphine has been halved. He has gone from...

We had my sons 3 monthly review last week and the progress he has made is amazin...

Hopeful1966

•3 years ago

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Aggression and frustration in ICU from TBI

Hey guys, I’m 22 years old and my boyfriend had a terrible motorcycle accident in early December last year. He’s been in ICU since, was in a coma for 6 weeks...

Hey guys, I’m 22 years old and my boyfriend had a terrible motorcycle accident i...

kandy0616

•3 years ago

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Family and Friends after Hypoxic Brain Injury

Hi, I am posting here as a sister of someone with a brain injury and would like to connect with others who are supporting a loved one following a brain......

Hi, I am posting here as a sister of someone with a brain injury and would like ...

ButterflySundae

•3 years ago

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Increased anxiety after stroke

I had a TIA on 1st January 2022(fantastic start to the new year),followed by an endarterectomy on my right carotid artery as was 90% blocked. My question is,...

I had a TIA on 1st January 2022(fantastic start to the new year),followed by an ...

sobs1962

•3 years ago

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I am going to lose my job (again)

Hello folks. The title says it all. My history: TBI in 2005, which I needed 18 months off work for, but I *did* go back to my job as a university lecturer, for...

Hello folks. The title says it all. My history: TBI in 2005, which I needed 18 m...

Flumptious

•3 years ago

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Thanks to Sara x

Thank you Sara i needed that chat x

Jill777

•3 years ago

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CRASH.

In late October of 1989, I was back in Leicester after recently starting my first year at college in York. I’d driven out to the countryside with one of my...

In late October of 1989, I was back in Leicester after recently starting my firs...

Jason1989

•3 years ago

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man your help lines

I have tried to phone a couple of times this week and no one answers or phones back. reading the posts lot of them say to phone headway good advice if there is...

I have tried to phone a couple of times this week and no one answers or phones b...

Jill777

•3 years ago

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Exhaustion

For the last couple of days i can barely keep my eyed open. i am completely shattered. i had my brain bleed in April last year . i am due a phone consultation...

For the last couple of days i can barely keep my eyed open. i am completely shat...

Jill777

•3 years ago

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Anxious of catching colds, flu and covid-post brain surgery.

I had a subarachnoid haemorrhage in October and had very successful surgery, so I'm recovering well. The issue I have at the moment is, I am anxious about...

I had a subarachnoid haemorrhage in October and had very successful surgery, so ...

PositiveButSleepless

•3 years ago

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recommendation for knee brace to keep knee aligned to foot and hip on a static bike

Hi Can anyone recommend a keen brace to use on a static bike to keep the knee aligned with the foot and hip?I had a stroke years ago and a hip replacement to...

Hi Can anyone recommend a keen brace to use on a static bike to keep the knee a...

pinkspaniel123

•3 years ago

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Skull Deformity due to Cerebral Palsy Hemiplegia Occipital Bun/Protusion/External Occipital Protusion) What exactly is wrong with me?

Hello I am currently 22 years old. I have always had a very large head and have being teased about it mostly light heartily my entire life. I was born...

Hello I am currently 22 years old. I have always had a very large head and have ...

Deformedskull99

•3 years ago

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Improving fitness

Hi group Does anyone have any tips on how to improve someone’s fitness as I seen to have lost all my fitness over lockdown and get tired and out of breath...

Hi group Does anyone have any tips on how to improve someone’s fitness as I se...

Tom94

•3 years ago

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Singing therapy to aid return of speech.

Has anyone had experience of singing therapy to help with return of speech?

Reels

•3 years ago

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Proloquo2go and CoughDrop

Proloquo2go and CoughDrop Does anyone have experience of using either or both of these apps? Did you have to pay to get them?

Proloquo2go and CoughDrop Does anyone have experience of using either or both of...

Reels

•3 years ago

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Driving Licence

I filled in a form to inform the DVLA that I had a TBI in June 2021 - I have still not heard anything back from them. I am now feeling ready to drive again -...

I filled in a form to inform the DVLA that I had a TBI in June 2021 - I have sti...

Elecheetah

•3 years ago

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Apathy

Hi Lovely Group. Has anyone any experience with Apathy. My husband had a planned admission yesterday for about a week to the neurology ward that he was in...

Hi Lovely Group. Has anyone any experience with Apathy. My husband had a plann...

ored13

•3 years ago

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Short term memory

Hi all I have very poor short term memory and attention and am looking to improve them. Diagnosed with low grade bt 1996 7 shunt revisions 3 debunkings 30...

Hi all I have very poor short term memory and attention and am looking to impro...

EireAtaxic

•3 years ago

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Covid-19 test positive

I tested positive for Covid-19 (from a home "Antigen self test" from Abbott, BinaxNOW). My symptoms are minor coughing, sore throat, headache, runny nose. No...

I tested positive for Covid-19 (from a home "Antigen self test" from Abbott, Bin...

sashaming1

•3 years ago

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control when speech gone

My partner has been living with the effects of a brain tumour since 2004. Impact on her speech is not new but this time she has only yes, no and my name at the...

My partner has been living with the effects of a brain tumour since 2004. Impact...

Reels

•3 years ago

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Partner has TBI

Hi, I’m really struggling at the mo. My partner Dave had a TBI 4 months ago. Before Daves TBI we had a good relationship but now it’s as though he hates me....

Hi, I’m really struggling at the mo. My partner Dave had a TBI 4 months ago. Bef...

Leanne9579

•3 years ago

15 Replies

Recovery from TIA

Please excuse any and all mistakes, I make whilst writing this post, as have just had a TIA, followed by an endarterectomy and was discharged from hospital...

Please excuse any and all mistakes, I make whilst writing this post, as have jus...

sobs1962

•3 years ago

11 Replies

Cranioplasty infection

Husband has developed an infection and has had to have his titanium plate removed.he is back in hospital on antibiotics and no visiting as he tested positive...

Husband has developed an infection and has had to have his titanium plate remove...

pozza40

•3 years ago

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When to return to an office job after concussion

I’m worried as to when I will be ready to return to my office job. It’s 11 weeks on from my fall and I’m still struggling with screen time (headache after an...

I’m worried as to when I will be ready to return to my office job. It’s 11 weeks...

Chloelewis

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Having a baby after severe brain injury

Hi everyone has anyone gone on to have children after their injury I’ve always wanted more children and since the accident I had I feel like I won’t be able to...

Hi everyone has anyone gone on to have children after their injury I’ve always w...

Braininjurysurvivor

•3 years ago

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Has anyone experienced Hydrocephalus months after a concussion?

I had a concussion Aug 2020. In June 2021? I experienced pressure headaches and had a CT in Aug 2021 that showed enlarged ventricles with spinal fluid build...

I had a concussion Aug 2020. In June 2021? I experienced pressure headaches and ...

Mogreen1

•3 years ago

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51/2 years on...?

Hi all, Iv not posted for a while (a few years) as life moves on but I have to share what’s happening... ABI in may 2015 and life changed. It was the moods...

Hi all, Iv not posted for a while (a few years) as life moves on but I have to ...

MXman

•3 years ago

11 Replies

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All posts for January 2022

22 Month Update.

Had this all my life if you even need out knowing let me know as iv struggled with it all my life

A legal question…

Update on my son

Aggression and frustration in ICU from TBI

Family and Friends after Hypoxic Brain Injury

Increased anxiety after stroke

I am going to lose my job (again)

Thanks to Sara x

CRASH.

man your help lines

Exhaustion

Anxious of catching colds, flu and covid-post brain surgery.

recommendation for knee brace to keep knee aligned to foot and hip on a static bike

Skull Deformity due to Cerebral Palsy Hemiplegia Occipital Bun/Protusion/External Occipital Protusion) What exactly is wrong with me?

Improving fitness

Singing therapy to aid return of speech.

Proloquo2go and CoughDrop

Driving Licence

Apathy

Short term memory

Covid-19 test positive

control when speech gone

Partner has TBI

Recovery from TIA

Cranioplasty infection

When to return to an office job after concussion

Having a baby after severe brain injury

Has anyone experienced Hydrocephalus months after a concussion?

51/2 years on...?

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