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"happy capacity"???

ok then,just had msg from social worker this morning(new surname,obvs too much planning to bother about others lives)she reports that sean has capacity and can...

ok then,just had msg from social worker this morning(new surname,obvs too much p...

Dogsabighelp

•1 year ago

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Employment following BI

HI My daughter suffered a traumatic brain injury last June aged 20. She suffered 2 strokes. The BI has affected her frontal lobes and resulted in a...

HI My daughter suffered a traumatic brain injury last June aged 20. She suffe...

SamAnne67

•1 year ago

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Apple Air tag

I agreed with my wife that I would carry with me at all times an apple Air tag. It arrived today and was fixed up to show on her I phone very easily. It's...

I agreed with my wife that I would carry with me at all times an apple Air tag. ...

Wheelchairdave

•1 year ago

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anyone heard of this?

Hi headway community. I’m coming at this from a place of desperation really… Has anybody heard of the use of NAC (N-acetylcysteine) to help reduce the effects...

Hi headway community. I’m coming at this from a place of desperation really… Ha...

Dann2

•1 year ago

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Getting on with life

Hi all, I had a TBI in December 21. It’s been a real challenge and a tough journey up until now to move on from it. Now it’s 20 months since it happened and...

Hi all, I had a TBI in December 21. It’s been a real challenge and a tough journ...

Flosmum04

•1 year ago

20 Replies

Another first

OK it's another first for the new me. I thing I had missed since my bi was going out to events , more specifically concerts. Don't get me wrong I wasn't at...

OK it's another first for the new me. I thing I had missed since my bi was going...

paxo05

•1 year ago

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ongoing treatment

Hi, 3 years ago I was on the pavement outside my house and got knocked over by a car, suffered a tbi and physical injuries, driver of the car was taken to...

Hi, 3 years ago I was on the pavement outside my house and got knocked over by ...

Hopfarm

•1 year ago

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CONCUSSION - HELP - ADVICE PLEASE

Hi All, A week ago someone hit a phone over my head (by accident )- I have this bruise/bump on my forehead - I started to have severe headaches and a...

Hi All, A week ago someone hit a phone over my head (by accident )- I have this...

MARYJANEISHERE

•1 year ago

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LPA application.

Have decided as I may have early onset dementia as displaying some symptoms of the disease that I would start the application for lasting power of attorney....

Have decided as I may have early onset dementia as displaying some symptoms of t...

Wheelchairdave

•1 year ago

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another weekend…

I’ve had this injured, depressed brain for so many years now… no matter how i try and get better, it never does. I can’t really face living with this for the...

I’ve had this injured, depressed brain for so many years now… no matter how i t...

Dann2

•1 year ago

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Five weeks in

Was rushed to hospital with stroke symptoms and no speach whatsoever. Spent two weeks in Warrington hospital B14 ward and was treated for brain infection with...

Was rushed to hospital with stroke symptoms and no speach whatsoever. Spent two...

Wheelchairdave

•1 year ago

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T5 incomplete injury along with brain injury

Little toes next to big toe are moving involuntary also other toes

Felix12

•1 year ago

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Fatigue getting worse..

Hi All,Hope you're all keeping as well as you can. I'm approaching 3 years since the injury and subsequent surgery, and recently my fatigue has been getting...

Hi All,Hope you're all keeping as well as you can. I'm approaching 3 years since...

Bushman1926

•1 year ago

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Little up date

So husband still doing well. Though had to reach out to his consultant recently his fatigue when he has these illnesses mainly throat infections/tonsillitis...

So husband still doing well. Though had to reach out to his consultant recently ...

New_beginning

•1 year ago

13 Replies

Things get worse - even more desperate for advice pls

Since I posted on here a few weeks ago seeking guidance with regards to my Son who sustained a TBI in 2019, things have got worse with his drinking becoming...

Since I posted on here a few weeks ago seeking guidance with regards to my Son w...

Lisamarsh

•1 year ago

30 Replies

"annoying insects"?

So,this year i thought i would be clever and get someone to do the garden for me.good arrangement pay him once a month for ongoing.he made a start last...

So,this year i thought i would be clever and get someone to do the garden for me...

Dogsabighelp

•1 year ago

1 Reply

Hello (new admin)

Hi everyone, I just wanted to make a quick post to introduce myself. My name is Laura, and I have recently joined Headway as a Digital Communications Officer....

Hi everyone, I just wanted to make a quick post to introduce myself. My name is...

headwayuk

Partner•1 year ago

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Greetings card, back

Hi folks, and here is the back of the card. The caricature of me was not drawn by me but another artist. Take care everyone :).

Hi folks, and here is the back of the card. The caricature of me was not draw...

Matt2584

•1 year ago

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Greetings card, front

Hi folks, I forgot who it was now but they wanted to see my last drawing of the reindeer I did printed onto card once I got it. This is the front. I shall...

Hi folks, I forgot who it was now but they wanted to see my last drawing of the...

Matt2584

•1 year ago

7 Replies

What now?

Hi, I've been discharged from the mental health place. The care coordinator says he's going elsewhere & that I've not been cooperating with my support worker...

Hi, I've been discharged from the mental health place. The care coordinator say...

Seamus1967

•1 year ago

16 Replies

Family

Goddddd, 2 an a half years after my mother's passing, I'm still getting disgusting messages from my mothers family

Goddddd, 2 an a half years after my mother's passing, I'm still getting disgusti...

Philcragg

•1 year ago

12 Replies

skydive survivor

had to rise to the challenges, rebuild my character. Spent many years doing his dispute all he changes. Loss of friends/ family. Toughest is to accept am a...

had to rise to the challenges, rebuild my character. Spent many years doing his ...

skydivesurvivor

•1 year ago

21 Replies

struggle to terms of what’s happened to me

hiya everyone i suffered from a stroke on may 13 just gone at the age of 29 feel like it’s wrecked my life and my personality feeling very depressed suicidal...

hiya everyone i suffered from a stroke on may 13 just gone at the age of 29 feel...

Footballccfc

•1 year ago

4 Replies

stuck

Finding things really hard and just have to write it down i’m just in a no-man’s-land, with a ringing head and pains and numbness in the front of my brain....

Finding things really hard and just have to write it down i’m just in a no-man...

Dann2

•1 year ago

7 Replies

PIP reinstated

My husband was in an RTA in 2018 and we only started claiming PIP in 2020. Recently he had his review after which we were told his PIP was being completely...

My husband was in an RTA in 2018 and we only started claiming PIP in 2020. Rece...

TheirMema

•1 year ago

8 Replies

paranoid/angry

rant alert!!so,without going into much detail,i removed sean from the last "care"home.serious issues,that unfortunatley also fall at his social workers door.I...

rant alert!!so,without going into much detail,i removed sean from the last "care...

Dogsabighelp

•1 year ago

6 Replies

Alternative to alcohol?

Hi all, New member, had TBI from woodland cycling accident in 2017 with subarachnoid haemorrhage to right frontoparietal region. Hospital for two weeks...

Hi all, New member, had TBI from woodland cycling accident in 2017 with subar...

AdskiM

•1 year ago

20 Replies

Potential advice and help

I had a head injury in April 2019 off a racehorse which left me in a induced coma for 10 days. Over four years on I’m desperately struggling to improve my...

I had a head injury in April 2019 off a racehorse which left me in a induced com...

Hbenson182

•1 year ago

14 Replies

Existing, not living

Well, 2002 I had an accident in work where 2 pallets of radiators were pushed off the back of a lorry but landed on me, I suffered a bleed on the brain, few...

Well, 2002 I had an accident in work where 2 pallets of radiators were pushed of...

Philcragg

•1 year ago

6 Replies

Mood Journal

hi can anyone recommend a good mood/daily tracker journal please. It would be impossible for me to make my own as I don’t have any help. But I need to try &...

hi can anyone recommend a good mood/daily tracker journal please. It would be im...

Hi-Just-Me

•1 year ago

9 Replies

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All posts for August 2023

"happy capacity"???

Employment following BI

Apple Air tag

anyone heard of this?

Getting on with life

Another first

ongoing treatment

CONCUSSION - HELP - ADVICE PLEASE

LPA application.

another weekend…

Five weeks in

T5 incomplete injury along with brain injury

Fatigue getting worse..

Little up date

Things get worse - even more desperate for advice pls

"annoying insects"?

Hello (new admin)

Greetings card, back

Greetings card, front

What now?

Family

skydive survivor

struggle to terms of what’s happened to me

stuck

PIP reinstated

paranoid/angry

Alternative to alcohol?

Potential advice and help

Existing, not living

Mood Journal

Search posts

Pinned Posts

Latest poll

Do you feel isolated as a result of your brain injury?

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