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The growth stages of your new self

Hello team, can I ask if anyone else can identify with this? I've posted before about being a new person since my BI, the old version of me died with my...

Hello team, can I ask if anyone else can identify with this? I've posted before ...

PurpleOverlord

•1 year ago

17 Replies

"easier times?"

hello all,I know i havnt posted for a while,hope you all well.As most of you know i made formal complaint about last care home to c.q.c.this was end of may and...

hello all,I know i havnt posted for a while,hope you all well.As most of you kno...

Dogsabighelp

•1 year ago

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Am I being weak?

I had an SAH at the end of April, (during a business meeting, very dramatic), collapsed, seized and was air lifted to hospital. Had coils and a shunt, plus a...

I had an SAH at the end of April, (during a business meeting, very dramatic), co...

clh71

•1 year ago

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Is it just me?

Hi people, Very new to the website. I have a question for you. Do you ever feel like you are hollow inside after my AVM? I can't tell you when it started, but...

Hi people, Very new to the website. I have a question for you. Do you ever feel...

Wzy2

•1 year ago

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Spontaneous Subdural Hematoma

I am 58 years old. A few months I started to develop headaches and neck pain that gradually increased in severity. I eventually went to the ER and was...

I am 58 years old. A few months I started to develop headaches and neck pain th...

TWF64

•1 year ago

4 Replies

Spontaneous Subdural Hematoma

I am 58 years old. A few months I started to develop headaches and neck pain that gradually increased in severity. I eventually went to the ER and was...

I am 58 years old. A few months I started to develop headaches and neck pain th...

TWF64

•1 year ago

1 Reply

new zoom link although other one seems to work too

Topic: Head injury group chat Time: Oct 30, 2023 09:00 AM Auckland, Wellington Join Zoom Meeting...

Topic: Head injury group chat Time: Oct 30, 2023 09:00 AM Auckland, Wellington...

Beachlovingkiwi

•1 year ago

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Zoom meeting time change

have changed meeting time to 9am Monday the 30th November New Zealand time. A few things to note - works best if you have microphone muted unless you are...

have changed meeting time to 9am Monday the 30th November New Zealand time. A f...

Beachlovingkiwi

•1 year ago

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Brain injury rehabilitation research thesis: Distinction

Hi Folks Not been here for a while. Been busy writing up a research thesis and I got a distinction for researching my own brain injury rehabilitation. A...

Hi Folks Not been here for a while. Been busy writing up a research thesis and ...

Hidden

•1 year ago

48 Replies

Treatment

Hello, I had a subarachnoid haemorrhage with two coils fitted in my brain which also resulted in a pulmonary embolism. Am i able to have an Indian head massage...

Hello, I had a subarachnoid haemorrhage with two coils fitted in my brain which ...

Suey81

•1 year ago

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In 19 days its a year later....

In 19 days time it will be a year ago my accident happened. I still ask myself what's wrong with me but I know what happened, I know what I have came through...

In 19 days time it will be a year ago my accident happened. I still ask myself w...

Hidden

•1 year ago

15 Replies

Buzzing electric current feeling with body vibration.

Hi everyone. I am experiencing this buzzing electric current feeling moments when I'm about to fully wake up. I'm always conscious of my surroundings but once...

Hi everyone. I am experiencing this buzzing electric current feeling moments wh...

davis244

•1 year ago

6 Replies

zoom chat

No idea if this will work but it’s worth a go😀😀 can change time if that doesn’t suit - I’m in New Zealand. Cheers let me no if link is click able😂 Debbie...

No idea if this will work but it’s worth a go😀😀 can change time if that doesn’...

Beachlovingkiwi

•1 year ago

11 Replies

I’m still here

Well I have reached my five year life span my consultant gave me originally, that was before a blood clot had sealed off my aneurysm, and it had started to...

Well I have reached my five year life span my consultant gave me originally, tha...

Alibongo60

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Struggling

My partner had a fall 8 weeks ago whilst on holiday in Bulgaria. He had a fractured occipital bone and 3 small bleeds on the brain. He spent 12 days in...

My partner had a fall 8 weeks ago whilst on holiday in Bulgaria. He had a fractu...

Support4Norm

•1 year ago

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Sectioning experience so far.

I was sectioned last Sunday under the mental health act section 2. Three medical people came to the house and with my wife we answered a lot of questions. The...

I was sectioned last Sunday under the mental health act section 2. Three medical...

Wheelchairdave

•1 year ago

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Can I access Headway support with a Brain Aneurysm?

Hello everyone,I have been recently diagnosed with a brain aneuryism by the NHS which sent me home with no support or follow-up plan other than a MRA check up...

Hello everyone,I have been recently diagnosed with a brain aneuryism by the NHS ...

Patient300

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Group Zoom Meeting

Hi Guys, is there a group meeting day once a month on Zoom. I’m new here and am struggling to navigate through the site. Thank you Alexandra

Hi Guys, is there a group meeting day once a month on Zoom. I’m new here and am ...

Donothaveone

•1 year ago

8 Replies

Your not alone

I have suffered after my subarachnoid haemorrhage 3 years ago and then my 2 more brain surgeries to have a VP shunt fitted for hydrocephalus.i can't do group...

I have suffered after my subarachnoid haemorrhage 3 years ago and then my 2 more...

Roundhead1974

•1 year ago

4 Replies

hidden camera

Has anyone used a hidden camera in a care / nursing home where their relative is please?

Has anyone used a hidden camera in a care / nursing home where their relative is...

RosieEliza

•1 year ago

1 Reply

Have been sectioned under section 2

Things have gone from bad to worse the last few weeks. Tried prozac but came off after a week was bad head and very hungry all the time even though I felt...

Things have gone from bad to worse the last few weeks. Tried prozac but came o...

Wheelchairdave

•1 year ago

10 Replies

Post Traumatic Brain Injury

Hello everyone, unfortunately I suffered a TBI in June 2021. I spent two weeks in hospital having been in a coma for 7 days. I have a son who I have had...

Hello everyone, unfortunately I suffered a TBI in June 2021. I spent two weeks i...

Chelblue

•1 year ago

10 Replies

Concussion Story: At a extreme Rock Bottom, in crisis- reaching out

Hello all, Nice to meet you. Hope this is finding you well. I joined here because I am really struggling. I've had 9 concussions. Been recovering from big...

Hello all, Nice to meet you. Hope this is finding you well. I joined here beca...

MountainGirl23

•1 year ago

15 Replies

I sight needed

I had a craniotomy 2014. Acquired TBI. My husband is a veteran. He too has ptsd but there is no way he will admit it. I have ptsd too. The horrible world...

I had a craniotomy 2014. Acquired TBI. My husband is a veteran. He too has ptsd ...

Hidden

•1 year ago

11 Replies

Unsuitable care home

My sister is severely disabled after a stroke in March this year. Since then she has been in hospital and in rehab centre - she also has a continuing infection...

My sister is severely disabled after a stroke in March this year. Since then she...

RosieEliza

•1 year ago

16 Replies

Theme Parks & Continuing Life

hi all, creeping up to 1 year since my TBI. I stayed in hosp for 4 days before being discharged but despite this my TBI was classed as ‘severe’. I am lucky in...

hi all, creeping up to 1 year since my TBI. I stayed in hosp for 4 days before b...

sunnygiraffe

•1 year ago

1 Reply

Advice

Hi everyone. Hope everyone is doing best they can . I'm just wondering if anyone can advise me on life insurance ? Do we have to declare SAH ? And if we do ,...

Hi everyone. Hope everyone is doing best they can . I'm just wondering if anyone...

DronnyM

•1 year ago

7 Replies

My 22 year old son who lives with me, doesn’t believe me…

Any advice? I’m 5 years post op and still suffer from debilitating chronic fatigue which is worsened by noise, visual stimulation thinking and physical...

Any advice? I’m 5 years post op and still suffer from debilitating chronic fati...

TheiaR

•1 year ago

21 Replies

Flying after a brain bleed

Does anyone have information about flying after a small bleed on the brain (Subdural haemorrhage). I had a fall at the end of July which resulted in this. We...

Does anyone have information about flying after a small bleed on the brain (Subd...

NatalieVee

•1 year ago

12 Replies

Feeling cold

Morning all, hope everyone is ok, just wondering if anyone else experiences feeling cold after TBI, my son has freezing cold hands etc since his accident, when...

Morning all, hope everyone is ok, just wondering if anyone else experiences feel...

Leiabug

•1 year ago

30 Replies

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All posts for October 2023

The growth stages of your new self

"easier times?"

Am I being weak?

Is it just me?

Spontaneous Subdural Hematoma

Spontaneous Subdural Hematoma

new zoom link although other one seems to work too

Zoom meeting time change

Brain injury rehabilitation research thesis: *Distinction*

Treatment

In 19 days its a year later....

Buzzing electric current feeling with body vibration.

zoom chat

I’m still here

Struggling

Sectioning experience so far.

Can I access Headway support with a Brain Aneurysm?

Group Zoom Meeting

Your not alone

hidden camera

Have been sectioned under section 2

Post Traumatic Brain Injury

Concussion Story: At a extreme Rock Bottom, in crisis- reaching out

I sight needed

Unsuitable care home

Theme Parks & Continuing Life

Advice

My 22 year old son who lives with me, doesn’t believe me…

Flying after a brain bleed

Feeling cold

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Brain injury rehabilitation research thesis: Distinction