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Jab day / Haemorrhage day!

Hiya everyone. So I’m booked in for my 2nd Covid jab and it lands on 08/04/21. I had my haemorrhage on 08/04/12😳 I’m takin this as a good sign 😬

Hiya everyone. So I’m booked in for my 2nd Covid jab and it lands on 08/04/21. I...

Wazza84

•3 years ago

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Concussion relief

Seeking some suggestions for relief from dizziness, tinnitus and headaches from a concussion.

Seeking some suggestions for relief from dizziness, tinnitus and headaches from ...

Kind345

•3 years ago

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Hallucinations after Stroke

I am carer for my husband who has had a stroke. I want to know if anyone has experience of a patient who has hallucinations, in this case wasps everywhere, in...

I am carer for my husband who has had a stroke. I want to know if anyone has exp...

Fitzhugh

•3 years ago

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Confusion/Delirium Stroke Recovery

Hi everyone! I have wrote a few posts about my dad in here who suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm as well as several small strokes in the left side of his...

Hi everyone! I have wrote a few posts about my dad in here who suffered a ruptu...

butterflybee1218

•3 years ago

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Always feeling cold!

Neuro-toxic brain injury continues to short-circuit me in many ways, and in particular I don't seem to be able to 'feel warm'. Since the poisoning a year ago,...

Neuro-toxic brain injury continues to short-circuit me in many ways, and in part...

kwilkyn

•3 years ago

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Oxygen therapy

Has anyone here tried oxygen therapy for a brain injury? My daughter suffered a severe hypoxic brain injury in September 2019, she was in hospital for 6...

Has anyone here tried oxygen therapy for a brain injury? My daughter suffered a ...

Charlie68

•3 years ago

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Brain Injury And Spaghetti Lesson

New way to raise awareness... https://youtu.be/ZnLjPG_gV4U

BaronC

•3 years ago

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am very missunderstood!

Hi, I had my encephalitis in 1975, all through my life I have found that having an abi and other health problems makes it difficult to fit in to any one kind...

Hi, I had my encephalitis in 1975, all through my life I have found that having ...

salamander160

•3 years ago

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Help and advice please.

Father in law had a fall inside his bungalow, fell backwards onto a hard wood floor, the fall was attributed to heart arrhythmia, he had a pacemaker fitted for...

Father in law had a fall inside his bungalow, fell backwards onto a hard wood fl...

Cjl7813

•3 years ago

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The knock on the door

The fear of any mother..the brutality pain fear is beyond anything imaginative and yet we survive and continue.how can this be?let down constantly and dealing...

The fear of any mother..the brutality pain fear is beyond anything imaginative a...

Dogsabighelp

•3 years ago

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Discharge - total lack of information - please help me!

Hi all, I’m wondering if anyone here can help me. My partner has been at neuro rehab for six weeks, and has a further six weeks until proposed discharge date...

Hi all, I’m wondering if anyone here can help me. My partner has been at neuro r...

Waitingfor

•3 years ago

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Just a thought!

Hi all, Had a thought ( rare I know). Was watching the news the other day( not sure when) about symptoms left after covid. They listed brain fog ,fatigue, co...

Hi all, Had a thought ( rare I know). Was watching the news the other day( not s...

paxo05

•3 years ago

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Visiting a loved one in a coma

Following my dad’s fall at the beginning of March, he has been in ICU for two and a half weeks and is now being moved to a ward where we can visit. What are...

Following my dad’s fall at the beginning of March, he has been in ICU for two an...

Daughter1995

•3 years ago

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Botox for migraine / Headaches

It has been suggested that my wife has Botox injections for her headaches and facial pain. It looks like it is a long term solution with quarterly injections,...

It has been suggested that my wife has Botox injections for her headaches and fa...

sospan

•3 years ago

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The down side of a BI, no smell, no taste and memory problems, but it did make me laugh.

Today started so well. Lovely sunny day, not cold, got a few jobs off my to do list. Stopped for a coffee and a piece of toast, heard the tumble dryer beeping...

Today started so well. Lovely sunny day, not cold, got a few jobs off my to do l...

haverfordwest

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Podcasting

I made a podcast about severe head trauma and paddling with a head injury https://www.canoescotland.org/people-of-paddlesport-ep-5-now-outdc29939d...

I made a podcast about severe head trauma and paddling with a head injury https:...

escocia

•3 years ago

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Post Injury Neuropsychiatry Cut Off?

Does anybody know at what stage Neuropsychiatry Assessment and Treatment is declined? I am about 40 years post TBI with Community Mental Health unable to even...

Does anybody know at what stage Neuropsychiatry Assessment and Treatment is decl...

Debbie_Williams

•3 years ago

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Stop calling it a headache!

I may always have been slow on the uptake. All I know is that I had this epiphany more than 3 1/2 years after my head injury. It isnt a headache! My brain...

I may always have been slow on the uptake. All I know is that I had this epiphan...

Miss_B_Haven

•3 years ago

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Ok Ladies it is confirmed you do get PCS worse than us

The have just confirmed the new that in sport a pitchside saliva tests can diagnose concussion with a 94% accuracy. However, the test cannot yet be used on...

The have just confirmed the new that in sport a pitchside saliva tests can diag...

sospan

•3 years ago

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Update

To all my friends on headway, I am sorry for the delay in letting you all know how I am but I have been so ill after what has been happening to me for 29...

To all my friends on headway, I am sorry for the delay in letting you all know h...

1949liz

•3 years ago

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Post Concussion Syndrome?

Hi All, I suffered a concussion injury 6 months ago where I banged my head and was knocked unconscious for about 3 or 4 minutes. Since then I've had (and...

Hi All, I suffered a concussion injury 6 months ago where I banged my head and w...

Bb1878

•3 years ago

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Crying/sick of crying

So another call from consultant,its a step forward.no side effects from botox( spasticity) some relief they think.throat tube infected antibiotics given( how...

So another call from consultant,its a step forward.no side effects from botox( s...

Dogsabighelp

•3 years ago

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Has anyone experienced pressure headaches and ear pain after ruptured aneurysm surgery? I'm three and and half months post surgery.

Hi all, I had a ruptured aneurysm coiled and a web device fitted in an upruptured aneurysm just over three months ago. I am having pressure round/over my head...

Hi all, I had a ruptured aneurysm coiled and a web device fitted in an uprupture...

BooSocks10

•3 years ago

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Easy come, easy go

A few weeks ago, I came into an unexpected windfall when the DWP awarded me an extra 55p Even though with my head injury, I was wise enough not to let it go to...

A few weeks ago, I came into an unexpected windfall when the DWP awarded me an e...

sospan

•3 years ago

1 Reply

PCS Post concussion treatment

Finally making progress and am going to be referred to a neurologist specializing in concussions. Hopefully this will help.

Finally making progress and am going to be referred to a neurologist specializin...

jdnhgn

•3 years ago

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Rockyblue238

Hi all,have a quick question that's been bugging me, after a SAH last May,I keep getting pain on and off but only down my left side,same side as my...

Hi all,have a quick question that's been bugging me, after a SAH last May,I keep...

Rockyblue238

•3 years ago

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Anoxic brain injury - how long does it take to open eyes?

My sister has an anoxic injury. Generalized ischemia or anoxic encephalitis from cardiac arrest. 8 weeks today and only opened her eyes briefly 2x. Just...

My sister has an anoxic injury. Generalized ischemia or anoxic encephalitis from...

Angech

•3 years ago

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Bad weekend

Son has had a bad couple of days.showing distress quite a lot of the time.the latest situation with the spasticity is obviously another hurdle for him/myself...

Son has had a bad couple of days.showing distress quite a lot of the time.the la...

Dogsabighelp

•3 years ago

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Newbie

Hi guys! I'm very happy to have found this place to share ideas and points of view with people are living this strange experience. I'd like to know some people...

Hi guys! I'm very happy to have found this place to share ideas and points of vi...

Aggiotaggio

•3 years ago

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Progress

Hi all, An update following my partners cardiac arrest in December-he’s nearly halfway through his 3 month stay in neuro rehab and is now on a level 6 diet. I...

Hi all, An update following my partners cardiac arrest in December-he’s nearly h...

Waitingfor

•3 years ago

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All posts for March 2021

Jab day / Haemorrhage day!

Concussion relief

Hallucinations after Stroke

Confusion/Delirium Stroke Recovery

Always feeling cold!

Oxygen therapy

Brain Injury And Spaghetti Lesson

am very missunderstood!

Help and advice please.

The knock on the door

Discharge - total lack of information - please help me!

Just a thought!

Visiting a loved one in a coma

Botox for migraine / Headaches

The down side of a BI, no smell, no taste and memory problems, but it did make me laugh.

Podcasting

Post Injury Neuropsychiatry Cut Off?

Stop calling it a headache!

Ok Ladies it is confirmed you do get PCS worse than us

Update

Post Concussion Syndrome?

Crying/sick of crying

Has anyone experienced pressure headaches and ear pain after ruptured aneurysm surgery? I'm three and and half months post surgery.

Easy come, easy go

PCS Post concussion treatment

Rockyblue238

Anoxic brain injury - how long does it take to open eyes?

Bad weekend

Newbie

Progress

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