Hi, my name is The_girl_who_lived!

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  • steve51
    steve51 Online Community Member Posts: 7,121 Championing
    Hi @The_girl_who_lived

    Good Evening & Welcome ☃️☃️

    I am also one of the “Community Champion’s” here at Scope.

    I have also suffered a “Severe Brain Injury”

    This happened in Spain in 1998 at the age off 32.

    Mine was caused by a cluster of abnormal blood vessels (Brain AVM)

    You are following a similar journey as I undertook.

    “Headway” came in very useful whilst waiting NHS rehab.

    I have also seen more “Neurologists” than I have had “Hot Dinners”

    Work which I also ““Loved” had to be “Tackled” in the end.

    All off this was “Written Off In 1998”

    I was given “No Hope”

    I do hope that this makes “sense & is helpful”

    Please please come back to me if there’s anything that I can help you with????

    @steve51






  • The_girl_who_lived
    The_girl_who_lived Online Community Member Posts: 9 Connected
    @steve51
    Hi
    Thanks for replying. 

    I am simply feeling like the life I have fought so hard for after my original injury is slipping away from me! After such a small blow to my head as well. This makes me feel incredibly vulnerable and the thought of running home to Australia and family is increasingly tempting. 

    With work, I don't know if I should simply be smart and walk away from working as a carer, as this is not something I will be 'fit' to do again for a very long time. Maybe ever, as noone knows how my brain will recover from this secondary incident. 
  • The_girl_who_lived
    The_girl_who_lived Online Community Member Posts: 9 Connected
    @poppy123456 thank you for the information! I will process this when I am having a 'better brain day' 
  • steve51
    steve51 Online Community Member Posts: 7,121 Championing
    Hi @The_girl_who_lived

    That’s my Pleasure☃️

    Yes I have been in a similar situation myself☃️

    Going from a Manager for over 10yrs having to commute 100 miles per week.

    “Bang”

    Following “Stroke” I 1998 everything “Stopped”

    I was able to find a new job & started driving & had a 2nd child.

    Then in 2005 “Bang” everything went back to square 1 & worse!!!!

    I have got “going again”

    This “Won’t Beat Me”

    It has picked the “Wrong Person”

    I’m “Sure of That”

    I hope that you have had a “Good Day”

    Please please let me know if you need any help/support with your current problems???

    @steve51


  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing
    The_girl_who_lived said:
    @poppy123456 thank you for the information! I will process this when I am having a 'better brain day' 

    No problem. It's an awful lot of information to take it and for this reason you maybe better off speaking to an advice agency near you for a full benefits check for the Universal Credit claim because this is the only benefit you'll be able to claim while receiving SSP. PIP is completely different and not means tested.

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