I am a survivor, not a victim. This is one of the statements I have tried to focus upon. Through the darkest to the funniest…
Warrior Woman by Alison Slaven
Posted in News, and Personal Stories
Category: Personal Stories
Before my accident I was a happy man, I liked my work as a window cleaner and I was happy at home, fishing and betting…
My name is Sam, until recently I was a fun-loving, bubbly, confident, outgoing sociable person. I loved running and fundraising for charities (even had dinner…
Zoe’s Story
Posted in Personal Stories
My name is Zoe. I have been coming to Headway for nearly 5 years. The reason I started attending Headway is because in October 2007 I…
Marco Gambi
Posted in Personal Stories
Marco Gambi was the production manager of a catering company working long hours, managing a dozen chefs and sending out thousands of food orders to…
Former paratrooper Josh King tells MARION SAUVEBOIS about his dice with death at the hands of the IRA in the 1980s, his fightback to good…
All I could do was cry, I’d lost who I was, says Elaine after suffering a stroke
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FOUR years after suffering a severe stroke, which left her partially paralysed, 66-year-old Elaine Philpot from Ferndale tells Marion Sauvebois how she learned to stand,…
MARION SAUVEBOIS meets a 35-year-old who survived heart surgery only to suffer a stroke RUTH Hillier lives each day with the knowledge that her heart…
AT THE height of his illness in 2007, Ken Williams, a previously active man with a cheeky sense of humour, was a shadow of his…
WHEN fit and healthy dad Steve Smith began to suffer severe headaches back in 2008, little did he know that his life was about to…
