Category: Personal Stories

I had my accident in 2006, I suffocated on a cough sweet and was left to die. I was 18 years old, five weeks into…

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…

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 was the production manager of a catering company working long hours, managing a dozen chefs and sending out thousands of food orders to…

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…