Real Life Stories

At 21 years old Raj Gataora had been working at a pub to make money for University. On the way home from a shift, the weather was awful, and a deer ran out in front of Raj’s car causing him to swerve.

Jo Samples, 50, from Clifton is a carer for both her daughter and husband and has been supported by Headway Nottingham since discovering their rehabilitation centre five years ago.

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Previously an Intensive Care Nurse and now a talented and published writer, Headway Nottingham member, Candice, shares her own moving experience of brain injury.

Whilst Paddy was a full CPL in the RCT (Army) one of the duties he performed was to volunteer for the Gulf One Campaign. It was there that Paddy acquired a brain injury.

In January 2011 Ette suffered a TIA which affected the right hand side of her face. Although doctors didn’t think this would happen again, in June 2011 Ette suffered a stroke.