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Ros "pink panther"

Hi everyone I've found this site again so back its nice to see some names I recognise. Well whats been happening to me over past 3 years since last here. will as I said met a lovely man and we got married october 2005 we moved to a bungalow with garden which Ian looks after, I'm afraid to say had to have my one eyed cat put down as he became really poorly, but now have 2 cats who are sisters we got them from a shelter they are 12 years old so like me spend most of the day resting. I still have all the problems limitations I've got but I'm 7 years post TBI next tuesday so I know I've got them forever now

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Update 12/11/03My up dated story Ros Fry I haven't been here for 2 years as been busy and lost address but found it a few weeks ago and it's great being back, what have I been doing, well did a rehab course, which was good but where I was told I'm not ready for work yet, and might never be, also that I should move as the house, stairs and garden was too much. So I moved to a ground floor flat, no garden. Got some Voluntary work, in a charity shop on the till, 4 hours one morning a week. The best news is I met a man who's the best he lets me do what I can and helps me when I get stuck. And he asked me to marry him, so we're getting married in 2005. Even started fishing thanks to Ian. Being shown how to do a web site www.muzzyheadtalk.co.uk. Just try and keep busy and motaviated. I've still got the cat, He lost his eye in 1998 and I lost my head in 1999 that's what I say

I was a nurse in accident and emergency I had finished work and driving home when I had a car crash and was taken back to a/a unconscious was nurse by my friends in Feb. 1999 I'm still of work I might never go back to nursing but I want To do something in the caring profession. I was unconscious for about 1 week and semi conscious for 1 week I was in hospital 4 months but don't remember 1st 2 months at all I had no bleed or raised intracranial pressure but I did have lack of oxygen to my brain to look at me I look normal but I've got a constant muzzy head cold and strange feelings in my rt arm/hand and leg my lt hand shakes and I talk very fast so people can't understand me unless I slow down and I talk loudly.

I live on my own with my cat so get very lonely I can look after my self with help with small fiddly jobs I.a changing light bulbs.My friends and family visit quite a lot and help relieve the bored but I do get very depressed and have thought about ending it all but I wouldn't do it to everyone they stuck by me this long so hopefully they will be here for ever I do try and stay positive and try hard with my exercises but sometimes it does get hard.

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