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living with a traumatic brain injury
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MUSINGS FROM A WHEELCHAIR
living with a traumatic brain injury
My name is Hannah Mcwann, you can see from my photo I was just an ordinary person - married and a mother to four lovely kids. They were my full-time job and my home ran like clockwork. However, the life I once knew came to an end and I began a new life as a disabled lady.
This is my story...
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Hannah Mcwann
Nov 26, 20241 min read
A special thank you - and a mention in the METRO Newspaper!!
Good morning All, I just wanted to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all your support and love toward my 1000 steps for Gaza...
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Hannah Mcwann
Oct 27, 20242 min read
Learning from life…learning from Gaza…
One Day I was so happy in telling my daughter ‘ I did a 100 steps today!’ She laughed saying I think the average is 1500. I said ‘ ohh’...
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Hannah Mcwann
Oct 17, 20242 min read
Today is my birthday. The best present you can give is to donate to to my 1000 steps for Gaza challenge!
This has probably been my most difficult year since I was blessed with this new disabled life. After the legal case ended, we managed...
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Hannah Mcwann
Oct 9, 20242 min read
1000 steps for Gaza challenge!!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/100-steps-for-gaza-by-a-disabled-person?attribution_id=sl:0c3ca281-451f-484b-8215-7f7718962b52&utm_campaign=ma...
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Hannah Mcwann
Dec 1, 20237 min read
HOPE!
Live with Hope I have been disabled six years. I can’t believe it, so much so I don’t really remember ‘normality’ but what is normal is ...
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Hannah Mcwann
Dec 1, 20224 min read
Five years on today 11:10am....living with a traumatic brain injury...
I have been disabled for five years now, the sudden change in my circumstances, from normality, living an easy family life to now having...
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Hannah Mcwann
Jan 29, 20214 min read
My standing journey
I don’t write as often anymore, I don’t want to be a typical blogger writing about their daily life. But today I want to talk about my...
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Hannah Mcwann
Dec 22, 20204 min read
Finding myself during the isolation period...
For a long time after my accident, I did not know who I was. I believe the brain is the soul of a person, I am probably wrong, but only...
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Hannah Mcwann
Dec 1, 20202 min read
Living with brain injury three years on today, 11.08am (The exact time I was hit by the bus)
1st December is always a day of reflection for me, it’s my accident anniversary, 11:08am to be precise. I would not be human if I said I...
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Hannah Mcwann
Oct 22, 20201 min read
Postponed till tomorrow
Sorry everyone, itv said they will postpone till tomorrow. We gonna do this all again tomorrow. My kids have never been so interested in...
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Hannah Mcwann
Oct 22, 20201 min read
I’ll be on television today at 6pm ITV - impact of lockdown on me and my family.
Hello everyone, my new blog post should be up by the weekend God willing. In the meantime, I will be on ITV LONDON, today at 6pm being...
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Hannah Mcwann
Oct 8, 20206 min read
Crisis point, depression and mental healthÂ
This is a hard topic to address, hence I took my time to write about it, but I am going to be very honest. I have not arrived where I am...
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Hannah Mcwann
Sep 29, 20205 min read
My journey through Physio Part 2
I have been blessed these past years. I have had the most incredible physiotherapists and that is how I know God has never abandoned me...
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Hannah Mcwann
Sep 19, 20205 min read
 Journey through physio part oneÂ
I have decided not to go chronologically anymore because I don’t want to bore you, but after my stints at St George's and the RHN, I...
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Hannah Mcwann
Sep 5, 20206 min read
Losing my voice and my tribute to the Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability (RHN)
Today, I will write about re-learning how to communicate. Looking back, it has been a long arduous journey to learn to communicate again....
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Hannah Mcwann
Aug 28, 20203 min read
Coming out my comma
I don’t remember being in a comma, for me that was the easy part. I was sleeping for four months, no care in the world or worries. But...
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Hannah Mcwann
Aug 22, 20202 min read
Cranioplasty and my titanium plate
If you remember, after my accident, my surgeon removed the right side of my skull; this is known as craniotomy in medical terminology....
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Hannah Mcwann
Aug 16, 20203 min read
what is Brain Injury?
What is a brain injury ? Today is a big topic what is brain injury? I had never heard of brain injury until I had one, though it is...
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Hannah Mcwann
Aug 13, 20202 min read
My kids
I know i said I would talk about brain injury but change of plans I want to talk about my children. As I mentioned before I have four...
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Hannah Mcwann
Aug 12, 20202 min read
fighting for life
Fighting for life I shall proceed a little further with my story, my accident was very serious so I had to be airlifted to St Georges...
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