In early 2024, Mike’s (we’ve changed his name to protect his privacy) life changed in an instant.
He suffered a serious accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury and required emergency surgical intervention – a craniotomy – to save his life.
Following the injury, he developed further complications, including left nerve palsy affecting the left side of his body, his left eye and he suffered significantly reduced vision in his right eye.
After five months in hospital, Mike was discharged to an intensive outreach rehabilitation programme. He still had weakness down the left side of his body, which affected his mobility and meant he required a walking aid.
Along with facing all of this, he continued to suffer cognitive difficulties and needed ongoing assessment and support from a multidisciplinary team including rehabilitation doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, neuropsychologists and specialist nurses.
It has been a long and incredibly challenging road for Mike, but with our support, he has made great progress. BBSC has helped him with a variety of his expenses including physiotherapy, walking aids, mortgage payments and management fees and Mike’s treatment has been so successful, that more recently, we have funded fuel costs, so he could travel to job interviews.
He said: “I would just like to say a massive thank you from the bottom of our hearts, from myself and my family to the BOSS Business Supplies Charity, for the help and financial support the charity has recently given us.
“Since my accident back in August 2024, in which I sustained a very serious brain injury and life changing disabilities, this support has relieved so much pressure, anxiety and worry for us and we really can’t thank you all enough.”
The wonderful news is, that Mike has started a new job. He is back in the workforce. He is rebuilding his independence, and in his own words – “very happy.” Mike has said that having the Charity support him has made a huge difference.