by Kate Allatt | 21 December 2018 | Uncategorised
I pioneered the @escap_study which proved feasible (due to go multi-centre) and ithe findings are just about to be published! But great news because an electrical stimulation treatment has been approved by NICE to treat the swallow condition I had severely in 2010/11...
by Kate Allatt | 1 December 2018 | Uncategorised
Communicating there are ‘no promises just possibilities’ gives patients, but even more importantly, vulnerable family members, HOPE. It’s not false hope, nor is it about quashing all hope of any future improvement either. Frankly, during the last 8 years of my...
by Kate Allatt | 30 August 2016 | Uncategorised
Imagine the noise of a pneumatic drill and then a bomb exploding in your brain? Then imagine waking up inside your own coffin where you can think, feel, see and hear normally, but move absolutely nothing. AKA Locked In Syndrome. Worse still, imagine not being able to...
by Kate Allatt | 22 April 2016 | Uncategorised
I was sat on my sun lounger in the baking sun of Olu Deniz when my phone blipped suddenly. I’d got an email from Yousif, the organiser of Sheffield’s 1st ever TEDx event. He confirmed that he would indeed like me to speak at his ‘live...
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