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Wales Online
2 days ago
- Health
- Wales Online
Gran preparing to die left family goodbye notes - then made 'miraculous' recovery
Gran preparing to die left family goodbye notes - then made 'miraculous' recovery Carole had been in and out of A&E for months but it wasn't until her daughter discovered a new medical device that she got to the bottom of her condition Carole said her friends used to cry when they visited her because of the state she was in (Image: Jam Press) A woman with deteriorating health was 'prepared to die' and writing out her last goodbyes to her family when her daughter made a last-ditch attempt for something that could help. Now Carole's 'miraculous' recovery has given her a new lease of life. She has even managed to move out of the care home she had been forced into. Carole's health issues first began after her husband's death in 2016 when she started overworking herself to keep busy. When she eventually retired at 65, the Devon local could feel her health fading fast. She told NeedToKnow: 'I noticed my bladder and gut had both stopped working, and I was really struggling to live comfortably. Over the next few years, I became increasingly ill, fatigued, and debilitated, also living with a lot of gut pain. 'I was so depressed and anxious as I had no idea what was happening to me, and the doctors had no answers. I became reliant upon antidepressants and different drugs.' Carole from Devon was penning her goodbyes when she started her 'miraculous' recovery (Image: Jam Press) By late 2023, Carole - she gave no last name - decided to move into a residential care home as she found herself journeying to A&E every few months at this point. She said: 'Every time I went to them, they would check me over and just send me straight back home. Article continues below 'I was constantly being told it was just anxiety, but it felt as though someone's hand was constantly squeezing my heart. My mobility had drastically declined, and I was in a poor state both physically and mentally. 'I knew I was going to die. I just felt so sick and like no one could fix it. I decided to write poems to my family as a way of saying goodbye.' But Carole's daughter Anna refused to give up and with a background in the health industry, the 42 year old believed she knew where to look. She eventually found a wearable medical device called Nurosym, which stimulates the vagus nerve, a vital connection between your brain, heart and digestive system. In November, a full year after moving to the care home, Carole got her Nurosym and first started noticing her sleeping patterns getting better within a matter of days. This quickly snowballed and left her pleading with the staff to let her out of her wheelchair. She said: 'When you look into it, the vagus nerve was the answer to all of my conditions, but there seems to be an ignorance to it. The doctors just never mentioned it. 'It was miraculous, everything just started to get better! After my sleep initially started to improve within just a couple of days, I started to see there might be a chance for me to get some quality of life back, but it just kept on improving. 'I was starting to worry the care home staff as everyone really just sat around in their chairs, and I had only been in wheelchairs since I came, but suddenly I wanted to walk around and just kept asking them to let me out!' Carole has now been able to move back home and enjoy an active life with her family (Image: Jam Press) Carole started reducing the number of medications she took and was able to move back into her own home in April. Her recovery was so transformational it prompted Anna to buy her own Nurosym and try it out for herself. Article continues below She said: 'Mum's not susceptible to placebo at all, this is something that has really worked for her, and changed her life. She has no side effects anymore from the ridiculous number of drugs she was having to take, and we desperately want people to know there is a way for people to get better in a non-invasive way. 'I've even invested in my own device as I suffer from anxiety. For me, my sleep improved within just a few weeks, I don't get this sinking feeling in my stomach anymore, and I just have such a positive frame of mind that it's completely changed my outlook.' Carole shared: 'My friends used to come and see me and just cry; now they're still crying when they visit, but it's for a completely different reason.'
Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mirror
'I said goodbye to my family as I prepared to die - then a miracle happened'
70-year-old Carole was 'prepared to die' after being in and out of A&E for months with doctors baffled about what was plaguing her A 70-year-old woman who was "prepared to die" and even wrote her final goodbyes to her family has experienced a "miraculous" recovery. She has even managed to move out of the care home she had been forced into by her ill health. Carole's health problems began after her husband's death in 2016 when she started overworking herself to keep busy. When she finally retired at 65, the Devon local could feel her health rapidly deteriorating. She told to NeedToKnow: "I noticed my bladder and gut had both stopped working, and I was really struggling to live comfortably. Over the next few years, I became increasingly ill, fatigued, and debilitated, also living with a lot of gut pain. "I was so depressed and anxious as I had no idea what was happening to me, and the doctors had no answers. I became reliant upon antidepressants and different drugs." By late 2023, Carole - she has not given her last name - decided to move into a residential care home as she found herself frequently visiting A&E. She said: "Every time I went to them, they would check me over and just send me straight back home. "I was constantly being told it was just anxiety, but it felt as though someone's hand was constantly squeezing my heart. My mobility had drastically declined, and I was in a poor state both physically and mentally. "I knew I was going to die. I just felt so sick and like no one could fix it. I decided to write poems to my family as a way of saying goodbye." However, Carole's daughter Anna, with her background in the health industry, refused to accept this fate for her mum. The 42 year old believed she knew where to look and eventually discovered a wearable medical device called Nurosym, which stimulates the vagus nerve, a crucial link between your brain, heart and digestive system. In November, a full year after moving into the care home, Carole received her Nurosym and within days she began noticing improvements in her sleep patterns. This kept on improving, leading her to beg the staff to let her out of her wheelchair. She explained: "When you look into it, the vagus nerve was the answer to all of my conditions, but there seems to be an ignorance to it. The doctors just never mentioned it. "It was miraculous, everything just started to get better! After my sleep initially started to improve within just a couple of days, I started to see there might be a chance for me to get some quality of life back, but it just kept on improving. "I was starting to worry the care home staff as everyone really just sat around in their chairs, and I had only been in wheelchairs since I came, but suddenly I wanted to walk around and just kept asking them to let me out!". Carole began to reduce her medication intake and managed to move back into her own home in April. Her recovery was so remarkable that it inspired Anna to purchase her own Nurosym and give it a go. She said: "Mum's not susceptible to placebo at all, this is something that has really worked for her, and changed her life. She has no side effects anymore from the ridiculous number of drugs she was having to take, and we desperately want people to know there is a way for people to get better in a non-invasive way. "I've even invested in my own device as I suffer from anxiety. For me, my sleep improved within just a few weeks, I don't get this sinking feeling in my stomach anymore, and I just have such a positive frame of mind that it's completely changed my outlook." Carole added: "My friends used to come and see me and just cry; now they're still crying when they visit, but it's for a completely different reason."
Mint
07-07-2025
- Health
- Mint
Can at-home brain stimulators make you feel better?
FLOW NEUROSCIENCE, a Swedish company, advertises its headset as a way to 'stop suffering from depression [and] feel alive again". Nurosym, a British firm, promises that its earpiece is capable of 'improving health without surgery or drugs". Neurode, an Australian startup, says it is developing a headband that can 'improve focus, impulse control and memory" in people with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The makers of these wonder-products claim that they work via neuromodulation: artificial stimulation of the brain designed to alter its activity. Doctors have used similar techniques in clinical settings for decades to treat such conditions as depression, schizophrenia and tinnitus. Selling devices directly to consumers offers the promise of treatment in the comfort of one's own home. The theory suggests they should do some good. People's thoughts and feelings are governed by the electrochemical signals passed between neurons in the brain, which means externally applied electric currents and magnetic fields can be used to encourage or suppress neural activity. Neurons that are repeatedly primed to fire (or fall silent) together should become more likely to do so at other times—which can, in principle, cause long-term cognitive changes. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), for example, lessens depression by inducing seizures in the brain. Neuromodulation takes a gentler approach. The best-studied type is repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), which involves a magnetic coil placed on the scalp that is turned on and off. Several randomised controlled trials have shown that rTMS can alleviate clinical depression when other forms of treatment have failed. But guidelines require the procedure to be performed by trained professionals: the repetitive pulses can cause seizures if not administered correctly, and the machines are clunky and expensive. Other techniques are gentler still. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)—the method used in both Flow Neuroscience's and Neurode's devices—passes a continuous electric current between electrodes placed on the head. The amount of electrical current used is very small: 1-2 milliamps, less than 0.2% of that used in ECT. That, combined with the fact that there is no need to keep switching equipment on and off, makes tDCS a simple and safer approach to neuromodulation. Nurosym's device is equally user-friendly, making use of a similar device to stimulate the vagus nerve—which links the brain, heart and digestive tract—to lower stress (by regulating heart rate and breathing), reduce inflammation and potentially boost mood. The potential of such at-home devices could be enormous. Britain's National Health Service is already offering access to Flow's headset as part of a pilot scheme to treat depression. But most randomised controlled trials thus far have produced inconclusive results. That may change. One long-standing difficulty in collecting good data has been finding an effective placebo to compare with an operating neuromodulation device. A study published in Nature Medicine in October reported on an experiment that overcame this hurdle by using sham headsets that felt like the real thing. Its authors found that, among 174 patients, those treated with tDCS for ten weeks reported a significant reduction in depression symptoms. Other studies may follow its lead. Curious about the world? To enjoy our mind-expanding science coverage, sign up to Simply Science, our weekly subscriber-only newsletter.
Economist
25-04-2025
- Health
- Economist
Can at-home brain stimulators make you feel better?
FLOW NEUROSCIENCE, a Swedish company, advertises its headset as a way to 'stop suffering from depression [and] feel alive again'. Nurosym, a British firm, promises that its earpiece is capable of 'improving health without surgery or drugs'. Neurode, an Australian startup, says they are developing a headband that can 'improve focus, impulse control and memory' in people with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
