Dan’s blog

Hi, my name is Dan Nicholls.

I knew following my accident that my dad and all his friends were on a mission but I had no idea the support was so great and the web site looks amazing.

I am not too much of an IT wizard, and currently I am on bed rest with two nasty pressure sores, one on either hip. I have been like this for just over two years and almost there now so I will be up soon. I have season tickets to Arsenal so I am looking forward to going to the games soon.

I think Dad thinks that because Sir Alex Ferguson is a patron I will support United, they can be my second team, I have to say they look great at the moment!

I am really proud of what people have done for the charity as I hope that one day they will find a cure where I and people like me will walk again. I am really sure they will one day it is just when. I also think the work of people like the Professor Geoffrey Raisman is really amazing, so watch the website as they will give updates on his progress I am told.

I am so grateful to everyone that I don’t know where to start the chefs have been amazing to the Charity, my dad and also to me. So I would have to say thanks to them. Look at the recipes and the book Off Duty is even better and has raised a packet for the charity, which is good.

My days are fairly routine as anyone in this position will know. I have a good care team around me and they know my routine, I have physio almost every other day and that helps. Life is always made easier by the support of my family and especially my brother Dean, he is amazing and is an expert now on spinal injury.

I guess like all people no one chooses to break their necks or back, it is a very selective club that no one wants or chooses to be a member of but when you are it really changes you life completely. I have good days and bad days but fortunately much more good than bad. Especially as about a year ago I saved a dog from Battersea, he is a staffy called Jacob, he is amazing and fantastic company, he really is great fun and has such a brilliant personality.

Anyway that’s enough from me at the moment so I will say bye for now and will be back soon.

Daniel

This entry was posted on Sunday, April 13th, 2008 at 4:32 pm and is filed under hello. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.