Comments on: Hi, my name is Dan Nicholls. http://nichollsfoundation.org.uk/dannicholls/2008/04/13/hi-my-name-is-dan-nicholls/ Daniel Nicholls' blog Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:38:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Toni http://nichollsfoundation.org.uk/dannicholls/2008/04/13/hi-my-name-is-dan-nicholls/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Toni Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:20:16 +0000 http://nichollsfoundation.org.uk/dannicholls/2008/04/13/hi-my-name-is-dan-nicholls/#comment-27 Hi Dan, I heard about your charity after meeting Ann & Helen when they came to see Austin & Gary on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, where I work. My partner Chris has a C6 SCI which happened after a car accident in Feb 2006, he got taken to Stoke Mandeville so we may have seen you around if you came back at all?! Im so sorry to hear about your bed rest situation I hope you can get up soon and get back to a level of fitness. We are just starting a FES Rowing programme at the London Regatta Centre which is definetly going to work on Chris' fitness level, let me know if you've heard about it or wish to join once you are well enough as they are looking for more people! We are concentrating on getting Chris up to an able bodied fitness level so that when that 'cure' happens we are ready for it! (but like you we are trying to not to get our hopes up that it will be anytime soon!) We also go to a great gym with a trainer that works solely with SCI, he is great, Chris has no spasms for hours after! We also go the the laserponcture clinic in France, i don't know if you have heard about it but we have great feedback from that, the website is www.laserponcture.eu! Care situations are terrible we got so fed up of it I now do my partners care, which was less through choice and more from neccessity!! it makes me so mad thinking about carers and district nurses! clearly SCI needs to come a long way in terms of education in the community! Ive rambled long enough (sorry about the spelling!) Please feel free to email me & Chris, I think its important to keep in touch with people with SCI, if it wasn't for chatting to people we have met we wouldn't know about treatments and rehab thats out there, plus its a great support emotionally to chat to people in the same boat! Hi Dan, I heard about your charity after meeting Ann & Helen when they came to see Austin & Gary on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, where I work. My partner Chris has a C6 SCI which happened after a car accident in Feb 2006, he got taken to Stoke Mandeville so we may have seen you around if you came back at all?! Im so sorry to hear about your bed rest situation I hope you can get up soon and get back to a level of fitness. We are just starting a FES Rowing programme at the London Regatta Centre which is definetly going to work on Chris’ fitness level, let me know if you’ve heard about it or wish to join once you are well enough as they are looking for more people! We are concentrating on getting Chris up to an able bodied fitness level so that when that ‘cure’ happens we are ready for it! (but like you we are trying to not to get our hopes up that it will be anytime soon!) We also go to a great gym with a trainer that works solely with SCI, he is great, Chris has no spasms for hours after! We also go the the laserponcture clinic in France, i don’t know if you have heard about it but we have great feedback from that, the website is http://www.laserponcture.eu! Care situations are terrible we got so fed up of it I now do my partners care, which was less through choice and more from neccessity!! it makes me so mad thinking about carers and district nurses! clearly SCI needs to come a long way in terms of education in the community! Ive rambled long enough (sorry about the spelling!) Please feel free to email me & Chris, I think its important to keep in touch with people with SCI, if it wasn’t for chatting to people we have met we wouldn’t know about treatments and rehab thats out there, plus its a great support emotionally to chat to people in the same boat!

]]> By: Jackie Suarez http://nichollsfoundation.org.uk/dannicholls/2008/04/13/hi-my-name-is-dan-nicholls/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Jackie Suarez Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:24:54 +0000 http://nichollsfoundation.org.uk/dannicholls/2008/04/13/hi-my-name-is-dan-nicholls/#comment-20 Hi Dan. I read about you in the Mail. I normally get really wound up by Liz Jones as I don't agree much with her point of view. This artical caught my eye though. I was really sad to hear your friends had deserted you. I was thinking how alike my sons you are. They both love sports and both want to be life guards on Bondi Beach one day (they have been watching too much Surf Patrol on the Reality channel.) I was thinking they might like to chat to you. Do you think you could chat to them by email sometime or is this a stupid idea? Hi Dan. I read about you in the Mail. I normally get really wound up by Liz Jones as I don’t agree much with her point of view. This artical caught my eye though. I was really sad to hear your friends had deserted you. I was thinking how alike my sons you are. They both love sports and both want to be life guards on Bondi Beach one day (they have been watching too much Surf Patrol on the Reality channel.) I was thinking they might like to chat to you. Do you think you could chat to them by email sometime or is this a stupid idea?

]]> By: Mrs. Florence Hardman http://nichollsfoundation.org.uk/dannicholls/2008/04/13/hi-my-name-is-dan-nicholls/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Mrs. Florence Hardman Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:14:13 +0000 http://nichollsfoundation.org.uk/dannicholls/2008/04/13/hi-my-name-is-dan-nicholls/#comment-16 Hello Dan, Read about you in Liz Jones column Mail on Sunday. I am a 71 year old great grandmother and I was in tears when I read about you. Not tears of pity, but tears of sadness that your so called friends have deserted you when you need them most. Keep strong Dan. keep positive, I hope I live long enough to see you on your feet again. Medical science is moving along, sometimes unseen until the breakthrough comes. God Bless You and your loving family. Florence Hardman Hello Dan,
Read about you in Liz Jones column Mail on Sunday.
I am a 71 year old great grandmother and I was in tears when I read about you. Not tears of pity, but tears of sadness that your so called friends have deserted you when you need them most.
Keep strong Dan. keep positive, I hope I live long enough to see you on your feet again. Medical science is moving along, sometimes unseen until the breakthrough comes.
God Bless You and your loving family.
Florence Hardman

]]> By: Lisa C Watkins http://nichollsfoundation.org.uk/dannicholls/2008/04/13/hi-my-name-is-dan-nicholls/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Lisa C Watkins Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:44:02 +0000 http://nichollsfoundation.org.uk/dannicholls/2008/04/13/hi-my-name-is-dan-nicholls/#comment-4 Hi Dan, I recently heard about you and your foundation through a lady called J. K. at the Mandarin. My son, Oscar (13) supports Arsenal too and his Godfather is David Constantine who did something similar to what you did in Australia some time back. He now runs an amazing charity called Motivation. Please take a look at www.motivation.org.uk if you can. Maybe one day when you are up and about you can meet David and the Motivation team and then who knows..............!Take Care. Hi Dan, I recently heard about you and your foundation through a lady called J. K. at the Mandarin. My son, Oscar (13) supports Arsenal too and his Godfather is David Constantine who did something similar to what you did in Australia some time back. He now runs an amazing charity called Motivation. Please take a look at http://www.motivation.org.uk if you can. Maybe one day when you are up and about you can meet David and the Motivation team and then who knows…………..!Take Care.

]]> By: Sam Davies http://nichollsfoundation.org.uk/dannicholls/2008/04/13/hi-my-name-is-dan-nicholls/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Sam Davies Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:53:25 +0000 http://nichollsfoundation.org.uk/dannicholls/2008/04/13/hi-my-name-is-dan-nicholls/#comment-3 I hope United aren't yout second team after last weekend! Just thought I'd say a quick hello, after my aunt told me about the charity and your website. Hope the blogging works out. I hope United aren’t yout second team after last weekend!

Just thought I’d say a quick hello, after my aunt told me about the charity and your website. Hope the blogging works out.

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