For 2 years in hospital and 5 in rehab Liz and I were often given very bleak predictions such as: when Liz was told on the first anniversary of our meeting, 'If he doesn't wake up today he'll never wake up' and when we were told that I'd never walk again. During the long periods of rehabilitation and adapting to life changing disabilities that many survivors endure, we know how important hope is, to continue with determination and make a good recovery. By telling our story we aim to give hope to others, for example how vercoming physical challenges can be milestones in recovery. In our case from learning to walk with our son Jack, walking down the aisle at our wedding, to running a triathlon together. The cognitive challenges can be even greater, in my case from retiring as a university lecturer to starting a new career as a speaker, life and business coach. Forming new HABITs can help and our story can give survivors hope, despite the often bleak predictions. We are now setting up HABIT (Hope After Brain Injury Trust) as a charity to tell our story and give hope to survivors of brain injury. The trust will also provide funds to help people to take on physical challenges as part of their rehabilitation. we need funds to set up to register as a charity etc

To demonstrate my commitment to achieving our ambition for HABIT I will be shaving off my hair at midday on July 4th. This can be seen live on my Facebook page