On 26 November 2015 at 9pm something happened to Simon that changed our lives. He had a major stroke.
28 November 2015 at 4pm Simon had a life saving operation to remove a large portion of his skull to release the pressure on his brain, that was swelling, due to the stroke drug treatment - a rare side affect!
6 months later on 25 May 2016 Simon finally came home from hospital complete with wheelchair, a variety of walking sticks and splints for his left foot, leg and arm and hand - all now severely affected by The Stroke.

Simon's determination to return to his pre stroke life is admirable but sometimes the brain following a stroke just refuses to cooperate. The mobility has definitely improved and the wheel chair is only needed outside the house but he wants more. He wants his recovery to go further.

FES - functional electronic stimulation is a treatment that applies small electrical charges to the leg to improve mobility in people who have difficulties with walking arising from damage in their brain.

This amazing piece of kit is the next stage for Simon's journey to 'kick' start the muscles which the brain has ignored till now but it doesn't come cheap hence this sponsored walk...

Simon is aiming to walk 10 miles in 20 days starting on Monday 6th Nov - finishing on the first anniversary of The Stroke. This is quite a challenge in fact a MASSIVE challenge, as to date, Simon has only managed to walk half a mile every other day. This is not because of lack of effort but to do with stroke fatigue - which is a big invisible side effect of a strok. Simon describes fatigue as , swimming in custard which is very hard work!

Please support him with this massive challenge - all donations are welcome. If you want to walk with Simon on any of his days you are than welcome.

Thank you xx