My life changed in November 2010. I was with a group of friends at one of their houses, having a swim. We were jumping on each other’s shoulders, just mucking around, pretty low key, and one of my friends tried to jump over me. He accidentally kneed me in the back of the head and my neck snapped forward and I went underwater. I popped back up instantly and I just knew something was wrong, so I called out to my friends to get me out of water, then laid face down pretty much waiting for someone to drag me out of the pool. I told them I needed them to call an ambulance. They asked ‘what’s up?’ and I told them ‘I just can’t feel my legs, I can’t feel anything?’ It’s so long ago and my life is so different, that it’s hard to remember exactly how I felt at the time. But now? Honestly, if I could go back to when I broke my neck, I’d break it again. I’ve got an awesome life. ‘It’s all good, bro’ I went first to the ICU at Royal North Shore Hospital and
