Hampson suffered his injury 13 months ago
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Leicester prop Matt Hampson has told BBC Radio Leicester that he hopes to leave hospital soon, following the horrific injury he suffered last March.
Hampson, 21, was paralysed from the neck down in a training ground accident while with England under-21s and is currently at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
"Hopefully I'll be out in a couple of weeks but it's more likely to be in a couple of months," he said.
"I think I'm ready because a lot of people have been pushing me very hard."
Hampson has been allowed to leave hospital at times recently and has been to a number of matches including England's Six Nations match with Ireland and Leicester's Heineken Cup game against Bath.
The sport has rallied round Hampson with the Rugby Football Union, Leicester and other Premiership clubs all helping out in a bid to raise the estimated £4-8m needed for his Trust Fund.
He added: "I remember when I'd just come off the drip and I really wanted to go outside. A nurse here called Geoff said if I felt up to going out they'd get me out.
"So we went out and sat in a beer garden in mid-summer with the lads and Leicester and England under-21s captain Matt Cornwell bought me a pint of lager with a straw - not the first I've ever had."
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