Get Well Clarkie!

Well as far as i was concerned to bloody hot!

So here i am in hospital, i still wasn’t quite right in the head, that will become more apparent soon, but i have good memory of it which will make great reading. I was slowly getting used to my ‘tent bed’ but it was hot as hell which was one of the reasons i would ‘escape’ from the inescapable bed.

It would get so hot and uncomfortable i would do what any guy would do, i would strip off the sheets and my clothes. It was great as this practice offered me a lot of relief and hey it was a hospital right, so all the nurses would be ok with it, i mean it wasn’t like i was sharing a room so i couldn’t upset anyone else right?

Well the nursing staff didn’t feel the same way i did, i think some of them got traumatized every time they would come to run tests. After a while i would get asked to cover up so i would, with my hand but that was about it, i mean come on, it was a bloody hospital and i wasn’t embarrassed and it wasn’t like the staff weren’t used it.

They finally asked my wife to bring me in some boxer shorts and the staff were much happier, i wasn’t as i was quite comfortable with nothing on and the covers pulled back. It turns out the reason i was so hot was the someone had turned the room temperature way up and it was actually quite hot, well that’s my story and i am sticking to it!

The gym is still going very well and my physio keeps adding new exercises which is great, i am swimming more regularly now which is great. I worked out the last time i did proper lengths in a pool was when i was living in Sydney and my good friend Brad and i used to go to the gym. It was way too long ago and i was always a real water baby when i was younger, so i might have to keep up with the swimming, as long as i don’t drown before i get back

Last Thursday Mum, Ray and myself went for another great drive. We went out to Kai Iwi Lakes where we used to go camping every Easter with family and friends, i actually learnt to water ski out there which was great and it would eventually become one of the many obsessions i have had over the years. The lakes haven’t changed a bit, sure there were a couple more buildings but it wasn’t really any more built up which was great to see.

We then drove up to the Hokianga harbor for a late lunch which was also great. I am sad to say i have never been up there before even though it was only a couple of hours from where i grew up, it really is spectacular but then most of the far north of New Zealand is.

I had an appointment with the voice specialists in Auckland on Tuesday. To be honest the outcome wasn’t really a surprise to me, my voice had improved lots but it was still a mystery to them. There are all these technical terms that they kept saying but basically they cant do much except ‘wait and see’ so i guess, “it is what it is”

Yeah it is disappointing but i can communicate ok and thankfully life will go on.