First week out of rehab!

Well it has been a great week, as you know i moved up north to Whangarei to start outpatients work and just begin a normal life, well way more normal than being in Rehab Plus 24 hours a day.
I finally had my first physio session today with Nic, she is great and i can already [...]

So if you can sail around it in a few hours, its an island?

So if you can sail around it in a few hours, its an island?

Well things have been progressing pretty well here, lots of small goals reached but nothing groundbreaking. When i say nothing, that is nothing to most of you reading this but if you had been through what i have been through or any type of major injury or operation the small goals mean a lot.
It doesn’t [...]

Super-Clarkie stickers still available

Chris Kruzel from drippinwet.com sent me a note asking to remind people that he’s offering some sweet “Super-Clarkie” stickers as a thank-you to anyone who donates to the Get Well Clarkie fund. Just drop him a note with your Paypal receipt to him at kruzel AT drippinwet.com.

Clarkie Goes National

Hi everyone. Another mammoth week in the life of Clarkie.
First and foremost, Aaron was interviewed by multiple award-winning and current NZ Sports Journalist of the Year, Dylan Cleaver, for the NZ Herald on Sunday. Dylan, a great friend of mine and Andrew’s, has previously done two stories on Aaron which helped [...]

MRA T-Shirt sales to benefit Clarkie

Tony Baker, one of Aaron Clarke’s fellow Motorcycle Roadracing Association competitors, has been authorized to create the 2009 MRA Race Season T-Shirt. The shirt features Clarkie on the front, and the 2009 MRA Season Schedule on the back. Designed by Aaron’s wife Tedi, it captures the winning spirit of Clarkie’s racing efforts and excitingly fresh [...]

Hey

Hi everyone, I know this is the first post I made but thanks to my wife, sister and Alex for keeping everyone up to date on my progress. Being my first post I have lots of people to thank, if I don’t mention you personally it is nothing personal.
First off I want to thank [...]

Look, no sticks

Hey everyone
Had a great weekend – Aaron and I went to a gorgeous cafe in Mission Bay at the historic stone house. I gave him a taste of Eggs Benedict NZ style and it went down a treat as did the Mocha smoothie smothered in whipped cream -yeow!
That night we went to our great [...]

Vocal Chords!

Vocal Chords!

This post was going to be about the great weekend Aaron had staying with Mum and Ray in Whangarei and I will get to that BUT in the meantime….huge news…..almost 3 months since Aaron’s crash those vocal chords have suddenly KICKED INTO LIFE!
Honestly, it feels like every week we have something new and amazing but [...]

News Flash!

News Flash!

Hey team
A massively huge day today…Aaron can now swallow food and as of tonight is on a REAL FOOD diet!
Mum drove the 2 hours from our home town, Whangarei, to take Aaron to his appointment at Greenlane Hospital, where the specialists work from (thanks ma).
It’s quite hard to comprehend as we always thought it would [...]

Crutches!

Hey everyone
Just a quick one from me as I am in between cities.  Andrew and I have just flown into Auckland today after going to a beautiful christening (for Troy and Lisa Bowker’s gorgeous wee man, Mason) in Napier (East coast of NZ) and we are now about the hit the road to the Coromandel [...]