Comments on: Dr Mitch Update #4

By: Russell&Virginia

Russell&Virginia — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:58:53 +0000

Thanks Dr Mitch for the updates! It feels like a personal visit being there with you, Mike and Mon! Great to see the sitting up photo. You are a strength to us all. Cheers Russell and Virginia

By: Cam Esposito

Cam Esposito — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:50:45 +0000

Thanks Mitch for your updates on your website about – it great to see the progress Mike has made in the past week.

As a fellow MTC member, Forbesy has given me a lot of advice during my Ironman years and for the ITU world champs last year. Since meeting him a number of years ago at Telstra, he has always been a source of inspiration to me through his dedication to achieving his goals in life.

Mike is a tough competitor and I’m sure this next challenge will be taken on with the same positive commitment and attitude we’ve grown to admire.

Forbesy – keep punching and I hope to get in there to see you soon.

Cheers,

Cam Esposito

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:21:14 +0000

Thanks for the update.. this is such a great update.

Thanks for medically explaining everything – it makes it much easier to understand.

Go Mike & Mon! I’ll be in at somestage hopefully in the next week to say “Hi”.

By: Nick Gallo

Nick Gallo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:45:03 +0000

Hi Mike

I was one of the others that rode with you Craig, TP and Peter one that charity ride some time ago. I too remember the day you rode up that hill with one leg. The ride was 167klms long in the heat if summer and you made it look easy. You even went for a swim after it was all over when i was just looking for a place to lie down. You were supremely fit but i was most impressed with your attitide and lust for life.

I can see form the updates that you are applying that lust for life and superb mental fitness to your recovery. I wish you the best for your recovery and will be cheering for you all the way.

Nick Gallo

By: Craig Sorensen

Craig Sorensen — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:18:28 +0000

Mike may need reminding to remember me, but myself and 2 others rode with Mike and brother Peter from Maitland in NSW to the Gold Coast to raise money for the Amy Gillett foundation a couple of years ago. On the weekend just gone, my wife and another couple drove a section of the same highway, which included a long steady hill and I was telling the others in the car how Mike rode the whole way up that same hill with only one shoe clipped in – that is one legged, in order to practice his bike skills (& maybe to show us how strong he was). On a hill we were all working hard to ride up, Mike went up on one leg! Perhaps you could tell him that I remember it like it was yesterday, and how impressed I was with his fitness and the mental toughness that must accompany that state. The hill he is climbing right now is metaphorical, and he may not even have the use of 1 leg to our 2, but his fitness and mental attitude (& friends and family) will help him achieve what may seem miraculous or even impossible to others.
Please wish him well from Dennise and I, and tell him we are thinking of him and his family in this tough time.

By: Chris King

Chris King — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:40:54 +0000

to Mitch and others, thanks for sending in these detailed updates, its wonderful to be able to stay abreast of Mike’s progress and having a photo online now makes it easier to accept (seeing Mike smiling)

great work

cheers
Nat and Chris King

By: suandrewkenz

suandrewkenz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:17:54 +0000

Thanks for the update Mitch.
On behalf of all Mike’s friends a big thanks to those administering this site and allowing us the opportunity to support Mike, Mon and Ash without burdening the family for constant updates.

Keep up the great work Team Mike!!!