Martin Silk

I was very active before I was in a car accident, but now I find it hard sitting up to get out bed. My car accident was back in Feb/2005. I was a front passenger and as we were going through a set of lights a car came through a red light for them and hit us on the left side of the car (front ¼ and front door), where I was sitting. I was off work for a little bit (I think 1 or 2 weeks) but when I got back to work I worked up to Dec/2007.At that point I had some work done on my back to try and give me some sort of pain relief. This did not work. I went back to work in Mar/2008, and I stayed working up until Feb/2010, (5 years after the accident), at this point was told that I have to stop working.

My family is my world and I will stop at nothing to protect them. My kids are Harley 16/Oct/1994, (he passed away in 2000) I miss him so much. Just after I lost him I lost his mummy. Then there is Alanah, who will be 11 in Apl/2013, she has turned into such a good little kid, then there is Declan, who just turned 6 in Sep/2012, he is such an little independent man, and then my step son Tyler he will be 4 in Feb/2013, he has just started saying his first words and establishing his own personality, and last of all is Brianna, she has just turned 2 last Sep/2012, she is just a small version of Alanah. My fiancée is Eleesa, we have known each other for 10-11 years and have been a great friend who has been true right through all of the years and has become one of my best friends and I love her more than words can say. All of my friend's are the best people you can have in your life, the one's that also have been there through all the shit and helped me get through it are like my family and I would do anything for them.

I love my sport, (like any Australian does) the teams that are mine are, Hawthorn Hawks, Melbourne Storm, Melbourne Hearts (I was a victory fan until Hearts came in the comp), Melbourne Rebels, Melbourne Vixens, and New York Giants. I love Basketball but can not bring myself to go for Melbourne Tigers; I hate them as I was a Giants/Magic member and more recently a South Dragons member. So saying all that 2007, 08, 09 was the best. Storm won the flag in 07, Dragons won the title 07-08, and Hawthorn won the flag 08, Vixens won the title 08-09 season and then Storm 2009 flag. There was a Victory win as well but Hearts are my team now.