Imagine waking up in a Cambodian Hospital and being told that doctors will probably have to amputate your leg at the hip. My friend, Matty Blazsanyik, was overseas in Asia facing this very real possibility, as the flesh on his leg was being eaten away.

This flesh eating disease is called Necrotising Fasciitis, and it is an infection that results in death of parts of the body's soft tissue........and it's not pretty..........just google some photos to see how full on it actually is.

The thoughts that must of run through his mind whilst confronting images of his own leg are incomprehensible. The emotional struggle, the pain, the acceptance of having your leg cut off! Man, what a journey of the mind. How would YOU handle that? How did HE handle that?

Have a listen to the conversation and find out.

Dr Arne Rubinstein is the author of a magnificent book titled "The Making of Men', and if you are a parent with a son, or even a grandparent with a grandson, it is one you should be reading.

He is an expert on Rites of Passage and adolescent development with over 30 years experience as a medical doctor, counsellor and workshop facilitator. The seminars and programs he has helped develop have been attended to by over 100,000 people globally and are designed to assist boys and girls to successfully make a safe and healthy transition in to adulthood.

I visited him at his home in the Byron Hinterland out near Mullumbimby. Dropped in the middle of nature, you will hear the sounds of the wildlife in the background of our conversation.

You can check out the amazing work that he and his team do at The Rites of Passage Institute by clicking the link below. Enjoy :)

www.ritesofpassageinstitute.org

Have I got an interesting guy for you to meet today! I've known him for about 15/16 years or so. And my son even calls him Uncle Matty. A colourful character with an even more colourful past.

He took rugby to the United State some 30 years ago, playing for a start up University team in San Diego. But his love for travelling saw him board a plane for anywhere, and a chance meeting with a man named Carlos took him.... everywhere. He became a gem smuggling gypsy, travelling from India to Thailand to Hong Kong, all around the place, with a backpack full of illegal gems.

Eventually working in real estate, he lost his fortune in the Global Financial Crisis, and so jumped on a plane to Thailand to getaway and de-stress. And as so many tourists do, he hired a motorbike to travel around. But he had one hell of an accident that saw him end up in hospital in intensive care for 3 months with a broken back, fractured skull, punctured lung, broken ribs and a bunch of other broken bits and pieces.

He has released a book called 'Crazy Shit in Asia', all about how stuff can go astray when overseas. He also hosts a breakfast radio slot on Byron Bay's community radio station, Bay FM.

www.matttowner.com

www.bayfm.org