Just taken delivery of Laura's medication

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    JLWBigLil Well-Known Member

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    The delivery man (quite an old bloke I must admit) was very amiable and pleasant. He ended our conversation with the words "Have a good day, YOUNG MAN"!
    I can't remember the last time anyone called me 'young man'. It's really made my day! I'm strutting around the house like John Travolta in his pomp!
    :D:D:D
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    I can empathise, and I felt similarly elated last week when I joined a Teams call at the point someone was asking who I was, and someone else replied "he's the young lad who's joined the messaging team".

    I'm 55. Needless to say I elected not to start my camera.

    travolta-R-us :)
     
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    More like !!
     
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    Was it have a good day and then turns and bursts into YMCA song as he goes on his merry way.
     
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    I was asked to take my mask off at a till at the supermarket once, because they needed to make sure I was over 18 before putting some booze through.

    The euphoria didn't last long as the checkout woman looked at me in horror, almost pleading with me to put the mask back on while she tried to stop herself from throwing up.
     
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    As a footnote to this, today is the 10th anniversary of Laura's kidney transplant. As happy as we are for it extending Laura's life beyond our wildest dreams, it's also with a heavy heart that we remember someone lost their life in order for Laura to have hers. The donor was a wife and a mother to three small children. Our gratitude and appreciation for such a wonderful act at a time of immense grief and pain & will never be forgotten by my family & I.
     
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    I'm sure the lady would be extremely glad to know that she helped improve someone's life :) That's why we put our names on the donor register, it is so important.
     
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    Sorry if this is an awkward question, but have you ever had chance to thank the family of the donor? I know it could open old wounds for them, but it could also give them some comfort maybe...
     
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    We gave a hand written letter of thanks, appreciation and condolences to the transplant team to pass on to the family. We were told that sometimes families respond to letters and sometimes they don't. We didn't get a reply, but hope they gained some comfort in knowing the ultimate sacrifice they made was not in vain.
     
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    begs the question, did he ought to be driving with eyesight like that :p
     
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    Ah, ha, ha ha, barely alive, barely alive...
     
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    I was sure you would have done :) I honestly don't know how I'd feel in that situation, so you can understand why they might, or might not, respond.
     
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    Oh, absolutely. We waited a couple of months before we wrote it. This was to make certain we weren't counting our chickens as it were, with regards to organ rejection. Our intention was simply to let them know of our gratitude and appreciation, not for them to feel the need to send a reply.
     
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    my aged father recently in hospital was asked if he had 'any young dependents' - then asked by the nurse if he ever 'got moist' - I think this was a subtle (not) way of assessing if he had continence issues.
     
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