Originally Posted by trottytrue

J.JsOH...your a Grandad stroking your hand meant everything. I sometimes think people back then kept their feelings well hidden. At 16 you were still a baby.

Jasper123....so happy for you it will make such a big difference to you. How's your mum taking it all. Do you think you are going to need a bedside nurse....

Originally Posted by jasper123

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to share something with you ----- just cause Im so excited!!!!
Just got a phone call from the cardiology dept of Queen Alexander hospital and they asked me if I would like to come in on June 30th to have my pacemaker put in at 8am ----- well you can imagine of course I was over the moon and I said yes of course and thank you very much, the young lady I spoke to her name was Karen, I said you have just made my day, and I said to her do you always get this reaction from everyone that you call and tell them the good news --- she laughed and said yes we do quite often but not all the time!!!
So I am so happy!!! I saw the cardiologist on May 28th and a month later Im having the Op, not bad at all!!! so my GP only came around to the house a few days ago to see me when I was having another of my episodes and just in a few days he was able to use his influence to get the system to get me in sooner,
Anyway that's it, sorry to be talking about myself, but I am just so happy, and it is just instant reaction on the way I feel right now,

That's just one thing of the many things I love about our thread, we can share things and emotions, and just being able to type it where you know people will read it makes you feel much better, it sometimes feels even better then telling your family if you know what I mean?

Originally Posted by trottytrue

Formula...I went back and read your posting on 473 very interesting, I wonder if there is a book that goes into detail about the birds used in the War along with other less known facts.

I remember when I left the UK my parents were at the airport to see me off I often wonder what my Father was thinking he was quite old at that time 77, I really don't know what I was thinking I was caught up in the excitement of a life in Florida. If I had only known. I did return a year later he was really happy to see me and I was able to be with him when he died just a year later. I should have stayed and stood my ground 5 years later.

Originally Posted by J.JsOH

Hi Rodney, yes, we're both well, maybe, just maybe will be down your way later in year, no dates set yet.
Our couple minor treatments by the NHS have worked out fine too.

Edit 1. I just read your post about your implant appointment. Good luck.

Edit 2. I just opened my mail and found an invite appointment for a free NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening, being offered to all men in my area nearing their 65th birthday. Yes please, I'm all for having check-ups for potential problems.

Originally Posted by trottytrue

I think those people who are able to leave a home behind are very fortunate, I have a friend that did that so she was fine when she wanted to go back. Most of us really burn our boats when we leave and don't think about the negatives of leaving, once you are in that foreign country you are stuck. Relatives are fine but they really have their own lives to live and whilst a couple of weeks stay might be fine a long term stay doesn't always work out.

When my children were 5,7 and 9 I went back for the summer and stayed with my Mother, if I was hoping for a long term stay it would never have happened 3 children can really wear anyone down, I spent time with friends and other family members but I knew in my heart I wasn't staying. The children loved the holiday but they also missed their lives in the US. I think if I could have persuaded my OH to move back things might have been different but he had struggled to find a job in the UK the first time he came and back then it was the rule they had to offer the job to two UK residents first and the if they refused my OH was offered the job so he was not going to do that again and it was fuel for his argument on staying put.
That's why I say to all those leaving the UK think carefully before you take that step especially when children are involved.

I think about the first settlers to the US and how their families must have felt waving them off not only to an far off land but a perilous journey as well and also the fact that they would never see them again.

The War brides may not have had the perilous journey but they were certainly stuck in a country they did not know and in many cases bad situations and sadly no way to return home.

I just downloaded the two books by iris jones is Simantel they will make good summer reading.

I wish someone had written a book on the life of an Ex-pat when I was leaving hopefully I would have read it and thought twice about the move.

Originally Posted by jasper123

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to share something with you ----- just cause Im so excited!!!!
Just got a phone call from the cardiology dept of Queen Alexander hospital and they asked me if I would like to come in on June 30th to have my pacemaker put in at 8am ----- well you can imagine of course I was over the moon and I said yes of course and thank you very much, the young lady I spoke to her name was Karen, I said you have just made my day, and I said to her do you always get this reaction from everyone that you call and tell them the good news --- she laughed and said yes we do quite often but not all the time!!!
So I am so happy!!! I saw the cardiologist on May 28th and a month later Im having the Op, not bad at all!!! so my GP only came around to the house a few days ago to see me when I was having another of my episodes and just in a few days he was able to use his influence to get the system to get me in sooner,
Anyway that's it, sorry to be talking about myself, but I am just so happy, and it is just instant reaction on the way I feel right now,

That's just one thing of the many things I love about our thread, we can share things and emotions, and just being able to type it where you know people will read it makes you feel much better, it sometimes feels even better then telling your family if you know what I mean?

Originally Posted by jasper123

Oh WEBlue that is so lovely, sorry I understood that she was not with us anymore, but she is indeed still alive, wonderful!!! she must be around my Mums age probably I would think ---- 95?

Originally Posted by J.JsOH

Yes, we were never a family for hugs and such. I remember more clouts than hugs.
My dad died from cancer about 6 months after I left home. I knew nothing about his illness until i got the call that he had died.

Originally Posted by WEBlue

Yes indeed, she's in her mid-90s. She's very much still alive, & still in her own bungalow, though her mobility is very limited now. One daughter & family are round the corner though, so that's helpful.

Good luck with your op on the 30th, Jasper. That's coming right up--hope it goes smoothly.

Originally Posted by jasper123

Hi Linda,
July Huh!!! well thats just around the corner, I will PM you my phone number and maybe we can get together for a coffee & chat ---- not sure where Bedford is? ---- WOW a whole month holiday for you, I bet your looking forward to the trip.