This and That and Talk - My Transplant

So glad your cold is better have a merry christmas and a happy new year

Thanks:-) Me too. I am fortunate to not have the heavy congestion and stomach bug that is hitting our area. However, I take precautions as soon as I feel something coming on, which is something that many people do not do. I also gave myself extra time because we were having family Christmas here at our house this past Sunday.

Glinda, ( Can I call you that? Is that your name?), Do you have to be extra-extra careful since your transplant because it was a cold that caused your heart failure? Or is your new heart not as sensitive to that?
Rosemary

Yes you can call me glinda and yes I am extra extra cautious and I do always take extra extra precautions at all times I even get strange looks and nasty comments from some people on the city bus because i wear a mask year round but i also get more people curious about why i wear the mask and rhey ask me about it and I tell them my story getting sick really scares me especially a cold

@glinda, What a great opportunity to promote organ donation!
Gotta run, I'll check back later tonight:-)
Rosemary

I have never heard of Rishi Tumeric Ginger Chai Tea myself I do love and drink Spiced Chai but would lime to ask if rhe Rishi Tumeric Ginger Chai is good and where would i be able to buy it as i love ginger but have never had tumeric thank you

@glinda, I have very limited grocery stores in my town, so I doubt if I can find it either. I will look next time I am in the grocery store. I will let you know what I find. I do think that I have seen the Spiced Chai, though. I might give that one a try! So far I have relied on varieties of decaf tea. Rosemary

I drink herbal teas myself and the spiced chai that I drink is called Tazo decaf chai tea latte I like the Tazo better then the oregon spice chai the tazo has more spice and as i am THE ONLY TEA DRINKER IN MY FAMILY I love my tea

@glinda, Several weeks ago when I was grocery shopping I passed a man and his wife several times in the aisles. He was wearing a mask. We were stuck in a crowded aisle, and I asked him if he was a transplant recipient. To my surprise, he replied that he had received a heart transplant in July of this year! He thanked me for saying something and we had a very interesting visit. He was thrilled to meet another transplant recipient! I did invited him to join the Mayo Connect discussion.
Rosemary

@rosemaya 39, I'm glad to here that he was happy you asked about the mask and if he was a transplant patient and you invited him to join the group. I hope he does. I met a young man today that asked me the same question as to whether I was a transplant patient and if I was immunosuppressed as his mom just had a kidney transplant and i was surprised that he would recongnize why I was wearing a mask

@glinda, Glinda, That is neat! I think it is amazing how many of 'us' are out there!

My husband thinks that I am being 'nosey' when I ask people if they have had a transplant. I only do this when I see them wearing a transplant t-shirt, or green donate life bracelet, and occasionally a mask. I try to ask in a caring manner, and I have never had a negative response. How do you 'feel' when somebody (like the man today) who sees you with a mask, asks that question?
Rosemary