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improve each day. It took a while but, a year later, I feel exactly the same as I did before the surgery.

Just before Christmas I received a letter from my recipient. It was a wonderful surprise and, although there weren’t any details about her, it was so lovely to hear she was doing well.

But I didn’t do this to receive thanks or praise, I was just lucky enough to be in a position to be able to help someone else.

My children were appropriately worried about me on the day of the operation, but were very proud of me afterwards. My hope is that it has shown them the value of helping others.