MINIPOD: Faceless Nurses (Thanks That Got Away)

Angela Scanlon's Thanks A Million

Angela Scanlon

Mental Health, Gratitude, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Irish, Ireland, Rte, Scanlon, Anxiety, Angela Scanlon, Uplifting, Thanks, Anxious, Grateful, Wellbeing, Positivity

4.8 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

A listener revisits her hospital experience in a pandemic…

Thanks A Million listeners share their “Thanks That Got Away”! The people you never got a chance to say 'thank you' to. The people who changed your whole life or outlook and you didn’t get the opportunity to tell them. Now is your chance!

Perhaps it was a stranger on the bus who picked you up when you were down? The holiday romance that taught you what true love could be? Or the ex who taught you what it definitely wasn’t? Maybe it’s the sibling you never appreciated until it was too late. The nurse who cared for you in your darkest hour or the friend who opened your eyes to the beauty of the world...

Over the years I’ve learnt just how wonderful it feels to say those two simple words ‘thank you’, and how a simple act of gratitude can have truly transformative effects far beyond anything you can imagine.

So write to me – tell me your stories of the thanks that got away so it might inspire us all to take a moment and reflect on those who deserve some gratitude.

To get your story featured just email no more than 600 words to:

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You can be kept anonymous if you prefer, but it’s finally a chance to let it out, hold back no more and share that thank you which you never got to give!

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0:00.0	Hello, mon petit poise. I am back with another thanks that got away. You know the drill by now.
0:05.5	If you want to be featured in this mini pod with your thanks that got away, hang around until the end or just head to the show notes below for details on how to do just that I have been loving.
0:16.0	Your letters, some of them are quite punchy, some of them are a bit saucy. Some of them are heartfelt.
0:22.2	This week's letter is from Becca. Hello, Angela. Below is my thanks that got away. I love the
0:28.1	podcast and your content that has brought me into a world of gratitude that makes such a
0:32.3	difference to my everyday. Keep doing what you're doing because it really does make a difference to
0:36.1	so many. Thank you for that,
0:43.5	Becca. Okay, the thanks that got away would be to the incredible intensive care nurses who looked after me while I was severely unwell when I was 18, particularly Danny, who had, I believe, been drafted in
0:49.8	from the pediatric ICU and Brittany, who had a fabulous American accent. Although I was asleep on
0:57.3	lots of medication or disorientated for much of my time in the unit, I could feel their care,
1:02.3	not just in the actions of turning, washing, medicating, obchecking and the number of other things
1:07.2	I probably didn't even know they were doing, but in their voices. As I lay prone on my
1:12.5	tummy, too weak to open my eyes, they spoke to me and reassured me that I was going to be okay.
1:18.4	Their faces were hidden behind layers of masks and PPE, only their eyes and eyebrows showing
1:23.8	me how kind they were and how grateful I was to be under their care.
1:29.1	I find it odd that I hold such gratitude for them but wouldn't recognise them when walking down
1:34.9	the street. It is quite mental to imagine having shared such an intimate, vulnerable time
1:42.3	with somebody and that actually because of their
1:44.3	PPE and mask, you literally wouldn't recognise them in the street. They propped me up with what
1:51.8	became later a laughable amount of pillows, tried to tame my curly hair, as if you'd want to do that,
1:57.8	Becca, had fans surrounding me to cool me down and after a couple of
2:01.4	days were tasked with trying to get me to eat. After refusing basically everything, they spoke to my
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