Portrait of an Optimist
Thursday, 2 p.m. "Moin," – regional short-form for good morning – echoes happily from the phone. That's right, in the north they say “Moin” all day. But Florian Lindschulten means it that way. “I'm on the night shift this week, now I've just got up.” Florian is 34 years old and works at RKW in Nordhorn as a process mechanic in extrusion. In 2004, he started his training in Nordhorn and has been working there ever since. So far, so normal. And just not. “I have cystic fibrosis,” says Florian.Cystic fibrosis is a congenital metabolic disease. Around 8,000 people in Germany live with cystic