Debs Daily Deliberations 106

Evening all, Two blogs in one day.........now where did I leave off this morning. Oh yes platelets......I phoned my GP's surgery and luckily got a receptionist who didn't know what she was doing, I told her I needed my platelet count and she looked it up for me (no having to wait for my GP to phone me back) and......drum roll pulleeeeeeeeze 306 that is higher than it was BEFORE chemo....I had to ask her 3 times to confirm it, not 206....you sure 306, yes....in that case I think I love you lol I could hardly stand still, do I phone hubby first who was at an early karate class or Kim my SNON???? as luck would have it, Hubby phoned me for something and I just blurted it out 306, my platelets are 306 thats better than normal.....then after I try to gather some composure I phone Kim.......and I can hear Kim smiling - yes you really can tell! or perhaps she was just laughing at my obvious delight. She would report to Emma my oncologist and if they wanted me in sooner she would get back to me. I am hoping not actually, I want my anniversary weekend to be special and not just slept through. I text my family "en masse"....and gradually the texts come flooding "thats brill sis" "oh darling thats more than made my day Mum x"......oh this is going to be a good day. At 10.30am I decide its late enough to start celebrating, a cup of tea and a huge slice of lemon drizzle cake with fresh cream. Oh gorgeous but I guess the hips are going to get wider and maybe another chin will appear under my "moonface"...its not quite that bad but heading that way, next step is to get off the steroids. Hubby came home and we headed into town, did the banking and then went to the 3 store as my new upgrade phone (cute little C903) kept telling me "validity period 1 week" whenever I sent a text.....telephoned 3 and they said take it to the store as that should only happen on "PAYG" not a monthly contract and probably needs a new sim. Walked in, told the geek and he smiled and took my phone and said "its just your settings, if the text wasn't received within a week it would notify you"......."oh I said, thats handy cos the guy on the phone just credited my account with £5 against the cost of the sim you were going to sell me"......this day is getting better and better LOL Hubby is hungry and not one to turn down food EVER (even after brain surgery!) we head to Nando's and take a table outside. Halfway through our half chicken and sides the thunder and lightning started and the heavens opened. We were under cover so sat laughing at all the shoppers running around like - pardon the pun "headless chickens". I felt like a teenager sitting there laughing while the world got wet! Home and we had more tea, coffee and cake and sat watching tv and our dogs played while the rain lashed the windows. I used to hate the rain, not ever having passed my driving test, I walk everywhere and my hair was always my pride and joy and so wind, rain and humidity were not my friends. Now with only half a head of hair and never leaving the house without a hat......I love the rain...the wind (as long as it doesnt try and steal my hat) I have a different outlook on life now, for that I must actually thank Buttercup! Not sure what the weekend will bring, but it will take a lot to remove the smile that firmly planted across my mush today. Amazing that these little milestones make such a difference....that my platelets going up allows me to put more poison into my body and send it crashing again and yet I am happy LOL Thought for today: Human life is indeed wondrous. You may be ill physically, but as long as your mental state is strong, it most certainly will exert a positive influence on your body. There may be no better remedy than hope. Daisaku Ikeda Incidently, he is one of my favourite people to quote - a Buddhist philospher, writer and poet.