Monday, July 26, 2010

  At church yesterday the sermon was about the Lord being our strength and our song.  We should rejoice and let no one steal our joy!  Well I have joy and I am rejoicing because I received a good report from the doctor today!  I went for blood work to have my red, white, and blue {platelets} blood cells tested and all the numbers were good.  The doctor was happy and that made me happy!  He also asked how I was feeling after the chemo and I told him that I felt really good and hadn’t really had any side effects and he said that I can expect the rest of the treatments to affect me the same. {I CAN HANDLE THAT!} 

  Rather than sit on the freeway during rush hour, we ate outdoors at Ruby’s, then went to Fashion Island to kill some time.  {Right, I was really in the mood to shop}.  Terry went to computer nirvana {the Apple Store} and Blair and I went to Anthropologie, by way of a watch counter where she wanted to show me a watch that she was interested in.  Well, since I was feeling so celebratory and somewhat benevolent {do you like those words?}, we both ended up getting chemo watches!  That’s what I call them, at least, and I will lump them into the same category as ‘chemo brain’ and ‘chemo blanket’, since they are directly related to my current state of affairs!

  Last Spring, my sister, Lindsay and I began talking about meeting in San Francisco and driving down the coast sometime this summer.  The idea kind of got shelved when I found out about the lymphoma, but the trip is now on again and I’ve thrown her adrenaline into overtime, because we’re going to take the trip next week!  Blair is going to nail down a lot of the particulars for us as both Lindsay and I lack the expertise in that department.  We’re hoping to find a direct flight for Lindsay, as she hates to fly and will probably take something for mood enhancement - we would hate for her to miss a connecting flight, plus it would add one more takeoff and landing!  I’m sorry Lindsay, I know that this is at your expense, but the thought of you wandering in an altered state in an airport is just too much!  You will get here and we will find each other in the airport in San Francisco!

  A thought has been going through my mind lately, and it is that 'God is in the details'.  I don't know that it's from the Bible, but looking back on the last 3 weeks from the time I found out about the lymphoma, God has certainly been in every detail of what's been happening in my life.  I'm still working on relaxing and letting Him just do it all, without my help; I'm not a super controller, but it's really a comfort to know that He has it all handled - and He's doing a great job!  I AM JOYFUL AND I AM REJOICING!

                                                                   

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