I am celebrating another victory today. At the risk of once again jinxing myself, my platlets counts have been stable and high for 3 months now. I saw my hematologist yersterday and he was very happy with the results. I am to go for blood tests every second month and will follow up with him in 6 months. If my platlets stay up, I will see him yearly. Fingers crossed!
Life has been busy these last few months. I had a few setback professionaly, we adopted a dog and we welcomed a new exchange student into our home. I don't have many scrapbook layouts to share with you, but I hope to be able to share a few next week. In the meantime, here is one on my favorites from this fall
I pride myself in being a positive person, but in September, after facing another fall in platlet levels and after losing half of my clients at my dayjob, I had trouble seeing the positive side of things. I was scared and sad and felt broken and defeated. I was watching a favorite daytime talk show of mine and they were discussing how the phrase "everything happens for a reason" was overused. They were saying how we say it almost automaticaly to give ourselves and others comfort and we don't really think of the meaning behind it. Some were saying that it simply is not true, basically a lie we tell each other. I tend to disagree somewhat. I don't think that we all deserve the challenges that are put in front of us, but I do think that we can learn from all of them. I think the challenges sometimes gives us the opportunity to make things better. That instead of feeling helpless, we can always find something to be thankfull for, that in living the sadness we can fully appreciate the happy times. I can now say that I lived through one of the toughest year of my life and I can take from it a new clarity. I am a stronger person now. It has helped me put things in focus and made me appreciate my life, my family, my friends, my job and my body so much more. I am ready for whatever come my way and look forward to the end of 2015 and the beginning of a new year.
