Concerts

I had bought tickets for a couple of friends and us to go to Elton John's concert some months ago.  I was surprised that my husband even wanted to go with us.  He prefers classical music.  I like it, but after 8 years of piano playing at school and having nuns teach me, I would rather leave the piano and the classical music aside.

The music I like is more the 'ballady' sort of tunes. By the likes of Lionel Richie, Nora Jones, Kate Melua, Johnny Cash and so on. And some Jazz like Nina Samone ....My husband doesn't particularly like listening to these although he tolerates it, because that is what gets put on the stereo when I clean the house without which the house would not get cleaned !

 In a previous post I believe I talked about my husband getting skin cancers on his head. Well, yesterday was the appointment with the Skin Specialist.  We didn't have a choice with appointments, it was take what we were given or wait for six months.  So, it happened to be that the appointment for the specialist and the day of the concert fell on the same day.

I was worried because I didn't know what the doctor would say, whether Victor would need to go into hospital for surgery, whether they were going to harvest skin off somewhere else, how would he deal with the whole process.  So, with great trepidation I woke up yesterday.  We had a big day ahead. The appointment for the doctor was at 4pm and the concert started at 8pm.

The doctor apparently was born in Kenya, which was interesting because Victor was born in Botswana. They had much to discuss and a very interesting and lovely person he was too.  He was on time with his patient list. He was friendly and not at all condescending as some doctors are prone to be.  He explained the skin condition and how Basal Cell Carcinomas can change and what I can do to try and stop them in their tracks. He was also able to use nitrogen gas (?) to burn the spot on Victor's head instead of having to have surgery - Thank God.

He did give him some local anesthetic because he was going to give it a good blast.  It is quite painful to get an injection on your scalp because there is no fat whatsoever but Victor being his normal self was a trouper, stiff upper lip and all of that !

After the doctors, we decided to get dinner although it was only 5.30pm and we went to the Country Club.  I was able to play on the poker machines (my annual spend on them) after dinner and got to the concert in plenty of time.

What can I say ? Elton John still has it. He was just brilliant, sang all of his songs. Brought tears to my eyes when he sang 'Candle in the Wind' and a very dear friend of mine Bernie who is no longer in this world loved 'Our Song' and of course when Elton sang that it brought tears to my eyes.   Bernie was one of those living saints, he adored his wife and children and later his grandchildren. I always wanted to meet a man like Bernie who would love me the way Bernie adored his wife. I think they made him and broke the mould. Although, I must say Victor would come a close second !

Elton sang for a good 3 hours non stop. Brilliant concert. Very very tired today, because it is a good 45 minutes drive from the concert hall to come home, but there was also a good one hour of traffic jam just in the car park to get out of the place. So we didn't get home till well past midnight.

Thank you Elton John for a brilliant ending to a pretty good day.