The "Good Days, Bad Days, Good Days", edition.

Good Monday morning. I like Purple Rain, but it's not my favorite song Nor is it oneof my favorite Prince songs, but damn, it sure is stuck in my head. I wonder why! {eye roll}. Had to start playing the 1999 album to get that ear worm out of my head. I'd find my self mindlessly singing it. lol. Did y'all check out my photo of Prince with Andre Cymone and Dez Dickerson?  You are officially old school if you remember the three of them playing together. Sigh. I am still randomly sobbing. I did that with Michael Jackson. I can now officially blame my mood swings to my ESRD. Heheheh. 

Good Days and bad days and good days. Thursday was good. Friday started out good. After lunch...and it was a good lunch and I'm not willing to blame lunch, I felt miserable. Miserable enough to skip treatment. Lots of belching and farting. And napping.  What was that all about?  Lol. Felt fine when I woke up Saturday. We did our weekly Saturday morning casino run. No problems. Came home and did treatment. Brian cooked steak for dinner. He has become a steak master.  The grocery store butcher has these insane deals. Like buy 1 ribeye, get 2 free (!!!!!!!!!!). His steaks are seasoned just right and are so tender.   Yum. He wanted me to fix mashed potatoes. I did.  And yum also. And mixed vegetables.  

Felt fine Sunday. My sister in law let us know she was bringing Brian's mom out here in August and that they would be staying at Lake Las Vegas. Yes. There is a "man made lake" Las Vegas. It's a resort area north of Henderson with a (paltry) few hotels and a resort village.  There are also residences there, homes, condos and apartments. For the record, Celine Dion resides there. It took us about 35 minutes to drive there. It's kinda through a desert and past mountains. There are no casinos. Two of the three hotels are Westin and Hilton. My family will be staying at the Westin. We were told that there is a shuttle to the strip. My question was, is there a shuttle from the airport?  Once we drove out there, the question was even more relevant.  Because of the twisting turning up and down drive with no apparent lighting, it wouldn't be a fun nighttime drive. And in Las Vegas manner, major intersections have stop signs with blinking neon lights instead of traffic lights. This of course will be addressed in a few years as more and more houses and  businesses are built. One day ill get into (the lack of coherent) zoning out here. I digress. 

We arrived at the resort area. It's pretty large. It's self contained. If you want to shop, you need to go to Henderson...about 15 minutes away. Your best bet is to have a rental car. I didn't see any taxis there and apparently even using Uber is no bargain. It is just that far out.  Anyway. We found the Westin, parked and headed inside. The first thing we noticed was that it was busy. Then I realized it was busy with Jewish people. I'm talking Grand Central Station busy.  The lobby was huge...and full of people. We could see people outside in a pool. We headed in another direction and there was a second pool, surrounded by cabanas. And lots and lots of people. We later found out it the entire Lake Las Vegas resort was a Passover destination. And it will be through next weekend. All kosher all the time and rabbis in residence. Always learning something new. I asked Brian if he had noticed that none of the women wore pants. 

Back to the mission. We talked with the lady at the desk. There is no airport shuttle and the strip shuttle goes to the Westin "near" the strip...the old Maxim Casino and Hotel. Alrighty. That's 2 long Las Vegas blocks to the strip. In August. When the average temp is 3 digits. :-(    Mom in law likes her penny slots. I'm not clear Lake Las Vegas will fit the bill. Brian tells me let it go. I will. But I have my doubts. Mom in law is used to just heading down to the casino from her room. They've stayed at The Orleans, Paris, New York, New York just to name a few. Ok. I'll stop. Lol. Reading the hotels they've stayed at are locations. Lol. 

Good days. Resumed treatment last night. Had a major victory. I'd been creating a buttonhole access for the last 2 weeks using sharp needles to create a track. Yesterday was the moment of truth. I cleaned the arm. Soaked the area with Exsept. Wiped it down with betadine. Took the needle from its package, got the pick tool. Pick the tiny scab off (have to do that. Scabs in bloodstream are bad. Very bad). Reached for the blunt needle. Poked that blunt needle in the hole.....and voila!  Flashback!!!! ( no it doesn't hurt).  Yay!!  Access drama over!!  After weeks of issues, I can get back on track. The issues were even affecting my labs because I couldn't complete treatments some of my lab results sucked. Fortunately my team acknowledged that. 

Well. That's it for today. Long entry. Windy day today. I guess getting ready to blow in the serious heat. Lol. Have a wonderful day!  

The Westin at Lake Las Vegas. 

The originals.