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Sunday, March 19, 2017

The "I Thought of a Clever Title Last Night Then I Fell Asleep and Forgot It", edition.

Good Sunday morning!  iPad starting at Chicago, "Call on Me".  Cranked the volume up a notch. I realized that I really really missed my music. I'll be writing and "DJ-ing" for a while. Whew. This week is over!  Talk about being busy. Actually the last two weeks. I had the nocturnal home hemodialysis training (NHHD) for 2 weeks..sort of. The week before I was incenter MWF from 8:30 to 2:00. Yuck. But it had to be done. Usher, "Yeah". Party starter!  The this past week, we did additional training at home on Tuesday and Thursday with the nurse at our home observing us. And to add insult to injury, we had to rush to the center on Thursday immediate after treatment for my monthly team meeting. Sometimes after treatment I am spent.  We finished treatment and raced to the center...across town. 12 miles..in Las Vegas traffic. And no we didn't use the freeway. A massive construction project is in progress. Anyway.  We made it. And my neph was pleased with my labs. And I'd just seen my nurse that morning. Lol. We came home and I just chilled until dinner. 

My new treatment schedule is every other night now instead on 5 days a week. So one week it's Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The next week it's Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Rinse.  Repeat. I mentioned that we went off schedule immediately because the sorority was having their annual major fundraiser on Saturday. And we didn't want to come home and start treatment. We did treatment Friday night by ourselves and it went fine. Michael Jackson, "Butterflies". I love this song. So pretty. It's hard to type and not lose myself in the music. Lol. Anyway. Brian primed the dialysate Sak earlier in the day..it takes about 5 hours. So that was ready. We had to determine what time to start in order to do the 5 hours of treatment. And be ready for Dads weekly trip to the casino in the morning.  And. Be back in time for Brian to make it on time to his his drawing class. Mission accomplished!  

After I was set up for treatment and was in bed, Brian started pacing and fretting (his words). And I understand sort of being anxious because we were trying something new. But the differences were really slight. We added an addition bandage to my venous access (the blood sensor) attach the blood sensor to the blood sensor contraption. And basically that was it. A new cartridge is used, but that's because treatment is longer and adjust the settings on my portable(lol) kidney. I also doubled the use of heparin, the anticoagulant, to reduce the chance of the blood clotting.  Average White Band, "A Love of Your Own".  Anyway. We chuckled about how we fretted when we brought the baby home and we were determined to stay up all night for..who knows why..  That lasted one night. Lol. Baby slept and we looked like zombies. It was a great analogy. We both went to sleep and didn't wake up until just before the end alarm went off. Success!!  

And along with the treatment stuff, we needed to do stuff for the soirée. I was desperate need of a manicure. I'd gone a few weeks before and the fumes in the salon overwhelmed me. Aha. We usually go as soon as the salon opens, but that particular day I went in the afternoon. Talk about lesson learned. The technician got a mask. And I still almost passed out. :-(  And let's add to the mix I was getting over a stupid cold and finally went back to deep water fitness. And. Social security is doing a review so they want records from my employer from almost 5 years ago. WTF?  And of course when I called the City, they said social security is supposed to send them a form. So I need to call back the social security witch and tell her she needs to send a form. I see circular shit starting. Ugh. And I order my meds and I'm told my cost is now $1047. How the heck did it jump $1000 in a month?  I know I'm not in the doughnut hole. So I have to call my insurance provider to see what's going on. Welcome to next week!  Oh. And did I mention my social security person is off every other Monday and the office closes at noon on Wednesdays?. They want me to hurry up, but then she's  not available. I'll be busy this week. Missy Elliot, "Work It". 

So how was the soirée?  It was great!  Love seeing my sorors in their finery. My sorors can wear some shoes. Mine were flat, but they were pretty sharp. Brian and I like to play dress up. And he cleans up real good! The band was great. I chuckled that the band was playing "our" music...music from the 70s and 80s.  And the band was excellent. My only issue was the room was L shaped and some of us were a ways away from the dance floor. So we never made it to the dance floor. But we did enjoy the music. The venue was on the  top floor of the hotel so we had a beautiful nighttime view of the city. The Persuaders, "It's a Thin Line Between Love and Hate". Remember that. And we stayed almost to the end...which was better than last year. 

Our trainer moved his gym. There was a month where the lease was up on the old gym and the new one wasn't ready. So our trainer came to the condo and worked with us in the workout room. But they're open now!  Looking forward to getting back on schedule. With training and Other stuff our schedule went all wonky. 

Finally, it's Dad's turn to take us out to brunch this Sunday. We're going to The M Buffett. Crab legs ahead!!  And we have treatment tonight. I think we can figure out when to start because we have to leave home at 7:00AM to get to the pool. Signing off with Earth Wind and Fire, "Sun Godess". Yeah!!  Have a great day!  

My fancy shoes. And comfortable! 


And the picture you were waiting for. The dress was not quite off the shoulder, but it fell off my shoulder. Lol. I didn't realize it until I saw the picture. Still,like the the dress. A lot!  

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