Yeah, I’m still here in Pahrump. Taking advantage of the great weather. But the weather is not why I’m staying in town, it’s because the VA moves like a glacier getting anything done. But after all the trips, visits, and consults I’ve had here in Pahrump and over at the VA hospital in Las Vegas, they finally got some stuff done this last nearly full month. ONE: Got both my Covid-19 shots. TWO: The anomaly they saw on my kidney during the ultrasound of my bladder, which was done as part of my prostate issue, turned out to be nothing. Like 60% of them turn out to be nothing, most of the other anomalies turn out to be cysts that never need treatment. Very annoying they latched onto that instead of working on my prostate. THREE: I got in to see a Dr. about my knees. Of course they only focus on one knee at a time. Some mornings it takes nearly 2 hours to be able to walk easily because both knees are stiff and sore. And I went to the hospital to see him yesterday and the gist is I have early stage osteoarthritis and they have a shot in lieu of surgery! Yea! So I have an appointment for that shot on May 10th. I’ll go ahead and wait for that. Dr. told me the shots cost the VA $1500 each and they have to deaden my knee first, so he’ll do it there in his office at the hospital.
Have no idea what they’re doing about my prostate but I have an appointment here in town with the PA. I’ll have to tell him to schedule anything to do with that for December because I’m heading north on May 15th. You might remember that I have an appointment up in Walla Walla for laser surgery at a Urology clinic but I couldn’t find any way to get the VA to pay for it. The Dr. is out of system so it would cost me $25,000 to have it done there. Inside the VA system, my cost would be zero. So reluctantly cancelled my appointment at Dr. Hutton’s clinic. I don’t have any insurance except the VA and Medicare Part A (ER or medically necessary only).
Well, enough of that medical stuff. It’s annoying me but we’re getting stuff done. So, on with the adventures here in Pahrump and nearby areas.
Back in January I mentioned that I needed replacement awning covers for my two slides as one was tearing along a seam and since they’re both the same age, I decided I’d replace both along with getting a pull down awning for over the two large windows in the living room slide. Seems many places I stay at there’s too much sun hitting those windows so I have reflective insulation in them most summers…so I don’t get to enjoy the great outdoors as much as I’d like. So decided to get one of those awnings too. And to do that with the company I wanted to use, Shadepro, I’d have to travel south to their service area. Which includes every medium sized town south of Lake Havasu City. So Havasu, Parker Dam, Parker, Quartzsite, and Yuma. Probably some others in that area too.
But as it worked out, the only time I could catch a break with an appointment time between Dr. visits was the week of March 15th in Yuma. Only opening in their and my schedule that fit for both of us. So, off I went to Yuma! Here’s the map to Yuma…
First though, I had to install the electrical for the Saturn so I’d have Running/Turn/Brake lights. Took longer to decide what to do then to do it. All I did was run the flat 4-wire flat cable from the front connector back to the trunk. I’ll write up an article about that soon for the ’02 Winnebago section of the blog. This was the first trip I’ve taken when towing the Saturn L200. Tested the electrical before I left the park of course and it was good.
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Rented myself a golf cart because my knees won’t take me all around the course these days for all nine holes. They are doing a 9-18 holes for one price these days and with the golf cart rental, came to less then $20. I planned on just enjoying the front 9 but soon found that there was a group of 4 golf carts up on the Tee so I started on the back 9 instead.
 
