Archive for July, 2012:

Chemo Day #1 + 8

07/31/2012: 9:15:  An incoming email wakes me up.  I check the email, and then just lay in bed for a little longer. 9:30: Another incoming email, this time with a link allowing me to make some changes to a client’s computer.  I get out of bed, let Buster out and sit at my desktop computer. 

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Chemo Day #1 + 7

07/30/2012: 12:15: I am done with my bath and the sterri strips for my port incision have been aggravating me.  Time to take them off.  I can’t find any rubbing alcohol, but I find some GermX which has 69% Alcohol in it.  I use this to soak the sterri strips in first.  I then start

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Chemo Day #1 + 6

12/29/2012: 10:30: I am up and out of bed.  I go into the den where the family is already watching the Olympics.  I let Buster outside. 11:30:  I connect to 3 remote computers to do some work. 12:00: My dad made me some grits, so that I can put something into my stomach.  I need

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Chemo Day #1 + 5

07/28/2012: 10:00:  I am awake, but I just lay in bed for a while.  My stomach hurts me a little bit, but nothing major, not nausea just a stomach ache. 11:00:  I get out of bed, and eat some Dunkin Doughnuts. 11:30:  I watch the Women’s Basketball Olympic Game’s, USA vs Croatia. 12:20: USA wins

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Chemo Day #1 + 4

07/27/2012: 10:00:  I wake up, and wake up my wife because she has work for 11:00.  Today just laying in bed feels like it could be a better day, but I don’t want to jump out of bed and jinx it. 10:20:  I am up out of bed.  Not too bad.  I let Buster out

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Chemo Day #1 + 3

12:30: Goodnight… 10:00: Good morning.  Just me and Buster waking up this morning, my wife already left for work around 6:30. 10:10: By the kitchen table.  I eat 2 bananas, and feeling a little queasy so I take a Zofran.  I also take my anti gout pill as well. 10:45: I get my mini laptop

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Chemo Day #1 + 2

07/25/2012: 12:15:  All fresh and clean and exhausted.  It won’t take me long to fall asleep once I hit that bed. 12:30: I am in bed, but always something work related going on in my head.  I do some quick research, remote into a computer and make some changes. 1:30: Time for me to go

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Chemo Day #1 + 1

07/24/2012: 12:30: I am just up, watching TV, dozing off here and there, and catching up and polishing up my first chemo experience, and drinking plenty of fluids for a better flushing effect. 03:15: It’s time to go back to sleep.  I’ll catch you in the AM. 10:17: I wake up, and wake up my

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My First Chemo ~~~~ Chemo Day #1: ~~~~ 11 More to Go

07/23/2012 7:35: I wake up. Check the time but don’t want to get up just yet. I doze back off. 8:00: I wake up again, this time, time to get out the bed.  My appointment is at 9:00.  I wake up my wife, take Buster out, and page Debbie Schmitz. 8:04: Debbie calls me right

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Implosion Sunday

07/22/2012: 12:05:  I am still watching TV, and finishing up one last client’s update. 12:50: I have a temp of 100.1. 1:00:  I am done working on computer work for tonight.  Time to lay back, relax, and rest a little bit. 7:50:  My dad wakes me up by turning on the TV in the den

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Another Saturday

07/21/2012: 12:45: Transporter 3, talking with my dad, and just laying in the lazy-boy. 9:00:  I woke up and just laid in the lazy-boy for a while, as I didn’t feel like moving around yet.  When I finally did get up, I could feel the pain in my back from where the procedure was done

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Bone Marrow Biopsy #2

07/20/2010: 1:30: I have a temp of 101.5.  So I have had someone ask me about getting my temperature every hour on the blog.  Well I was told that if my temperature goes above 102, to call the doctor’s office who put the port in.  I am under his caer until tomorrow evening after a

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Just Another Thursday

07/19/2012: 12:30:  I take my temperature myself, it is 100.8 2:12: My wife takes my temperature, it is 99.8 And back off to sleep I go. 8:30: I wake up to my phone ringing.  It is the client’s who’s computer I had to rebuild.  They need a few files before leaving the office in about

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Onc #2

07/18/2012: 12:30: After relaxing and almost falling asleep a few times, I get out.  I get dressed.  My wife then called me asking me to unlock the front door because it is pouring down rain along with much lightning.  I unlock the front door, sort my dirty clothes, and then put the Thunder Blanket on

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A Tuesday

12:10: My dad comes back home from adoration. 12:30: I have a temperature of 99.1 taken by my dad. 1:50: I have a temperature of 99.3 taken by my wife. 2:00: Goodnight…. 8:30: I wake up, take Buster outside and then go by my computer, however, I am feeling a little weak and tired, so

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A Frustrating Monday

07/16/2012: 12:30: I have a temperature of 99.1 taken by my wife when she arrived home. 6:00: I have a temperature of 98.3 taken by my mom on her way to work. 9:00: I woke up and got out the Lazy-Boy and moved over to my desktop computer in the house. 9:30: I called up

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Port Placement +2

07/15/2012: 12:05: I have a temp of 100.4 taken by my wife. 12:15: I have a temp of 100.7 taken by my wife. 12:30: I have a temp of 100.4 taken by my wife. 1:00:  I wake up sweating a little under my sheets and take my temp.  I have a temp of 99.8 taken

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Port Placement +1

07/14/2012: So its still early in the morning and I still havn’t gone to sleep yet… 1:35:  I checked my temperature and it is at 100.0.  So I got a little temperature running, but I should be ok 😛  I am about to go to sleep and I’ll let you know how well I am

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Port Placement

7:15:  I wake up, get out of bed and get ready to leave for the Jefferson Ambulatory Surgery Center. 7:55: Left the house with my mother driving me to the surgery center. 8:03: Arrived at the surgery center. 8:05: Checked in and my mother had to sign a paper saying that she would be driving

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Another Round of Tests and Doctor Appointments and Pre-Op

07/12/2012 5:45: Woke up, my wife got something to drink, I then finished up some brief work that I was working on the night before so that the client wouldn’t be using the old data location after I moved over 640gb of data to the new storage array.  I then set my alarm on my

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Back To Work Again

07/11/2012 8:40: I was awaken by a client calling.  I got up, not too painful, but I still know its there. 8:45: I returned the client’s phone call.  The computer wasn’t acting right, another virus on the computer.  Most of the viruses here come from opening up attachments from emails or clicking links.  Even though

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Bone Marrow Biopsy

07/10/2012 Blah, I am not looking forward to the events of today at all. 8:00: Woke up. 8:15: Updated my blog for this morning and to setup this post to keep you updated on the events of today. 9:00: Left the house with my wife driving me to the hospital. 9:10: Checked in at the

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PET Scan and Pulmonary Test Monday

07/09/2012 6:45: Wake up and take Buster out. 7:15: Get dressed with loose and relaxed fitting clothing for the PET Scan, and also drink 20 oz of water prior to the appointment as per the instructions. 7:45: Left the house for the hospital/Yenni Treatment Center for the PET Scan, my wife is driving me just

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Bedroom Prep Sunday

07/08/2012 My wife had work for 7AM, and shortly after she left, I had a charlie horse in my right leg.  WOW, I haven’t had one of these in a very long time, painful.  I then was able to get back to sleep after it subsided.  I woke up again around 10:00 and just when

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Bedroom Prep Saturday

07/07/2012 I woke up at 8:15 and had a text message from a client and friend checking up on me and see how I was feeling.  I updated her on the events of yesterday and the events of the upcoming week.  About 8:45 I then got up and got on the computer to do a

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