Archive for January, 2013:

Chemo Therapy Round 2 – Cycle 1 + 4

01/25/2013: 11:00: I wake up.  I am in and out of it.  I just stay sitting down and resting.  I still have that constant feeling of feeling like I have to burp.  I have my laptop on my lap and the TV on. 1:00: Nothing to eventful, just taking it easy… 3:00: I take a

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Chemo Therapy Round 2 – Cycle 1 – Day 3 – Discharge

01/24/2013: 3:30: I am awaken by Louis coming in to my room to hang the bag of Chemo that needs to be administered for 2 hours.  He comes in, hangs it, and then on his way. 5:30: The alarm starts going off on the pump as the 2 hours of chemo are done being administered. 

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Chemo Therapy Round 2 – Cycle 1 – Day 2

01/23/2013: 0:00: Just watching TV and on both of my laptops. 2:30: I finally close my laptops, put the back of my bed down, and doze off. 5:30: Vitals Time, the nurse comes in and checks my blood pressure and temperature. 6:00: I am back on my computers. 7:30: I doze back off. 8:30: Breakfast

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Chemo Therapy Round 2 – Cycle 1

01/22/2013: 7:15: I get up, and start to get ready. 7:30: I put some Honey Nut Cheerios in a cup and eat some.  I feel a little nauseated but its just a mental thing from having to face chemo again. 7:45: I put on my Lidocane Cream on my port and put Saran Wrap over

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Chemo Therapy Round 2 – Preparation

01/21/2012: 7:30: My dad wakes me up, he is off from work today, and he is going to drive me to my Doctor’s Appointment.  Seeing how that I still have the stitches in my neck, I still cannot turn my neck to look both ways when driving a car.  So I must still rely on

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Neck Lymphnode Biopsy #2 Recovery Day 5

01/20/2013: 8:00: I wake up, and I am just awake.  No falling back asleep now.  I get out my laptop and start doing a few things on it, checking on installs I was working on last night. 10:00: Looks like another morning of some sausage, grits, eggs, and biscuits as my mom has begun cooking. 

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Neck Lymphnode Biopsy #2 Recovery Day 4

01/19/2013: 9:15: I wake up.  I haven’t taken a Percocet for almost 8 hours, and I can barely move my neck because any movement sets off some pain.  I take a Percocet. 10:00:  Breakfast is being cooked.  Eggs, Bacon, Grits, and Biscuits.  I can start moving around again. 10:20: I am still sitting in the

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Neck Lymphnode Biopsy #2 Recovery Day 3

01/18/2013: 12:00: The start of another wonderful day, oh joy. 12:15: I take my next pain pill, percocet/oxycodone.  These things work much better than the hydrocodone. 12:25: I am laying back in the lazy-boy, all covered up as it is a bit chilly outside.  Watching some history channel, but it doesn’t take much for me

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Neck Lymphnode Biopsy #2 Recovery Day 2 and Doctors

01/17/2012: 1:30: I wake up, my neck is in pain and I don’t want to move too much.  I wake my wife up who puts the feet down for the lazy-boy, and I get up and make my way to the bathroom.  All those fluids…. 1:45: I make it back to my chair, but my

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Neck Lymphnode Biopsy #2 Recovery

01/16/2013: 12:30:  I am done my 2 bags of fluids and after 3 request I get the nurse to come change the IV to a hep lock that way I don’t have to carry around the empty IV bag. 1:00: I use the bathroom and fill up a full 1000ml of fluids. 1:15: I start

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Neck Lymphnode Biopsy #2

01/15/2013: 2:00: I relax in the tub, I use the Dial Antibacterial Soap to make sure my body is clean.  i will also get a shower before heading over to the Hospital. 3:00: I get out and go lay in bed and fall right asleep. 9:30: I wake up and get out of bed.  I

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Chemo Day #12 + 21 – Pre-Op Neck Lymphnode Biopsy #2

01/14/2012: 8:30: I wake up, I still feel exhausted so I go back to sleep. 9:30: I wake up again.  I am still tired, but I gotta get up, I got a few things that I have to do today before heading to Dr. Jacob for pre-op for the biopsy. 9:35: I am up out

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Chemo Day #12 + 8 – New Years – 2013

01/01/2013: 0:00: Happy New Year 🙂  The fireworks are going out.  I take a few sips of Champagne, hopefully this year will be full of good news with my cancer being put in its place 🙂 0:10: My wife and I walk down the block and wish others a Happy New Year. 0:30: We walk

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CyberChimps