Chemo Day #2 + 2

08/08/2012: 6:30: I am awakened by an email.  I read it, but not in the mood to respond right back to it.  Just feel like laying still for a while.  I doze back off. 7:15: I am just awake.  I had a nice nap yesterday, plus 7 hours of sleep for the night, so I

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Chemo Day #2 + 1

08/07/2012: 9:45: I am feeling sick this morning.  I am in the bathroom the usual, my wife is there to help me, although she should be heading to work. 10:15: I am feeling ok, and my wife has to help me back to the bedroom. 10:35: I am back in bed and will try to

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Chemo Day #2: ~~~~ 10 More to Go

08/06/2012: 10:20: I am awake. 10:30: Still laying in bed, but following up with emails on my phone. 10:45: I am up out of bed and take Buster out. 10:50: I get a phone call from a client verifying some information. 11:10: Picking out my clothes for today. 11:20: About to jump in the shower.

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Chemo Day #1 + 13

08/05/2012: 6:20: I am barely awake, but my wife has work for 7:00 so I nudge her to wake up and fall back asleep. 10:40: My wife calls me on her break at work, which wakes me up.  Even though I am a little tired, my throat is dry, and I need to get up

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Chemo Day #1 + 12

08/04/2012: 6:45: I am awaken by my wife who is getting up to go to work. 7:00: My wife leaves the house, but too late, I am awake and Buster needs to go out. 7:15: I lay back in bed, but can’t fall back asleep.  It is also storming like crazy outside. 8:00:  My dad

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Chemo Day #1 + 11

08/03/2012: 10:00: I am awaken by my wife’s alarm since she has work.  I used to be able to get 6-8 hours of sleep with no issues waking up.  Ever since the symptoms started I noticed I need about 8-10 hours of sleep to be completely rested. 10:05: I am up out of bed and

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Chemo Day #1 + 10

08/02/2012: 10:00:  I am awake.  I wake my wife up as she has work in the morning, but she is not feeling good. 10:10: I get out of bed and I let Buster out. 10:30: My wife is still not feeling good and nauseated 🙁  Well she took care of me last week when I

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Chemo Day #1 + 9

8:50: I wake up to a vendor calling the office and just ignore it. 10:00: I am up and awake.  I take out Buster and prepare to get a shower. 10:15: A client emails and calls me about not being able to print.  I remote into the computer and change a setting on the printer,

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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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