05/01/2015: Chemo 3:2 – Cycle 2

8:00:  I am up.  I put on some Lidocane cream on the port and get ready. 8:30: Heading on over to Tulane. 8:49: I check in. 9:27: I sign the paperwork. 9:45: I am called to the back. 10:00:  All vitals done. 10:15: They attempt to access my port.  Problem is the needle is not

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04/10/2015: Chemo 3:2 – Cycle 1

Craig: 7:45: Up…Wake up Wife… 8:04: Wife driving….Off to the Hospital for infusion. 8:30: At the hospital. 8:50: Led back to infusion. 9:20: Port Accessed. 9:25: Blood Taken for testing. 10:35: I am just waiting for them to figure out what to do as my liver enzymes are high. 10:50: They need to redo all

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04/09/2015: Dr. Safah Visit

04/09/2015: 12:00: Off to see the Doctor, the wonderful Doctor of Tulane. 12:50: Arrive at Tulane and check in. 1:15: I am called into the back. 1:30: Dr. Safah sees me.  The results from my right supraclavicular lymph node biopsy are in.  The cancer is back.  The same exact cancers, same markers, same everything as before,

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04/01/2015: Day 2 after Biopsy #3

I rest all day, but Patient Room 4 at one of the doc’s office is not booting up, so I will need to head there later today. 8:00: My dad and I head out.  We go to my office first to pick up a computer as a backup replacement to have in case we need

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03/31/2015: Day after Biopsy #3

I am taking today easy.  Not much pain at all, and I haven’t touched any of my Percocet Pain meds.  The only issue I am having is blurriness, and issues reading. 21:00: My business partner picks me up and we go to a client’s office to hook up a computer and 2 printers that have

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03/30/2015: Lymphnode Biopsy #3 – Dr. Weaver – Tulane Hospital

4:00: I been up all night finishing up some computer work for a client.  Oh well, I’ll have a good rest in a little bit when the good drugs hit me. 4:15: Shower using the special sponge first then the plastic bristles to clean the area that are going to be operated on. 4:30: We

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03/27/2015: Nasopharnx Biopsy with Dr. Jacob

9:40: Appointment with Dr. Jacob at EJGH.  He tells me that he has met with Dr. Page and that he wants to biopsy the tissue inside my nasal cavity to send off to the lab to see if it is anything after it appeared on the PET/CT Scan.  He sprays some numbing medicine up my

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03/24/2015: Appointment with Dr. Weaver – Cardio Thoracic Surgeon

8:30: Appointment with Dr. Weaver.  He starts going over things, but doesn’t feel anything when he feels my neck.  He says I can either wait, or come back for another appointment to review what needs to be done during the surgery.  It takes a while as they do not have all my images from the

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03/19/2015: PET/CT Scan Results from Scan #10 – Transplant #2 Prep Starts

03/19/2015: I meet with Dr. Safah.  She is not happy with the results at all.  She said that the Lymphoma appears to have relapsed.  There are new small spots showing, and the abdomen where the Shingles were, has only continue to grow bigger with an SUV over 10.  She said it is time to start

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03/18/2015: PET/CT Scan #10

03/18/2015:  PET/CT Scan # 10. – Happy Birthday Dee 🙂 Of all days, 2 over turned vehicles on the I-10, closing the Interstate and traffic backed up for at least 10 miles in every direction.  All the alternate routes are heavily congested.  Almost didn’t make it on time. 8:30: Check in at radiology. 8:50: Walking

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03/07/2015: Just another day.

03/07/2015: Just coding, and while looking up a few things, I find a quote that humors me on a forum as part of a signature: “Some days when I think about the next 30 years or so of my life I am going to spend writing code, I happily contemplate stepping off a curb in

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01/04/2015: Happy New Year

01/04/2015: Happy New  Year everyone.  I have had a few people asking what’s up since I haven’t been updating my blog lately.  I have been really busy with life again, especially work.  So that’s where I have been.  However, here I am updating my blog for everyone 🙂  I put up the scan results for

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11/27/2014: Turkey Day Race – Thanksgiving Day

11/27/2014: Happy Thanksgiving 🙂 At City Park for the Turkey Day Race @ 8:30 AM.  54 Degrees 5 Miles Completed in 1:22:34 My Dad, Wife and I did this race together. I’m feeling great 🙂

09/18/2014: PET/CT Scan Results from Scan #9

09/18/2014: PET Scan Results from 09/17/2014 – Scan #9: Dr. Safah is still pleased with the results in the chest and neck as everything is showing little to no activity which is normal.  So as far as my chest and neck are concerned we are pretty much in the clear, however the spots in the

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06/12/2014: PET/CT Scan Results from Scan #8

06/17/2014: PET Scan Results from 06/11/2014 – Scan #8: Dr. Safah is still happy with the results in the chest and neck, however the spots in the Abdomen are still there.  Dr. Safah hopes that this is still from the Shingles, however we still cannot be sure.  The only thing we can do is order

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Fat Boy Race – 5K

05/31/2014: 7:45: Raining, but ready to get started. 8:15: On our way…  Drizzling, but already wet… 8:55: They start making everyone turn back to the finish line as the weather is getting worse, but I have already done all my loops, and on my way back, so I will complete the entire race. 9:05:  I

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More Work, A Busy Day

05/04/2014: Just working on getting these 5 computers out the door tomorrow because tomorrow brings more work 😛  Busy Busy Weekend…

Back to Work!!!

05/03/2014: So after a good late sleep since I didn’t get to sleep to 3:30 after working most of the early morning at my office, I came back in and my business partner’s computer is sitting there with a dead screen because of the graphics card.  I try to reseat the graphics card, no luck. 

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Crescent City Classic!

04/19/2014: My printed interview hits article in The New Orleans Advocate: http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sports/8925530-171/metairies-craig-denny-nears-a 5:30: Up and ready to go, put on my Team Craig shirt, wake up My Wife, put on my socks and shoes, sunscreen. 6:30: Bro-in-Law driving, and he picks us up. 6:45: Parking at the Superdome. 6:50: Lacing up nice and tight. 7:55:

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Crescent City Classic Expo Visit and The Advocate Interview Published

04/18/2014: Good Friday 10:30: My sister and bro-in-law came and picked me up as we had to head down uptown first to pick up my sister and my dad from their nine churches walk at St. Stephens on Napoleon Ave. and then up St. Charles heading to Champion’s Square and the Hyatt to pick up

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Training for the Crescent City Classic Interview

04/15/2014: I have been busy lately with work, but have been managing to keep getting my training in for the Crescent City Classic. Today my Dad and I are going to walk 3 miles on the Lakefront levee in training for the Crescent City Classic, but first an interview with the Advocate. A busy day

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03/13/2014: PET/CT Scan Results from Scan #7

03/13/2014: 6:00: Ayclovir time…  Been taking that again since the shingles… 8:00: I am up. 10:00: I head over to a client to get some measurements of their com closet for another client that is about to build. 10:30: I arrive on site and start taking pics and measurements. 10:45: One of the clients grabs

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03/12/2014: PET/CT Scan #7 Day

03/12/2014: So now I can officially glow in the dark!  LOL J/K… 6:00: I am up and out of bed. 6:15: In the car heading to Tulane with my dad for the scan. 6:30: Arrive at the hospital and check in. 7:00: They walk us from Radiology on the second floor down to the first

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03/10/2014: Dermatologist Appointment

03/10/2014: So I have an appointment today with my Dermatologist to check all my moles and especially my skin in the radiation field on my neck and chest from the radiation treatment in October. She sees two moles on my back that she wants to watch, but everything else looks good.  Then she spots a

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03/08/2014: I can walk again…

03/08/2014:  Happy Birthday Sis… I can walk again without the help of crutches.  It’s a little painful, but I am able to get around…

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