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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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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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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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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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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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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07/06/2012 9:22 I Woke Up after a good deep sleep. 9:31 Left the house. My wife and mother are accompanying me on this trip so they can ask all the questions to the doctor that they want. About a quarter of the way there, I realize that I forgot the pathology report at the house.
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07/05/2012 I woke up at 9:00 AM and checked and answered text messages and emails. I ate a tuna salad sandwich for breakfast and then got on my computer. I then received a phone call from a doctor’s office saying that their modem used to transmit insurance claims was no longer working properly on multiple
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07/04/2012 I went to bed around 3:30 this morning, just researching the ABVD chemotherapy treatment routine along with the possible side effects. I woke up at 9:30, and made sure that my wife was up since she had work at 11:00. My mother had cooked some Cinnamon rolls, mmm, food is good! LOL I watched
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07/03/2012 7:15 PM THE WORD IS IN! The doctor called saying that he had good/bad news. The doctor calling is my Ear, Nose, and Throat Doctor, Dr. Jacob’s. He said that the bad news is that I have Lymphoma. The good news is that I have Nodular Sclerosis Hodgkin’s Lyphoma, and it is one of
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07/03/2012 I woke up at 9:00AM and had a tuna salad sandwich for breakfast and took my medications. I then got dressed and headed outside. I saw that the garbage men had come and decided I needed to take in the garbage cans. I stacked them up and carried them up the driveway. However, the
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I woke up and shaved since I hadn’t shaved since the biopsy. Dry shaving can be a little painful, I wised up as I wanted to speed up and added some shaving gel to the mix. Once I was done shaving into my work clothes with a collared shirt that was open that would not
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07/01/2012 I took the day pretty easy. As always checked messages and emails on my phone. My wife had work for 11:00 AM, so she took off at 10:30. I ate a chicken and tuna salad sandwich and took my medications. I then watched some Pirate’s of the Caribbean, and just took the day easy.
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06/30/2011 I woke up around 6:30 to go to the bathroom, and then checked my phone for messages which there was none. My father gave me some apple juice as he was up and about to head out for his normal Saturday morning routine of cleaning out my Grandmother’s house. I went back to sleep
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06/29/2012 I woke up from about 6 hours of sleep and couldn’t fall back asleep around 5:00 am. I did some more research on my phone on Lyphoma and treatments. My parents were getting up to return to work, and I talked to them while they were doing their normal morning routine. After they both
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06/28/2012 The nurse came in around 5:00 am to check my vitals, and I didn’t have a temperature. The new nurse came in at 7:30 am to check on me and to introduce herself and check my vitals again. I got up again and added another 750ccs to my output. I then watched some TV
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06/27/2012 I woke up, took a shower with antibacterial soap. I used no shampoo, well I don’t really need shampoo, no hair on my head anyway, no deodorant or anything else on my body as instructed by the nurse for the patient prep. I then just through on a pair of shorts and shirt and
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06/26/2012 I knew I would have to tie up a few final things before going in for my Biopsy. I met with a new client at my office about setting up a VOIP phone service for both voice and faxing. We ordered the equipment and the 2 phone numbers which would give him 4 phone
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06/25/2012 I got up, showered, went to the office, took care of a few things around the office, and then went to my Dr. appointment with Dr. Jacob, the ear, nose, and throat doctor for the preop for the biopsy. This was from about 11:50 – 12:45. I then went to the patient prep area
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06/24/2012 My sister and her husband came in town, my parents, my wife and I went out to eat at Smilie’s. I had gumbo, 2 crab cakes covered in a crayfish sauce, mashed potatoes, and vegetables. Very good! I came home and decided I could use some more sunlight for Vitamin D. The fish pond
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06/23/2012 The joys of running your own business is just that, you run your own business and work your own schedule while also meeting the needs of your clients. However, the down falls of running your own business too is that if you get sick, hurt, or need to take time off, there is no
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06/22/2012 The cough syrup did not help me sleep this time. I was sweating really bad throughout the night. I then also smelled a weird smell from my sweating which I could only think of as the iodine from the CT Scan the day before. I called the intern office to see when I could
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06/21/2012 I slept very well because of the Cough Syrup the internist had prescribed me the day before. I headed over to the hospital for my appointment. I stopped by the Quest Diagnostics lab that was on the same floor as my Doctor’s office and I had my blood drawn for the previous day’s bloodwork.
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06/20/2012 I saw my internist who again thought I was having more Asthma, but also said Asthma season was over. I reviewed all the symptoms that I brought up in my previous post. I blew a 215 on the peak flow meter. He was a little puzzled why I was still having breathing issues. He
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06/01/2012 – 06/20/2012 The night sweats had started back up on and off again without taking any additional steroids. I noticed I had the following symptoms: 1. I am Constantly Coughing throughout the day. – Inhaler Doesn’t Help This 2. Coughing Guaranteed Every Morning When I Get Up and When Eating 3. When I Get
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