Infection – Fever – Hospitalized – Day 1 – Chemo Therapy Round 2 – Cycle 1 + 17: 02/07/2013: 4:30: I get up out of bed to use the bathroom, I have been tossing and turning all night long and have been unable to sleep. It is storming outside when I exit my room and my

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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12/19/2012: 8:05: An email wakes me up with a client following up to my email about when I will be in the office today. 8:09: I get an email from a client working on something who is having a problem with another vendor being a smart a$$.  They are complaining that they can’t do some

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12/18/2012: 6:37: I get an email from a client asking me if I am going to be in my office at all today. 9:00: I am up. 9:15: I jump in the shower. 9:30: I jump out the shower. 9:45: I am at the office. 10:30: I get an email from a client saying that

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12/17/2012: 5:30: I get an email from a client updating me on her email issues being resolved.  I sleep right through this notification. 9:15: I get up out of Bed and let Buster out and jump on my computer to check a few things. 9:30: I get an email from a client checking up on

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12/16/2012: 11:20: I get an email from a client who is following up on the laptop warranty repair service that needs to be done.  He is just letting me know that he is following up with Dell to schedule when the Dell technician will come out and replace his laptop motherboard. 12:00: I lay on

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12/15/2012: 1:36: My business partner calls me after I sent him a message on his gmail, and we discuss a few things. 10:00: I wake up and take Buster out. 10:15: I jump in the shower. 10:30: I jump out the shower. 10:45: I get my things ready to head to my partner’s house for

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12/14/2012: 11:00: I wake up and let Buster out. 11:15: I jump into the shower. 11:30: I jump out of the shower. 11:35:  I get a call from a client who is having issues with a monitor at their office.  Another vendor came in and installed a server and used a cheap KVM to connect

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12/13/2012: 8:20: An email comes in an wakes me up, but its just a vendor and I doze back off to sleep. 9:05: I get an email from a client wanting a few email addresses setup. 9:15: I get up and email back my first vendor, and then setup the email accounts requested. 9:30: I

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12/12/2012: 12:00 I take a few naps here and there and finally doze off. 10:00: I wake up and I am not feeling too good.  I am just going to take it easy for a little while today.  I go by my computer and start doing some work. 11:00: After a little while I feel

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12/11/2012: 10:17: I get an wake up email from a client forwarding my email address to a third party who needed his IT’s contact info. 10:51: I get an email from another client who’s computer keeps shutting down by itself every night after she leaves the office. 10:58: The third party emails me to follow

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12/10/2012: Happy Birthday Jamie! 8:00: I wake up, the usual, let Buster out. 8:10: I jump in the shower. 8:20: I jump out the shower. 8:30: I put on my lidocaine cream on top of my port area so that I won’t feel the needle go in when they access the port.  I put a

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12/09/2012: 10:45: I am awaken by my wife getting ready for work again. 11:00: I get up and let Buster out. 11:30: My dad asks me to help him setup the stable he has constructed out of our old wooden swing that was rittled with holes from carpenter bees and just not in shape to

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