The Categories...

12 Chemo Treatments | 12 Entries

Descriptions of all 12 ABVD chemotherapy treatments over 6 months.

Cancer Quotes | 25 Entries

Quotes about perserverance, chemotherapy, illness and hope.

Chemo Brain | 4 Entries

Stories about chemo brain. It sucks and I had it for months. I forgot things all the time. Cardio exercise helped immensely!

General Posts | 75 Entries

Medical Info & Updates | 4 Entries

General medical posts.

Pictures | 9 Entries

In this category, click on "Read more" to see posts containing pictures.

Port Flushes | 5 Entries

Port flushes on my "off week" (the week between chemo treatments).

Recordings | 16 Entries

Tests | 5 Entries

Red blood cell tests, white blood cell tests, cat scans, pet scans, blah, blah, blah

The Diagnosis Story | 4 Entries

Posts explaining how I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease.

What Is Chemotherapy? + Side Effects | 15 Entries

Descriptions of chemo and its side effects.


Previously...
7/29/2005I Have Cancer
8/9/2005Chemotherapy Treatment #1
8/11/2005Oh no, now he's got a blog...
8/11/2005Quote ~ Frank A. Clark
8/12/2005What Kind of Cancer Is This?
8/12/2005Tagged.
8/13/2005It's Not About the Piano
8/13/2005How Long Is Chemo? How Often Do You Go?
8/13/2005Quote ~ African Proverb
8/13/2005(Gig Cancelled)
8/15/2005Bone Pain from Neulasta
8/15/2005Baseline EKG Test
8/16/2005What Is Chemotherapy?
8/16/2005Quote ~ Jewish Proverb
8/18/2005Dave Hahn Weight Loss Plan Not Approved by FDA
8/18/2005My Favorite Cancer Song
8/18/2005Quote ~ Joel Siegel
8/18/2005Cancer \Can"cer\, n.
8/19/2005The Rainmaker
8/19/2005Mustard Gas Previously Used to Treat Hodgkins
8/20/2005100% Chance Living Will Kill You
8/20/2005Quote ~ Josephine Hart
8/22/2005This Will Probably Not Happen
8/23/2005Tumor PET Scan Picture
8/23/2005What Does Chemotherapy Feel Like?
8/23/2005Chemotherapy Treatment #2
8/24/2005Cartoon
8/24/2005Progress
8/24/2005Quote ~ Anonymous
8/28/2005College Roommates Come to Visit
8/28/2005Must Like VD
8/28/2005Less Side-Effects Than Bill Bujake So Far
8/29/2005Quote ~ Unknown
8/30/2005Thanks for the Chemo Hat!
8/30/2005Walk In the Sunshine
8/31/2005Quote ~ Mark Twain
9/2/2005Famous People with Lymphoma
9/2/2005Added to the Lymphoma Information Network
9/3/2005Before and After Photos
9/3/2005No Chemo for Hurricane Katrina Victims
9/3/2005Regular Alcohol Intake Lowers Lymphoma Risk
9/4/2005Chicago Jazz Fest, Grant Park
9/6/2005Jimmy Buffett Concert, Wrigley Field
9/7/2005Chemotherapy Treatment #3
9/7/2005Quote ~ Epictesus
9/8/2005My Diaphragm (hiccup!) is a Lousy Metronome
9/8/2005"Some say it's like rats crawling up"
9/12/2005Hummingbird
9/12/2005Shirley Has a Beautiful Bald Head
9/13/2005Quote ~ Marcus Aurelius
9/13/2005I Guess She Has a Point
9/14/2005The Dave Hahn Trio, Live at Bank One
9/15/2005Racing Hamilton
9/15/2005Side Effects of Cancer
9/16/2005One Month of Chemo Cost $48,276.30
9/17/2005Poem
9/18/2005Lost: One Sense of Humor, Please Return if Found
9/19/2005Chemotherapy Treatment #4
9/19/2005Quote ~ Author Unknown
9/20/2005Chronicles Released as Podcast
9/21/2005Tito the Matchmaker
9/25/2005On "Perseverance"
9/25/2005Chemotherapy and Hair Loss
9/27/2005Cancer Gets You Out of Jury Duty
9/29/2005EKG following ABVD - Healthy Heart
9/30/2005Podcast #2
10/3/2005Santa Claus is an Enabler of My Drug Habit
10/3/2005Quote ~ Peter Mere Latham
10/4/2005Chemotherapy Treatment #5
10/5/2005Bloated From Chemotherapy
10/6/2005Chemo Port
10/7/2005Chemotherapy is Mostly Boring
10/7/2005Quote ~ Mignon McLaughlin
10/8/2005New Website for No Reason
10/9/2005CTE Benefit Show
10/10/2005The Children's Theater of Elgin
10/13/2005Dave-A-Palooza
10/13/2005Quote ~ Lucretius
10/17/2005Chemotherapy Treatment #6
10/17/2005Quote ~ Jesse Ventura
10/18/2005The Man in the Mirror is Back
10/19/2005You Will Take Me To Jabba Now.
10/19/2005Quote ~ Theodore Rubin
10/20/2005Podcast #3: Let Cancer Fall Like Rain
10/25/2005Cam Got Married
10/25/2005Chemo Face
10/25/2005Quote ~ Branch Rickey
10/29/2005Elgin Courier Article
10/30/2005Halloween
10/30/2005Quote ~ There's Something About Mary
10/31/2005Chemotherapy Treatment #7
11/2/2005Visit to the Doc
11/2/2005Thanks
11/3/2005Quote ~ diarypro
11/9/2005My Diagnosis Story - Hodgkins 3B
11/12/2005The Pinochle Brigade
11/14/2005Quote ~ Author Unknown
11/15/2005Chemotherapy Treatment #8
11/15/2005A 3 Hour Tour
11/16/2005I Shaved My Head
11/17/2005Now I Buy Useless Things on eBay
11/17/2005Christopher Columbus Would Have Been In a Lot of
11/20/2005PET Scan
11/23/2005I AM A CANCER SURVIVOR
11/23/2005PET Scan Before and After Pictures
11/27/2005Christmas Songs
11/29/2005Thanks
11/29/2005Chemotherapy Treatment #9
11/29/2005Quote ~ William C. Hazlitt
12/4/2005Will I Know When Chemo Brain Is Gone?
12/4/2005I'm a Big Friendster-Loser
12/9/2005Debut Album Scheduled for Release in 2006
12/13/2005Chemotherapy Treatment #10
12/13/2005Side Effects of Chemotherapy
12/13/2005Looking for Students
12/18/2005Spam
12/18/20052 More Treatments
12/27/2005Chemotherapy Treatment #11
12/28/2005CTE Gala-Sold Out, Trio to Perform, More Benefits
12/28/2005Casablanca
12/29/2005Vinblastin | Vinblastine
1/3/2006NOTHING SPECIAL PRODUCTIONS presents
1/6/2006We Enjoy Myself
1/6/2006Looking Back
1/10/2006Blog Featured In Newspaper Article
1/10/2006Chemotherapy Treatment #12
1/10/2006That Was Quite a Party
1/10/2006Quote ~ Joe Kogel
1/15/2006Daily Herald Article
1/16/2006Cancer? What Cancer?
1/19/2006Happy Birthday to Me
1/24/2006Quote ~ Totie Fields
1/24/2006Recorded More Tunes for the Album
1/24/2006My Post-Chemotherapy "Diet"
1/26/2006CAN Conquer CANcer Blog Contest
2/2/2006Update, OR, No, That's My Natural Hair Color
2/7/2006Oh, Silly Spammers
2/10/2006A Request for Moderation
2/10/2006Port Flush
2/17/2006PET Scan - Shakey McShakerson
3/3/2006Courtney I do not support your decision to have...
3/5/2006Blog Back Up (Finally)
3/8/2006What Not to Say To a Cancer Patient
3/10/2006Courtney's Blog
3/10/2006Port Flush Me
3/21/2006Speak Easy
3/30/2006Gimme Back My CancerPod
4/6/2006I Should Make Up a Title But I Have Chemo Brain
4/7/2006It's Spelled 'Spackle'
4/22/2006Vacation to Celebrate the End of Chemo
5/12/2006Somehow I Miss Chemotherapy?
5/12/2006Courtney
5/12/2006Lay My Burden Down
5/12/2006Quote ~ Author Unknown
5/13/2006Connie-a-thon
6/3/2006Fear of Cancer Returning
6/27/2006Cycling to Recover from Chemotherapy
7/3/2006266 miles later
7/7/2006Return of the Comments
7/7/2006Release Date Scheduled for 'Straight Ahead', 7/26
7/27/20061 Year After Cancer Diagnosis
7/27/2006How to Download These Things I'm Selling
8/7/2006Quote ~ Anonymous
8/11/2006Front Page News!
8/22/2006Poem
8/22/2006Cloudy Day
8/30/2006I'm Famous in Taiwan
9/2/2006PET Scan - I'm Unremarkable
9/18/2006Straight Ahead on iTunes
9/19/2006Links to Other Cancer Blogs
1/10/2007One Year Out
1/15/2007Chemo Brain Stories
4/23/2008Hospital Bills without Proper Health Insurance
5/6/2008Hodgkin's Disease Symptoms
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Dave was diagnosed in 2005 with Hodgkin's Disease. He was treated with 6 month of ABVD chemotherapy. He has been out of treatment since January, 2006 and remains healthy.

Visit the Daily Blog to see what Dave's doing these days.

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