Leukemia diary

Back on track

May 19, 2026

(Warning: This blog post is non-technical but purely personal. In my leukemia diary, I write openly about my current health issues. This blog might be triggering for people who struggle with, or lost dear ones to, cancer and other similar diseases.) My last leukemia diary entry ended with a large question mark. What will my hematologist tell me when I see her again? What treatment will she recommend? What happened? No idea! Do you know this scenario? A new prospect calls. You have never seen their database system yet. But they do expect you to give a coherent and relevant…

Between despair and hope

May 9, 2026

Hugo Kornelis

(Warning: This blog post is non-technical but purely personal. In my leukemia diary, I write openly about my current health issues. This blog might be triggering for people who struggle with, or lost dear ones to, cancer and other similar diseases.) It’s been a while since I last blogged about my leukemia. A full month, to be exact. In the first three weeks of that month, nothing special happened. I was home. I felt good. I made sure to get my daily walk in, to rebuild my fitness (well, except that one day when it was 25°C [77°F], and I…

Insane rollercoaster design from the game Rollercoaster Tycoon

Ups and downs

March 31, 2026

Hugo Kornelis

(Warning: This blog post is non-technical but purely personal. In my leukemia diary, I write openly about my current health issues. This blog might be triggering for people who struggle with, or lost dear ones to, cancer and other similar diseases.) I planned to write this on Saturday, March 28. But I didn’t. It’s already Tuesday, March 31 by now, and I finally started writing. There is a reason for that, and I’ll get to it. But, let’s first start with the post I wanted to write, the post I already had drafted in my head, on Saturday. That post…

To be where I need to be

March 23, 2026

Hugo Kornelis

(Warning: This blog post is non-technical but purely personal. In my leukemia diary, I write openly about my current health issues. This blog might be triggering for people who struggle with, or lost dear ones to, cancer and other similar diseases.) As I write this (Monday 19:00 in Utrecht – I might finish and post it later), I want to be somewhere else. Right at this time, the MVP Summit has just started. Official sessions usually run Tuesday to Thursday, but past years often saw extra sessions on the Monday before or the Friday after. Smaller sessions. Informal. Direct contact…

Back in hospital

March 15, 2026

Hugo Kornelis

(Warning: This blog post is non-technical but purely personal. I write openly about my current health issues. This blog might be triggering for people who struggle with, or lost dear ones to, cancer and other similar diseases.) Time for an update in my leukemia diary. I had planned to write as soon as I was admitted to the hospital. I changed that plan a bit, for reasons I’ll get into later. But I am in hospital now, for a few days already. Awkward communication The last thing I had heard from my hematologist when I wrote the previous blog was…

Return to the diary

March 5, 2026

Hugo Kornelis

(Warning: This blog post is non-technical but purely personal. I write openly about my current health issues. This blog might be triggering for people who struggle with, or lost dear ones to, cancer and other similar diseases.) In September 2022, I was diagnosed with leukemia. I was treated with chemotherapy, I received a stem cell infusion, and then, after a long recovery period, I was clean and I could return to life before I got ill. I wrote about that extensively, in what I called my leukemia diary. The only thing in my life that still reminded me of my…

T-SQL Tuesday 171 – The end of a diary?

February 13, 2024

Hugo Kornelis

It’s February 2014, and it’s time to write a new T-SQL Tuesday post. Our host is Brent Ozar, and his chosen topic is the last ticket we closed. Well, sorry my friend. I’ve been ill. I have not been on active duty for well over a year now. And if you really think that I would still recall the last ticket I closed before getting my diagnosis and starting my long road to recovery, well, then I also have a bridge for sale! So I decided to do a less literal interpretation of Brent’s request. Isn’t life very much like…

Donor lymphocyte infusion

June 11, 2023

Hugo Kornelis

(Warning: This blog post is non-technical but purely personal. I write openly about my current health issues. This blog might be triggering for people who struggle with, or lost dear ones to, cancer and other similar diseases.) This is the twelfth post in a series on my personal road from first signs of leukemia, through diagnosis and treatment, to, hopefully, full recovery. Click here to read all posts in this series. Doing fine I have not written any updates in a long time. The reason is simple. There simply was nothing to report. I go out to do my (almost)…

Back home, but still a long way to go

April 5, 2023

Hugo Kornelis

(Warning: This blog post is non-technical but purely personal. I write openly about my current health issues. This blog might be triggering for people who struggle with, or lost dear ones to, cancer and other similar diseases.) This is the eleventh post in a series on my personal road from first signs of leukemia, through diagnosis and treatment, to, hopefully, full recovery. Click here to read all posts in this series. Back home I’m writing this on April 5th. A long time since my previous health update. Most of that time was spent in the hospital, bur I was discharged…

The final lap

February 10, 2023

Hugo Kornelis

(Warning: This blog post is non-technical but purely personal. I write openly about my current health issues. This blog might be triggering for people who struggle with, or lost dear ones to, cancer and other similar diseases.) This is the tenth post in a series on my personal road from first signs of leukemia, through diagnosis and treatment, to, hopefully, full recovery. Click here to read all posts in this series. Back in the hospital It’s February 10. And I am back in the hospital. Finally. First planned for December 2. Then postponed to January 19, in order to remove…

Leukemia diary

Back on track

Between despair and hope

Ups and downs

To be where I need to be

Back in hospital

Return to the diary

T-SQL Tuesday 171 – The end of a diary?

Donor lymphocyte infusion

Back home, but still a long way to go

The final lap

Hugo Kornelis

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