Here's My Story

Since the last appointment about 5 weeks ago , it was clear that my mum was well out of the mania phase as she didn't interfere, didn't shop much, had much fewer ideas and cut down junk food severely. From the recent appointment: (1) My mum had been going back to bed after breakfast. She had been feeling "blur"/dizzy/giddy. Dr N said it could be the (cumulative) effect of the medicine. (2) She felt time moved so slow. Dr N said time remained the same but my mum had slowed down her "activities" (which were abnormally fast because it was during the mania phase). Suggested that she start writing a journal or go on with her embroidery project. (3) She had incontinence twice. GP advised her to do kegel exercise. Dr N, however, raised another possibility: that my mum was too tired. (4) Maintained dosage for Olanazapine (7.5mg at night) and Epilim (200mg twice daily). Once again, as planned, dosage for Alprazolam was further reduced from 0.5mg to 0.25mg at ni...

Things stabilised for my dad for a while after the last visit to Dr D . He needed to take a little more breakthrough painkiller to manage his leg pain. On top of the 2 doses of brreakthrough oxycodone , he took 2-2.5ml morphine just before bed. My sister informed him that Dr D said he could have 3 doses of the breakthrough oxycodone. One day, his bloatedness was really bad and his stomach hurt but luckily after he passed motion a second time, he had great relief. His back doesn't ache as long as his bloatedness didn't cause pain. So he chose to monitor first. Upon further discussion, it appeared that if he pooed a lot and/or let much gas, it provided relief to his bloatedness. Otherwise, the pain was managed by taking paracetamol. However, one day, he and my sister discovered two hard lumps on one side of his waist. So we made an appointment with Dr D. After some questions and checks, she recommended PET scan. We were fortunate to get a slot the next day (they only do on ...

They say money doesn't bring you happiness... I say neither does being broke... - Anoymous

Whenever Ban's family organised a family dinner to celebrate, say, someone's birthday, I couldn't join because his stepdad didn't like the idea of Ban having a gay partner. I think there was only once I was invited to a family dinner with some of their relatives, probably due to Ban's grandpa's insistence. I don't know. So to my surprise, this year Ban's mum invited me to join them for CNY eve dinner. Not only that, prior to that, I attended their family's dinner to celebrate Ban's brother's birthday. I was nervous during the latter but fortunately it went quite well. I hope this heralds better things to come :)

The stick bobbed a little as Miss Level climbed onto it. She patted it invitingly. "You're not frightened of heights, are you, dear?" she asked as Tiffany climbed on. "No," said Tiffany. "I shall drop in when I come up for the Witch Trials," said Miss Tick as Tiffany felt the stick rise gently under her. "Take care!" It turned out that when Miss Level had asked Tiffany if she was scared of heights, it had been the wrong question. Tiffany was not afraid of heights at all. She could walk past tall frees without batting an eyelid. Looking up at huge towering mountains didn't bother her a bit. What she was afraid of, although she hadn't reliazed it until this point, was depths. She was afraid of dropping such a long way out of the sky that she'd have time to run out breath screaming before hitting the rocks so had that she'd turn to a sort of jelly and all her bones would break into dust. She was, in fact, afraid of the ...

To those haters: Just cause you can aim doesn’t mean you’re good at the game - Hoshizora

After the rather good news during the latest consultation with Penang GH's oncologist, my dad complaint of back pain about 5 days later, with worsening bloatedness. He consulted his usual doctor at a government clinic and she recommended he went for a endoscopy. Coincidentally, my sister was going for a follow-up appoint with a private specialist on her H.Pylori case and so my dad consulted him. Although previously told that there was no more slot for the scope on the day of my sister's follow-up appointment, the specialist arranged for one, presumably labeling my dad's case as urgent. He, however, stated that the bloatedness is unlikely causing the back pain. Instead, it can be due to muscle pull deterioration of bone as a result of chemo possible worsening of cancer at pancreas or kidney bed He also advised my dad to stop taking lactulose as it causes the bloatedness (hmmm) and to take Fibre instead to deal with his constipation. The result of biopsy would b...

Saw this at a playground: The forbidden acts are: (1) Vandalising plants (2) Bringing dog (3) Act of indecency (4) Sunning laundry (5) Vandalising public facilities (6) Hawking (7) Littering (8) Cycling / Motorbiking Ok, these sounds sensible except that personally I think (2) is not needed (this will need a separate post to explain, which I'm not going to do anyway). However, look at the possible punishment: A fine not exceeding RM 2000 or jail for not more than 1 year or both. So the maximum possible punishment is RM 2000 plus 1 year of jail time. Alright, which do you think is the most dangerous act among the 8 acts listed above? For me, it's motorbiking in the playground. Whatever you choose, do you think it deserves the maximum punishment? Even discounting the fine, does it deserve 1 year of jail time? RM 2000 + 1 year in jail is disproportionately heavy for, say, merely motorbiking in a playground and not  on the consequence of it. If the biker hi...

Some organisations have nice company values they promote internally and put on their website. But if remuneration drives behaviour that is at odds with those ­values, remuneration will win every time. - Ian Laughlin