Here's My Story

There were more information from my dad to add on to the previous update : The upper back pain was much more manageable. He took Tramadol and paracetamol for his lower back pain instead Started limping a little. Taking Oxynorm 1-2 times a day The 2 hard lumps at his waist grew bigger. There was a third small one that emerged Feet and palms felt easily felt cold Vomitted twice a week Hospice nurse raised the possibility that the hard lumps could be indirectly causing the vomiting During his appointment with palliative care unit specialist: Increased Oxycontin from 20mg to 30mg. Initially, try 30mg day 20mg night (or swap them if leg pain is more acute at night). Can increase to 30mg x2 if needed All medicine, except for Oxynorm, are supposed to be taken on a daily basis. Previously, we thought that Tramadol, paracetamol and Omeprazole were to be taken on ad hoc basis. However, can reduce Tramadol if back pain improves It is ok for my dad to continue physiotherapy at the...

There was a lot of patients at my mum's next appointment with the psychiatric clinic at Penang GH. Read this for quick update on my mum before this appointment. We didn't "get" the geriatric psychiatrist this time. It was yet a different doctor. He asked mum a few questions, including the level of her sadness (less) and how was her sleep (good). He maintained the same dosage of medicine: olanzapine 2.5mg day 10mg night benzhoxol 2mg day clonezepam 0.25mg night sertraline 25mg day

I'm a lousy FPS player. That's why in Overwatch I play heroes where accurate aiming is not essential e.g. Mercy, Lucio, Symmetra, Torbjorn, Junkrat, D.Va, Winston, Reinhardt. Obviously in Mystery Heroes mode, I can't choose the hero and so I'm forced to play whatever the game chooses for me. There are 3 heroes I loath to play: Doomfist, Genji and Hanzo, because I'm super lousy at them. It's hard for me to get highlights playing them (managed to get 2 for Hanzo though haha), what more Play of the Game ("PotG"). Yet, a miracle happened recently:

My dad Back pain worsened a little: needed to take Tramadol 3 times a day + paracetamol 2 times day Each night when he woke up to go to toilet at about 2-3am, he needed to take Oxnynorm (the "breakthrough") because his leg started to be painful He went for private physiotherapy that helped with his back pain and discomfort in his neck, which he found helpful. This physiotherapist seems pretty good because he did view the MRI scan and also disallowed my dad to use certain machine (after seeing some patients using it, dad though it would be good for him) because not suitable for cancer patients. However, the hospice nurse advised against it because of "brittle bone". Not sure whether it's specific to cancer patients or all old folks At the moment, the plan is to wait until the next appointment (soon) with the oncologist and palliative care unit specialist to report the above. My mum Able to converse "normally" over the phone i.e. coherent,...

It's been a long time since I talked about my Asana build . There have been changes since then. If I recall correctly, her hp was decreased, her primary ability's healing mod was decreased from 5 to 4, and there was a buff to that ability's damage (so do other frontline freelancers). Then later, for a long time, I used this build: (for details on abilities, please refer to this wikia ) (1) Whirling Blade - Leech Blade (3 loadout points) (2) Rebounding Charge - Vault (3 loadpoint points) (3) Stand and Fight! - Walk and Fight! (2 loadout points) (4) Retribution - (unequipped) (5) Guardian - Savior (2 loadout points) Vault is great because it makes it hard for enemies to predict where you'll end up at. Hitting two targets is a bonus. Walk and Fight! makes this ability (the only non-ulti range ability) more consistent since it can then be used once every 3 turns. Leech Blade is for sustain while Guardian is great for escape, to help with kills or to help shie...

There were some changes to my build since I last blogged about Su-Ren: (1) Martial Master - Zen State (3 loadout points) I still highly recommend this mod. Watch the first video below (specifically turn 6) for yet another moment of "healing mod ftw!". (2) Serenity - Gaia's Blessing (3 loadout points) (3) Shifting Winds - Protector (1 loadout point) These two mods together give lots of healing and can save a team mate who is being focused on by the enemies. Watch the second video for the clutch healing on turn 15. Yes, there were times when the second dash was wasted but I think I'm better now at positioning and so such occurrence is minimised. (4) Spirit Bend - Chi Overflow (1 loadout point) (5) Karmic Justice - Gaia's Chosen (2 loadout points) Reasons given in previous post remain valid for the choice of these two mods.

Spotted this at e@Curve, on a ceiling: Sooooo there's cold water right on that spot?

I used to play poorly with this freelancer. For the past months or so, I observed players who used him well and I noticed one glaring difference: they used Deal Breaker quite often. Quick background for context: the first freelancer I leveled to 20 is Grey . Believe or not that the tipping point where I improved my performance as Grey was to follow a simple advice (can't remember who gave it): support my tank. I was thinking could it be also that simple for Magnus? That I just need to use Deal Breaker as often as possible. It's a powerful ability because of the crowd control feature, especially if the target is already rooted by Horns Up the previous turn i.e. 2 consecutive turns of movement denial. So I used Deal Breaker as often as possible, even if I could hit more enemies if I use Power Drive instead. Amazingly, it worked lol: I did much better. Alright, alright, there's probably another reason: a buff to his shield (from 10 to 20) in the second part of Horns Up i...

Ban and I usually have chap fan for lunch at Family Mixed Rice Restaurant everyday except for Sunday (close on Sunday). Quite spacious, friendly lady boss, generally cheaper than and, most definitely, cleaner than the next door Restoran Tropikiri. Since its previous owners, there has always been a noodle stall there. Then the current boss got someone to operate another stall, selling delicious steamed chicken rice. Unfortunately, he moved away. The stall was empty for quite a long time until she got one of her assistants to sell curry mee. I don't know who is the mastermind behind the recipe: it's delicious! It has a good variety of ingredients: chicken, tau hu pok, brinjal, long bean and beansprout. I had to add about a third to half of the given sambal paste to get the right spiciness and taste suitable for me. Oh, the lady boss said that if I didn't like the meat offered (curry chicken this time; second time was sliced chicken meat), I could choose any other mea...

Since the last appointment , my mum's condition improved significantly. During the next 2 weeks, there were only 3 occasions when she couldn't sleep throughout the nights but most importantly, it didn't lead to anxiety and urge to hurt herself. She didn't feel restless, hear voices or feel distressed. She also talked more. She believed that the anti-depressant sertraline was the medicine that helped her. On the next appointment, we were fortunate that the geriatric psychiatrist was the one who attended to my mum. He said that the effect of sertraline was much better than he expected, especially since it was on low dosage. He suspected that mum's case could be one of those rare cases where one hears voices when depressed. He asked a few questions as well as tested the stiffness of mum's arms. He said that her right arm was stiff while her left arm was slightly stiff. He suggested that since mum wasn't under distressed at the moment, she could try to half ...