Any cancer diagnosis is traumatising to both the patient as well as the family members and friends. Most people are thrown off guard, with grand life plans coming to a screeching halt in order to decide what is the next course of action for treatment. Should one go through conventional treatment, ie surgery, chemotherapy and …
From Hee Boon’s blog, I discovered another site which discusses in detail about dubious alternative treatments to cancer. The post A Special Message to Cancer Patients Seeking “Alternative” Treatments makes an interesting read. The site is operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D who aims to expose various frauds and quacks started by people with so-called cures. …
Early bedtime, early rise. I slept early yesterday and got up about 5.30am today feeling fresh. I wanted to read more on Chi Dynamics and when I googled under “chi dynamics”, I came across a blog started by a Malaysian who was fighting against cancer. His name was Foo Hee Boon. He was diagnosed with …
Update in Aug 2017: Ling has since retired from her corporate job and now reaping the benefits from retirement. May used to be my mentor when I was starting out in the working world. By the time, she had already worked for many years, coming in at entry level and rising to managerial position. She …
City folks mostly led busy lives- work late and by the time we get home, we just pop in convenient meals. Who has the time to go to the market to buy chicken meat, marinate and cook for meals? Most of the time, we resort to either eating out or just having a quick-fix meal. …
If we do not learn to manage stress, it will be managing us one day. My colleague Georgie was telling me about a true life account that she had read about a woman in America who got breast cancer: When the lady was diagnosed with breast cancer, she refused all conventional treatments such as radiotherapy, …
Today, I read a very motivational real life story in the Runner’s World (Nov07) magazine. It’s about a news anchorwoman from Orlando by the name of Wendy Chioji. Wendy initially felt a lump on her left breast 2 weeks before she was about to compete for the 2001 Boston Marathon. A year ago, she just …
A number of studies done had linked free radicals towards development of cancerous cells and tumor growth. The higher the levels of free radicals in our body, there comes an increased risk of getting cancer, least the normal cell mutates. Recently, while buying my favourite drink, tea with evaporated milk, I chanced upon a roadshow …
