All about Cancer

[lee_yl]

DH has a couple of colleagues who have been diagnosed with different types of cancer recently.


OT: two acquaintances recently suffered from stroke, one passed on while the other was half paralyzed.

[ammonite]

Lee, the one with stroke and passed on - was it a lady?

[MrsKiasu]

:nailbite: that is worrying. leeyl, any idea how did they got diagnosed ?

[ammonite]

MKS - stroke cases usually the early symptoms (sagging on half side of body), or sudden collapse. I know a guy who realised he was getting a stroke while driving and quickly told his wife (in the same car)to take over and drive straight to hospital. He took six months to relearn walking and eating, now relatively ok. He was the oldest.


For other cases of sudden collapse, all died after a period of coma of varying length of time. They were in their early forties and fifties.

Edit to add:
Easy way to remember some common signs of early stroke
F: Face drooping. Ask the person to smile, and see if one side is drooping. …
A: Arm weakness. Ask the person to raise both arms. …
S: Speech difficulty.
T: Time to call 9-9-5

[MrsKiasu]

ammonite:

MKS - stroke cases usually the early symptoms (sagging on half side of body), or sudden collapse. I know a guy who realised he was getting a stroke while driving and quickly told his wife (in the same car)to take over and drive straight to hospital. He took six months to relearn walking and eating, now relatively ok. He was the oldest.


For other cases of sudden collapse, all died after a period of coma of varying length of time. They were in their early forties and fifties.

Edit to add:
Easy way to remember some common signs of early stroke
F: Face drooping. Ask the person to smile, and see if one side is drooping. ...
A: Arm weakness. Ask the person to raise both arms. ...
S: Speech difficulty.
T: Time to call 9-1-1!

Thank you ammonite for the info!

[starlight1968sg]

OT

http://www.snsa.org.sg/warning-signs-of-stroke/
T is call 995

[ammonite]

Thanks ST - most impt bit!! I will go and edit right now.

[lee_yl]

ammonite:

Lee, the one with stroke and passed on - was it a lady?

Ammonite, I chanced upon your question this morning at 6am and I literally 被吓醒！I thought you know who was the person I was talking about which means I have exposed my DH’s identity. :nailbite:

The person who passed on after being hit by a stroke was a middle-age guy.

[lee_yl]

MrsKiasu:

:nailbite: that is worrying. leeyl, any idea how did they got diagnosed ?

DH said both of them on the plump side. But I suppose skinny folks could also be impacted by stroke

[ammonite]

lee_yl:

ammonite:

Lee, the one with stroke and passed on - was it a lady?

Ammonite, I chanced upon your question this morning at 6am and I literally 被吓醒！I thought you know who was the person I was talking about which means I have exposed my DH’s identity. :nailbite:

The person who passed on after being hit by a stroke was a middle-age guy.

Lee,
I was better than coffee? No worries, even if it was a lady, still so many people in Singapore with stroke yes? Kinda scary to think about that.
The latest case I know of was a lady, leaving behind young children. The other one was a guy. The two cases were less than a month apart.
The guy last year that your DH had known - it was also following a stroke right?

Wake-up call to take care of ourselves and not push our bodies too hard.

(sad, gotta change them all to past tense now...)