All about Cancer

[MrsKiasu]

slmkhoo, that is about how I feel too…of course in heart I hope for my husband undying love…but what can we do if we ourselves couldn’t accompany them, we dont want them to be alone especially when the kids are independent…maybe unless they have very active groups of friends/activities/job to keep them fully occupied…let’s pray it wouldn’t need to happen and all of us could live into our ripe age.

[sharonkhoo]

MrsKiasu:

slmkhoo, that is about how I feel too..of course in heart I hope for my husband undying love..but what can we do if we ourselves couldn't accompany them, we dont want them to be alone especially when the kids are independent..maybe unless they have very active groups of friends/activities/job to keep them fully occupied..let's pray it wouldn't need to happen and all of us could live into our ripe age.

Given our families' history, it's more likely that I will have a long widowhood. And I don't think having a second spouse means that the love for the first has \"died\". The human heart has a large capacity to love. Fidelity to a spouse during that spouse's lifetime is as much a matter of commitment as love.

[janet88]

mommyNg:

When he relapsed about 1 year later, he was put on a stronger course, and this time he went weak and lost his taste of food. After a few months, he decided to stop all therapy, stayed at home and not see a doctor at all. He wanted quality of life in whatever remaining time he had. But he deteriorated quickly (went very thin), and within 2-3 months, he’s gone.... :sad:

when a relapse happens, the patient is put on another round of chemo. he/she finds it meaningless to suffer the side effects during the course of treatment. I guess this is why he wanted quality of life instead of suffering the treatment.
I really hope scientists would be able to find a cure for this dreadful C.

[starlight1968sg]

Loosely speaking, cancer is cells growing out of control and form tumours. Scientists yet to find out the cause when and why cells grow out of control.

[janet88]

starlight1968sg:

Loosely speaking, cancer is cells growing out of control and form tumours. Scientists yet to find out the cause when and why cells grow out of control.

wonder how cousin is...chemo started 3 days ago for his lymphoma.
there is a jab to prevent vomiting. hope he recovers fully.

[starlight1968sg]

Janet

Chemo is drugs running round the body, aim to kill the bad cells but inevitably killing the gd cells too. Appetite will be affected as this is one of the side effects. Pple say chemo drugs are heaty and need to drink plenty of water.

[janet88]

starlight1968sg:

Janet

Chemo is drugs running round the body, aim to kill the bad cells but inevitably killing the gd cells too. Appetite will be affected as this is one of the side effects. Pple say chemo drugs are heaty and need to drink plenty of water.

chemo is aimed to reach almost all parts of the body to kill the cells...both bad and good ones.
taste buds also lose ability to taste anything...and patient loses interest to eat because of nausea and/or vomiting.
I will never forget how my relative suffered during that period (30 years ago). each time she came home after the treatment, she was suffering the side effects.

back then, she ate birds nest daily....however, recently doctors said birds nest has high level of protein and not advisable for patients undergoing chemo.

[starlight1968sg]

Yes, I heard bird nest soup is not recommended for chemo patients

[janet88]

starlight1968sg:

Yes, I heard bird nest soup is not recommended for chemo patients

there used to be a horse brand birds nest store at jem. it has closed down.
birds nest supposed to nourish the lungs. patients with C would eat this to cool down their body as chemo is heaty.
birds nest is very dirty and now it is bleached...unless one buys top grade and be prepared to remove the tiny bits of black stuff.

[hercules]

Few days back a close friend (mid 50s) texted me out of the blue the below question:



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Basically the earlier a person can figure out this is the 'purpose' of life, then the person can live life to the fullest (by embracing all good and bad with a more positive attitude).

This friend is working with a monthly income of above $10K, owns two apartments, single, intelligent, not bad looking, and travelling leisurely a lot. Guess at times, most of us will go about wondering 'what's the purpose' of life (think the 'problem' of my this friend is too 'good life' and start to feel 'meaningless' coz nothing much to accomplish oredi. So any 'shortcomings' that one has in life actually has their purposes for being the 'reasons/meanings' to live).

Embrace life, incl all the curve balls and lemons coz everything will be over very soon!