15: My hair and my thick eyebrows
Looking like a boy with crazy hair. But in actual fact, I am just a normal girl. 
Going for the second jab of cervical cancer tomorrow again.
Never underestimate a stomach ache!
Look at my subject title.
Really, please do not ever underestimate the level of destruction of a minor stomach ache. Correction: Please do not underestimate ANY kind of illness. If you were feeling unwell, go see a doctor immediately before it get worse!
Take me for an example, I wasn’t feeling the pink of health today due to the crushing pain of my tummy (which turns out to be gastric) and I still naively thought that I could endure the pain while attending an event. How stupid one can get?
I was not even halfway to the event’s location, I was already moaning in pain on the train. By the kind gesture of strangers, I managed to get a seat on the train while boyfriend, who was with me, seemed so worried looking at me. To be honest, there’s really nothing that anyone else can do to ease the pain and torment. No matter how much you groan, the pain won’t go away. That is the worst part.
So we u-turn back and got a cab to the nearest hospital and TA-DA! I was in the A&E department waiting for a miracle to happen and he was stuck there with me for the next 3 hours. By then, I cannot even speak properly but somehow the doctor and nurses managed to piece up what I was talking about. 
Injected with a jab of painkilling liquid, put on the drip and I fell asleep. By the time I woke up and thanks goodness, the jab works and I felt so much better. That kind of feeling is like you are in heavens, you know? Try going through the hell of pain and then the relief of comfortableness. It was the most awesome feeling of being alive.
Called mom to inform her my condition and she freaked out a little. Moreover, she was at my sick uncle’s place looking after him during that time. Even though I told her to rest and there’s no need to come since boyfriend was there looking after me too, she still cabbed down and checked on my condition. Sometimes, I really feel that she is putting too much stress on herself to look after everyone. Sigh.
In any case, please take me as an example and do not ever overestimate your body condition or disregard any illness. Never be so headstrong and stubborn. You only live once.
P/S: My family is going through a lot right now, especially for my uncle. According to my tired and stressed mother who has been looking after him for months now, he might not be able to make it through for more than 2 weeks from now. It is a really depressing news but I guess all of us have been prepared for this day. It’s not a joke to have heart conditions, lung cancer, kidney cancer and kidney failure all at the same time.
Really really really, I urge everyone to take care of your own health!
Beautifully cruel
THE REAL Love Story
Katie Kirkpatrick, 21, held off cancer to celebrate the happiest day of her life. Katie had chased cancer, once only to have it return-to clog her lungs and grab hold of her heart. Breathing was difficult now, she had to use oxygen. The pain in her back was so intense it broke through the morphine that was supposed to act as a shield. Her organs were shutting down but it would not stop her from marrying Nick Godwin, 23, who was in love with Katie since 11th grade.
Nick Godwin, 23, left, takes a moment of rest while his bride Katie Kirkpatrick, right, gets an intravenous procedure to reduce the amount of fluids her body is retaining at McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint on January 12, 2005. Nick Godwin who works night shift as a Lapeer County Sheriff's deputy took Katie to the medical center after a night's work, three days before their wedding.
Katie Kirkpatrick Godwin, center, rests for a few moments during her wedding party at Boulder Point Golf Club and Banquet Center in Oxford, MI, on Saturday January 15, 2005. Katie was exhausted. Her face looked as white as her gown.
Five days later, Katie died. She did not let sickness stop her from living, take away the hope or faith that made her believe she had a future. She had a lovely wedding and she had love and she gave love and love doesn’ t die. And that is how Katie beat cancer.
P/S: Nothing else has to be said, their love story is truly touching yet sad. Please let their story serves us as an reminder to love the ones you love now, life is not easy… But when you embrace it; love it and starts to live it, you will find the reason to hold on and smile. Love is more than words.
Have their story touched your heart yet?
Life without Limbs
Nick Vujicic, his life without limbs since he was born. His mom didn’t even want to carry or breast-feed him at all when she knew that her child has no arms nor legs.
You are a miracle, not to world but definitely the miracle of someone’s life. You are a miracle.
The doctor who wants to barbeque my throat…
Quite some time ago, my flu was so serious that I blew out blood clots (in the phlegm) from my nose the second time that my paranoid mother kept pester me to go to the doctor. I didn’t do it, until that day she fell sick that we went to the doctor together. Talked about my symptoms and the doctor seems to not believe my words when I said I blew out a flesh-like thing from my nose. C’mon, why would I lie about being sick? The thing about young doctors in polyclinics is that their inexperience is just too easily shown.
And guess what my epic mom told the doctor?
Mom: Can refer her to hospital? Our family got cancer history.
Me: … -.-|||
Doctor: I don’t think that’s a flesh but okay… I will write you a referral letter to the hospital.
A month later… I went to the newly opened Khoo Teck Puat Hospital to check up and repeated the same talk to the new doctor (another young doctor but she seems nice and undoubting to me so yay!).
Then… we proceeded to a super gross checkup. There’s this micro-telescope being insert through my nose then went all the way down to my throat to let the doctor see the in-depth details of the system, it looks like something in the picture below.
Image credits: entsinus.com
The process is really torturing, because you have to inhale this super bitter “anesthesia” medicine or something to prevent from feeling the pain but it is so bitter that you will feel like *ewwwww* for the next hour. It’s also not that fun to have an inexperienced doctor to put that into your nose to throat. How did I know the doctor was inexperienced? Because there’s another senior doctor who came in and instructed my doctor what to do. I was kind of freaked out with that fact actually… but it’s okay, I still survived. If only the senior doctor did not joke with me with the following conversation:
Doctor: “Basically, nothing is wrong. But I will give you an one year open date, so if you were to feel unwell again, just come back any time.”
Me: “Oh okay. So there’s nothing wrong with the bloody sinus?”
Doctor: “It might be caused by the thin blood vessels that burst in between when you blow your nose too hard. If you get that again, come back to the hospital and I will help you “burn” the clog away. *imitates burning sound*”
Me: O_O|||
*proceeds to the pharmacy……………*
Oh oh, *out of topic* the pharmacy doesn’t look like a pharmacy at all! It’s looks more like a cafe… hahaha. Kinda cool eh? 
So yeahhhhhhhhhh… My first experience to a checkup alone, kind of interesting and fun in a way. Hahahahaha… But hopefully, I won’t be going back to the hospital since I am feeling better already after so long.
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