Saturday, 4th September 2010 - Happy Birthday luv!! =D May the remaining of this year and may 2011 be the best years for you yet :)
Hmm.. I know that the remaining of this year is gonna be great hehe.. cos you have me now :P
But on a more serious note, yes... the remaining year onwards and 2011 will be even better for you, that i'm sure :) Better career prospects, deals are coming your way and even more!!
Thank you... thanks for taking care of me / looking out for me all this while, for accepting me as who i am :)
Just a short note today :) but Happy Birthday luv! and am looking forward (excited more like it :D ) for 911.. hehe
Monday, August 16, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Side Effects
I'm back :) Was asked how come since Tuesday, i only have 1 post/blog... So i thought i can write this one now which i was saving for the next time... Phew, now that you're actually beginning to post, you start thinking/keeping track of what to write for your next post... hehe...
It has been a busy 3 weeks or so with the last minute wedding preparations. Came to the conclusion that no matter how much you've prepared during the first few months, some things are simply 'last minute stuff'. Thank God!! I've finally settled the day tour packages for my honeymoon :D Some other things to be settled within these 2 days and viola, i'm nearly done!! (i hope)... It's been a tiring 3 weeks but it's def very fruitful :) So many things got done within these short period. That brings me on to writing on the 'side effects' of MS...
No 2 person with MS have the same symptoms/side effects.. In my case, i've got a back ache which is my 'radar'.. It tells me in advance if i'm tired, even the slightest bit. Even before my head says i'm tired, my back is telling me so... It gets bad when i'm tired. I try to avoid tiring myself out. Back ache isn't a textbook symptom of MS but it exists..
Started getting this backache when (before diagnose) i was thought to have a slip disc. But I didn't seem to recover even slightly from this slip disc after a month.. Not too long after being told that i have slip disc, i started walking like a drunken lady in the middle of d day!! :D hehe... couldn't walk in a straight line as every few steps, i'll veer to the right. Imbalance is a sign of MS which i went for physio when i was hospitalized. Dad asked me to go for MRI after i didn't show any signs of recovering from the so call slip disc... Went for it and found out that my brain isn't 'perfect'.. It has many white spots which I was told it's lesion..
Was immediately hospitalized after the MRI.. An experience that i wouldn't forget.. funny in some ways, in other ways, it was a learning process... to depend on everyone from strangers even to family members, yes, the Penny here cried heh.. this is def not something that i wanna repeat again!! Thank God for all the friends and family members who came to keep me company in that 10 days there :) With them, family & God, they gave me the strength, courage & joy to carry on in that 10 days and even up till now :)
In their own ways, mum, dad, my sister, Han etc would keep on encouraging me to 'fight' this, to be strong & the list can go on & on.. :) ermm.. i think this post was supposed to be on side effects but i kindda diverted to other parts :P apologies.. i've got so many things to write & say that i don't know where to start/end.. but being tired/fatigue is a large part of MS.. The degree of tiredness varies for every individual.
There's cognitive, emotional, physical etc 'side effects' as well.. i'll post more on that in the coming future. It'll def take more than 1-2 posts to do all this (at the rate i'm going :P)
It has been a busy 3 weeks or so with the last minute wedding preparations. Came to the conclusion that no matter how much you've prepared during the first few months, some things are simply 'last minute stuff'. Thank God!! I've finally settled the day tour packages for my honeymoon :D Some other things to be settled within these 2 days and viola, i'm nearly done!! (i hope)... It's been a tiring 3 weeks but it's def very fruitful :) So many things got done within these short period. That brings me on to writing on the 'side effects' of MS...
No 2 person with MS have the same symptoms/side effects.. In my case, i've got a back ache which is my 'radar'.. It tells me in advance if i'm tired, even the slightest bit. Even before my head says i'm tired, my back is telling me so... It gets bad when i'm tired. I try to avoid tiring myself out. Back ache isn't a textbook symptom of MS but it exists..
Started getting this backache when (before diagnose) i was thought to have a slip disc. But I didn't seem to recover even slightly from this slip disc after a month.. Not too long after being told that i have slip disc, i started walking like a drunken lady in the middle of d day!! :D hehe... couldn't walk in a straight line as every few steps, i'll veer to the right. Imbalance is a sign of MS which i went for physio when i was hospitalized. Dad asked me to go for MRI after i didn't show any signs of recovering from the so call slip disc... Went for it and found out that my brain isn't 'perfect'.. It has many white spots which I was told it's lesion..
Was immediately hospitalized after the MRI.. An experience that i wouldn't forget.. funny in some ways, in other ways, it was a learning process... to depend on everyone from strangers even to family members, yes, the Penny here cried heh.. this is def not something that i wanna repeat again!! Thank God for all the friends and family members who came to keep me company in that 10 days there :) With them, family & God, they gave me the strength, courage & joy to carry on in that 10 days and even up till now :)
In their own ways, mum, dad, my sister, Han etc would keep on encouraging me to 'fight' this, to be strong & the list can go on & on.. :) ermm.. i think this post was supposed to be on side effects but i kindda diverted to other parts :P apologies.. i've got so many things to write & say that i don't know where to start/end.. but being tired/fatigue is a large part of MS.. The degree of tiredness varies for every individual.
There's cognitive, emotional, physical etc 'side effects' as well.. i'll post more on that in the coming future. It'll def take more than 1-2 posts to do all this (at the rate i'm going :P)
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
The first time - MS
It's finally out!! :) Well, this blog took a long time to come out.. Can't blame me :P I've just been occupied since the first & hopefully the last time that i get Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
What is MS, you're gonna ask.. In layman's terms, your body is attacking yourself. In professional terms, it's a disease (your own immune system) attacking your central nerves. It can cause disabilities, is a chronic illness etc. In short, it's a disease with no cure at the moment. The Interferon jab of 3 times a week is just a form of prevention. It's to slow down the disease from attacking you any further.
Most people would ask the question 'why me?' at the beginning but i didn't. It wasn't until i got the 'side effects' of MS then i started asking 'why me?. But praise God!! i recovered from the side effects fast each time and it's been nearly 2 years since i got my first attack :)
It hasn't been easy. But i believe nothing is impossible with God. From the beginning (when i was hospitalized with the attack), God spoke and guided me to the story of Paul with a thorn in the flesh, 2 cor 12:7-10. God said, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.. That story and this verse gave me the strength to go thru this. The period that i was hospitalized taught me to rely on people, strangers who soon became friends. The nurses were helpful and i really learn a lot from them and that event. My family & friends taught me a whole lot.. I was reminded that 'the joy of the Lord is your strength' :)
It's been something that i've been holding on since that day. The joy of the Lord is my strength :) I came back from my MC telling my leader & my friend that I am NOT gonna settle down, get attach etc because i saw the financial & emotional burdens that my family members carry and i didn't wanna burden any guy unnecessarily. And the best news is, I'm a wife-to-be =D This guy, my guy accepted me for who i am with MS & all. He's been the best!! The number of times that i 'claw' on him (due to the emotional changes - mood swings) & he's still accepted me for who i am is more than i can ask for. Truly God is just awesome!! He's our Jehovah Jireh, our provider & I know that God is also our Jehovah Rafa, our healer.
I'll blog more often on MS, how i go thru it etc. There's just too many things to say in 1 blog :)
What is MS, you're gonna ask.. In layman's terms, your body is attacking yourself. In professional terms, it's a disease (your own immune system) attacking your central nerves. It can cause disabilities, is a chronic illness etc. In short, it's a disease with no cure at the moment. The Interferon jab of 3 times a week is just a form of prevention. It's to slow down the disease from attacking you any further.
Most people would ask the question 'why me?' at the beginning but i didn't. It wasn't until i got the 'side effects' of MS then i started asking 'why me?. But praise God!! i recovered from the side effects fast each time and it's been nearly 2 years since i got my first attack :)
It hasn't been easy. But i believe nothing is impossible with God. From the beginning (when i was hospitalized with the attack), God spoke and guided me to the story of Paul with a thorn in the flesh, 2 cor 12:7-10. God said, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.. That story and this verse gave me the strength to go thru this. The period that i was hospitalized taught me to rely on people, strangers who soon became friends. The nurses were helpful and i really learn a lot from them and that event. My family & friends taught me a whole lot.. I was reminded that 'the joy of the Lord is your strength' :)
It's been something that i've been holding on since that day. The joy of the Lord is my strength :) I came back from my MC telling my leader & my friend that I am NOT gonna settle down, get attach etc because i saw the financial & emotional burdens that my family members carry and i didn't wanna burden any guy unnecessarily. And the best news is, I'm a wife-to-be =D This guy, my guy accepted me for who i am with MS & all. He's been the best!! The number of times that i 'claw' on him (due to the emotional changes - mood swings) & he's still accepted me for who i am is more than i can ask for. Truly God is just awesome!! He's our Jehovah Jireh, our provider & I know that God is also our Jehovah Rafa, our healer.
I'll blog more often on MS, how i go thru it etc. There's just too many things to say in 1 blog :)
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