Archive for December, 2010


Important Principles

Share One of the main reasons people died of cancer is because of late detection. My mum is a very typical example of that; she kept silent about her condition until a point where it was impossible to hide it, then she turned to the doctor. It is important to understand that early detection of [...]

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Conclusion

ShareMy mum had amazingly survived 13 years since she was first diagnosed with final stage breast cancer that was supposed to take her life within months. Do you still remember that my mum’s wish was to see all of her children graduate and start their own lives so that she could stop worrying about us? [...]

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Chapter 6

ShareFive years after surviving breast cancer, my mum was diagnosed with bone cancer; miraculously, she managed to live another seven years with bone cancer without any major signs of illness throughout her twelve years of sickness. I remember my mother worrying about her serious constipation, despite taking some medicine that was supposed to aid in [...]

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Chapter 5

ShareAfter my mum started her first infusion of the medicine that was used to strengthen her bone, her health got better every month and my mum was actually not affected by the cancer cells spreading to her spine.  She was back to her old self shortly, surprising even the doctor who was treating her because [...]

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Chapter 4

ShareSometimes when I was talking with my mum and I would hear how her friends suffered from the pain of cancer, it really made my shiver.  This chapter is not meant to scare any of you, but I do want to share with what I have heard from my mum about her other cancer friends’ [...]

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Chapter 3

ShareAs the years went by after my mum had finished her chemotherapy, she had forgotten about the need to not eat those traditional toxic foods life such as crab and indulged herself with foods that she was supposedly not allowed to eat. About five years after her recovery, she was again diagnosed with bone cancer. [...]

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Chapter 2

ShareAfter having finished the whole course chemotherapy, the doctor gave us good news. He was shocked that my mum had actually managed to pull through because he did not expect the chemotherapy to work so well with my mum given that she was in the final stages of cancer. I do not know if it [...]

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Chapter 1

ShareEverything seemed to go smoothly in my life until the year I turned 13. I vividly remember my mother telling my sister and I that we were going to stay with my grandmother for a few weeks while she went to the hospital for an operation. As we were young, we did not really understand [...]

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Introduction

ShareIn this busy and stressful society, people are increasingly at risk for diseases. In my own life, I have witnessed my mother’s struggle with 4th stage Breast Cancer from the time she was diagnosed until she gracefully rose to heaven. She lived an extraordinary life in an ordinary environment. From her example, I have learned [...]

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