Exercise 

Filed under: Exercise, Healthy Living on Friday, May 22nd, 2009 by Cancer Guy | No Comments

Today I measured my body fat percentage and it’s still 9%. I did it a few more times and it’s still 9%! yes! It’s been consistently ~9% for the past 2 days so it’s not a glitch or anything ;) P90X is awesome! and I am more ripped as ever! :)

Woohoo! 

Filed under: Cancer, Tumor on Friday, May 22nd, 2009 by Cancer Guy | 1 Comment

Went to see the doctor today and everything is still good! Woohoo! With what happened on the trip to California, I was slightly concerned with the condition. Glad the result came out negative on any cancer cells! However, it’s been 2 years since the last colonoscopy so gotta do another one… eek.
I stop by my cousin’s work place on the way back and talk to him for a few hours which is pretty awesome! :)

Single Digit Body Fat Percentage 

Filed under: Exercise, Healthy Living on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 by Cancer Guy | No Comments

Woow, I just check today and I hit 9% body fat! Not sure if the scale is accurate but at least relatively the fat percentage is going down so all the exercises with P90X really is doing it!!

CT Scan 

Filed under: Cancer, Medications on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 by Cancer Guy | 1 Comment

Got my CT Scan done today. The entire trip took around 4 hours but the actual scan took only less than 10 mins! If only they can invent some kind of home use device for self scanning, it’d be so convenient. As always, I drank a lot, I mean a lot of water after the scan to flush out the dye/contrast liquid ingested orally and through IV. They said 8 glasses within 24 hours but I think I must have drank like 16 glasses or more haha I had to go to the bathroom all day. Interesting, I remember every time after I had my scan and took the anti-allergic medicine Prednison, I couldn’t sleep the next night, but this time I had no problem sleeping. I wonder if the drug has less effect on me now or I use to get too excited after the scan either from thinking about the scan result or just business ideas. I can never be sure of it. haha

Stomach Pain 

Filed under: General on Monday, May 18th, 2009 by Cancer Guy | No Comments

I had stomach pain yesturday and I thought it’s the same as what happened in California! I am like this can’t happening! Fortunately it didn’t and today I feel much better. The stomach felt bubbly all day but the pain in general is gone. Whew~

P90X Bring It! 

Filed under: General on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 by Cancer Guy | 1 Comment

I have been on this exercising program for the past half year, it’s called P90X! It is awesome! It has helped me really get in shape because it’s “simple” to do, just play the video and follow the instructions. The entire 90 days of workout is plotted out so you don’t have to do the scheduling. They even provide the worksheet for recording your progress so you can see your improvements over time. I lost maybe around 15 lbs and lost 5-6% body fat. I weight about 140 lbs and around 11% body fat. It has become part of my life. Now if I don’t do it I don’t feel good! The first few weeks is the toughest because you will feel sore all over every single day but once you passed that stage, it’s like a walk in the park now :) Also this program is simple to setup and you can easily set it up at home. You just need some dumb bells and a chin up bar. it’s very convenient for me to exercise at home because it saves time and I can do it whenever I need to. I usually start at around 10pm and end around 11:30pm to midnight. Some people may not like working out before going to bed, but it works for me. I get my exercises, exhaust myself, take a shower and then go to bed. I sleep better. If I work out in the morning, I would feel tired all day and can’t really focus on doing work and other activities. Just want to share this info. P90X Bring It! haha

Hospitalized in LA 

Filed under: Cancer, General on Sunday, March 15th, 2009 by Cancer Guy | No Comments

Hospitalized

I was hospitalized from 3/11 to 3/13 due to intestine blockage while on a business trip in California. The trip was suppose to be 2 weeks. For most part of the trip it was great, a little exhausting because of the early wakeups but overall fine. My original flight was to be on the morning of 3/12 but I didnt make it. On the evening of 3/10, after dinner around 7ish, I feel there’s something wrong with the stomach. Initially I thought it was food poisoning or something because I wanted to throw up periodically. I did that for about every half an hour. I tried my best to let it out. However, by midnight, my lower ab area was in pain and I was still throwing up except there’s nothing coming out. I sort of know there’s something wrong, but I was hoping it’d just go away if I rest up a little. The urge to throw up gets stronger and more frequent. The pain gets more intense. I was so exhausted by 3am I was wheezing while breathing. Finally I woke up others to take me to the hospital, but not before I went online and look for my insurance info and prepared a throw up bag myself haha My friend found a hospital near by so we got into the car. I think by this time I was a little out of it. but I remember being driven around for a while and I believe we were driving in the wrong direction for a few minutes. Finally we got to the hospital. It was long but at the time it felt like forever lol We went thru the ER door, while still throwing up. Got admitted and they wheeled me to a bed and had me lay on it. I was uncomfortable because of the pain and wanting to throw up. The nurse and a doctor asked some questions and later gave me pain killer as well as anti-nausea drugs. They really worked cuz I felt much better after a short few minutes. I told them about my prior surgeries and chemotherapy so obviously they had to put me through CAT Scan to check my ab area. After the result came out, they said it’s intestine blockage but they also saw “SOMETHING” as well as kidney stone in one of the kidney. It’s the worst whenever they said they saw “something” but not sure what it is. The blockage can be caused by different things but they can’t pinpoint which yet. But first thing first, they have to fix my blockage problem.

IV
Sweet IV, you hate it yet you love it lol Also got poked with needle a few times a day for blood tests.

Basically they put me on IV and place a tube thru my nostril down to the stomach to suck out all food particles and fluid and placed me under NPO which means no food, no water, nothing through the mouth. They told me sometimes the blockage will go away by itself, if not, then I will need a surgery to “clear” it up. They way they know if the blockage is free is when I start to pass gas. So I was thinking, come on, it can’t be that hard. I was trying a few times but nothing was coming out. Then I started walking around the hallway hoping it would help with the condition but it didnt. By evening, I think I felt a small one but I wasn’t 100% sure because it was really small. Second day, there was still nothing until the afternoon right after I saw the doctor, I felt it! There will two tiny pops haha I was soOoOoo excited! Then even better, I have the urge to go to the bathroom for #2! I went and some pasty brownish stuff came out! I took a pic of it so I have proof to the nurse and doctor that I did it lol I told the nurse and they emailed the doctor I believe. By 3rd day, they saw my condition was really good so they let me take the tube in my nostril out (the worst part of it all, gagging and made an abrasion on the under side of the tip of right side of my nose). What’s funny is that the scabbing resulted from the abrasion looked like a piece of booger stuck at the opening of my right nostril, not a pretty sight lol

Tube

Soon after they gave serve me liquid food, juice, and jello! It was the best meal ever haha And finally, they discharged me in the early afternoon. I was soo hungry I went out and bought $50 some dollars worth of juices, jello, and canned soup! lol ;) Stayed in California for another 5 days to rest up before flying home. Home sweet home :)

Oh I just remember back when I had my surgery, the doctor told me that I might have intestine blockage or what they called “Adhesion”. Basically the growth of the scar tissues interfering with intestine and internal organs. I believe women who had C-section for child birth may experience similar condition.

I want to thank my friends AY, FD, MC for being there for me! Thank you guys!! and the nurses and doctors at the Whittier Hospital! They are very friendly and attentive to the patients!

Getting Back Up 

Filed under: General on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 by Cancer Guy | 3 Comments

What an inspiration… Nick Vijicic! A guy with no arms and no legs living life, HAPPILY!

Happy New Year!!! 

Filed under: General on Thursday, January 1st, 2009 by Cancer Guy | 1 Comment

Happy New Year everyone!! Wish the best for all of you ;)

Got Junk Mail?? 

Filed under: General on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 by Cancer Guy | No Comments

Take a look at this site which will help reduce the amount of unsolicited mail coming to your mailbox. I don’t know how these companies found my address, but I get a lot of catalogs in the mail. I am sure many of you do too. CatalogChoice.org