Archive for the 'Cancer' Category

YES YES YES!!!

May 16th, 2008

I saw the the doctor today and the ct scan came back with great result, still no sign of cancer!! The doctor gave me the option to have the medi-port implant for chemotherapy removed and of course I agreed to it! The procedure will be done on Tuesday 6/10 which is about 3.5 weeks from [...]

Bloated Stomach

May 15th, 2008

I have been having a bloated stomach for the past 3 days and some minor pain here and there around the belly button area. When pressed upon, the abdomenal felt hard like a fully inflated volleyball. There were very little bowel movement since Tuesday and every time after a meal I just feel like laying [...]

CT Scan

May 12th, 2008

Today I had my second ct scan this year. The last one was in January which is about 4 month ago. If the scan result is good, then I think I can schedule the procedure to remove the medi-port on my chest. I’ll see Dr. O’Reilly on friday for the result. Everything went well at [...]

2 Year Anniversary

May 5th, 2008

Today is 2 year anniversary from the day I was diagnosed with cancer and had my first surgery! Again I totally forgot about it until Henry and Jenny mentioned it. I was taking sailing class today and while filling out the form and entering today’s date, I thought it looked familiar haha I guess it’s [...]

LIVESTRONG Day Group on Facebook

April 16th, 2008

So the past few days, I was trying to come up with ways that I can contribute in a more grander way to promote the LIVESTRONG Day event and fighting cancer in general. I think I have come up with something that might work. Basically I have created a group on Facebook to promote the [...]

Red Spot Update

March 17th, 2008

The red spot has gone away but there are occasionally itchy rashes here and there around the horizontal incision line that disappear after a while. I finally figure out that applying some lotion along the incision line fixes the “problem”. The skin just gets too dry after shower in the winter. btw, the nurses did [...]

My 3rd Nipple

January 16th, 2008

Say hello to my 3rd nipple haha It’s a medi-port used for chemotherapy. Bascially it’s anAlcuni siti, come il giochi di casino Pacific, ti limitano a un gioco, ma ancora puoi giocare numerosi giochi simultaneamente giocando in due siti differenti simultaneamente altri siti come il poker Empire, ti permettono giocare fino a tre giochi simultaneamente. [...]

The Mole

January 16th, 2008

I forget to mention that I got this new tiny little mole on my upper lip. It appeared about a month ago and it’s a size of half a sesame seed. The mole is circled by the yellow marker.

CT Scan Result

January 16th, 2008

Went to see Dr. O’reilly today and the result from the scan was good as expected No sign of cancer and the original concern along the edge of resection has “proven” to be just scare tissue and liquid from the surgery. That is a great news for the new year! I consulted with the doctors [...]

Breathing tool

January 15th, 2008

This breathing device is given to the patient after the surgery for the breathing exercises. It keeps the patient from getting pneumonia if I remembered correctly. Basically you inhale and then exhale into the tube, keeping inhaling steady to hold this floating object in between these two markers. The cylindrical body shows you the volume [...]