Hello, long time no talk! anyway, you know the why parents are important poem, it is published in the CCF april-june tribute! I was like dots.....when I actually saw it, i never expected it lor......anyway, also you know NDP is comin, and its at Marina Bay this year and I had ahlf a mind that I wanted to go but of courrse no tickets so ....anyway, we were suppose to post this 'my best friend' contest thing for english on stomp and iin the midst, i saw this secyion in the website that said: "WIN NDP TICKETS' or something like that. I entered that area and they said there were 5 pairs of tickets for preview and 5 pairs of tickets for actual day to be won. All you needed to do was to post some old NDP photos. So I did, you know my daddy, he went with me last year and he just kept snapping and snapping and snapping so i posted 10 which was the maximum, have some fireworks, the contigents, the red and white crowd and 1, my dad took the man in contigent that fainted and was being put on the strecther, so I posted that too. And on result day, 23 July 07, I went in after school, around 2pm butresults were not out yet so I did my work and at night around 9pm, I was going to sleep but my computer was still on so I checked and I HAD WON!!! WHEEPPEE!! I WON!! I WON!!! I saw my name on the top of the list under the ACTUAL TICKETS WINNERS SECTION! Weepee, I was so happy since i like never won anything before. then bwloe, they wrote they would call us as soon as possible when to collect tickets and I got a call the day after! However, i was so excited, i copied the name down wrong and also the number wrong! So when I went to 1000 Toa Payoh North, SPH News Centre, I tried to call the number whc=ich I had guessed but some china lady pick up! so i asked the reception and the called the lady and she came down to give me the tickets. you know, they have like a stak of the tickets! people dying for one and the have a whole stck! I had a pair, green sector on actual day, now the problem is who wants to go with me? PAPA or TIM???(shakes shoulders)
Hey! long time no see. I changed the song, its a bit not clear because i had to reduce the quality in order to upload it. Anyway, yesterday was POP 07'! It is my first as you know I am noobish! The REDS all cried and they dried up their tears through TOILET ROLL! anyway, I think the REDS have made my SJ life so much more memorable! THANK YOU REDS!!
In 2003, discovered a growth in pitituary gland that caused diabetes insipidus(DI).
growth was stable and ate drugs to replace the hormone(DI)
In end 2005, growth grew in size abruptly to cause multiple hormone defiency:
tyroid stimulating hormone, hormone to control stress, hormone for absorbtion of water(DI), sex hormone, growth hormone
Ate all other 3 replacements except sex and growth hormones.
In 2006, decided do operation since growth reaching optic nerves and too dangerous(don't want take such risks)
tried everything like steriods but to no avail
On 16 jan 2006, had operation to remove some to clear danger in mount elizabeth by Ho Kee Hang
Biopsy states that is germinoma tumor( germ cell tumor), cancerous
Through 2006, completed chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Chemotherapy= 4 cycles of 1 wk drug, 3 wk rest
Radiotherapy= 5 weeks daily radiation
2007, happy and starting school! But still under life-long hormone replacment
In 2006, I went for a surgery to remove a growth from my brain. After recovery, I experienced chemotherapy which made me weak, tired and caused my immunity to drop. I also had radiotherapy that will eventually lead to side effects which may affect my life in the future. Since then, I have lost my stamina and my strength. My immunity is low and I am capable of contracting sicknesses and viruses more easily than others. Due to my multiple hormone defiency, I have to live being short for my age until I receive treatment which will only be sometime soon. Not just that, but I must be on tablet medication for life.
All these have affected my life so much. I cannot do things which I could do earlier before. I used to be able to run fast, now I cannot even go up the stairs. I used to be able to swim multiple laps in the pool, now I can only do a few with muscle pains at the end. My stature has affected me greatly too. It is common to hear people calling me ‘primary three’ or ‘little girl’. I feel insulted all the times even though I knew it was not on purpose. Shortness has led to many disadvantages, too numerous for me to recount.
With all these problems in my life, excluding additional ones from time to time, I feel that I do not want to live such a life, with sickness and disease. With people that do not understand and give rude comments that I take to heart. I just wish that I can be like others, normal and healthy. I will be able to run, skip, jog, interact, swim and many more without fear and difficulty. I can go out without negative comments from anyone and without the ‘primary three’ talk, but instead the ‘secondary two’ talk, a talk I have never heard anywhere else, except in school.
Now, I hope you know how I feel, the pain and difficulty I experience in my life, the ignorance and fear I receive. Now you know why I dream such a dream- a dream of being able to become a healthy, unsickly person. I know that if I do my best and take care of myself, this dream will come true. But with your help, I am more encouraged to fight on. So, I hope you will want to help me achieve this dream, a dream that seems easy and pointless to you but difficult and meaningful to me.