My heart is pounding⦠My hands are shaking⦠I canāt breathe⦠The whole world is spinning⦠Iām gonna faint⦠Am I gonna die? These were the thoughts that were running through my mind when...
I waited with bated breath for mum’s message in the hospital hallway. My phone pinged. I saw image after image of a ugly red, fungating mass in a colon. Immediately, I shrunk into my hospital...
I was 14 when I was diagnosed with leukaemia.Ā My parents sold our flat in our home country to finance my treatment in Singapore.Ā A year later, after five cycles of chemotherapy, the cancer was in...
In July 2020, I lost my dad to Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS). He was 59 years old and I was 21. In October 2018, my dad visited our family doctor after a fever he developed had persisted for over a...
Around the middle of 2021, I discovered that I was pregnant, so I arranged to see an obstetrician at the hospital.Ā During the check-up, I also decided to raise the issue of the two lumps on my...
Whenever I read Bible verses that spoke of ādying to selfā, I canāt help but have tears well up in my eyes. I will always remember how my mother embodied this value while she was still on...
Papa has Parkinson’s disease. When I first heard this statement, I didn’t think much of it. Because I was young when it happened, I assumed this was just another illness that would pass....
Emmanuel was nine when he was first diagnosed with myopathy, an incurable condition that affects muscle growth. Ever since then, he has had difficulty being active; even sitting down for too long can...
Samantha* (48) is a full-time ministry worker who is bright and cheerful. If you were meeting her for the first time, you wouldnāt be able to guess that she underwent a major surgery just four...