Illness

Real Life, Real People

Drugs, sex and prison: How a HIV diagnosis led a prodigal son home

Living a double life as a dentistry graduate student by day and promiscuous drug addict by night, Dr Christopher Yuan was peddling drugs โ€“ even to his professor โ€“ to support his habit. โ€œThree...

Illness

I thought cancer would ruin me, but it gave me a new beginning

I was 34 when I was diagnosed with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, a type of head and neck cancer behind the nose. But what hit me like a ton of bricks that day was the news that followed: my cancer had...

Illness

What good can come out of Alzheimer’s disease?

Alzheimer’s disease. The disease that robbed me of my Ah ma. The disease which came so subtly and without warning. The disease that changed my Ah ma from the inside out. For 8 years, my Ah ma...

Illness

Facing death at 27, I still feel excited about my future

While pursuing her doctoral degree in the UK, Wiki Tay was unexpectedly diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. In just short six months, the aspiring clinical psychologist was called home to the Lord on...

Health

What if I die young?

Update (February 25, 2021): On the afternoon of February 23, 2021, See Ting went home to be with the Lord. Our hearts hurt and rejoice all at once because she is gone โ€“ but also free from the pain...

Christmas

Jingle Bell’s: When you can’t see Christ in Christmas

Too much can happen in a year for Christmas to save.ย  Some of us have lost loved ones. Someone definitely received a cancer report. Others saw a precious relationship crumble to dust. We watched...

Illness

What I learnt through my struggle with chronic sickness

Letโ€™s face this head on: I’m sick. Not long ago, I was diagnosed with a string of chronic gastro-intestinal ailments. Subsequently, I was diagnosed with chronic allergic rhinitis. Most...

Illness

At 25, I became a caregiver and sole breadwinner

Nothing in life ever prepared me for what happened. Iโ€™m 25, the only child in the family and not married. Now Iโ€™m the sole breadwinner of the family with a disabled father. And it has not been...

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My sister’s cancer and the power of prayer in our family

I come from a family steeped in ancestral worship. So when I became a Christian, my parents were understandably very upset and did not allow me to go to church. One time, my mother got extremely...