Illness

Health

I was in primary three when cancer struck

My name is Fidelia. I’m 25 ā€“ andĀ Iā€™m a cancer survivor. I was an ordinary child growing up as a third-generation Christian. Grandma would bring me to Sunday School, which was where I...

Health

Calm my raging heart

In April this year, I found out that I had a tumourĀ growing from my nerve cells on the right side of my spine. Fear was a very real thing in my heart that caused me to question what would happen to...

Health

Hope for the suffering Christian

Recently, I learnt from a cell group member that someone in our young adults ministry requires a serious operationĀ due to the presence of a benign tumour. She’d sent a message to several chat...

Health

The scars that can sing

23Ā April, 2011 is a day I will never forget. It was the day that marked the end of my mumā€™s four-year-long battle against breast cancer. She was 59 years old that year. It was a battle that...

Health

Diagnosed at 14: Life with Pompe Disease

ā€œYouā€™re turning 24? Me too!” I’d only been speaking with Emily Ho for a whole 5 minutes, yet we had already made a connection. Both of us were born in the same year and we’d...

Health

I was planning to get married, then I got cancer

ā€œYolanda, I’m really sorry but you have cancer.ā€ I didnā€™t know how to react. My mind was a blank. The doctor continued explaining my report, but I just stared blankly at her. As I lay...

Culture

Influencer or influenza: What are we spreading online?

Along with the rise of social media platforms ā€“ with Facebook hitting almost 2 billion global monthly active users, more than a quarter of the worldā€™s population ā€“ many have risen to popularity...

Health

The unusual mammogram

Iā€™m not the kind to keep up with health screenings, but I went for a mammogram anyway ā€“ something told me I had to. When my results came back from the lab, my veteran GP confirmed from her...

Music

Out of the depths of despair, a song of hope

InĀ 2015, I heardĀ the amazing testimony of Ivan and RachelĀ Tan. TheirĀ baby, Johanna, had beenĀ diagnosed with a series of congenital heart defects that were diagnosed asĀ life-threatening if left...