Illness

Mental Health

My worth was in my weight ā€“Ā until I almost stopped eating altogether

About six years ago, I was diagnosed with an eating disorder at the age of 17. My weight loss was evident, and my eating habits raised concern from my family. Although eating disorders make one feel...

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...