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Subject: sigh Author: yas [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 00:17:29 07/30/03 Wed dear all, haven't been up here for a long time... going through a really tough period right now. my dad just had 3 major operations within a month. The doctors have confirmed that he has cancer and that the surgery couldn't completely remove all the bad cells. We were told that both radio and chemotherapy won't be effective, so we are against the idea of letting my dad go through both treatments. I could still remember the night of my dad's third operation (on the 17th), the surgeon had told us tt it would only be a 3-hour op, but my dad wasn't out until 6 hours later. My mum and I were frantic, waiting outside the OT door. Right afterwards, my dad was sent to ICU unit. Even till today, images of my dad lying in ICU are still fresh in my mind. It was terrible to see my dad so helpless, strapped at both ankles and wrists, with tubes and needles poked into various parts of his body. not going to tell the full story here... right now, he is slowly on the road of recovery (although the cancer cells are still ard.) but at the very least, his life is out of danger, my family and I will just have to take a step at a time. We are thinking of taking him to Chinese physicians instead but that will happen only when he's fully recovered. As for myself, I will be doing one more year of honours in NUS, and then probably do a specialisation coursework in masters overseas. A slightly different path from my fellow archi mates. I'll still be doing my internship and getting some working experience first before furthering my studies overseas. But tt will be a year later. so that's abt all from me right now. Sorry but I really can't attend the outing this Fri. My family needs me to be ard at this time. yup.. so enjoy yourselves. not sure if i am making sense in what i've typed at all. Can't seem to think properly these days. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: sigh Author: dave [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:00:40 07/31/03 Thu take care dear. family is more important. :) hope things will pick up for u in time to come! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: sigh Author: mindy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:17:14 07/31/03 Thu dear yasmine, sorry to hear about what has happened, may you be strong to pull through this period and be as positive and have the courage to deal with these emotions. i'm sure things will only get better. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]