Monthly Archives: January 2010

Considering Chennai

I am sending my MRI scans and x-rays to Dr. Bala at Apollo Hospital in Chennai for his evaluation. If my brachial plexus tumors can be treated there, I’ll go there for a change. In late 2008 when I experienced … Continue reading

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My doctor strenghtens me

After my surgery last month, I realized how much my doctors mean to me. Dr. Lekovic and Dr. Schwartz successfully removed my brain’s Trigone Meningioma. But it took me 24 hours to wake up in the ICU. Even then, I … Continue reading

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Found out why I feel uncomfortable breathing

After letting my friend Dr. Eow and her Neurologist colleagues have a quick look at the simple images cropped out of my brachial plexus MRI and telling them about my discomfort in breathing, they suggested that a simple chest x-ray … Continue reading

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Solution needed

Tiam Loong visited yesterday. We gathered a huge bulk of t-shirts for the Chinese Society to sell at his college’s new lakeside campus in order to help me raise funds. As we sorted out the shirts, I mentioned that I’m … Continue reading

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A miracle that kept me alive

I had just told Dr. Lekovic about the difficulty of raising my voice or singing high pitches. He felt that it’s associated with the ninth and tenth cranial nerves. That is the Glasopharyngeal Nerve and Vagus Nerve. Upon reading that … Continue reading

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Did it happen?

I am sitting here now trying to recall the events of yesterday evening. I was awakened at 1am on Sunday when the room light switched on. Did someone just come in and turned on the light to check on me? … Continue reading

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Is it or is it not?

I am planning to see the Neurologists at University Malaya Medical Center for a chest x-ray to address my breathing discomfort. The surgeons at House Clinic has not responded to my e-mails, maybe they went on holiday since I have … Continue reading

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