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Cancer Diaries: On Superman - The 'E' in Evil stands for 'easy'

Kuala Lampur, July 23 -- Being in active treatment as a cancer patient means I try to avoid crowds when I can. Still, I couldn't resist watching Superman though it meant watching it during non-peak h... Read More


Cancer Diaries: Where I almost tumble off an escalator and get reminded I'm a fall risk

Kuala Lampur, July 16 -- I almost fell off an escalator the other day and it made me so angry. Yes, I know someone reading this assumed perhaps I was careless, inattentive, staring at my phone or som... Read More


Cancer Diaries: Playing the cancer card has surprising benefits

Kuala Lampur, July 9 -- I could never say that cancer is a gift. No, it's a disease that's painful, the treatment is also painful as well as expensive and - 10/10 zero stars would not recommend it. ... Read More


Cancer Diaries: Please don't take my EPF for insurance, learn from other countries instead

Kuala Lampur, July 2 -- There are things that irk me about Malaysia sometimes but I'm grateful our public healthcare exists. If it hadn't, faced with charges like RM4,000 for a biopsy and nearly RM3,... Read More


Cancer Diaries: Pain still a constant companion as I prepare to be (gently) nuked

Kuala Lampur, June 25 -- I am back at work after a month of recovery leave. My mental faculties are surprisingly a lot better than they have been since I first started cancer treatment. It feels lik... Read More


Cancer Diaries: When cancer is your part-time job

Kuala Lampur, June 18 -- Being a cancer patient feels like a full-time job sometimes, what with even my leisure time being used for "beating cancer activities". This week I met the surgeon who excise... Read More


Cancer Diaries: EPF comes through, while I start turning into the Tin Man

Kuala Lampur, June 4 -- Last week I talked about the unexpected challenges of getting my EPF medical withdrawal application approved. The good news is that it's sorted and for the moment, I can set a... Read More


Cancer Diaries: When having cancer is still not enough for EPF to approve my claims

Kuala Lampur, May 28 -- Since I'm still in the dark about how much my next 13 Herceptin infusions will cost in total, I decided to withdraw some of my EPF money "just in case". It has reached a point... Read More


Cancer Diaries: Carrying around a bottle of blood and other hospital horror stories

Kuala Lampur, May 21 -- Good or bad news depending on how you feel about me: I survived my surgery! Facetiousness aside, as per usual my hospital escapade was a horror-comedy. Let me list down the f... Read More


Cancer Diaries: Might lose the boob after all and finding comfort in Michael Bolton

Kuala Lampur, May 7 -- While you are reading this I will be in the hospital spending another day doing immunotherapy. My latest tests show my heart is holding up despite all the cancer drugs it has h... Read More