Saturday, May 18, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Going back to work
This is the original version of the letter sent to my Principal- The actual version is of course politically correct.
Dear Mr Lui
I am Lay Bin ( Lay Kuan’s sister). I hope QSS staff and students have been doing well under your competent leadership.
First of all our ENTIRE SOH family ( 36 members) would like to thank QSS and the numerous ex-colleagues ( including Ex-Principals and Ex –VP going back to 1999) that that have taken the trouble to visit LK bringing with them valuable gifts, words of comfort and encouragement during her seasons of grief( 2 years back) and her recent distress. She has found relief and motivation in the massive outpouring of care and comfort and has been in good spirit and cheerful throughout her treatment as she recounted to us the various colleagues and friends that have come. I understand that Mrs Wong even came and cook her some comfort food.
We would also like to thank the Prayer Warriors in your school for their unflinching support as she goes for each chemotherapy and also the people who took time to go out for lunch with her ( knowing her driving need for companionship).We thanked God for the minimal side-effects experienced and she is able to go about her daily routine with little or no disruption.
Everyone who has worked with Lay Kuan will instinctively know that she is someone who will not allow AGE OR ILLNESS to define her usefulness. Moving forward as she goes back to the QSS family in March 2013, we are confident that all of you will continue to look out for her welfare and ensure that she IS NOT to volunteer for anything more than she is required to do so. We do know that cancer is 70% due to stress and 30% due to food and environmental factors. It is a well known fact that cancer patient in remission greatest fear is a relapse.
From this affliction, we know that LK is much loved by all in QSS not just because she is extremely conscientious , or her brilliant wit, generosity, spontaneous creativity ( just to name a few) BUT her courage and positivity despite all odds! WE hope that my much-loved sister will move from being a cancer-afflicted widow to becoming a CANCER-FREE and CARE-FREE teacher enjoying good health, affectionate friends and great joy in QSS.
We hope that God will heal her completely and do continue to uphold her and her children in your prayers. May God bless you and all staff and their families with good health so that you can continue the good work.
I am Lay Bin ( Lay Kuan’s sister). I hope QSS staff and students have been doing well under your competent leadership.
First of all our ENTIRE SOH family ( 36 members) would like to thank QSS and the numerous ex-colleagues ( including Ex-Principals and Ex –VP going back to 1999) that that have taken the trouble to visit LK bringing with them valuable gifts, words of comfort and encouragement during her seasons of grief( 2 years back) and her recent distress. She has found relief and motivation in the massive outpouring of care and comfort and has been in good spirit and cheerful throughout her treatment as she recounted to us the various colleagues and friends that have come. I understand that Mrs Wong even came and cook her some comfort food.
We would also like to thank the Prayer Warriors in your school for their unflinching support as she goes for each chemotherapy and also the people who took time to go out for lunch with her ( knowing her driving need for companionship).We thanked God for the minimal side-effects experienced and she is able to go about her daily routine with little or no disruption.
Everyone who has worked with Lay Kuan will instinctively know that she is someone who will not allow AGE OR ILLNESS to define her usefulness. Moving forward as she goes back to the QSS family in March 2013, we are confident that all of you will continue to look out for her welfare and ensure that she IS NOT to volunteer for anything more than she is required to do so. We do know that cancer is 70% due to stress and 30% due to food and environmental factors. It is a well known fact that cancer patient in remission greatest fear is a relapse.
From this affliction, we know that LK is much loved by all in QSS not just because she is extremely conscientious , or her brilliant wit, generosity, spontaneous creativity ( just to name a few) BUT her courage and positivity despite all odds! WE hope that my much-loved sister will move from being a cancer-afflicted widow to becoming a CANCER-FREE and CARE-FREE teacher enjoying good health, affectionate friends and great joy in QSS.
We hope that God will heal her completely and do continue to uphold her and her children in your prayers. May God bless you and all staff and their families with good health so that you can continue the good work.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Rejoice
Finished my last treatment on 07/02/2013! Praise God for sustaining me through this journey. Though the bladder irritation has made peeing a very painful process, I will be praying hard for relief. CNY is a good time for new beginnings as there are a lot of well wishes and greetings to uplift our spirits. I promise myself to be very good to myself and to be as positive as I can in all circumstances. I am looking forward to meeting up and feasting and bonding as well as going back to work on March 1st. I shall claim on His promise that by his stripes I WILL be healed.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Next Course of treatment-- Radiotherapy
02/01/2013--- The New Year sees the commencement of daily radiotherapy sessions ( 25 +2 brachy- internal radiation). The only side effects I have experienced was just fatigue, tightness and funny sensations around the treatment area( abdomen)
Statistically my chances of relapse is 50% and so this new regime is supposed to being down the relapse rate further and hopefully work towards a cure. There were of course moments of doubts. Nevertheless I know that human knowledge and wisdom is limited AND I can ONLY trust in God and his mercies.
It is human to want to linger on no matter what age group you are a there are many things we cannot let go but somehow there is this void and loneliness that refuse to go away completely!
My 7 month sabbatical has been simply wonderful as it gave me a chance to rest in the Lord and showed me how awesome the people around me has been. To care for someone when it is convenient is good but to care for someone by dropping everything you are doing surely requires a pure and noble spirit! I am glad to have experienced such love from the people around me.
Just wish I could have done more or gave up more for LG!
11/01/2013-- Dr Lee saw me today before the treatment and I asked him several questions about the treatment I am receiving. He said my treatment is the best money can buy, if I had it done in NCC ( there is no radiation centre in KK)-- I will probably be getting the standard 3DCRT rather than the IMJRT
Statistically my chances of relapse is 50% and so this new regime is supposed to being down the relapse rate further and hopefully work towards a cure. There were of course moments of doubts. Nevertheless I know that human knowledge and wisdom is limited AND I can ONLY trust in God and his mercies.
It is human to want to linger on no matter what age group you are a there are many things we cannot let go but somehow there is this void and loneliness that refuse to go away completely!
Just wish I could have done more or gave up more for LG!
11/01/2013-- Dr Lee saw me today before the treatment and I asked him several questions about the treatment I am receiving. He said my treatment is the best money can buy, if I had it done in NCC ( there is no radiation centre in KK)-- I will probably be getting the standard 3DCRT rather than the IMJRT
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