Today is Sunday again! The week had zoomed past me. It was the last week of school. Last week of my uni life. Last week of my entire education.
Last Sunday, the gang-YJ n gf, JE, CC and SM came to play board games at
Red Dot Cafe.. Winson joined us later. We played a "duck hunting" game which was rather easy to play but quite fun at the same time. Then we played "Saboteur" which was a harder game but just as fun... :)
On Wednesday, Khim and I brought KY's birthday cake to their house to surprise her. BUT we got shocked instead cause KY was sitting in the living room and the moment I peeped into the house, I was face-to-face with the one we wanted to surprise. Plan failed -_-"
Anyway, we got a blueberry cheesecake for her which was very yummy! :) Then we had dinner together at Ocean :)
Then, on Thursday I was back in NUH. I was having some abdominal pain since last Friday. But it was just a very dull pain, something like "stitches" that you get when running or walking too fast after a big meal... The only discomfort was I could not lie straight on my back when sleeping. I could only lie on my side. So I ignored the pain till around Tue when it affected my mobility. It became more painful the further I walked. On Wednesday night, it got so bad I could not even lie on my side, thus affecting my sleep.
So, I contacted my Dr and went to see him on Thursday morning. He gave me 2 options; either get myself hospitalised and he would schedule me for CT scan as soon as possible OR go home and take the painkiller strictly till CT scan scheduled on Monday morning. My mother was leaving for Bworth that night, so I did not want to be in the hospital. I chose to go home and take the pain meds.
What's the cause of the pain?
1. tumor rupture which sometimes happen OR
2. tumor grown (disease progress) which is bad
The answer can only be known from the CT scan...
Friday was the last day of school!! I had a lecture from 4-6pm. Despite still having some pain, I decided to go for this last lecture of my entire uni life. The lecturers planned a game for us called "Jeopardy" where we were roughly divided into 6 groups. My group was called "Happy Tree Friends". HaHa. Well, according to the lecturer we were more creative than our seniors who called themselves all sorts of drugs' name like "chlorpheniramine", "allopurinol" etc. We had "Flaming Lamborghini", "No Idea", "AC-Gym Instructor" (insider joke), "Johnie Walker" and "Sleep Club". HaHa!
We were supposed to fight to answer the questions picked and the group who got the correct answer would get the marks as stated on the box for each question. The questions were based on Pharmacotherapy III, of course. And 1 unrelated question which asked the group to list all the lecturers in the Pharm Dept with the surname "Chan" -_-". The winner group would get extra credit! Our group almost won! ALMOST -_-"'
After the lecture, people were busy taking photographs. Actually before the lecture, they were already taking photographs. Then, Khim, Thunder, WX, WY, Bird, YK and I went to Holland V for xiao long bao! :)
-still waiting for photos from people with camera-
Sigh.. I wish I have a camera...
Look what came in the mail on Friday. A postcard from Melbourne. Thanks, Yvonne! :)
I am still feeling the pain at the abdomen. So, now I walk pretty slowly. Well, my Dr always ask me to "Hang in there for me, ok?". Me, "Ok.......". Dr, "Good girl". -_-"'
Random thoughts:
1. Does being a pharmacy student make it easier for me to go through this difficult period? Is it easier to sit through a lecture of economics or something non-medical related than to sit through a lecture talking about "Depression" which list cancer patients as high risk group of having depression while you ARE having cancer?
2. I found out, even after telling quite a number of people about my conditions throughout these 4 months, it does not get any easier whenever I need to tell another person about it.
3. And how to decide which friend to tell and which friend not to tell?
4. How will these friends react to it? Mostly had been nice. Not asking too much and just offering any help I need even though they do not know how they can help. Thanks, people.
5. Had been thinking about this for a super long time. Should I write a will now? Not that I have a lot of money or properties but what about my bank ATM pin number? And things like "Can I have friends and family bring a white rose each for the funeral?"
I like gerbera daisies the MOST but they are too colourful for a solemn occasion. 
White roses (not the full-bloomed type) on the other hand are classy and nice cause I like white :)
Well, I am not giving up on my life but you would not know what will happen. I hope the pain can go away soon. I still have to study for my FINAL final exams and a lot of things to settle.
Meeting friends before I leave (who should I meet and how to tell those who do not know yet?) ...
Settle admin stuffs...
Eat food that is not available in Msia yet like Ben & Jerry's!
But I had been advised not to take sweet things cause cancer cells like sugar.. -_-
Well, hanging in there for as long as I can! Pray for me? Thanks :)
Well, I am not giving up on my life but you would not know what will happen. I hope the pain can go away soon. I still have to study for my FINAL final exams and a lot of things to settle.
But I had been advised not to take sweet things cause cancer cells like sugar.. -_-
