Our PM's wife Endon passed away unexpectedly on 20 Oct 2005. Most Malaysians thought that she was on her way to recovery after her recent treatment in USA. Somehow, her relapse of breast cancer was worse than most of us thought.
The perception of most Malaysians towards Badawi and Endon was that they were very loving couple. It was said that whenever the PM went to work every morning, he would give the wife a peck on the cheek or yell to the wife if she was upstairs telling her that he was leaving for work. Truly a loving couple! A good leadership by example as far as demonstration of a loving couple was concerned.
After she was buried, he went to her grave everyday non-stop for three days. I was a bit worried that he would be too distraught or heart-broken to continue ruling the nation. I remember one Israelite PM by the name of Menachem Begin who totally lost the will to rule and to live after the wife died. In fact, he died not long after the wife passed away. Hopefully, Abdullah could survive this crisis and persevere on.
Talking about cancer, I remember this friend of mine who is in his early 40's who told me around late July this year of his persistent discomfort in his stomach. At that time, he also told me of the lady who had her stomach removed because of cancer. She didn't survived long and passed away in August. I blogged about her story in my August 6 blog (Read here). Then two week ago, I heard from my sister that another friend of mine had just got his colon removed because of colon cancer. That was shocking news. It did come to him as a great shock. The wife is now expecting their 2nd child. They have 2 more kids with the older one only aged 4.
This cancer thing has caused untold sorrow and distress to many many families. In this case, I offer my prayer that God would be merciful to him and his family and that he would prevail over this predicament.
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Colon cancer is a silent killer, many died young. People are too embarrass or think it is vulgar to talk about your bowel,I dispute that. I have been working very hard to promote awareness on colon cancer as I nearly become a victim myself. Be alert and be aware if you are passing blood from your "backside",don't try to be too clever and self diagnosed it as"heaty' or constipation. Delay in seeking medical attention will only hasten your death. Some doctors are not so good, if you are concerned,ask the doctor to do a colonoscopy (passing a tube to check your large intestine). I had it done in 2003 and there were polyps changing to pre malignant state, I had them removed and am now having colonospy check every two to three years. My recent one is OK. I am also very fortunate to work with excellent,dedicated doctors that specialised in this disease, we often feel very sad that people fail to seek help because they are too shy or too snob to talk about this part of their anatomy,as a result,cancer prevailed....!
While talking about Health,it is important to drink sufficient water,not just to keep your skin beautiful;but also to prevent formation of uric acid. Uric acid causes kidney stone and gout Some food are high in uric acid eg. shellfish (lobsters,crayfish,prawns,mussels,oysters,crabs,scallops). Liver,kidney,brains,sweetbread,any red meat especially game,peas,beans,anchovies,mackerel,sardines,herring are also the culprit. Yk has to be careful with your history. Drink enough and watch the colour of your wee (urine),pale straw colour is good. Water has a PH of 7 and it can actually dissolve stones that have already formed. Stone does form very quickly,a short period of dehydration in a susceptable individual can precipitate a new stone. So beware.....
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