Shortly after I gave birth to Cass, my youngest girl — sometime in 2008 or 2009 — my gynaecologist spotted a very tiny fibroid during a routine ultrasound scan. I can’t remember the exact year, but I remember his words clearly. “It’s very small. Just monitor it.” So I did. In the early years, it…
At 52, I had honestly expected to be done with periods by now. Last year, when my periods started becoming irregular—delayed by 2 to 3 months at a time—and I began experiencing hot flashes and insomnia, I was convinced that menopause was finally knocking on my door. I remember tossing and turning in bed at…
Today, being a Monday is surprisingly not a blue Monday at all for me. It’s the first day of school for the girls after a 10-day Hari Raya break. Though it drizzled in the morning and I could not exercise outdoor, I did 40 minutes of brisk-walking at the corridor of our condo lobby after…
I got my period yesterday – 9 days after the laproscopic myomectomy surgery. My surgeon had warned me that the flow will be very heavy this time but subsequent periods will see a normal flow. Though my Aunt Flow is quite heavy this time, it pales in comparison with the periods I’ve had during my…
I was up at 5 a.m. on a Sunday morning today. I have been overwhelmed by anxiousness since yesterday as today is my pre-admission to the hospital for a laproscopic myomectomy surgery scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. The reason why I needed to be at the hospital so early is to do a blood test. Should…
I had promised earlier that I will blog about this ‘Phong Far’ (as the chinese call it in cantonese), a flower with purplish, greenish petals and tiny white flowers inside the bud. This flower has been known for a long time to be a natural anti-oxidant and remedy for various ailments and diseases. The leaves…
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