July 26, 2012.
10.30PM.
I came from the pharmacy because I bought some of my Uncle's medicines(money was scarce at this time and his account got closed and the hospital bill was skyrocketing). I was happy because during the afternoon, his gastrostomy tuby was replaced with a sturdier one. I took a half bath, arranged my bed and was about to sleep, but when I did my check-at-my-Uncle routine before going to sleep, Orlan(the private duty nursing aide we hired) and me noticed that
Dysphagia.
Difficulty in swallowing.
That is what my Uncle Titing is experiencing... Even drinking water, it was a great difficulty for him. He RARELY ate. When he eats, it was just a spoon or two. He chews, then spits it out. He has medicines that he has to take, what I did was that I crushed all of it and mixed with Jelly Ace and let him eat slowly. Oftentimes, it would just end up in the wastebasket. He RARELY TALKS. We communicate through hand gestures or him writing on a
First, it was my Mama.
April 2010.
She was diagnosed with Stage 1 B1 Cervical Cancer.
Why? How?
Those were the questions that were running inside my mind those days. The whole family was shocked to learn about it, since she was the first one to be diagnosed with the Big C. The months of April, May and June were spent at hospitals. One where she had to undergo an operation to remove her cervix and ovaries to remove that cancer cells and prevent it from spreading,
This morning,my eyes were glued to the television,as I watched a show in GMA 7 entitled Sine Totoo: Pobreng Pilipino.
The topic were about Filipino men and women clinging on to anything,just to make money.One is the craze these days, selling an organ for a meager price.Another was selling blood to Blood banks and lastly, the oldest profession that the Philippine streets have is Prostitution...
Among those three,I was reduced to tears when I saw them interview
THINGS YOU WISH YOU COULD SAY TO 10 DIFFERENT PEOPLE RIGHT NOW (DON'T TELL US WHO IT IS):
1.) COME ON DARN IT,CONTACT ME!
2.) SO YOU WERE JUST PLAYING,HUH?
3.) YOU KNOW MY NUMBER,CALL ME!
4.) I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT I FEEL ABOUT YOU...
5.) LAAG TA NA!
6.) WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?
7.) KUYOG TA TAN-AW UG SINE!
8.) EFFORT LANG,PLEASE.
9.) PATAY KAAYO KO NIMU!
10.) I MISS YOU SO MUCH!='(
NINE THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF: