We Remember Ong Teng Cheong (1936 - 2002)

In 1992, Mr Ong Teng Cheong who was then Deputy Prime Minister, was diagnosed with lymphoma, cancer of the lymphatic system.

Republic of Singapore Very First  Former Elected President Ong Teng Cheong died at 8.14 pm local time, Friday, 8 February 2002.
 
He was 66 years old.

Member of Parliament, Labour Chief, Deputy Prime Minister, Elected President.

A man whose first loyalty was to the people of Singapore.

Mr Ong Teng Cheong is remembered as a gentleman, one with a passion for the arts, and an even greater passion for the people's welfare.

It was this sense of service that first brought him (*age 36) into politics as MP for Kim Keat in 1972.

While many Singaporeans may recall his contributions to the union movement, Mr Ong was also the man behind the Mass Rapid Transit system which many take for granted today.

Appointed Communications Minister in 1978, he had pushed for its construction.

"This is like a 20-year affair from conception  to delivery.  Now that the baby is born, to say  that I am happy and pleased is an understatement!" Ong Teng Cheong

Ong Teng Cheong

In 1992, Mr Ong who was then Deputy Prime Minister, was diagnosed with lymphoma, cancer of the lymphatic system. 

But this did not keep him down. 

"I intend to live every minute 
of it as fully as I can,
and press on with the work.
There are so many
 things to be done!"
Ong Teng Cheong 

"I intend to live every minute  of it as fully as I can, and press on with the work. There are so many  things to be done!" Ong Teng Cheong

Ong Teng Cheong

Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew once said Mr Ong "had shown a special knack, the ability to get on with ordinary people, and empathise with them."

This special quality helped Mr Ong become Singapore's first Elected President."Some people still ask whether my long previous association with the PAP will stop me from acting independently. The answer is "no". My loyalty is first and foremost to the people of Singapore. It has always been so and it will always remain so."
Ong Teng Cheong

"Some people still ask whether my long previous association with the PAP will stop me from acting independently. The answer is "no". My loyalty is first and foremost to the people of Singapore. It has always been so and it will always remain so."

Ong Teng Cheong

And he displayed this conviction a year after becoming President.

This was when he made public his disagreement with the PAP government's interpretation of the Constitution on the powers of his office.

He then asked for the matter to be referred to a special High Court Tribunal, chaired by the Chief Justice.

When the Tribunal ruled in favour of the PAP government, President Ong graciously accepted the decision.

Mr Ong also left his mark on the Singapore arts scene.

As Acting Minister for Culture in the late 1970s he was determined to transform Singapore from a perceived cultural desert to a city of the arts.

This led to the first Singapore Festival of the Arts, now an established event.

An accomplished musician himself, Mr Ong also lent a hand to various welfare causes.

In 1993, he launched the President's Star Charity, an event that has raised millions of dollars for local charities annually.

Six weeks before his term was up in 1999, President Ong announced that although his health was fine, he would not seek re-election.
"I find no compelling reasons to do so.
 Six years is a long time.
 I've achieved what I've set out achieve 
when I took office 6 years ago." 

Ong Teng Cheong

"I find no compelling reasons to do so. Six years is a long time.  I've achieved what I've set out achieve when I took office  6 years ago."

Ong Teng Cheong

In a tribute to him, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong spoke of Mr Ong's contributions as Singapore's first Elected President. 

He commented, "Singaporeans now know better how our system of a President with custodial powers works, and how decisions and actions have to be publicly justified whenever questioned. Mr President, you have discharged your responsibilities well and fully. You have upheld the standing and prestige of the Presidency. We and our fellow Singaporeans will long remember your many contributions to our nation and society."


"I hope I have not disappointed the people
of Singapore who elected me to this office.
 I have enjoyed their concern and support
 for the past six years, and I want to thank
 them." Ong Teng Cheong

"I hope I have not disappointed the people of Singapore  who elected me to this office. I have enjoyed their  concern and support for the past six years, and I  want to thank them."

Ong Teng Cheong

Ong Teng Cheong (Chinese: 王鼎昌; pinyin: Wáng Dǐngchāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông Tíng-chhiong; 22 January 1936 - 8 February 2002) was the first directly elected President of the Republic of Singapore. He was the nation's fifth President, and served a six-year term from 1 September 1993 to 31 August 1999.

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All the Presidents of Singapore to date have been men. Nonetheless, in a 2008 poll of 1,256 Singaporeans conducted by MyMailMoment.com, a lifestyle research portal run by SingTel, 63% of women respondents and 58% of male respondents said they would vote for a female president. Those aged 50 and older were the most receptive to the idea.
1.Yusof bin Ishak
2.Benjamin Henry Sheares
3.Devan Nair Chengara Veetil, also known as C. V. Devan Nair
4.Wee Kim Wee  黄金辉 
5.Ong Teng Cheong  王鼎昌
6.Sellapan Ramanathan செல்லப்பன் ராமநாதன், Cellappaṉ Rāmanātaṉ 
7.Dr.Tony Tan Keng Yam 陈庆炎 
 
http://theinnozablog.blogspot.sg/2008/09/price-versus-value.html

Lymphoma Cancer

TUESDAY, MAY 29,2012 

National Arts Council chief Benson Puah has cancer

The most powerful man in the Singapore arts scene has just been diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of cancer that begins in immune system cells.

Mr Benson Puah, 55, chief executive of the National Arts Council and the Esplanade - Theatres On The Bay, found out about his illness last Thursday. Members of the arts community reacted with shock to the announcement, made on Monday evening in a brief statement by both organisations.
A busy, dynamic leader who runs the statutory board that charts arts policy as well as the biggest arts venue here, Mr Puah had been chairing meetings and attending functions all through last week, with no obvious signs of ill health.
It was once reported that his work day began at 7am and sometimes ended as late as midnight. He is married with no children. The statement said he began 16 weeks of chemotherapy and other treatment on Monday. For that reason, he declined to be interviewed. (By Clarissa Oon, Senior Writer, email address: clare@sph.com.sg )

Dying In the ICU After Surgery for Ovarian Cancer and Chemo for Lymphoma

She was told that she had ovarian cancer and needed an operation. Wan then moved on to another private hospital believing that another doctor was better able to handle her case. On 16 February 2009, Wan underwent an operation to remove her so-called cancer in the ovary. It was a total hysterectomy. But Wan’s condition did not improve in spite of the surgery. Her stomach was still bloated. Later she became breathless. While still in the hospital for a week, her lungs were filled with fluid. The total cost of her treatment as of 24 March 2009 is RM 194,730.13. Indeed it is very expensive to die in this modern day scientific age.

Dying In the ICU After Surgery for Ovarian Cancer and Chemo for Lymphoma

(May this failing be a “Guiding Light” to those who come after her)

Chinese New Year (January/February 2009) was a time of celebration. Wan, a 30-year-old, married female with a 2-year-old child, visited her mother in Kedah. She enjoyed the food that mom cooked for that day. Wan was OK then – healthy as mom’s eyes can see. But after the meal, she felt some “wind” in her stomach. Mom suggested that she consulted a doctor. She did not get to see any doctor until 2 weeks later. Unexpected, this was the beginning of a tragic road to her quick death?

Wan’s mother and auntie came to seek our help on the morning of 25 March 2009. This was what had happened.

Wan went to see a doctor in a private hospital. She was told that she had ovarian cancer and needed an operation. Wan then moved on to another private hospital believing that another doctor was better able to handle her case. On 16 February 2009, Wan underwent an operation to remove her so-called cancer in the ovary. It was a total hysterectomy. But Wan’s condition did not improve in spite of the surgery. Her stomach was still bloated. Later she became breathless. While still in the hospital for a week, her lungs were filled with fluid. The doctor tapped out the fluid and she was able to breath.

Wan was still not well. She felt heaty. Wan was referred to an oncologist of the hospital for subsequent management. This doctor said Wan’s problem was actually due to lymphoma and the primary was not the ovary. The doctor also warned that Wan must undergo chemotherapy immediately. There would be no time to wait because the cancer was aggressive and was very serious.

On Monday, 2 March 2009, Wan was started on chemotherapy. The next day (Tuesday) she was alright. However, in the early morning (about 2.30 a.m.) of Wednesday, 4 March 2009, Wan started to have pains in her abdomen. The nurse gave her an injection for gastric. Later, the pains became unbearable and she was given a pain killer injection. On the morning of Wednesday, Wan started to have diarrhea. Later she had a fit, ground her teeth, became breathless and at one time her heart stopped beating. At 10 a.m. of Wednesday she was admitted into the ICU. Her face and hands were swollen. She was given oxygen and the doctor induced her into a coma and she became unconscious. On Saturday, 21 March her lungs had “bubbles” and she could not breathe. Her doctor had to fit tubes on both side of her chest to drain fluid out.

So from 2 March until 25 March 2009, Wan was in the ICU struggling to stay alive.

Just before Wan’s mother and aunty came to see us, they were told by the doctor that Wan’s chance of survival was very minimal.  The family can expect her to die any time. 

See the video and read the transcript of our conversation.     http://cacare.com/component/option,com_easyfaq/task,view/id,188/Itemid,39/ 
Read the transcript :-

Mother: She was admitted on Sunday. On Monday they operated on her. It was a total hysterectomy. However, her tummy was still big after the operation and she was breathless. On checking they found there was fluid in her lungs. The fluid was drained. She felt better after that. But she always felt hot. It is not a fever. The air-conditioner was set at 10 degrees and she would still be perspiring. On further checking, they said it is lymphoma.

Chris: How long was she in the hospital? Has she gone home?

M: No, she hasn’t gone home at all. She is still in hospital. It’s been more than a month now.  She was there since February.

Aunty: Since the operation, she hasn’t gone home. After her lung problem, she was referred to another doctor.

C: After draining the fluid from the lungs, she was okay?      

M & A: Yes

C: Why was she still in hospital?

A: Because they wanted to give her chemo.

C: She was not allowed to go home first?

A: They say cannot wait. It is a very aggressive type. It is already very serious. Chemo must be done immediately. 

C: When was the chemo done?

A: Only once, on Monday.

M: After that she was alright. She was alright on Tuesday. But at night, early on Wednesday morning around 2:30 a.m., she complained of stomach pains until daybreak.  She was given injections for gastric, as well as a pain killer. She had diarrhea. Her stools were very dark. She had diarrhea again from 7.00 am to 8.00 am. She had pains in her stomach again. She asked me to get the doctor to check her quickly as she could not stand the pains anymore. She was struggling in bed, kicking the bed very hard. She was biting and grinding her teeth. It looked as if she was having a fit.

When the doctor came, I explained what had happened (the events that took place throughout the night and morning). He did a routine check on her and left. He did not answer my questions or say anything. He just left.

I was waiting for some pain killer to be administered, but later when a nurse passed by, I asked about the pain killer and she explained that the pain killer had already been given the night before. So, they could not give her another pain injection now. Then she just went away.

I then requested for my daughter to be cleaned up. And as the nurse was cleaning her, she started to feel breathless. Then suddenly her head turned to one side, and a little foamy saliva started to drool out of her mouth. I screamed and a sister came in to adjust her drip and a couple of things. Actually, her heart stopped beating for a while.

C: Her heart stopped?

M: Yes, it did. They revived her. (by banging, etc – we were not allowed to see). An hour later, about 10:00 a.m. she was brought to the ICU. She is there until today. She is still there - unconscious. When they brought her in, her face was already swollen. The neck, shoulder and arms were swollen too. She looked very different. The swelling subsided on the third day. And now, she looked very thin.

C: How is she now?

A: Still unconscious. Never wake up yet. It is already about 20 days.

M: Cannot let her wake up. She is given oxygen. When the oxygen is removed, her pressure dropped. They kept putting her to sleep. We’ve never spoken to her since she went in.

A: I spoke to the doctor. He said she cannot let her wake up as the oxygen pressure is very high. She may not be able to take the high pressure. That is why they made sure she is totally unconscious.

M: Last Saturday, they drained more fluid from her lungs. It looks like there is very little chance of saving her. This morning, the doctor told us to be prepared. The doctor said her condition is very serious and the cancer will spread very fast.

A: I was wondering why the chemo must be done when she was still so weak.

M: Actually after the operation, she was alright. She could watch television and was normal. The nurse asked her to get up and walk and she got up and walked - just a little breathless at first (Mother cried).

C: If it is possible, you can start by giving her Capsule A and Juvo (food supplement made from a variety of beans). If after 2 or 3 days, there is some progress, then we can slowly add more herbs. It is a very difficult situation. What is going to happen the next few days no one can tell. But we will try our best.

A: They already conceded they could not do anything else anymore for her.

Comments

The total cost of her treatment as of 24 March 2009 is RM 194,730.13. Indeed it is very expensive to die in this modern day scientific age.

Can any body answer this question: Her mother told us: When the doctor came, I explained what had happened (the events that took place throughout the night and morning). He did a routine check on her and left. He did not answer my questions or say anything. He just left. Why did the doctor just left without answering her question? In a similar case, Sam and his wife were coerced into consenting to a liver operation on Sam. The surgeon even hugged Sam’s wife and assured her everything was going to be alright. At the same time warned that he must be operated on immediately. But after the cancer had recurred, the surgeon became “hostile” and did not even want to talk to them. Why is this so?

There is an Arab saying: Haste is from the Devil. Wan did not even have a chance to recuperate properly from her surgery. She was immediately asked to go for chemotherapy. She was told the cancer was aggressive. How true is this? Before she came into the hospital she was alright. What made the cancer aggressive? Or is this a spin – a veiled threat to instill fear into patients so that they would agree to chemotherapy?

The doctor’s medical report indicated that Wan required an emergency dialysis. Her renal function had reversed. What had her kidney failed? What could be the cause? The toxic chemo-drugs? Wan did not have such a problem before. 

Lump, Get out from me !

Breast Lump: Get It Out

Let me reproduce an e-mail which I received from a lady in Italy on 26 June 2010.

Dear Dr. Teo,

My sister has a lump in her left breast. She found out about this lump, it was the size of a dollar coin, three years ago. Last year when she finally decided to tell us, her family, about it, it was already one breastful, 8cm in diameter. But she has decided not to do any surgery. It’s hard to accept her decision. My parents are very sad, but I’m trying to live with this. I know she’s very afraid but tries to act as if nothing’s happening.

Read more: http://cancercaremalaysia.com/2011/07/23/breast-lump-get-it-out/


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More real life stories on Lymphoma click here http://cancercaremalaysia.com/category/lymphoma/

In 2001, Dr. Schneider was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was treated by Dr. Sandra Horning, a leading expert on lymphoma – “the best person in the world for treating what you have”. Dr. Horning is also from Stanford and is a professor of medicine.

This book {{ http://cancercaremalaysia.com/2011/07/10/lymphoma-the-patient-from-hell-a-review/ }} gives a blow-by-blow account of Schneider’s journey with cancer. It documents how a great mind – a climatologist, discussed, debated or argued with another leading light of medical science, the oncologist – Professor Sandra Horning. From the questions and answers during their consultation sessions, we can decipher the many truths about lymphoma and its treatment, done at a world-class hospital.

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How Dehydration caused Dis-eases
Persistent unintentional dehydration leaves its damaging impact in the fourth dimension of time. Caught in time, these Dis-eases conditions can be reversible , as you read and follow the simple rehydration daily.

Our human body manifests its water shortage by four(4) categories of conditions :
1. perceptive feelings;
2. drought-management programs;
3. crisis calls; and
4. complication of persistent dehydration.

1. Perceptive feelings of water shortage include : tiredness that is not the result of strenuous effort, such as feeling first thing in the morning that you do not wish to get out of the bed.
Anxiety, agitation, shortness of temper, depression, sleep disorder, craving for sodas, alcohol, and even hard drugs and agoraphobia are some of the ways our human brain reflects its water-conservation and water-regulation problems.

2. The drought-management and resource-management programs are : constipation, allergies, asthma, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and the autoimmune diseases.

3. Crisis calls : The newly understood regional thirst signals are : heartburn, rheumatoid joint pain, back pain, migraine headache, colitis pain, fibromyalgic pains , and anginal pain.

4. Complications of dehydration are very extensive and include : obesity, hemorrhoids, cholesterol plagues and arterial diseases, and type 1 diabetes, as well as serious neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, neuritis, phlebitis, lymphomas, cancers, and many more.

Medicine has traditionally divided the human body study-logy into so many specialties and subspecialities based on the different body organs ' way of revealing their water shortages. Each of these groups has its own rituals for investigating within its "fiefdom." The pharmaceutical industry has accommodated physicians and has designed medications that are used in that particular "domain" of medicine. This is why, when dehydration manifest itself in more than one organ or domain of the human body, the patient is forced to see many different specialists to address his or her organ-specific symptoms. Hence the use of so many different pills and treatment procedures, in the same person, for the same underlying cause - dehydration.Here is demonstrate how water alone naturally reverses multiple health concerns.

To simplify complications is the FIRST essential of success. (Click here) 

It is never too late or too early to revise and be wise again for the rest of our journey.......

Use Water-cure. Rather be thankful for the timely warning, and do something about it.

Drink at least 10% of your own daily water-quota (31.42 ml multiply by your present body weight(kg), every 90 minutes. Use 1/4 teaspoon of sea-salt in your daily diet, for every 1250 ml water drank.

Pain is a sign/signal produced by dehydration in the human body. Pain may be common but it is not normal.

To simplify complications is the FIRST essential of success. To simplify complications is the FIRST essential of success. (Click here) 

Price versus Value

in health care maintenance. We have taken many things for granted until those things broke down and we are left with questions of what went wrong.

Just like the present financial turmoil around the world that hit us, indirectly or directly. Not many people are concern about their health as much as they concern about their wealth, financial status wise. That is so sad in our world today.

Finding the right and correct information at the right time from the right source is very difficult. Much patience and diligence and research are needed. How many netizens have merely turned to the Internet search for resources that can help them get the most from a health/wealth consultation with a health/wealth professional.
Be aware that it is not a substitute for a real professional consultation.

Many websites are listed with disclaimers and neither the author nor the publishers, this blogger inclusive, can accept any responsibility for their content.

That said, do not underestimate the value of the Internet search results and real applications, though. 75% of patients said that information they found and read on the Internet had influenced their health/wealth decisions. For good or for worse, only each of us has to bear our own responsibility to our own selves. Simply remember that if YOU CHOOSE to do so too, it is at YOUR OWN CHOICE / risk. Happy searching and sharing your healthy wealth with us here.



What is the price for good health today?
How much do you value the good health (if you are having it) today?

What is the difference between the price and the value of good health today?

In nature study, there is this law of sowing and reaping in place, regardless of who the player/person is. "You reap whatever you sow in due time ", sound simple to understand for most of us, yet in reality the experiences we had showed that many people are just denying this simple fact.

'Calculated risk' management gurus so called, convinced the world that we must take risk to achieve more and faster in life. The question to ask is how much price to pay for and how much value will be benefited from such enterprise; price versus value.

Chemotherapy
Huge advances are taking place in chemotherapy. Most anti-cancer drugs are cytotoxic drugs that destroy rapidly-growing cells, but
a new class of drugs such as sex hormones or similar substances are increasingly being used to great effect.

Cytotoxic drugs are especially useful in the treatment of some forms of leukaemia, lymphomas, and testicular cancer. One of their great uses is as an additional safeguard after surgery or in conjunction with radiotherapy. Why safeguard if the first is really effective and safe?

Cytotoxic drugs cause more damage to cancer cells than normal body cells. As with radiotherapy most of the effect comes from distinguishing cancer cells from other cells by the speed with which cancer cells reproduce.

Unfortunately this is not as precise as we would wish and they can have significant side effects, especially on those tissues which normally do divide rapidly anyway, including the blood-forming tissue in the bone marrow, the lining of the bowel, the hair-producing cells, and the sex glands.

As a result chemotherapy can sometimes result in :
>Anaemia with easier bleeding than normal.

>A feeling of sickness (nausea) and vomiting.

>Hair loss (although this is by no means certain and can be very variable).

>Reduce fertility. Taking a sperm sample before treatment can ensure the chances of having children afterwards.

Frequent checks are therefore made of red and white blood cell counts during chemotherapy.

Some cancers like those of the prostate are 'hormone dependent' and certain hormones can make them grow faster. Inhibiting the production or action of testosterone can significantly reduce the rate at which the tumor grows.

The anti-cancer (cytotoxic) drugs most commonly used to treat testicular cancer are cisplatin, etoposide and bleomycin. It is understandable if you don't quite know what the names really means, for neither do the doctors who are using them.

The chemotherapy drugs are given by injection into a vein(intravenously).

Men and cancer sounds so depressing, yet the big killers of men such as lug cancer and bowel cancer are either preventable or easily treatable when caught early. Many men unfortunately come to see doctor/GP later rather than sooner. Use your GP/doctor as a good source of good advice and early diagnosis.

Men's health matters, particularly when it comes to prevention and early diagnosis of cancer of any kind. Use this Healthy Wealth blog just as you would use any other source of good information and act on what it recommends.

When it comes to cancer, us owners of the Y chromosome should be the first to ask why.