An unneeded scare
PATIENTS undergoing peritoneal dialysis must adhere strictly to every order and advice from the nephrologists and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis…
Browsing: Breaking Barriers
Making the days count
THE common perception regarding people who are living with life-threatening diseases is that we must look sickly and weak. We…
My dialysis therapy has begun
CONTINUOUS ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is not new in Malaysia. I got to know about it from an intensive awareness…
Change is possible
WHEN it rains, it pours. How true that was for me earlier this month. I was just recovering from surgery…
Decluttering is hard work
WHEN I moved to Kuala Lumpur from Penang, I arrived with one duffel bag of clothes. Inside were three pairs…
The beginning of another journey
THE surgery to insert the Tenckhoff catheter into my abdomen went on as scheduled last week. This is to allow…
My moment of truth
“ARE you still interested?” the person on the other end of the line asked. She introduced herself as the staff…
Talking about issues through photographs
THE open discussion of death is a taboo in many Eastern cultures. Even if we do talk about it, it…