Pembohongan kecil – mengenai ostomi

Talking about ostomy surgery

Pembohongan kecil- mengenai ostomi – A White lie

(Pembohongan putih better or Pembohongan kecil, anyone?)

Jangan pernah berbohong. Tidak kira apa – walaupun sedikit kebohongan putih ( kecil). –Margaret Keane-

 

( Terjemahan Google daripada Bahasa Ingeris kepada Bahasa Malaysia)

 

 

Ponusamy ditemani oleh anak perempuannya

untuk berjumpa dengan stomaltherapist.

Walaupun penjagaan stoma-nya

dan kulit di sekelilingnya sangat bagus,

dia membuat banyak aduan mengenai mereka.

Pasti sukar untuk dia terima

mempunyai beg di perutnya untuk mengumpulkan najisnya.

 

Pakar bedah tidak akan menyambung semula usus

atau menutup stoma seperti yang dicadangkan enam bulan sebelumnya.

“Mereka mengatakan bahawa itu adalah penyumbatan barium sulfat di usus besar saya.

Tetapi sudah dikeluarkan. Mereka harus dapat memasang kembali

usus dan tutup ‘benda’ ini, stoma ini,

jadi saya boleh membuang air besar secara semula jadi dari dubur saya!

Tetapi mereka tidak dapat memberi saya alasan yang baik

mengapa mereka tidak akan beroperasi untuk mengembalikan keadaan saya! “

 

Anak perempuan itu memanggil stomaltherapist.

“Semua anaknya bersetuju dan memberitahu pakar bedah itu

supaya tidak memberitahunya bahawa dia menghidap barah usus besar.

Dia berusia 88 tahun dan pernah menjalani dua kali pembedahan jantung!

Kami takut dia mungkin akan menyerang lagi! ”

 

“Saya sudah bersara, tetapi saya seorang yang pandai membaca.

Keletihan atau rasa letih saya sepanjang masa;

tabiat usus sembelit dan cirit-birit;

penurunan berat badan secara tiba-tiba; darah di dalam najis saya;

semuanya menunjukkan tanda dan gejala barah, bukan? “

 

“… Anda baru saja mengatakannya, dengan sendiri!

Ini adalah laporan biopsi anda.

Ya, memang benar… “

 

Tuan Ponusamy terus terdiam.

Kedua wanita itu saling berpandangan, risau.

“Awasi ayahmu di rumah!

Hubungi saya atau pakar bedah anda bila perlu! “

 

Pada bulan-bulan berikutnya,

Tuan Ponusamy akan mampir ke wad

setiap kali ada pesakit yang dijadualkan menjalani pembedahan ostomi.

Anak perempuannya akan bersiap sedia, dari jauh,

semasa ayahnya menjelaskan secara sistematik kepada pesakit baru

mengenai cara menjaga stoma.

 

Kami juga menemui penceramah  yang cemerlang.

Encik Ponusamy berkongsi pengalamannya

di seminar untuk profesional penjagaan kesihatan

dan pesakit dengan barah usus dan stoma.

“Saya mempunyai kerjaya yang berjaya, menyayangi anak dan cucu.

Tetapi, saya akan lebih bahagia sekiranya saya diberitahu yang sebenarnya keadaan saya dari awal

supaya saya dapat membuat rancangan dan melakukan yang terbaik dengan masa yang saya masih ada. “

 

Kebohongan putih, tidak kira seberapa baik maksudnya,

haruskah seseorang memberitahu atau tidak memberitahu, pembohongan putih?

 

– Serena Chen S.P. @ TPTan –

26, Oktober 2020

…and a new amateurish gardener is born!

…and a new amateurish gardener is born!

She was so excited to received two pots of flower plants…

I bought my daughter two pots of flower plants.

… evil bird nipping off my flower buds!

There is an evil bird nipping of the flower buds!!! 😠😡😡

The next day she messaged, “I realized that the buds dropped off shortly after I watered the plants by squeezing a plastic drinking bottle!”😟😬🙄

Mum, look how it is blooming now!

It’s blooming, it’s blooming! 🌼💐💐🌸🌸

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…and so, an amateurish new gardener is born!


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It takes skill to K.I.S.S.

red kiss neon light signage on dark lit room
K.I.S.S. (Photo by Tim Mossholder on Pexels.com)

It takes skill to K.I.S.S.

In Apathy, unfeelingly , I like what a fellow blogger, K.K. commented. “Short and crisp!” Not that it’s like crunchy potato chips, but it reminds one that it takes skill to K.I.S.S. (keep it short and sweet)!

potato chips
Crunchy potato chips (Photo by icon0.com on Pexels.com)

I used to summarize CVs ( 1-4 pages long) and lengthy abstracts to fit them into conferences’ program brochures. They were good exercises for me.

And if one can carry forth a point in 50 words instead of 500 words, I would prefer the shorter one.

Practise K.i.s.s.-ing!

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Quote:-

A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. – Vladimir Nabokov

Dual perspectives: Religion versus spirituality?

Dual perspectives: Religion versus spirituality?

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Religion or spirituality?

Both teaches one to be good and do good.

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Quote:

  1. “…This is why I sometimes say religion is something we can perhaps do without. What we cannot do without are these basic spiritual qualities (such as love and compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, contentment, a sense of responsibility, a sense of harmony, which bring happiness to both self and others. )- Dalai Lama

I am still learning how to cook

I am still learning how to cook

I saw an interesting recipe today.

I have never tried using sour cream in my cooking all my life. Tomorrow I will go buy a pack of sour cream to try this recipe.

You see, I am still learning … !

Cooking (Photo by Live on Shot on Pexels.com)

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Sunset-Is the town on fire?

Sunset-Is the town on fire? ( Poem- a haiku)

The sun is setting,
burning in the horizon.
before it exits.

Is it a fire in the horizon? (Courtesy of YH Tan, Athlone, Ireland)

My nephew took this picture in Ireland. It looks like a fire in the horizon!

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COVID-19, new social and environmental phobias.

COVID-19, new social and environmental phobias.

elderly people slowly going up the stairs
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Try not to use the lift;
confined space, poor ventilation!
Let walk up, it's healthier!😐

Try to avoid crowded area;
social distancing, 
let not go at peak hours!
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Sigh, these people on the next table are talking so loud and non- stop!
(They took off their masks because they are supposed to be EATING!)
Let move to another table further away!
Avoid close contacts!
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The daily COVID-19 number is not receding yet.

Subconsciously, I find that I am developing new phobias.

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Gift of life: Have you donated blood before?

Gift of life: Have you donated blood before?

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That year, I took a group of nursing students to a blood bank as part of haematology clinical experience. Most of them decided to donate blood that morning. I did, too, upon their persuasion.

I was ashamed to admit that it was my first time. But it was a satisfying experience to have contributed to a gift of life!

Have you donated blood before? Do you even know what blood group you belong to, in case of an emergency?

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Quote:-

Donating one unit of blood may save the lives of up to three people. – the American Red Cross.

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Merging cultures, the beauty in diversity

Merging cultures, the beauty in diversity

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“I want four packets ‘nasi lemak’.

More ‘chilli and sambal please’!”

“It’s very, very ‘hot’, boy! Lu boleh tahan chilli? (you can stand the chilli?)”

“Bolih, Mak Cik, no problem!”

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Some pick with chopsticks

some with fork and spoon

or better still, with fingers

Oh, a versatile tool at hand,

only that, the food would slip

through my fingers

before they reach my mouth!

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Some are good in arts,

some in workman skills,

some have head for figures

some for business and economy.

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Over time, with adaptation

and enculturation

leading to a new cultural synthesis

in languages, pronounciations,

fashions, lifestyles, and food.

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Such is a beautiful melting pot

of differing elements

each has its own beauty and strengths

that one should respect and be respected.

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Quotes:

1. Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization. ~Mahatma Gandhi

2. When everyone is included, everyone wins. ~Jesse Jackson

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I had a dream

I had a dream (Poem)

Last night I had a dream. I went bowling. I had many strikes and spares! Then the first thing I read this morning was ‘no dream‘! Here is my poem that echoes the song by Westlife : “I have a dream “!

I had a dream (Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels.com)

I had a dream, a series of ‘things’,
to carry on in blishful blinks.
If you see the wonders, of a fairy tale,
if you see the devils, in the darkness spell.
I believe in angels, that protect us in the realm of a dream,
‘cos in a dream, a dream’s a dream…

-Serena Chen@TPTan, 23 June 2021

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