Issue 111 January June 2015 Thank You Charity Food Fair HONORARY ADVISOR: Dr Rosalie Shaw PSM, MBBS Hons (Monash), FRACMA, FACHPM, BA (Melbourne), BEd (Melbourne), RN,
2 Perak Palliative Care Society Issue 111 January June 2015 My Experiences With Chemotherapy Dr Teoh Soong Kee I for about two weeks. The This is a rare condition, which while malignant, is less serious than the common carcinoma stomach. The PET Scan and EUS results indicated that the tumour was at not require surgery which would have been quite debilitating. showed that my diffuse large B-cell markers. my university days in Bombay. not taken more than 15 days of weight has been rather constant. games and cycled a lot in my younger days. My father died at but my mother is still around at mother s genes). The condition arose just birthday (and Fathers Day) with with sad news, but in Cantonese, months of medical leave. No more going to clubs, cinemas, malls, No more visitors too. With modern ways of communication like mobile could still communicate daily with the church service on my ipad. not cut off from the world. of my early childhood, school days, and medical student years in Bombay, medical career from being a houseman in Penang to in the church and Christian writings written during my Penang book Young Emotion. Many friends and relatives had given a lot of advice to me, some and sensible, like taking lots of oxidants. Some had recommended were also suggestions on exercises and concern. Obviously we could research on the success rates. We did not doubt that anecdotal cures did occur with any diet, treatment or exercise. However, most alternative treatments had wary of alternative treatments moderate in my beliefs without entirely on faith and not seek medical treatment. After all, doctors can treat haematologist from Sime Darby the R-CHOP regime. The drugs Adriamycin and Prednisolone) had been well-tested over the last 30 while Rituximab is a new drug (monoclonal antibodies) which effects from the six courses of on my thigh after the fourth eventually left me with just 10% of but they were corrected with
Perak Palliative Care Society Issue 111 January June 2015 3 stairs. There had been lots of advice from friends and the internet on the foods to take and foods to avoid. After consulting my oncology needed to avoid outside food as vermicelli, rather than bread or minced meat and eggs. fresh coconut water, from as a many as three coconuts a day. Then fruit juices twice a day. They would twice a day and organic soya milk they were in season and some durians as well. God gave me the gift to write my distress and cry to God. the reassurance and comfort. A friend gave me a booklet God s Medicine which consisted of Bible verses claiming healing and health. daily. My family had been very dear wife, Nancy. We realised We had been touched by the of encouragement and concern, made the difference. every month is a bonus; and after by then. for his boundless mercies in healing me and reassuring me throughout the last four months. DONATIONS received during January June 2015 JANUARY 2015 Lim Soon Kong imo Lim See Lin 100 Low Yuan Kai 100 The Late Mdm Ng Heong Peng 10,000 Chang Lai Peng 100 Ooi's Family Bryan Ng Horng Meng 2,000 The Family of the Late Jeyarajah a/l K. Chelliah 1, Tan Siew Lee 100 Sik Gim Keat Yasothai a/p Maniam 100 Imo Yeong Yau Tai 1, Tan Pheng Kee 1,000 Perak Garment Manufacturers' Association 2,000 Imo Siew Yuk Chor 100 Sun Toong Meng 100 Seow Choon Keat imo Khor Kum Mooi 140 Rosni Bt Zainudin 100 Martine Lim 100 Yap Lee Meng 100 Loo Lee Lian 100 Teoh Yoke Choo 50 Soffian Affendy 100 Tan Fun Kwai 100 Ng Swee Kuen 100 Dr Surinderjit Singh Gill imo Nasib Kaur Cheong Yuen Kean 100 Leong Suet Meng imo Chong Nyok Sin 100 Imo Low Ah Seng 300 Khoo Yoke Ching 100 Ng Kit Chin Siew Koon Hoee imo Kok Mooi 300 Chew Kam Hoong 100 Imo Thong Kok Wee 1,000 Tan Mai Chiang 150 Fun Kum Fong 100 Ching Tak Seng 100 Yong Eng Choo imo Ung Eng Boon 1,000 Cheong Seow Ha 100 Tajuddin Bin Shamsuddin 100 Kee Inn Kooi imo Choo Lan Mooi Chen Mook Soong 800 Seri Marina Bt Darwis 100 Chee Yew Khuen 100 Leong Kah Heng 300 Chen Yin Mei 100 Tan Teng Kok 100 Norazayan Bt Aziz 100 Tan Kwang Yih 100 Chin Chin Kheong 100 Victor Lee Kok Hee 1,000 Chen Yin Mei imo Chen Ho Yoin 190 Chin Peak Qi 100 Wong Seng 100 Imo Leong Soon Cheong 100 Chong Ping Ling 100 Mah Yib Yee 50 Young Womens' Christian Association, Ipoh 2,400 Ooi & Siew Chin imo Charles David Palmer 100 Imo Ong Yok Nai 1,100 Liew Siew Choo 100 Chan Won Chin 100 Chin Chee Choy 50 Maimunah Bt Tan 100 Chai Shiau Cheun 100 Leong Quee Sing 100 Noble Home Sdn Bhd 1,000 continued next page
4 Perak Palliative Care Society Issue 111 January June 2015 from page 3 DONATIONS received during January March 2015 FEBRUARY 2015 Leong Sau Gueen 100 Ko Choon Hiang 2,000 Foong Li Theen 100 Yam Wai Leong imo Chang Yoke Lean 140 Ong Koon Heng 100 Imo Edward Heow Mee Ken 1,095 Hew Yaw Wang 100 Imo Ng Lee Hua 50 Yong Kah Foh 100 Tan Mai Chiang 150 Imo Low Teng Yee Teoh Sow Fun 50 Ivy 300 Tasek Corporation Berhad 17,460 Imo Chan Sook Chun 100 Yan Kim Man 60 Chan Yit Yeng 300 Imo Chai Kwai Ying 100 Chua Kay Lin 1,000 Kuan Kar Hee 1,300 Ho Yit Lin 50 Imo Yeah Ching Koak Chin Chon Peng imo Lee Hean Yin Cheong Seow Ha imo Cheong Tuck Choy 3,000 Wong Pak Lam 100 Jurutera Perunding Setiawan S/B 1,000 Mirastech Power Systems S/B 1,000 Mirastech S/B 1,000 Nor Azlina Bt Yaakob 100 Imo Kam Shoo Ching Oh Poh Yee 100 Chan Yen Yen 50 Tan Boy Heng imo Tan Kiow Ngen 100 Chai Kar Heen 2,000 Lee Ban Chean 100 Lau Chye Khim 100 Leong Wai Siew Mohd Hafiz B. Omar 100 Chia Jog Sue 1,000 Yeap Ching Yeok 100 Imo Yeoh Wan Heong Imo Moh Ngan Yin 300 Imo Chan Koi Foo 300 Moh Mey Mei Imo Cheong Tham Foong 350 United Plantations 5,000 Low Pooi See Low Kit Lei 100 Anthony Cheng 50 Architectural Images 100 Lee Kor Chee imo Chuah Bok Rom 600 Fong Yee Leong 300 Lim Soon Keat imo Lim See Lin 100 Xin Xin Charitable Group 3, Mong Kai Mey imo Leong Mee Lin Leong Kit Yee 70 Ng Lai Chiek imo Wong Siek Pheng 1,000 Ng Chow Hsia 300 Anonymous 10,000 Imo the Late Wong Kok Wah 100 Imo the Late Chong Chung Ngen 150 Yeong Shih Yan 100 Sarjit Kaur 100 Tan Ah Khoon imo Khoo Liang Giat Serina Chia Choon Len 100 Khairul Anuar 100 Imo Tan Siw Puah Chan Sek Mean 100 Yik Sok Guan imo Cheong Tham Foong Wong Cheh 100 MARCH 2015 Pan Lee Ying 100 Poh Chee Meng & Sons Holding Sdn Bhd Lim Lan Ying In Loving Memory of Chan Char Kok District Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipelago 10,000 Khor Kok Kheong 100 Chow Foong Yee 100 Cheah Shee Weng 300 Wong Ghee Fatt 2,000 Abdul Halim Bin Daud 100 Cheong Sow Fun 100 Zulhazha Badauzaman 100 Mak Chat Fong imo Mak Ah Au Ng Hui Hui, Ng Yeng Yeng & Ng Wei Wei Dato Paul Ha Tiing Tai 2,405 Ahmad Syawal 100 Mrs Wariyam Singh 550 Lee Chee Kiong 300 Yong Kah Foh imo Yong Lai Kim 150 Cheah Sek Hee Tan Woon Sim 100 Wong Siew Han imo Cheong Tham Foong 300 Loh Chin Ling 300 Chong Swee Keng Ooi Meng Wang Mary Wong 100 Dato Dr Madhuri Majumder Ravintheran Velayatham 100 Abdul Halim 100 Toong Onn Medical Hall Dato Thong Kok Yoon Leong Lai Kam 100 Wong Mee Mey 100 Chan Wing Hoo 100 Thank-you Goh Chaw Fu 100 Chan Yeng Teng 100 Mdm Chan 20 Choo Kooi Seng 100 Tan Yean Kong 100 Leong Yuen Yee imo Mah Sok Hun 300 Zihanz Alymann Kamarul Zaman 600 Tham Soo Sam Ong Koon Heng 100 Ho Chow Kee 100 Janaki Perumal imo Attiayamal 400 Sun Wing Hup Funeral Service imo Low Sai Keong 1,160 Ang Juatuan Suzanne Chin May Lyn 50 Arlene Chin May Yen 50 Kenneth Ng Fook Ken 100 Siew Siok Peck Siew Kheng Hooi 120 Wong Hon Yei 100 Liong Lan Thai 100 Wong Wai Ping Wong Wai Han 100 Wong Kim Hoa 100 Wong Leng Hoa & Wong Chan Hoa 100 Tan Liang Tiang 100 Ang Wee Na imo Lim Kheng Who 100 Chan Poh Chan imo Chan Chee Hoong Wong Foong Yee 100 Lam Kam Meng 100 Chong Yoon Thai imo Chin Thye Cheng Sooi Hong imo Heow Mee Ken 1,000 Wong Keng Foo 100 Chin Kean Chong 100 Fong Sang Friends & Friends 1,060 Khor Kok Kheong imo Wong Yit Mooy Dr Koh Guan Chai 2,000 Soong Tze Choong 2,000 Teh Ean Lee 100 Zihanz Alymann Kamarul Zaman 1, Chee Pinn San imo Chee Too Thong Jenny Lim Chan Nee 100 Persatuan Penganut Agama Toa Ling Gong, Ipoh, Perak 10,760 Shamsul Irwandi 100 continued on page 5 We thank all our donors for their generosity. As PPCS is a non-governmental agency, it relies substantially as a reader of this newsletter, you wish to donate something to the Society, or you know of anyone the Honorary Treasurer at: PPCS, 54 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 31400 Ipoh, Perak. Tel/Fax: (605) 546 4732 Email: admin@ppcs.org.my
Perak Palliative Care Society Issue 111 January June 2015 5 from page 4 DONATIONS received during January June 2015 APRIL 2015 Puan Sri Datin Seri Leong Wan Chin 3,000 Pang Lai Peng 100 Victor Lee Kok Hee 1,000 Lau Teck Leong 100 Wong Keng Poo imo Wong Keng Fun 100 Lee Ah Sim 100 Yip Fook Meng imo Yip Yow Chooi 300 Chew Tat Jin 100 Chin Sin Foo 100 Persatuan Penganut Agama Toa Ling Gong 10,760 Ho Fee Lin Musso Collection Sdn Bhd 300 Haru-haru Trading 300 Chai Mun Ping 100 Koong Sow Har 100 Tan Mai Chiang 150 Doreen Teh Poh Thuan 100 Imo Lai Pei May 50 Goon Mei Ling 100 Teh Meng Im 100 Punidambal a/p Perisamy 150 Nur Ziana Bt Mohd Rozy 100 Ahmad Suhaimi 100 Chai Phooi Len 100 Yee Yin Sing 100 The Chan Family imo Chan Yat Kong 110 Yip Wai Yee Cheah Chow Fook 100 Sin Thai Seng Pottery Sdn Bhd Tan Sri Tan Foundation 20,000 Tham Mee Kuen 100 Ramesh Kumar 100 Thang Kiang Nam Trading Sdn Bhd 2,000 Wong Mun Fong 100 Leong Wai Fun 100 Lai Yim Heng 1,000 Imo Yap Yen Chin 240 Imo Chung Voon Kong 340 Michelle & Stephanie 70 Ting Lai Fun 100 Imo Lai Siou Hoong Suresh Vijayan 100 Abdul Halim 50 Milap Club Ipoh 550 Loh Hin Thon 300 Fong Kim Loong 100 Gomathi Ganeson 100 Liew Kar Hoe imo Liew Kee Ming Imo Koong Sow Har 1,000 Lim Ooi Kong imo Lam Nget Lan 10,000 Imo Lam Nget Lan 140 Lew Kean Meng imo Lam Nget Lan 1,000 Imo Chin Sie Soat Pomg Oon Teng 100 Liew Swee Choong Wong Kok Choy 100 Ho Wai Kit imo Ho Lim Kee 1,000 Sak Chooi Wen 100 Zulkifli B. Hj Jaheni 100 Abu Talib B. Hashim 100 Foong Li Theen imo Foong Li Kuan 93 MAY 2015 Suhaily Bt Mohamad Zainudin 100 Ku Suriayati Bt Ku Mahzor 100 Saharah Bt Abdul Aziz 100 Lim Pooi Ling Wong Siow Fun 20 Chan Ah Hee 20 Wong Kok Choy 50 Phang Kah Hean 50 Cheong Li Yan 100 Connie Cheong Choy Kwai Mooi 100 Lam Chee Chong 100 Ng Choong Weng 400 Chai Mun Ping imo Chai Ah Kow 2,000 Marion Chan 100 Cheng Seok Hooi 100 Chong Chee Kin 100 Sarawanan a/l Kuppusamy 100 Lee Li Leng Siew Leong 100 Lee Wai Loon 100 Yeap Ah Mooi 20 Chin Guat Yuan 20 Loh Xiao Tong 20 Loh Chee Cheng 20 Loh Yu Chen 20 continued next page PERAK PALLIATIVE CARE SOCIETY (Reg. No: 3925/95 (PERAK)) 54 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah 31400 Ipoh, Perak D.R. Tel & Fax: 605-5464732 Email: admin@ppcs.org.my Website: www.ppcs.org.my DONATION FO If you would like to help but cannot afford the time, a monetary contribution would be appreciated. All donations are tax-exempt. Name: Dato/Datin/Dr/Mr/Ms/Mdm Address: Post Code: City/State: Email: Contact No: (O) (H/P) (H) Amount Donated: Cash/Cheque No: Please make out cheque donations to: PERAK PALLIATIVE CARE SOCIETY Tax Exempt No: LHDN.01/35/42/51/179-6.4483 No. Warta Kerajaan: 9991
Perak Palliative Care Society Issue 111 January June 2015 from page 5 DONATIONS received during January June 2015 Chin Guat Eng 20 Chin Guat Lee 20 Foo Far Kat 100 Chin Guat Fen 50 Loh Mun Sung 100 Wong Cheong Thye 50 Loh Xiao Hui 300 Chong Siew Lee 300 Chin Siew Yoon 50 Lim Soon Kong imo Lim See Lin 100 Lee Meow Seng Dato Michelle Foo 1,000 Yap Huey Sze Ipoh EQ Parenting Support Group 4,000 Charlotte Lim Zhe Lyn 100 Yan Gah Weng 5,000 Reenajeet Kaur a/p Karpal Singh 100 Tan Siew Liang 100 Aziah Bt Muhammad 100 Tan Poh Huet 100 Shalini a/p Muniandy 100 Tung Kwang Chung 100 Teoh Boon Weng 100 Mohd Kamal B. Mat Wasi 100 Oo Leng Choo 100 Ngeoh Li Yuen Mohd Saber 100 Koh Tse Ming @ Quek Tse Ming imo Chong Gek Kin 20,000 Chye Suet Ling 100 Yow Wai Sie 100 Alan Khi Kok Kin 540 Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng Foundation 30,000 Unix Decorator imo Chow Yoke Kuan 1,862 Goh Guan Huat 100 Goh Jee King 100 Lu Kam Tak 100 Leong Wai Fan imo Chiang Sau Young Chen Chin Peng 10,000 JUNE 2015 Lee Wooi Hean 300 Mdm Lee Oi Loon 5,000 Hazizi B. Ismail 100 Tung Swee Sang 100 Goh Fei Lan 100 Tan Siew Suat Idris Lodge No. 9869 EC Fam Chow Meng Chai Su Fong 100 Lee Pak Lim 100 Rajeswari a/p Vijayan 100 Lee Hoe Min imo Lee Soon Heng 1,020 Lee Hoe Leong imo Lee Soon Heng 1,020 Anonymous Imo Loo Nee Yin 50 Fong Wai Ming Tan Mai Chiang 300 Datin Marion Chan imo Rosline Ang 1,000 Teh Meng Im imo Ng Yoke Chun 120 Wong Siow Fun 20 Imo Chong Yow 520 Chin Chon Peng imo Lee Hean Yin Choong Kai Seong 100 Tung Kwang Chung 5,000 Lee Kwai Foong imo Tung Kwang Chung Poh Chai Hoon imo Thai Kam On 100 Choy Yoke Leng imo Wong Ah Keow Ong Koon Heng 100 Imo Kong Sing Yuan 2,000 Ajit Pall Singh Sidhu imo Wariyam Singh Vijaya Murugan 100 Lai Chee Yee imo Lai Kiang Peng 1, Asmarani Bt Abd Rani 100 Yau Poh Chew 100 Lee Yook Foon 100 Leong Kam Ying 300 Anonymous 100 Cheong Weng Jun 100 Dedicated to Mrs Ho Cheah Kam Chee 120 Saniah Bt Baharudin 100 Loretta Yew 100 Domnick Leo Doss 100 Imo Yeong Eng Ban 10,000 Cheong Ooi Chan 100 Lim Soon Keat imo Lim See Lin 100 To: PERAK PALLIATIVE CARE SOCIETY 54 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah 31400 Ipoh Perak Darul Ridzuan