Nope, I am not feeling mushy lovesick this time.  I for real am not feeling well.  For the past couple days I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather, feverish, sneezing and my throat is hurting badly now.  I do not want to call-in sick since we are short-staffed and I sure will feel sicker just thinking of the work that will be pending if I do not come in even for a day...hay! I am not a workaholic, I just do not want to be behind on deadlines.

Speaking of not feeling well, I was told by Vera that our dear friend Dom Lawrence who is currently in the Philippines right now had a minor accident on a motorbike.  Please pray with me for his speedy recovery.   

On a lighter note, May is going to be a busy month for me again, starting with a big family get together on May 10th, then Mother's Day Celebration.  We will also have relatives visiting to celebrate a big family day happening on the 22nd. Amidst all the things that still needs to be dealt with, Life is Good!  God is Good! 

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I just found out that a family friend passed away so I am re-posting this...
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Please do your part and send it on, I did mine. You may be the one whose life IS saved.

STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Steps

Someone sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously. Please read:

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a BBQ, a person stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.
It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke is difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK . To SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE
(Coherently) (I.e. . . It is sunny out today)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

{NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue... If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke}
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

An e-mail forward that hits close to home. . .

Something important for you to consider.
From a nurse:

I'll never forget the look in my patients eyes when I had to tell them they had to go home with the drains, new exercises and no breast. I remember begging the Doctors to keep these women in the hospital longer, only to hear that they would, but their hands were tied by the insurance companies.

So there I sat with my patients, giving them the instructions they needed to take care of themselves, knowing full well they didn't grasp half of what I was saying, because the glazed, hopeless, frightened look spoke louder than the quiet 'Thank You they muttered.

A mastectomy is when a woman's breast is removed in order to remove cancerous breast cells/tissue.
If you know anyone who has had a Mastectomy, you may know that there is a lot of discomfort and pain afterwards. Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient procedure.

Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days after surgery.

It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important .. Please take the time and do it really quick!
Please send this to everyone in your address book.

If there was ever a time when our voices and choices should be heard, this is one of those times.
If you're receiving this, it's because I think you will take t h e 30 seconds to go to vote on this issue and send it on to others.  You know who will do the same.

There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require Insurance Companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy. It's about eliminating the 'drive-through mastectomy' where women are forced to go home just a few hours after surgery, against the wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.

Lifetime Television has put this bill on their Web page with a petition drive to show your support. Last year over half the House signed on.

PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the Web site below. You need not give more than your name and zip code number.

SIGN PETITION AT:  http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php

This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends and family, and on behalf of all women, THANKS.

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After delaying for months now a visit to the Ophtalmologist for the tiny bump on my left eye that's been bothering me more lately, I finally went yesterday and was told that what I have is called Pterygium - - a tissue growth on the cornea.  I was also already scheduled for my next appointment for a Punctual Plug eye duct drainage.  The doctor also prescribed an eye drop- - Lotemax that cost me a whopping $80.00 for a bottle drop not even bigger than my thumb.  It is suppose to shrink the bump before surgery.

I was off work Monday, yesterday and for the rest of the week so today, my day started having breakfast with family when I got a text message from Dom Lawrence saying hi and that I am always in his prayers...his text somehow calm my nerves as I am about to go to my next appointment with my new Cardiologist in the afternoon.  But before that, we first met with someone to take care of some personal matters for my mother and then was also just in time to still be able to attend the 12:10 p.m. Mass Service.

After coming from Church, I then went directly to my new Cardiologist appointment that did not go so well.   The doctor came in the examination room and the first thing he said was "oh you are young"...He then started asking me the routine questions about my medical history, when and how was I diagnosed with my heart condtion and then not even about 10 minutes through it, he then said he is out of hospital gowns but he needs me to strip down to just my underwear to listen to my heart.  As this point, I felt a little irked because he was the only one who made do that and not having a hospital gown available just isn't right...I am not a prude but I felt uncomfortable because I just find it a bit odd...but I did oblige and was cold as a fish while I await for his return.  I am not going to go into details about how the examination went, but just like how my other Cardio doctor visits before, there was no need for me to strip down just to my underwear for a doctor to listen to my heart.  It was a totally awkward and an odd visit.  I will definitely be in the market again to look for a new Cardiologist - - I do not want to entrust him with my Skippyheart at all!

I still have to go though a battery of medical exams, but since tomorrow is my mom's birthday, I plan to have fun so have decided to just go for my Chest X-Ray and put off the rest of the exams later on.

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