Dear all,
Just to update you. The IVU done was ok. There were apparently no clear abnormalities seen although the view was obstructed by lots of faecal matter and abdominal gas in spite of bowel preparation.The constipation must be due to one of the drugs that I am taking.
Monday was the day I went for what is called flexible cystoscopy, where a device will be inserted to see the bladder. It was cancelled and postphoned to 6 Feb after the doctor found some white blood cells in the urine.
Please pray that the urinary system will be found normal. Frankly, it's been emotionally tiring at times when I go for different appointments at the hospital. I can practically spend the whole day there waiting, change into the attire for whatever procedures and later realize that it has to be cancelled for very good reasons. Not the fault of the hospital or doctors, but simply the little frustrations patients like me have to bear with in the midst of what we are going thru.
Yes,I do complain silently in me. I do fret in my soul. And in my spirit too. Only the Lord knows. Probably that's why I shout or even wail in my dreams at night. The other night, Whee Ling woke up after hearing me wailing in my sleep. In my dream, I found myself going through many walls looking for something when all of a sudden, I heard the audible, very manly voice of God calling out to me saying, "Are you ok?". That's when I cried out to Him, "I am very scared!". Just then, Whee Ling woke up and asked if I was alright and instantly I answered her that I was ok, not knowing exactly what I answered her. The next day she said I told her I was looking for the Lord. Now I understand why I was going thru so many walls in the dream. I am glad I heard the voice of the Lord in the dream. Whether it is the real voice of God or not, I am assured that his promise to never forsake or leave me is always so assuring and real for a person like me who is learning to fear no evil....Psm 23.
So much about my silent complaining! Do you know what keeps my mouth shut when I complain? When I look at other patients who are worse than me.
There is a man in his fifties who also goes for his regular checkups at the Haematology Centre at SGH. I have seen him many times. Talked to him several times as well.A stem cell transplant was done 3 years ago and till this day, he is still on a wheelchair. Besides, there were many other complications along the way. Thus, he has to go for so many appointments every week in the hospital- one moment to see the eye doctor; another to see for his liver condition and so on.... on a wheelchair by Taxi accompanied by his wife. I just can't imagine the pain and frustration in him. Life to him is like visiting the hospital every other day. Mind you, on a wheelchair. I am thankful that I am not on one, tho I do have several checkups with different disciplines for my condition. But what's that compared to some of these people whom I see there whose situation are far worse that mine. And I wonder how they cope, especially when they do not know the Lord. But for me, and you, we have the Lord! We have the Lord EVERYDAY, every moment of our lives to be with us for He said that He told His disciples that He will not leave us as orphans but will come to us. The Holy Spirit has come. he is our Comforter and friend. But more than that, he is the Triune God who is awesome like a comsuming fire. Therefore, you and I will fear no evil no matter what 'shadow of death' we face in life's journey. Wow, such is our God, a very, ever present God who will protect and provide our veery need.
I am ok - I pray you experience His presence today and always in a very meaningful way too in every step of your way.
Thank you for sharing our journey.
Dave
"Our circumstances are not an accurate reflection of God's
goodness. Whether life is good or bad, God's goodness, rooted in His character, is the same" -- Helen Grace Lescheid
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Monday, January 09, 2006
Referal to Urologist, SGH
Dear all,
Seen Dr.William this morning and was refered to the Urologist at SGH in the late afternoon.
Had been waking up to PU at least 3X every night since 2 weeks ago. Noticed frequency has increased during the day as well. Sometimes the urge to comes comes so suddenly and I find it hard to control for long. Urine test(FEME) shows some blood tho the previous urine taken for culture of bacteria was normal. Taken 1 more specimen for urine culture today.
The Urologist did an ultra sound of the bladder.He has also scheduled me for an IVU (Intravenous Pyelogram) on Wed pm.A flexible cystoscopy may be done on Monday, 23 Jan depending on the findings of the IVU.
Would appreciate your prayers very much as I entrust this to the Sovereign Lord,
dave
Seen Dr.William this morning and was refered to the Urologist at SGH in the late afternoon.
Had been waking up to PU at least 3X every night since 2 weeks ago. Noticed frequency has increased during the day as well. Sometimes the urge to comes comes so suddenly and I find it hard to control for long. Urine test(FEME) shows some blood tho the previous urine taken for culture of bacteria was normal. Taken 1 more specimen for urine culture today.
The Urologist did an ultra sound of the bladder.He has also scheduled me for an IVU (Intravenous Pyelogram) on Wed pm.A flexible cystoscopy may be done on Monday, 23 Jan depending on the findings of the IVU.
Would appreciate your prayers very much as I entrust this to the Sovereign Lord,
dave
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Josh shares gospel with Adrian
Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life.
-- Jonathon Edwards
Growing through all these experiences
Dear friends,
A very Christ-filled, fruitful and blessed new year to each and all!
Christmas has come and gone. The new year has come. How time flies!
And I am thankful for every new breadth and life that God has given me.
We all know that life cannot be taken for granted - just in Singapore alone, we hear and read in the news that many people from all walks of life face sudden deaths and tragedies in unexpected ways. It shows that life is indeed fragile.
Thus Psalm 146:2 has been one of my favourite verses since. It says,
"Praise the Lord, O my soul.
I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God AS LONG AS I LIVE.
This verse has been constantly on my mind eversince the Lord gave to prepare my heart while waiting for the BMA results and full myeloma studies then at TTSH (Tan Tock Seng Hospital) in Sept 2004.It has helped me to fill my mouth with thankfulfulness and to appreciate life more. Most of all, it focuses my heart and mind to know that we do not "put our trust in princes or in mortal men who cannot save, but find our help in the Sovereign God". (Psm 146:3-6)
I have a journal where I only record short notes and mainly thanksgiving items everyday. Had been doing this for many years now in order to learn to be thankful.
But when I look back to see all that had been written, I am amazed to see His hand of mercy on my life. My faith in Christ has never been so tested before though there were real difficult times in my family; in the ministry especially when I was in Russia as a missionary.I am thankful that my faith stood firm when faced with the ultimate crisis of an illness that has not found a cure so far and death. But God demonstrated Himself to be very real even in the darknesses that I faced. My knowledge of Him was growing through all these experiences.And each of you has contributed much to this growth in the Lord.Your faith and trust in the Lord had injected more faith in me to place my complete confidence and entire life in His hands.Thankyou!
Christmas and new year were rather quiet for us as a family. No carolling; no parties; no special events. Though it was quiet, I am glad to receive the best Christmas gift I've ever received in my life - the good news about my condition that's in complete remission now. In fact, there is another gift that I received the following day after the first good news - it was when my 10year old neighbour came over to our place to play with Josh. It was a great joy to see Josh asking him if he(Adrian) knew anything about heaven and hell. Then Josh went straight into his room to take his children's Bible and returned to share with Adrian all that he knows about heaven and hell. In his simple faith, he went on to tell him of the need to forsake and remove all the idols in his home.This joy has been in my heart even till today - to see Josh motivated by the Holy Spirit to share that knowledge of God and the love of Jesus on his own. It brings great joy to see the fruit of fathering, and mothering, as we constantly speak a blessing and pray for the prebelievers whom we come across daily.After all, the most important thing in parenting is to see our children know the Awesome God and grow to share His goodness to all.Please pray with us that Josh will grow up to love the Lord and I hope I'll live to see him grow up as a godly man.
Thank you for praying for my current situation. I am coping fairly ok with the oral GVHD in spite of the frustrations and physical discomfort.The sinusitis is clearing though the nasal discharges keep flowing all day long. Thanks for all your concern and messages.
Let's grow in greater intimacy with our great God and King this year! Together!
dave
Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do,
if it were the last hour of my life.
-- Jonathon Edwards
A very Christ-filled, fruitful and blessed new year to each and all!
Christmas has come and gone. The new year has come. How time flies!
And I am thankful for every new breadth and life that God has given me.
We all know that life cannot be taken for granted - just in Singapore alone, we hear and read in the news that many people from all walks of life face sudden deaths and tragedies in unexpected ways. It shows that life is indeed fragile.
Thus Psalm 146:2 has been one of my favourite verses since. It says,
"Praise the Lord, O my soul.
I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God AS LONG AS I LIVE.
This verse has been constantly on my mind eversince the Lord gave to prepare my heart while waiting for the BMA results and full myeloma studies then at TTSH (Tan Tock Seng Hospital) in Sept 2004.It has helped me to fill my mouth with thankfulfulness and to appreciate life more. Most of all, it focuses my heart and mind to know that we do not "put our trust in princes or in mortal men who cannot save, but find our help in the Sovereign God". (Psm 146:3-6)
I have a journal where I only record short notes and mainly thanksgiving items everyday. Had been doing this for many years now in order to learn to be thankful.
But when I look back to see all that had been written, I am amazed to see His hand of mercy on my life. My faith in Christ has never been so tested before though there were real difficult times in my family; in the ministry especially when I was in Russia as a missionary.I am thankful that my faith stood firm when faced with the ultimate crisis of an illness that has not found a cure so far and death. But God demonstrated Himself to be very real even in the darknesses that I faced. My knowledge of Him was growing through all these experiences.And each of you has contributed much to this growth in the Lord.Your faith and trust in the Lord had injected more faith in me to place my complete confidence and entire life in His hands.Thankyou!
Christmas and new year were rather quiet for us as a family. No carolling; no parties; no special events. Though it was quiet, I am glad to receive the best Christmas gift I've ever received in my life - the good news about my condition that's in complete remission now. In fact, there is another gift that I received the following day after the first good news - it was when my 10year old neighbour came over to our place to play with Josh. It was a great joy to see Josh asking him if he(Adrian) knew anything about heaven and hell. Then Josh went straight into his room to take his children's Bible and returned to share with Adrian all that he knows about heaven and hell. In his simple faith, he went on to tell him of the need to forsake and remove all the idols in his home.This joy has been in my heart even till today - to see Josh motivated by the Holy Spirit to share that knowledge of God and the love of Jesus on his own. It brings great joy to see the fruit of fathering, and mothering, as we constantly speak a blessing and pray for the prebelievers whom we come across daily.After all, the most important thing in parenting is to see our children know the Awesome God and grow to share His goodness to all.Please pray with us that Josh will grow up to love the Lord and I hope I'll live to see him grow up as a godly man.
Thank you for praying for my current situation. I am coping fairly ok with the oral GVHD in spite of the frustrations and physical discomfort.The sinusitis is clearing though the nasal discharges keep flowing all day long. Thanks for all your concern and messages.
Let's grow in greater intimacy with our great God and King this year! Together!
dave
Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do,
if it were the last hour of my life.
-- Jonathon Edwards
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! The Steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercy never comes to an end. His faithfulness are new every morning, new every year!
Once again, we experienced His grace and mercy as the new year unfolds. Just a couple of days ago, David was coughing, had alot of phlegm, eyes were puffy and red and he even vomited quite badly last Tues morninig. In Joshua's words over the phone (I called from the office), he told me "Daddy vomited, oh so terrible. I was in the bathtub, I drew the shade..what do you call that...(I said shower curtain), oh yes, shower curtain, then I open, he vomited again, I closed it again, then opened, he vomited again, I closed it again..so terrible. He is sleeping now." That was noon time on 03Jan06 and David told me he was going to see Dr William and would be driving himself there. I was anxious and thoughts of "what ifs" made it worse. What if the GVHD (Graft vs Host Disease) becomes chronic and is not just in his mouth but other organs as well? What if it becomes life threatening? What if the new immunosuppression drugs to treat the GVHD is causing complications? What if things turn out for the worse???? What if on the way he was too sick to drive and cannot concentrate? The list goes on... but thank God He is the source of comfort and strength and very present help in time of need. I quickly activated prayer request via sms to our family and some close friends and prayed.
God is so good! So glad to have heard from David later that evening that he had blood tests done, X-ray and did not vomit anymore, he does not need to be warded. Dr William told him the vomiting, hands trembling and giddiness were likely symptoms caused by the drugs. David also has sinusitis and probably urinary tract infection. It was made worse by infection from others who were coughing and having flu as his immunity is still low. Since he is still on antibotics, he just need to wait for the infection to clear.As of today, he is still coughing and has bad nasal discharges.
Dear friends and blogger friends whom we have never met, may I request that if you are praying to the Lord Jesus Christ, the great Divine Healer, for David, please pray that:
1. his sinusitis and urinary infection will clear soon;
2. his oral GVHD will be well controlled. A little GVHD is good (it helps to prevent tumour from growing as the graft is 'fighting' the cancer cells) but it has to be treated to prevent the oral GVHD from affecting the guts and lungs..etc.
The oral GVHD caused the skin inside his mouth to breakdown and he actually experienced pain in his mouth and throat when eating and swallowing food. Spicy food is out for him for now. Please pray that the oral GVHD improves soon as David has been bearing with this for quite a while.
3. he will be completely healed of mulitple myeloma and will not suffer relapse. Dr explained that complete remission does not mean all myeloma cells are totally gone but that the bone marrow test(BMA) and other blood tests showed no evidence of it being in his body now.
Am going to claim complete healing by faith in Jesus Name! Thanks for agreeing with me for the bible says when 2 or 3 agree, it shall be established! Amen!
The amazing thing is God's love is not limited or conditional. What He can do for David and our family, He can do for all who need His touch of healing and provision.
May your 2006 be filled with God's undying love, the grace of our Lord Jesus and fellowship of the Holy Spirit. May your life be blessed with lots of miracles and testimonies for His glory. Have a Blessed 2006!
With you in Christ,
Whee Ling
God bless
Once again, we experienced His grace and mercy as the new year unfolds. Just a couple of days ago, David was coughing, had alot of phlegm, eyes were puffy and red and he even vomited quite badly last Tues morninig. In Joshua's words over the phone (I called from the office), he told me "Daddy vomited, oh so terrible. I was in the bathtub, I drew the shade..what do you call that...(I said shower curtain), oh yes, shower curtain, then I open, he vomited again, I closed it again, then opened, he vomited again, I closed it again..so terrible. He is sleeping now." That was noon time on 03Jan06 and David told me he was going to see Dr William and would be driving himself there. I was anxious and thoughts of "what ifs" made it worse. What if the GVHD (Graft vs Host Disease) becomes chronic and is not just in his mouth but other organs as well? What if it becomes life threatening? What if the new immunosuppression drugs to treat the GVHD is causing complications? What if things turn out for the worse???? What if on the way he was too sick to drive and cannot concentrate? The list goes on... but thank God He is the source of comfort and strength and very present help in time of need. I quickly activated prayer request via sms to our family and some close friends and prayed.
God is so good! So glad to have heard from David later that evening that he had blood tests done, X-ray and did not vomit anymore, he does not need to be warded. Dr William told him the vomiting, hands trembling and giddiness were likely symptoms caused by the drugs. David also has sinusitis and probably urinary tract infection. It was made worse by infection from others who were coughing and having flu as his immunity is still low. Since he is still on antibotics, he just need to wait for the infection to clear.As of today, he is still coughing and has bad nasal discharges.
Dear friends and blogger friends whom we have never met, may I request that if you are praying to the Lord Jesus Christ, the great Divine Healer, for David, please pray that:
1. his sinusitis and urinary infection will clear soon;
2. his oral GVHD will be well controlled. A little GVHD is good (it helps to prevent tumour from growing as the graft is 'fighting' the cancer cells) but it has to be treated to prevent the oral GVHD from affecting the guts and lungs..etc.
The oral GVHD caused the skin inside his mouth to breakdown and he actually experienced pain in his mouth and throat when eating and swallowing food. Spicy food is out for him for now. Please pray that the oral GVHD improves soon as David has been bearing with this for quite a while.
3. he will be completely healed of mulitple myeloma and will not suffer relapse. Dr explained that complete remission does not mean all myeloma cells are totally gone but that the bone marrow test(BMA) and other blood tests showed no evidence of it being in his body now.
Am going to claim complete healing by faith in Jesus Name! Thanks for agreeing with me for the bible says when 2 or 3 agree, it shall be established! Amen!
The amazing thing is God's love is not limited or conditional. What He can do for David and our family, He can do for all who need His touch of healing and provision.
May your 2006 be filled with God's undying love, the grace of our Lord Jesus and fellowship of the Holy Spirit. May your life be blessed with lots of miracles and testimonies for His glory. Have a Blessed 2006!
With you in Christ,
Whee Ling
God bless
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