Meet Shane, a 21 year old man with Spinal Muscular Atrophy diagnosed since 2 years old.
Imagine a life where your muscles are no longer controlled by your brain.
Imagine a life where your muscles shrink and gets weaker day by day.
Imagine losing the ability to walk, run, hop, jump.
Imagine inserting a nasal tube into your nose everyday before you sleep just so you won't die of respiratory muscle failure.
Imagine spending only 20 minutes to chew a mouthful.
Imagine requiring assistance for feeding.
Imagine requiring assistance for showering.
What would you do ? How would you react to it ?
I shall not elaborate further on that, and let the video walk you through it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwZZZkrJycQ
Meanwhile, here is an afterthought for myself :
' Live as if everyday is the last day of your life. Try your best and be fearless.'
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Little bouts of sunshine
After a good ranting and self reflection yesterday, good things happened to me today. Sometimes, you never know what's around the corner. Keep doing your best and somehow, someday, you'll be rewarded. (yay)
I have been going through some old pictures, and these are the stuffs that I have been missing. And looking at them simply makes me happy. Silly me :p
I have been going through some old pictures, and these are the stuffs that I have been missing. And looking at them simply makes me happy. Silly me :p
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| Food from Borough Market. I didn't have the picture of the infamous Raclette. But looking at this yummy meringue would suffice. |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral. My favourite landmark in London alongside with Tower Bridge, Big Ben. St. Paul's Cathedral ranks first. I could never ever get bored of looking at it. |
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| Prof. Dr. Sigmund Freud's Office in Austria. This was taken when I was doing my solo travel in Vienna, Austria. One of the perks of travelling alone is that you'll be able to visit something as boring as this (but as interesting as it is to me) without having to offend anybody. (yay) |
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| One of my favourite places. Hallstatt, Austria. |
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| Wolfgangsee, Austria. I miss going on road trips and this was one of the best I ever had ! We were randomly exploring around this quiet town and managed to witness an air fair, fireworks as we dine under the stars, and scenic landscapes. :) Being able to help someone, travelling, and food are my sunshine factors. Life feels good after receiving my sunshine boost! What's your sunshine factor then ? :) |
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Thoughts
Hey all, I am back to blogging again.
It's quite funny but these few days I imagine myself doing these few things :
1. Drowning
2. Running away - escaping this routine of medical school and be a globe trotter doing odd jobs in all cities of the world, the only thing I ever wanted in this life.
Truth is, I haven't been feeling pretty much myself lately. I am almost a quarter done with medical school, and to be honest there is never a moment that I have ever regretted for joining it.
However, I have been having doubts with myself lately and doing my usual thing- worrying about nonchalant stuffs. Back in college we call it TTMS - it's a syndrome due to overthinking, which is bad. So, what are my worries actually ? The big thing that has been constantly playing on a loop in my brain is : I am afraid that I won't be a good enough doctor for my patients. I never doubted my resolute of becoming a doctor, but I doubt myself in becoming a good one. I am worried of the day where I had to attend the M&M review, and I was the doctor in charge who is responsible for the patient's life.
Life is too precious, and what makes doctors healers of life and soul? As I traverse along this journey, I find myself weak and incapable of performing such a noble job but I know I have to continue with this journey of my own. I find myself cowardly for finding fear in what I am about to do. But I have to overcome my fears anyhow.
Note to self : "Let's do this. Let's be brave. Let's face the consequences"
Quoting from someone I know : "if you're afraid of something and not doing it, your fear will grow bigger and you'll be afraid of similar things; but if you crush your fear, you will do more and more things that you were afraid of back then, probably you are still scared, but you are doing it at the very least."
I have been trying to overcome my fears all this while - by acknowledging them and doing something about it to overcome it, so why not now then ? I hope that one day, I will be able to say confidently that
" I have considered all the possibilities and tried the best for my patients. His / her recovery now rests on God's will. "
I hope I'll be the best doctor for my patients some day. :)
P.s. Here's an article to share - Drew Houston's (Founder of Dropbox) Commencement Address
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/commencement-address-houston-0607.html
My after thoughts : It appears to be that if you are to live up to 80 years, you would have 29200 days in your life to spend. Note to self : stop worrying , make it an adventure and go ever upward. Make your journey one that will be remembered.
It's quite funny but these few days I imagine myself doing these few things :
1. Drowning
2. Running away - escaping this routine of medical school and be a globe trotter doing odd jobs in all cities of the world, the only thing I ever wanted in this life.
Truth is, I haven't been feeling pretty much myself lately. I am almost a quarter done with medical school, and to be honest there is never a moment that I have ever regretted for joining it.
However, I have been having doubts with myself lately and doing my usual thing- worrying about nonchalant stuffs. Back in college we call it TTMS - it's a syndrome due to overthinking, which is bad. So, what are my worries actually ? The big thing that has been constantly playing on a loop in my brain is : I am afraid that I won't be a good enough doctor for my patients. I never doubted my resolute of becoming a doctor, but I doubt myself in becoming a good one. I am worried of the day where I had to attend the M&M review, and I was the doctor in charge who is responsible for the patient's life.
Life is too precious, and what makes doctors healers of life and soul? As I traverse along this journey, I find myself weak and incapable of performing such a noble job but I know I have to continue with this journey of my own. I find myself cowardly for finding fear in what I am about to do. But I have to overcome my fears anyhow.
Note to self : "Let's do this. Let's be brave. Let's face the consequences"
Quoting from someone I know : "if you're afraid of something and not doing it, your fear will grow bigger and you'll be afraid of similar things; but if you crush your fear, you will do more and more things that you were afraid of back then, probably you are still scared, but you are doing it at the very least."
I have been trying to overcome my fears all this while - by acknowledging them and doing something about it to overcome it, so why not now then ? I hope that one day, I will be able to say confidently that
" I have considered all the possibilities and tried the best for my patients. His / her recovery now rests on God's will. "
I hope I'll be the best doctor for my patients some day. :)
P.s. Here's an article to share - Drew Houston's (Founder of Dropbox) Commencement Address
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/commencement-address-houston-0607.html
My after thoughts : It appears to be that if you are to live up to 80 years, you would have 29200 days in your life to spend. Note to self : stop worrying , make it an adventure and go ever upward. Make your journey one that will be remembered.
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