Friends ...

Anyone remember this sitcom?

The series revolved around a group of friends in New York who occasionally live together and share living expenses. Premiering on NBC in September 1994, it very quickly became the most popular sitcom of all time - winning many awards and nominated for 63 Primetime Emmy Awards.

After an amazing 10 seasons the finale in May 2004 was watched by an estimated 53 million viewers .. making it the most watched series finale in television history ( details all in Wikipedia ).



Wish we had a Central Perk Coffee Place in KL .....

DIY?

An old friend dropped by for a visit today .. all the way from Johor.

Well, he didnt like make the trip JUST to see me .. but he usually makes an effort to see me for a yum cha session whenever he's in KL .. and vice versa.

I havent seen this guy for like a year or so .. so it was basically catching up .. and it was then I noticed the 'patch' on top of his car ..





























Apparently his car roof has rusted out .. seems that the acidity from the incessant bird droppings in his area and his procrastination in washing the droppings off resulted in several large 'holes' in his car roof ...

And so my friend decided to take the most simple solution in keeping rain water out .... seal the holes with cellophane tape ... lots and lots of cellophane tape ... he said it works .. he hasnt had any water coming in ever since ...

I wonder what he would do if his car locks give out ... hehe ..

Follow Ups ..

Was in the hospital today.

I somehow managed to move my appointment date up .... from MARCH 2010 to next week. Either I was very convincing .. or my situation was serious enough for the tests to be done very much earlier.

Anyways .. I was in the hospital today for a battery of bloodtests .. my stress and echo test is next week. And as I waiting for my turn to be 'sucked' for blood .. I noticed my fellow patients who were also there for the same problem ... and it struck me that everyone of them was very much older than I was ..

There was this chinese uncle who easily looked like he was in his 60s .. as well this other two pakcik .. compared to them I looked out of place .. more like someone who was there to accompany his dad than an actual patient himself ...

Hopefully my stress and echo tests next week will reveal some better news .. I could use some right about now ....

Unwell ..

I finally found out what's wrong with me.

Was feeling very sick and frustrated last week .. so decided to go for a second opinion. For the last three months or so, on and off ive been short of breathe, unable to sleep and generally feeling very weak and tired .. and this was AFTER that stupid doc at that hospital said I was fine .. despite all the ECGs and XRAYs and bloodtests.

So I went BACK to the same hospital ( they had all my past records and test results mah ) .. but saw a different doc .. complained that despite the ALL CLEAR from the other doc .. I was still having the same problems ..

And so this particular doc looked back on the test results .. ordered a fresh new set of XRAYs .. and found that I had an enlarged heart .. and lungs filling up with fluids.


Apparently, I have progressive heart failure.

That was last week .. I've been on meds ever since .. and have made appointments to have more tests done to determine what sort of treatment can be done for me. But since im not on any healthcare scheme and have to depend on goverment hospitals .. my next appointment is in MARCH 2010.

The medicine ive been taking is helping somewhat .. I feel slightly better .. but am still a prime candidate for a stroke or a heart attack. And so since I can no longer work ive been stuck at home for the past two weeks .. just trying to take it easy.

I just hope I dont drop dead before my next appointment - or suffer from terrible depression before then .. it's been a real challenge to try and maintain an optimistic view of things when you're only 45 and you're told that you have heart failure.


Guess I'll go get some sleep .. if I can ...

Incommunicado ...

Oh wow.

I just realised that I havent been posting for ... a month. Guess me not feeling well and just having a general sense of lethargy has got something to do with it ..

And the best part of it .. is that not one doctor can tell me what's wrong with me .. ive been having difficulty breathing .. sleeping .. and feeling very very weak and tired even after a few steps ... xrays and ECGs and bloodtests have all been done .. everything is 'NORMAL' as the doc says ....

So what's wrong with me?

I've turned to chinese medication ... according to the sinseh .. i'm just very weak and my so-called body's health is not 'balanced' .. so i've been downing these incredibly bitter stuffs these past few days ... maybe it's me but I don't see any difference .. feel slightly better though ... anyways ...

I just hope I get better soon ... I hate this feeling of being weak and unable to do anything ....