Paraganglioma- Datin Orchid Abdullah

Fariez da janji nak habiskan 4 lecture opthal malam ni..but  only I managed to read two before i get distracted by the internet!

Penyanyi veteren 60-an yang popular dgn lagu penawar rindu,Datin Orchid Abdullah as reported in the newspapers is currently suffering from han hormon tidak stabil.According to her youngest daughter, it's  paraganglioma.

There's only one hospital in Malaysia yang offer the treatment for that tumour probably bcause it's a very rare tumour.This tumour occurs with an estimated annual incidence of only 1 case per 1.3 million people!! been diagnose having a cancer such a thunderstruck, and having the rare one make it tragic somemore.Her family must be very tough for Allah had chosen them to face all of this...

Her daughter said that a tumour was surgically removed in 2008, however in 2010 her mother was again diagnosed for the same tumour and so it was removed for the 2nd time.But unfortunately, her mother is still ill, still having all the symptoms.and recently, by investigation (CT scan, MRI or something) the doc found that the tumour had spread to skull, backbone, literally, all over her body! Surgical removal is no longer an option, laser is not possible either. :( If i was that Doc, I don't think i can bear that kind of findings. Such a heart-breaking. yeah, the findings is even harder to the families members to accept.

Based on my reading, (from emedicine.medscape) the tumour send metastases only in 4% of cases. which supposedly gave me a huge relieve. in other words, it's rare for the patient to have a spread tumor. but it is vice versa here. Instead of the small percentage, the patient suffers from it. Ya Rabb, give her strength please.. really, this teach me not to take cancer easily and overlook on it just because of the statistics. bcause i might be surprised by the fact that this particular patient is a part the statistic.

Again 4% of the tumour are functional means that it's not just a dumb mass, but capable of secreting clinically significant hormones (catecholamine, dopamine, NE ) and yes she's one of those who having the active secreting mass...

i don't really know how to end this entry..

but well, i do know that she desperately needs a cure. Let's together pray for her freedom from cancer ,and above all,let's pray that Datin Orchid and her familiy stay strong  strong to fight the cancer. Last but not least, Let's together study hard, for we are the one who gonna be the helping hands!Insya Allah.

P/s: i wasn't really interested in medical field before that.but yeah, but it was like years ago.i am a new me, Doc Farieza in a few year!