Day 15 - A Clean Bill Of Health

June 28 (Day 15 of Cycle 4)



I had to get up real early today to be at Wangsa Maju by 8 am. However, my plan was foiled because we had to re-do my breakfast. I usually prefer to prepare my own if I am having breakfast at home, that way everything is really freshly prepared-juice, toasts, perfect soft boiled eggs, fresh fruits. It is only when I feel really unwell and groggy that my helper will prepare them for me. Vik is good but she still needs a lot of training with soft boiled eggs.



To most people soft boiled eggs are simple to prepare. What an illusion. Nigella Lawson, and a few other world class chefs take pains to include how to soft boil an egg in their cookbooks! I somehow managed to grab that skill ( so she says) that I can beat the nearby Kopi Tiam any time. But with Vik-it is either sticky boiled , hard boiled or almost raw. I can take a raw telur ayam kampung any time but a huge town-laid egg is a bit too gooey for me.





So back to this morning, I was late for my 8 am appointment because we had to re-do breakfast. Thank God the person I was going to meet was very understanding. I must look for the egg timer so Vik can use that as a guide. I had a lot of practice preparing 2 soft-boiled eggs every morning for my dad and get complimented almost all the time except when he was in a cranky mood.



When I got back from my appointment, I picked up Vik to bring her to the Medical Center for the doctor to review the results of her medical examination recently. She was given a clean bill of health, so it was a relief. She said I have nothing to worry about, no hepatitis, no chest or lung infection. Her cholestrol needs watching as it is a bit on the hight side for a 26 year old, and she needs to lose 7-8 kgs. She doesn't look fat, just stout but apparently she is 60 kgs and heavier than I am.





I had to gently counsel her on that as she does love to munch and I do have a lot of titbits and snacks around the house which I encourage her to help herself to before they expire their shelf lives. This girl is very jolly and likes to laugh and she kept saying that her weight is due to the birth control shots that her doctor in Java gives her every 3 months. So, I told her, she will not need those shots here for the next 2 years so I expect to see her lose some weight....and she laughs....Maybe when she gets hit by homesickness and missing her kids and husband she will loose some weight?





Anyway, a happy helper is a rajin helper. All my kitchen utensils and pots and pans are polished to shine like new silver! I don't really care if she wants to eat a lot but if it is going to be unhealthy for her then I need to supervise her a bit, just as she is keeping a watching brief on me to make sure I don't touch chillis, sambals and hot curries.





The saga with the bowel movement continues, and I am resorting to magic bullets which provide their own kind of "entertainment" for me in the mornings. Not delicate enough to be elaborated on in a cancer blog. I am pleading to my body now to go easy on me and I hope it is listening. I am looking forward to see my dad and babies this weekend, Insya Allah.