Explanations and grateful….
With all the comments from my friends, I think it’s really time for me to justify on what i was talking about in some of my previous post.
About one month ago, I got rejected from donating my blood cos my Haemoglobin（红血球） was too low.Then, I went to do a blood test and i was confirmed anemic–>贫血.Yup!!I got a bit freaked out at that time cos it seems like i’m sick.The test results also shows that i maybe having Thalassemia trait–>地中海贫血症。which means that i maybe having the genes of thalassemia but not showing any symptoms of thalassemia..A person who has Thalassemia will have problems making their haemoglobin in the red blood cells…It’s not an illness that is fatal…So, in order to confirm it, my parents took me to see a doctor and did a Haemoglobin Electrophoresis(which is a special test) to study my haaemoglobin. The test results would be out after two weeks….in the meantime, the doctor also suspected that my low Hb level maybe due to malabsorption too as there maybe parasites in my digestive system, that’s why they gave me Albendazole which is an anti-parasite drug(much of a prophylaxis treatment which means preventive medicine)…
So, there maybe two outcomes…
First, I maybe positive for Thalassemia.But, it’s no big deal cos it’s asymptomatic(which means it doesnt show any signs) and it’s common among us…The person sitting beside u in the LRT maybe having Thalassemia trait, ur bf/gf maybe having Thalassemia trait even Andy Lau or Johnny Depp maybe having Thalassemia trait. I can still run, walk, study, swim, play, and chat with u happily even though i maybe having thalassemia trait… Just like ppl having colour blindness…
Of course, I maybe having NO THALASSEMIA TRAIT at all…It maybe dozens of other causes that had lead to my low Hb level…so, if it’s not Thalassemia trait at all i may need to eat food which contain high iron content to replenish my iron store to build more Haemoglobin.
I’m so sorry if i had made a big fuss over it in my previous posts and that caused ur worries…
Maybe it’s just because I don’t like being called anemic or thalassemic–>贫血
But, thanks to all the friends that have asked me about how am I, whether am I OK?Really thanks…thank you…It’s heart-warming to be given concern…I’m OK and I will be OK…Nothing can pull me down even if i’ve got cancer(touch-wood) what more to say for just being anemic…There are dozens of ppl out there having more serious diseases..There are zillions of ppl out there waiting to be cured…maybe i shouldnt have think too much about myself…
Have been browsing through the net and felt that there are things that i wanna share :
1. Be grateful for things that went right
2. Be grateful for things that didn’t go wrong
3. Be grateful for things that go wrong, if not for it, we wouldnt learn
Am I grateful?Are you grateful?Are we grateful?
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October 25th, 2006 at 2:48 am
hey, chia huan.. hmm.. wat can i say?? since the test result is not out yet, so dun worry too much, okay? enjoy your holidays 1st, it’s rare to have time to be so relax at home.. so cheer up ya~~ anything you wanna share can always talk to me.. i’m just 1 floor above you.. haha, or you wanna shout through windows also can.. hehe..
though i migt not be able to give any good advice, but i am a good listener.. :p and thanks for consoling me when i was feeling down few weeks before.. really appreciate that.. stay happy as you always do, okay?? see you on monday morning.. 
enjoy holidays and have fun!! (^-^)
October 25th, 2006 at 3:07 am
Tat means u ok??hehe..i tot wat happen 2u..me realy gao3 bu4 qin1 chu3 zhuang4 kuang4…hehe..tk k ah…x wory b hapy my dearest fren..muaks
October 25th, 2006 at 5:05 am
eh…that last few sentences…quite familiar..hahaha!!!I am grateful just because you are grateful..thank you very much..Glad that you can think like tat..
October 25th, 2006 at 10:07 am
Erm… since there are possibilities… no nid to think too much 1st lor
The last few sentences hor… sounds like sth I heard from a talk last week…haha!!!
(P.S. haemoglobin is 血红素，not 红血球 :P)
October 25th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
eii…as mok said the last few sentences is exactly wat the speaker said during d talk a day before my birthday woo…. i think he get all those information from net as well haha
October 27th, 2006 at 11:00 pm
dear fren…take care.
you’re a future good doctor.I know you can handle this better than anyone else…
so do not worry at the moment..just relax….and eat lots lots lots Good sources of dietary iron include meat, fish, poultry, lentils, beans, leaf vegetables, tofu, chickpeas, black-eyed pea, strawberries and farina.
….so NO WORRIES…CHEERS~~