Robotic Surgery

Hi all,

Hurray robotic surgery is now available in Kuala Lumpur. With this system, your surgeon may not necessarily be in the OT room. He may be doing the surgery from abroad.
View video below



Take care

Allen Lai

CyberKnife

Hi all,

CyberKnife is now available in Beacon Hospital Petaling Jaya. Cancer patients are now spoilt for choice for radiotherapy/surgery treatments. Perhaps now is the time to buy medical coverage as cost may not come down in the near future.
See video below




Take care

Allen Lai

TomoTherapy

Hi all,

During our last Support Group meeting in NCSM, we discussed TomoTherapy Treatment.  We were informed that there are two medical centers that have this equipment already. Namely Prince Court in KL and Sime Darby Medical Centre in Subang Jaya. TomoTherapy treatment is the latest generation in Radiotherapy treatment. It is very dynamic, precise, accurate and versatile. It has the most uptodate imaging software’s. Its only downside is cost. We hope TomoTherapywill be made more affordable in the years to come. Below is a video to demonstrate TomoTherapy.

Take care

Allen Lai

Links to websites on cancer information

I have being browsing the internet for information and remedies for all types of cancers for the past year. There are really many ready websites popping up as cancer is the rage disease today. Professional, industrialists, entrepreneurs, and good souls all had put up these websites. Some are really good and informative, whilst others promote their remedies. For what it is worth, it is a good read but we must be totally aware of the complexity of cancer and that each patient respond differently to each type of remedy. Hence read each information with absolute caution and always consult with your Oncologist its effects and implications. Be very sure whatever remedies you take it is consistent with your current treatments.

I wish to append some of the sites that I use with confidence and hope that you will be able to rely on them too.

Read the links in the tab Useful Links above.

Take care and get well soon.

Allen Lai

http://www.cancer.net/

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/DiseasesIndex/DiseasesIndex

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

http://nutritiondata.self.com/

http://www.webmd.com/

http://www.cochrane.org/

http://www.merckmanuals.com/

http://www.oncologychannel.com/

A New day in the New year in the New me

Peggy and me

Where do I start? It is all brand new. A new me, I feel good and feeling good. A refreshed me with my PSA level at 0.03. I am fixed and I am doing well enough to begin taking long walks. My QiGong practices are coming along as well; with smoother movements and fuller breathings. Chinese New Year 2011 is over leaving me heavier by 3kg. My waistline is now a proud round belly and an inch wider. My trousers has become a wee bit too tight.

This is where I start for my new year.

I suppose what my new day starts with depends on what I did the previous day. What time did I go to sleep to be precise. If I sleep late like 4 am or so, I will wake up late and miss the morning altogether. If I sleep early, usually not earlier that 2 am in the morning, I will be up and about by 8 am latest. But who cares If I sleep early or late. I have time the next day unless I have scheduled for plan A in my mind and my wife has plan B in her mind. But she won’t tell me what is in her mind any earlier; until when she wants to do it. Not much of a plan isn’t it.

I start my new day by doing my business and cleaning up. I will have 2 cups of just plain water followed by an orange/papaya/kiwi fruit. I will then offer my daily morning prayers at my family altar in the house. After prayers I will then take my daily morning medications followed by breakfast of cereals.

After breakfast I will alternate between my morning long walks in the neighbourhood and QiGong practice in my garden which is usually 1.5 to 2 hours. I will then have a light lunch at home. A quick nap follows, sometimes not so quick. Nap is followed by an afternoon/ evening TV session of Korean dramas.

After evening prayers at home, my wife and I will go to my mother in law’s place in PJ for dinner throughout the weekdays. We will spend the whole evening there until 9 pm when we come home to sleep. Our night TV session starts from 10 pm each night until we finish all the cliff hangers in the Korean TV dramas. Hence we do not sleep until 4 am each day.

Unless we have plan A or plan B for the day, my day is quite routine as described. Am I having a good day? Am I living well? I am not too sure for now, but I am surely enjoying my new year of life doing what I like doing.

Allen Lai

Happy Chinese New Year 2011

Hi all,

Here is wishing you all a Happy Chinese New Year 2011. It is the year of the rabbit. It is a good and prosperous year. I wish you good health always and God's blessing to you and your family.

Take care and enjoy life as we should.

Allen Lai

Think before you pink

Hi all,
I have many new lady friends who unfortunately are already pink :(
I append a website called "Think before you pink" for my many wonderful lady friends who are still very healthy and vibrant. To them I advice that they do the needful and checkups necessary to remain pink free. I have the male version of pink. I am purple :( and I know what it is like going through the ordeals.

Precaution and knowledge are the best cure for all illness. Awareness programmes and pink support groups will always show the ways ahead.

Visit the website here:
http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/

If you have any doubts and need more information you can contact our local National Cancer Society Malaysia.

Take care
Allen Lai

Mr. Hongchi Xiao

Hi All,
I append Mr Hongchi Xiao's recent interview for your attention.Please watch until the end to comprehend. His work is awesome. He advocates self healing and there is a lot of truth in what he is practicing. My sifu Master Yap teaches the same techniques. It works and its free.
I have seen many fellow patients giving up medical treatment because it is just too expensive. Most sell off their houses and expand their life's savings, not to mention draining off children and caregivers economically. Prevention is the best cure for all illness.
Thank you Mr Hongchi Xiao, you are an angel in passing by our lives.




Visit his website here:
http://yixingtianxia.com/newpage/en/xiao_1.html
Take care
Allen Lai

Happy Birthday Master Yap

Master Yap turning 60

 QiQong Cake

 Yummy

 Congratulations

Always encouraging 

Master Yap turns 60 tomorrow. But he certainly does not look the age he is. Thanks to Zhineng Gigong.

Master Yap is a cancer survivor several times over and more. He had survived more than 15 years despite the doctor giving him only several months to live. He turned to QiGong and the rest was history.

We are very fortunate to have Master Yap, when he fully understands our predicament and our needs to survive like him? He walks the talk. He passes on his learning’s, experience with cancer and other illness. He has cured himself. What a wonderful mentor.

We get together every Sunday morning for our QiGong Lessons. The two hours or so is worth the whole weeks own practicing at home. He is professional, compassionate and good teacher. All of us always look forward to his class every Sunday.

Happy Birthday Master Yap. Thank you for sharing with us QiGong. Many happy returns for the day.

Visit here for more photos:

http://picasaweb.google.com/paceputrajaya0/HappyBirthdayMasterYap#

The Infantry

The Infantry is the foot soldier. I had discussed combat power in my previous post and I had deliberately left out the basic foot soldier as an element of combat power. The Infantry foot soldiers are awesome fighting troops. They are always organized into sections, platoons, battalions, brigades and divisions. The Infantry Division is the most complete and self- sustaining formation in any army. It is always battle ready and is organized to advance, attack, defence, or tactically redeploy at will. Most importantly, the Infantry is the only combat power capable to hold ground. I know, as I was the Ketua Staff (Chief of Staff) of the Malaysia Fourth Infantry Division.

Our body cells are our Infantry foot soldiers. They live and fight to destroy our body enemies daily in all parts of our bodies. Every second and every minute of the day and night. Every terrain, every ground of tactical importance and every vital ground is held by our good body cells, particularly the cells known as T cells. Our body combat troops cannot sleep nor rest. And our good body cells need bullets, food and protection to perform it vital role to destroy the enemies within our bodies. Our good body cells need to be immune to the counter attacks by our body enemies, It must be particularly immunized to withstand the proliferation of cancer cells.

We cannot overlook the importance of getting our good body cells to be strong and vitalized at all times. It needs all the proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to be strong and vigilant. A sick person has poorly nourished body cells. He will succumb to the enemy in time. The sick person’s body gives up the battle easily. We cannot compromise a healthy body. A person with cancer cells is not unhealthy and need not be unhealthy. He has cancer to be dealt with. A problem to be solved. He needs his good body cells to attack and destroy the cancer cells. Our body cells are the best fighting troops against cancer.

My earlier posts have described various approach to make our bodies strong and healthy. We must have a plan to provide good food, nutrition, minerals, antioxidants and rest for our body. I basically eat 80% fruits and vegetables and 20% of meats. I also particularly eat my fruits before meals, as digestion of vitamins are better on an empty stomach. I take my medication and supplements on a regular scheduled basis. I make sure to have regular rest time at night for my body cells to reorganise and recuperate. I am a good commander. I know my troops better than their mothers do.

Allen Lai

Combat Power

Happy New Year 2011. It has been a full year since the detection and my treatments for the prostrate cancer in me. I survived a year to say the least. Thanks to my Oncologist, staff of HUKM, Friends in NCSM, my family and all my friends who had cared and helped me along in my fight against Cancer. We won the battle together. It wasn’t an easy year, particularly in the first 4 months or so. But we are ahead and maintaining full momentum towards full recovery. Along the way I had met many wonderful new friends, learnt a lot more about cancer, our immune system, diet, nutrition, QiGong and God, and a bit of everything else. Looking back I am convinced that my career in the army had played a very significant role towards achieving this success. I may have left the army, but the army have not left me. My fight against cancer is very much the same as fighting the war against our enemies. It needs strategy, combat power, decisive actions, momentum, speed and discipline. The hype word in combating cancer today is to take a holistic approach. But this means many things to the Oncologist, advocators and patients, but by and large, the holistic approach is a singular approach to most practitioners. I am of the opinion that it is not so. The holistic approach is very much a multiple approach for synergy and effectiveness. In my fight against cancer, I had employed everything and anything. It is an all out war and there is no runners up, only the victor. Perhaps most unfamiliar to all people, except to soldiers, is combat power. What is combat power in the military? Combat power is essentially firepower. It means troops, guns, tanks, aircrafts, ships etc etc. Combat power should be used to its fullest at the most opportune time. Combat power has been the core doctrine throughout my military training. I have to employ all the combat power available to me to combat cancer. What do I have? Military hardwares are no good for my fight against cancer. But I have more. I would like to table out my combat powers available for me to fight cancer in the list below. I will also assign a weighted combat power value to each power. The value of ten being highest strength and power. They are awesome. Ser Combat Power Value Remarks 1. God 10 Prayers and blessings daily 2. QiGong 9 Zhineng Qigong at least 1 hr per day 3. Radiotherapy 9 Prescribed by Oncologist 4. Hormone Therapy 9 Prescribed by Oncologist 5. Exercises 8 At least 40 mins per day 6. Care givers 8 Spouses / Children / Immediate family 7. Diet 7 As 80% fruits and Vege, 20% meats 8. Friends 6 Not sympathizers 9. Internet 6 Dedicated sites and blogs 10. Books 6 Relevant books on cancer 11. Chinese Herbs 5 As recommended 12. Nutrition / Supplements 5 Inadequate as shown in blood tests 13. Sunlight 4 At least 20 mins per day I have been blessed to acknowledge the strength of the above combat powers. I employ these combat powers daily to great satisfaction and good health. Employing all the Combat powers daily gives me a strong force multiplier throughout the day. Cancer cannot sustain my daily bombardments. It will die. Let’s fight cancer. We will certainly win, with all the combat powers available to us. I was, and still am a soldier. I can amass my combat powers to full force with discipline. Allen Lai

Merry Christmas

Hi all,

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2011.
Good health and blessings always.

Enjoy the festive seasons.

Allen Lai

NCSM QiGong Class of 2010

 Dr Borhan

 Master Yap

 Last session

 Group photo

 Full stretch

 Me 

QiGong food

Hi all,

QiGong Class of 2010 ended its last session for the year with simple ceremony and buffet. We had enjoyed ourselves learning new QiGong movements under Master Yap.

Happy practicing QiGong, See you all next year. Class starts on Sunday 02 January 2011.

View more photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/paceputrajaya0


Allen Lai

QiGong Testimony

Hi all,

I am both surprised and pleased that Mr Bob Ellal had responded promptly to my last post on Zhineng QiGong.  Mr Ellals’ respond is a classic  testimony that QiGong works miracles for us.  However he is correct to advice that QiGong should only be used as an Adjunct Therapy to professional medical treatments. It is also to be noted that QiGong is a not a onetime session.  QiGong should be practiced daily and mindfully.

Thank you Mr Ellal for sharing your success with us. God bless you.

I quote his response below:

 

Qigong—Chinese mind/body exercises--helped me immensely in my successful battles with four bouts of supposedly terminal bone lymphoma cancer in the early nineties. I practiced standing post meditation, one of the most powerful forms of qigong--as an adjunct to chemotherapy, which is how it should always be used. Qigong kept me strong in many ways: it calmed my mind--taking me out of the fight-or-flight syndrome, which pumps adrenal hormones into the system that could interfere with healing. The deep abdominal breathing pumped my lymphatic system—a vital component of the immune system. In addition, qigong energized and strengthened my body at a time when I couldn't do Western exercise such as weight-lifting or jogging--the chemo was too fatiguing. And it empowered my will and reinforced it every day with regular practice. In other words, I contributed to the healing process, instead of just depending solely on the chemo and the doctors. Clear 14 years and still practicing!

Bob Ellal
Author, ‘Confronting Cancer with the Qigong Edge’

Read Mr Ellal’s  full post here:

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Standing_Post_Meditation.html

Allen Lai

Zhineng QiGong

Hi all

I have being practicing QiGong for the past three months under Master Yap with the National Cancer Society  Malaysia. Now almost on practically a daily basis. The form of Qigong I practice is Zhineng QiGong.

There are as many forms of QiGong as there are masters of the practice. In the book The complete idiot’s guide to Tai Chi and QiGong, master Bill Douglas  (Founder of World Tai Chi and QiGong Day) explained that Tai Chi is a form of QiGong, and they are essentially the same. They stem from the same roots for concepts and movements. However whilst Tai Chi is totally QiGong, All QiGong is Not Tai Chi.

Huh? Whatever.

Do not be confused and disturbed by the mysteries and myths of these ancient sciences of healings and wellness regimes. Just practice QiGong or Tai Chi.

Just practice.

I do not wish to dwell on the benefits and cures by practicing QiGong. Suffice to say it cannot do you any bad. There are just too many benefits to pen and too many explanations to explain. I’ll let you go to the QiGong Institute to find the answers you are looking for. The institute has loads of studies and clinical trial’s reports for your answers.

Enjoy QiGong. You will love it like me, and all others.

Visit the QiGong Institute at:

www.qigonginstitute.org

Allen Lai

Happy Afiq

 Afiq

 The occasion

 Me and Afiq

 Games

Having a blast

I was very happy to have received an email from Afiq's mother  last week. Afiq is well and is on his last leg of treatments for Consolidation. It means Afiq's prognosis is good and that he has responded well to the chemos administered over several months in HUKM. Thanks to all the doctors, nurses and staff who had help to get Afiq to get better.

Afiq can now go home, but needs to be on day care treatments in the hospital for maintenance of medications and observations.

I was with Afiq, his 2 siblings, Nenek and his parents last Sunday in a Telematch party organised for cancer kids in three major hospitals in KL. The party was held in the closed stadium in Titiwansa, KL.

Afiq was beaming and very happy to see me. We high fived and hugged. Afiq looks very good in his T shirt and jeans with a red bandana scaf on his head. How cool and handsome.

I am glad to note all the participating kids were having a bast in games organised. This is what all kids should be doing all the time. Thank you to CARES for all your care.

I am glad Afiq and I bonded well,We we look forward to more gatherings together when he is more recovered. I promised to see him next at the Putrajaya Night Run in mid January 2011.

Welcome home Afiq. You made all of us proud seeing, you so happy and courageous.

Allen Lai

High Tea

An occasion for high tea was held by two prostrate cancer support groups on 5 December 2010. It was a first time joint get- together held at the Lake Club Subang Jaya. In previous years, our prostrate support group from the National Cancer Society Malaysia has held their annual party in a member's home.

About 60 participants from both groups attended the sumptuous lunch/high tea. There was lots of chatter, laughter and good food to eat for the whole afternoon.

Thanks to Mr Das and Mr Liew and all those who had made this occasion possible and enjoyable.

Hope this will be an annual affair.

Allen Lai

The China Study

The China Study is not about China. It is about you and me and what goes on inside our bodies after we have eaten. There are books on nutrition’s and there are books on nutrition’s. In fact too many in the bookshops to confuse us.

The China Study is a medical scientific study undertaken by the US for the past 40 years. The title of this book is taken from the China-Oxford-Cornell Study on dietary, Lifestyle and disease Mortality Characteristics in 65 Rural Chinese Counties.

The project covered 12 kinds of cancer in over 2400 countries and 800 million people. This report should be worth your while to read and to have a basic understanding of the relationships between diseases and the foods/nutrition we eat.  The China Study is the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted.

I do not wish to write a review about this book. Suffice to say that is had been the best seller in its category. The book is written by D Colin Campbell, and it is available in all major book stores and libraries.

Read it as it may save your life later on.

Allen Lai

The Antioxidant Miracle

I take antioxidants too to fight the free radicals in my body. Just like everybody else I am perplex as to what are the best antioxidants to take, its true effectiveness and cost of course.

We all know antioxidants comprise the vitamins, minerals, acids, akalines, flavonoids and including the whole works in biochemistry.

Dr Lester Packer is the foremost scientist in antioxidants, having spent his whole working life in the Packer Lab in Berkeley. He wrote the book The Antioxidant Miracle in 1999 and today this book remains relevant in the studies in antioxidants. This book is a must for every home as it is very comprehensive and detail in telling us the functions and roles of antioxidants.

The two very important things highlighted in his book are one, our cells are either water based or fat based as such antioxidants can only work in either type of cells, but not both.  And two, There are antioxidants that networks. Dr Packer had discovered that some antioxidants actually network to achieve  synergic levels.

These networking antioxidants can actually overcome the water/fat barrier by being able to work in either types of cells. They are also able to recycle each other when expanded in our bodies.

These networking antioxidants are Vitamins C and E, Lipoic acid, Glutathione, and CoQ10 enzyme. They are the antioxidant micrale.

Read more yourselves. The book is available in any major bookshop or library. This knowledge is worthy and may enhance your life in many ways.

Allen Lai

High Fives

Afiq receiving the TNF medal

I visited the Pediatric Ward HUKM again on Friday 29 October. Almost all the children were still in the ward. The only signs left of our event were some kids had actually hung their medals on the beds and on the wall behind them. Only one purple balloon was still on one of the bed albeit about the size of a tennis ball. Kids do love balloons.

Visiting the rooms

 Karen giving the medals

Kooky and Afiq

As I entered the ward, Afiq cheerfully waived to me. He was actually happy and glad to see me. We high fived. I also met Afiq's parents and had a long chat with them. Afiq was the kid who had received Kooky's TNF medal. I am very pleased to hear from the parents that Afiq had responded well to his treatments and would be discharged soon.

Little things mean a lot, even High Fives. I append below Afiq's mother's note to me the next day. Afiq's happiness had made my day.

Hi uncle,

sorry dah lama i tak buka email. thanks uncle atas info yg u berikan.We all memang mengharapkan bantuan dan bimbingan from u. terima kasih sebab uncle sudi datang pagi tadi.Afiq sangat gembira dengan kedatangan uncle.Last time uncle datang pun dia asyik cerita pasal uncle "give me 5 ". keep in touch yea...

Remember to High Fives kids when you see them.

Allen Lai