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CHAPTER 1:THIS IS MY LIFE….

Assalamualaikum semua… aku buat blog ni untuk berkongsi pengalaman hidup aku dgn semua kawan2 aku sebab ramai yang tanya kenapa aku ambik spm lambat….aku tulis dlm BI tau… (Khalid tak sempat amik spm..he passed away just one week before spm…he targeted 11A’s for the exam)

THIS IS MY STORY…… My name is Khalid Abdul Aziz. I was born on 12 December 1987. Now my age is 18 years old. I was in form 4 at SM Teknik Bukit Piatu, Melaka. In school, I was very active in sport. I can play all sports like rugby, football, badminton n table tennis. But I only play rugby for my school. I enjoy this game because it can improve my stamina n can srengthen my muscles. Although it is a rough game but it is a good way to release tension by tackling n pulling down the players of the opposing team.. hehehe…Other than sports, I also involve myself in cadet(pkbm).As a cadet, I represent the school n state cadet team. I’m an outdoor person.

CHAPTER 2: NEVER TAKE HEALTH 4 GRANTED

In mid July 2003, I discovered a lump on the left side of my neck. It was 2cm in diameter. I wasn’t worried about it because it was not painful. I thought it was my pulse. But, after a few weeks, it grew bigger and I found another one behind my neck. During one of my camping, I consulted the army doctor about my lumps n he said that I should be worried if the lumps get bigger. He advised me to go to the doctor if that happens. In 18 October 2003, my father took me to a private GP(General Practioner) to have my swollen lymph nodes checked. After a physical examination of a node, he refered me to the general hospital. He was not sure what caused my nodes to swell. 3 days later, I went to the general hospital. There, I had a chest x-ray and a blood test done. The results were normal n the doctor refered me to the ENT(ear,nose n throat) clinic for further investigation. All this happened very fast n caught me by suprise. For all of you out there one lesson to be learned is NEVER TAKE HEALTH 4 GRANTED….

CHAPTER 3: I WAS SHOCKED

On the second of Ramadhan that is 26 October 2003, I went to the ENT clinic, bringing along the referral letter. Since that day, I went through a battery of tests such as laryngoscopy, a fine needle biopsy, ultra sound scan, a CT scan, and blood test. I WAS VERY SHOCKED with all these tests because it was my first experience in my life n it was VERY PAINFUL!!!. An appointment was made on the first December with a specialist to got a diagnosis. While waiting for diagnosis, I found more lumps in my elbow n groin area. I don’t really understand what is going on in my body because I don’t really feel any pain but the ENT doctor said it might be LYMPHOMA. That was the first time I heard of the word lymphoma. My father told me it is type of CANCER. CANCER???!!!!! I was shocked but I felt quite calm when the doctors said that this disease can be cured with the grace of ALLAH. We went again to the ENT clinic on the first of December but I was disappointed when told that the FNAC(fine needle aspiration cytology) was inconclusive because lack of tissue.This means more tests!! That same afternoon, I came back to the clinic to get a node excision. The procedure was quite PAINFUL because they only gave me a LA(local anaesthesia). I was quite suprised at the size of the node. It was as big as a table tennis ball. The CT scan showed that I have multiple cervical swellings. So, another two weeks of waiting to get the node biopsy results. Meanwhile, I prayed so much that I will survive this difficult time with patience n strength with the help of ALLAH MOST GRACIOUS.

CHAPTER 4: GOING DOWNHILL

Since that day, I felt unwell. I became pale,lethargic,night fevers, headaches,breathlessness,night sweats n intense itching. I don’t understand why I became like this because before this I was active n healthy. However, for the past month I learn doing exercise the QIQONG way to help slow down the spread of the disease. I even went to some traditional healers, homeopathy,energy healing n took supplement. My condition became worse n I got admitted in the hospital on the 14 December 2003. On that day, I was very anaemic with a HB(haemoglobin) of 3.1. That explain why I felt weak, breathless n chest discomfort due to lack of oxygen in the body. I was way below the normal HB that is 14-16. I actually collapsed in the ward on the day of admission.I feel thankful to ALLAH to make it possible 4 me to fast n do my tarawikh although my health deteriorated so fast during the month of Ramadhan..

CHAPTER 5: WARDED!!

I stayed in the ward for 13 days. During this time, I got low grade fevers for 12 days n I was on antibiotics all the while. Many tests were done on me like blood tests,gave me oxygen,gave me sodium chloride with drip,transfuse blood n lastly a doctor took a bone marrow specimen through a procedure called the BMA(Bone Marrow Aspiration) because she said they want to look whether the disease has gone to the bones or not. At this point, I was engulfed with anxiety because I can’t imagine how it will be like when they DRILL into my pelvic bone!!!!! Before the BMA, I was injected with pethidine to sedate me n give me less pain when they aspirate the bone marrow. After that, I had to lay for 6 hours. I waited for 1 week 4 the bone marrow result. The result came on Wednesday, 24th December 2003. It shows that possibly my bone marrow has been infiltrated. This means my disease(lymphoma) is at grade 4B which is the most advanced stage. LAHAULAWALAQUWWATAILLABILLAH…..

CHAPTER 6: MY FIRST AMBULANCE RIDE

One day after that, I was off to Hospital Kuala Lumpur in an ambulance because the visiting hematologist wanted me to start treatment there. The night before that, my mother gave me a haircut in the ward because the doctor advised me to, because my hair will drop as a side effect of chemotherapy n I won’t be psychologically affected. The ambulance ride was my first experience. My mother who accompanied me had a tough time in the ambulance because the driver drove fast n it was not very comfortable.

CHAPTER 7: NHL- NON HODGKINS LYMPHOMA

We reached HKL at 8.30 am. We registered at the haematology clinic n I was admitted to ward 19 which is a third class ward. My father is entitled 4 first classnward but it was full at that time. I stayed in ward 19 for 2 days. It was here that the doctors told me that my bone marrow is 90% infiltrated n they would not delay treatment. From their clinical findings n from the bone marrow slides, they have a different diagnosis of my disease that is the NHL ‘T’ cell(NHL-Non Hodgkins Lymphoma) instead of NHL ‘B’ cell as diagnosed by Malacca Hospital. It seems that it is not easy to diagnose this disease because there are about 35 subtypes involving many types of cells in our body. I was overwhelmed with this newly learned fact about the greatness of ALLAH creation. We don’t realise that we are endowed with so many types of cells in our body n when some cells malfunction, our body become sick. SUBHANALLAH- Glory be to ALLAH…….