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Jackie07 · 08-02-2011, 01:55 AM

Thank you both (Elaine on another thread) for the comment on my Father's picture.

Just received an e-mail message from my 2nd Sister: "Father had walked around the high rise apartment compound yesterday morning..." Good for 'bone health'!

He grew up in the high altitude mountainous region in southwest China known for people's longivity. It took him three days to 'walk' out of the area and took a bus to the city to attend high school. The only contact he had in the capital city was my Mother's Father who had known his Father through business contacts. He was one the three 'suitors' when my Mother was 'ordered' by her Father to 'get married'. (At '22', she had way passed the proper age for marriage and the oldest of her younger sisters had already been married and had kids.) "Your mother was chubby and cute when I first met her," Father would recall their first encounter decades later. They are 8 years apart and are completely the opposite in every way. My older siblings often joke that my parents are going to 'battle till the end' - trying to outlive each other...

He has survived two wars: fighting the Japanese Army in Burma-India border during WWII and the civil war against the Chinese Communists in NorthEastern China from 1945 to 1949.

He also survived TB - after taking a leave from work and staying in an infirmary for 6 months. After retirement, he began to use a solution prescribed by the dermatologist and completed restored his skin (athlete foot/hand and grey nails caused by the fungus) back to normal after diligently applying it day and night for a couple of years.

Mother has always criticized Father being 'the most negative person in the world'. He has mellowed quite a bit in his old age (after he turned 70) He gave away his savings in the form of 'scholarship' to his grand children in his 80's (thus absolved his reputation of being the 'scrooge'

But he kept enough savings to purchase an apartment two years ago in one of the new high rise buildings located in the old army village compound where I grew up.

He exercises everyday for an hour in the form of walking, arm-swinging and self-massage (sort of like 'acupressure')

08-02-2011, 01:55 AM	#4
Jackie07 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: "Love never fails." Posts: 5,808	Re: 'Cancer bone health' from Cure magazine Thank you both (Elaine on another thread) for the comment on my Father's picture. Just received an e-mail message from my 2nd Sister: "Father had walked around the high rise apartment compound yesterday morning..." Good for 'bone health'! He grew up in the high altitude mountainous region in southwest China known for people's longivity. It took him three days to 'walk' out of the area and took a bus to the city to attend high school. The only contact he had in the capital city was my Mother's Father who had known his Father through business contacts. He was one the three 'suitors' when my Mother was 'ordered' by her Father to 'get married'. (At '22', she had way passed the proper age for marriage and the oldest of her younger sisters had already been married and had kids.) "Your mother was chubby and cute when I first met her," Father would recall their first encounter decades later. They are 8 years apart and are completely the opposite in every way. My older siblings often joke that my parents are going to 'battle till the end' - trying to outlive each other... He has survived two wars: fighting the Japanese Army in Burma-India border during WWII and the civil war against the Chinese Communists in NorthEastern China from 1945 to 1949. He also survived TB - after taking a leave from work and staying in an infirmary for 6 months. After retirement, he began to use a solution prescribed by the dermatologist and completed restored his skin (athlete foot/hand and grey nails caused by the fungus) back to normal after diligently applying it day and night for a couple of years. Mother has always criticized Father being 'the most negative person in the world'. He has mellowed quite a bit in his old age (after he turned 70) He gave away his savings in the form of 'scholarship' to his grand children in his 80's (thus absolved his reputation of being the 'scrooge' But he kept enough savings to purchase an apartment two years ago in one of the new high rise buildings located in the old army village compound where I grew up. He exercises everyday for an hour in the form of walking, arm-swinging and self-massage (sort of like 'acupressure') __________________ Jackie07 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2 NICU 4.4 LB Erythema Nodosum 85 Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d 3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills CN 3 GKRS 52301 IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET 6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M Diastasis recti Tamoxifen B. scan Irrtbl bowel 1'09 Colonoscopy 313 BRCA1 V1247I hptc hemangioma Vertigo GI - > yogurt hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410 Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk DEXA 1/13 1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer. 3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer. Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2) 10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016 7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence. 7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule. 1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule. "I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe Last edited by Jackie07; 08-03-2011 at 03:45 AM..