HONORARY ADVISOR: Dr Rosalie Shaw PSM, MBBS Hons (Monash), FRACMA, FACHPM, BA (Melbourne), BEd (Melbourne), RN, RM

Issue 111January – June 2015

C h a r i t y F o o d F a i rC h a r i t y F o o d F a i r 15th March 2015

PPCS would like to thank all donors for their contribution of food and cash for yet another successful food fair. About RM58,000 was raised in this event.

Than

k You

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I for about two weeks. The

This is a rare condition, which while malignant, is less serious than the common carcinoma stomach. The PET Scan and EUS results indicated that the tumour was at

not require surgery which would have been quite debilitating.

showed that my diffuse large B-cell

markers.

my university days in Bombay.

not taken more than 15 days of

weight has been rather constant.

games and cycled a lot in my younger days. My father died at

but my mother is still around at

mother’s genes). The condition arose just

birthday (and Fathers’ Day) with

with sad news, but in Cantonese,

months of medical leave. No more going to clubs, cinemas, malls,

No more visitors too. With modern ways of communication like mobile

could still communicate daily with

the church service on my iPad.

not cut off from the world.

of my early childhood, school days, and medical student years in Bombay, medical career from being a houseman in Penang to

in the church and Christian

writings written during my Penang

book “Young Emotion”.Many friends and relatives had

given a lot of advice to me, some

and sensible, like taking lots of

oxidants. Some had recommended

were also suggestions on exercises

and concern. Obviously we could

research on the success rates. We did not doubt that anecdotal cures did occur with any diet,

treatment or exercise. However, most alternative treatments had

wary of alternative treatments

moderate in my beliefs without

entirely on faith and not seek medical treatment.

After all, doctors can treat

haematologist from Sime Darby

the R-CHOP regime. The drugs

Adriamycin and Prednisolone) had been well-tested over the last 30

while Rituximab is a new drug (monoclonal antibodies) which

effects from the six courses of

on my thigh after the fourth

eventually left me with just 10% of

but they were corrected with

My Experiences With Chemotherapy

Dr Teoh Soong Kee

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JANUARY 2015 RMLim Soon Kong imo Lim See Lin 100 Low Yuan Kai 100 The Late Mdm Ng Heong Peng 10,000 Chang Lai Peng 100 Ooi's Family 200 Bryan Ng Horng Meng 2,000 Imo Aw Siew Ching 100 Imo Aw Ping Chuen 100 The Family of the Late Jeyarajah a/l K. Chelliah 1,500

Tan Siew Lee 100 Sik Gim Keat 200 Yasothai a/p Maniam 100 Imo Yeong Yau Tai 1,500 Tan Pheng Kee 1,000 Perak Garment Manufacturers' Association 2,000

Imo Siew Yuk Chor 100 Sun Toong Meng 100 Seow Choon Keat imo Khor Kum Mooi 140

Rosni Bt Zainudin 100 Martine Lim 100 Yap Lee Meng 100

Loo Lee Lian 100 Teoh Yoke Choo 50 Soffian Affendy 100 Tan Fun Kwai 100 Ng Swee Kuen 100 Dr Surinderjit Singh Gill imo Nasib Kaur 500

Cheong Yuen Kean 100 Leong Suet Meng imo Chong Nyok Sin 100

Imo Low Ah Seng 300 Khoo Yoke Ching 100 Ng Kit Chin 200 Siew Koon Hoee imo Kok Mooi 300 Chew Kam Hoong 100 Imo Thong Kok Wee 1,000 Tan Mai Chiang 150 Fun Kum Fong 100 Ching Tak Seng 100 Yong Eng Choo imo Ung Eng Boon 1,000 Cheong Seow Ha 100 Tajuddin Bin Shamsuddin 100 Kee Inn Kooi imo Choo Lan Mooi 500 Chen Mook Soong 800 Seri Marina Bt Darwis 100 Chee Yew Khuen 100

Leong Kah Heng 300 Chen Yin Mei 100 Tan Teng Kok 100 Norazayan Bt Aziz 100 Tan Kwang Yih 100 Chin Chin Kheong 100 Victor Lee Kok Hee 1,000 Chen Yin Mei imo Chen Ho Yoin 190 Chin Peak Qi 100 Wong Seng 100 Imo Leong Soon Cheong 100 Chong Ping Ling 100 Mah Yib Yee 50 Young Womens' Christian Association, Ipoh 2,400

Ooi & Siew Chin imo Charles David Palmer 100

Imo Ong Yok Nai 1,100 Liew Siew Choo 100 Chan Won Chin 100 Chin Chee Choy 50 Maimunah Bt Tan 100 Chai Shiau Cheun 100 Leong Quee Sing 100 Noble Home Sdn Bhd 1,000

DONATIONS received during January – June 2015

stairs.There had been lots of advice

from friends and the internet on the foods to take and foods to avoid. After consulting my oncology

needed to avoid outside food as

vermicelli, rather than bread or

minced meat and eggs.

fresh coconut water, from as a many as three coconuts a day. Then

fruit juices twice a day. They would

twice a day and organic soya milk

they were in season and some durians as well.

God gave me the gift to write

my distress and cry to God.

the reassurance and comfort. A friend gave me a booklet “God’s Medicine” which consisted of Bible verses claiming healing and health.

daily.

My family had been very

dear wife, Nancy. We realised

We had been touched by the

of encouragement and concern,

made the difference.

every month is a bonus; and after

by then.

for his boundless mercies in healing me and reassuring me throughout the last four months.

FEBRUARY 2015 RMLeong Sau Gueen 100 Ko Choon Hiang 2,000 Foong Li Theen 100 Yam Wai Leong imo Chang Yoke Lean 140

Ong Koon Heng 100 Imo Edward Heow Mee Ken 1,095 Hew Yaw Wang 100 Imo Ng Lee Hua 50 Yong Kah Foh 100 Tan Mai Chiang 150 Imo Low Teng Yee 200 Teoh Sow Fun 50 Ivy 300 Tasek Corporation Berhad 17,460 Imo Chan Sook Chun 100 Yan Kim Man 60 Chan Yit Yeng 300 Imo Chai Kwai Ying 100 Chua Kay Lin 1,000 Kuan Kar Hee 1,300 Ho Yit Lin 50 Imo Yeah Ching Koak 500 Chin Chon Peng imo Lee Hean Yin 200 Cheong Seow Ha imo Cheong Tuck Choy 3,000

Wong Pak Lam 100 Jurutera Perunding Setiawan S/B 1,000 Mirastech Power Systems S/B 1,000 Mirastech S/B 1,000 Nor Azlina Bt Yaakob 100 Imo Kam Shoo Ching 200 Imo Aw Ping Chuen 100 Imo Aw Siew Ching 100 Oh Poh Yee 100 Chan Yen Yen 50 Tan Boy Heng imo Tan Kiow Ngen 100 Chai Kar Heen 2,000 Lee Ban Chean 100 Lau Chye Khim 100 Leong Wai Siew 200 Mohd Hafiz B. Omar 100 Chia Jog Sue 1,000 Yeap Ching Yeok 100 Imo Yeoh Wan Heong 500 Imo Moh Ngan Yin 300 Imo Chan Koi Foo 300 Moh Mey Mei 200 Imo Cheong Tham Foong 350 United Plantations 5,000 Low Pooi See 500 Low Kit Lei 100 Anthony Cheng 50 Architectural Images 100 Lee Kor Chee imo Chuah Bok Rom 600 Fong Yee Leong 300 Lim Soon Keat imo Lim See Lin 100 Xin Xin Charitable Group 3,500 Mong Kai Mey imo Leong Mee Lin 200 Leong Kit Yee 70 Ng Lai Chiek imo Wong Siek Pheng 1,000Ng Chow Hsia 300 Anonymous 10,000 Imo the Late Wong Kok Wah 100 Imo the Late Chong Chung Ngen 150

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Thank-youWe thank all our donors for their generosity. As PPCS is a non-governmental agency, it relies substantially

as a reader of this newsletter, you wish to donate something to the Society, or you know of anyone

the Honorary Treasurer at: PPCS, 54 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 31400 Ipoh, Perak. Tel/Fax: (605) 546 4732Email: admin@ppcs.org.my

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Yeong Shih Yan 100 Sarjit Kaur 100 Tan Ah Khoon imo Khoo Liang Giat 500

Serina Chia Choon Len 100 Khairul Anuar 100 Imo Tan Siw Puah 500 Chan Sek Mean 100 Yik Sok Guan imo Cheong Tham Foong 500

Wong Cheh 100

MARCH 2015 RMPan Lee Ying 100 Poh Chee Meng & Sons Holding Sdn Bhd 200

Lim Lan Ying 200 In Loving Memory of Chan Char Kok 200

District Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipelago 10,000

Khor Kok Kheong 100 Chow Foong Yee 100 Cheah Shee Weng 300 Wong Ghee Fatt 2,000 Abdul Halim Bin Daud 100 Cheong Sow Fun 100 Zulhazha Badauzaman 100 Mak Chat Fong imo Mak Ah Au 200 Ng Hui Hui, Ng Yeng Yeng & Ng Wei Wei 200

Dato Paul Ha Tiing Tai 2,405 Ahmad Syawal 100 Mrs Wariyam Singh 550 Lee Chee Kiong 300 Yong Kah Foh imo Yong Lai Kim 150 Cheah Sek Hee 200 Tan Woon Sim 100 Wong Siew Han imo Cheong Tham Foong 300

Loh Chin Ling 300 Chong Swee Keng 200 Ooi Meng Wang 200 Mary Wong 100 Dato Dr Madhuri Majumder 500 Ravintheran Velayatham 100 Abdul Halim 100 Toong Onn Medical Hall 200 Dato Thong Kok Yoon 500 Leong Lai Kam 100 Wong Mee Mey 100 Chan Wing Hoo 100

Goh Chaw Fu 100 Chan Yeng Teng 100 Mdm Chan 20 Imo Aw Ping Chuen 100 Imo Aw Siew Ching 100 Choo Kooi Seng 100 Tan Yean Kong 100 Leong Yuen Yee imo Mah Sok Hun 300 Zihanz Alymann Kamarul Zaman 600 Tham Soo Sam 200 Ong Koon Heng 100 Ho Chow Kee 100 Janaki Perumal imo Attiayamal 400 Sun Wing Hup Funeral Service imo Low Sai Keong 1,160

Ang Juatuan 200 Suzanne Chin May Lyn 50 Arlene Chin May Yen 50 Kenneth Ng Fook Ken 100 Siew Siok Peck 200 Siew Kheng Hooi 120 Wong Hon Yei 100 Liong Lan Thai 100 Wong Wai Ping 200 Wong Wai Han 100 Wong Kim Hoa 100 Wong Leng Hoa & Wong Chan Hoa 100 Tan Liang Tiang 100 Ang Wee Na imo Lim Kheng Who 100 Chan Poh Chan imo Chan Chee Hoong 200

Wong Foong Yee 100 Lam Kam Meng 100 Chong Yoon Thai imo Chin Thye 500 Cheng Sooi Hong imo Heow Mee Ken 1,000

Wong Keng Foo 100 Chin Kean Chong 100 Fong Sang Friends & Friends 1,060 Khor Kok Kheong imo Wong Yit Mooy 500

Dr Koh Guan Chai 2,000 Soong Tze Choong 2,000 Teh Ean Lee 100 Zihanz Alymann Kamarul Zaman 1,500 Chee Pinn San imo Chee Too Thong 500

Jenny Lim Chan Nee 100 Persatuan Penganut Agama Toa Ling Gong, Ipoh, Perak 10,760

Shamsul Irwandi 100

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APRIL 2015 RMPuan Sri Datin Seri Leong Wan Chin 3,000

Pang Lai Peng 100 Victor Lee Kok Hee 1,000 Lau Teck Leong 100 Wong Keng Poo imo Wong Keng Fun 100

Lee Ah Sim 100 Yip Fook Meng imo Yip Yow Chooi 300 Chew Tat Jin 100 Chin Sin Foo 100 Persatuan Penganut Agama Toa Ling Gong 10,760

Ho Fee Lin 500 Musso Collection Sdn Bhd 300 Haru-haru Trading 300 Chai Mun Ping 100 Koong Sow Har 100 Tan Mai Chiang 150 Doreen Teh Poh Thuan 100 Imo Lai Pei May 50 Imo Aw Siew Ching 100 Imo Aw Ping Chuen 100 Goon Mei Ling 100 Teh Meng Im 100 Punidambal a/p Perisamy 150 Nur Ziana Bt Mohd Rozy 100 Ahmad Suhaimi 100 Chai Phooi Len 100 Yee Yin Sing 100

The Chan Family imo Chan Yat Kong 110

Yip Wai Yee 200 Cheah Chow Fook 100 Sin Thai Seng Pottery Sdn Bhd 500 Tan Sri Tan Foundation 20,000 Tham Mee Kuen 100 Ramesh Kumar 100 Thang Kiang Nam Trading Sdn Bhd 2,000 Wong Mun Fong 100 Leong Wai Fun 100 Lai Yim Heng 1,000 Imo Yap Yen Chin 240 Imo Chung Voon Kong 340 Michelle & Stephanie 70 Ting Lai Fun 100 Imo Lai Siou Hoong 500 Suresh Vijayan 100 Abdul Halim 50 Milap Club Ipoh 550 Loh Hin Thon 300 Fong Kim Loong 100 Gomathi Ganeson 100 Liew Kar Hoe imo Liew Kee Ming 500 Imo Koong Sow Har 1,000 Lim Ooi Kong imo Lam Nget Lan 10,000 Imo Lam Nget Lan 140 Lew Kean Meng imo Lam Nget Lan 1,000 Imo Chin Sie Soat 200 Pomg Oon Teng 100 Liew Swee Choong 200 Wong Kok Choy 100

Ho Wai Kit imo Ho Lim Kee 1,000 Sak Chooi Wen 100 Zulkifli B. Hj Jaheni 100 Abu Talib B. Hashim 100 Foong Li Theen imo Foong Li Kuan 93 MAY 2015 RMSuhaily Bt Mohamad Zainudin 100 Ku Suriayati Bt Ku Mahzor 100 Saharah Bt Abdul Aziz 100 Lim Pooi Ling 200 Wong Siow Fun 20 Chan Ah Hee 20 Wong Kok Choy 50 Phang Kah Hean 50 Cheong Li Yan 100 Connie Cheong 200 Choy Kwai Mooi 100 Lam Chee Chong 100 Ng Choong Weng 400 Chai Mun Ping imo Chai Ah Kow 2,000 Marion Chan 100 Cheng Seok Hooi 100 Chong Chee Kin 100 Sarawanan a/l Kuppusamy 100 Lee Li Leng 500 Siew Leong 100 Lee Wai Loon 100 Yeap Ah Mooi 20 Chin Guat Yuan 20 Loh Xiao Tong 20 Loh Chee Cheng 20 Loh Yu Chen 20

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Chin Guat Eng 20 Chin Guat Lee 20 Foo Far Kat 100 Chin Guat Fen 50 Loh Mun Sung 100 Wong Cheong Thye 50 Loh Xiao Hui 300 Chong Siew Lee 300 Chin Siew Yoon 50 Lim Soon Kong imo Lim See Lin 100 Imo Aw Siew Ching 100 Imo Aw Ping Chuen 100 Lee Meow Seng 500 Dato Michelle Foo 1,000 Yap Huey Sze 500 Ipoh EQ Parenting Support Group 4,000 Charlotte Lim Zhe Lyn 100 Yan Gah Weng 5,000 Reenajeet Kaur a/p Karpal Singh 100 Tan Siew Liang 100 Aziah Bt Muhammad 100 Tan Poh Huet 100 Shalini a/p Muniandy 100 Tung Kwang Chung 100 Teoh Boon Weng 100 Mohd Kamal B. Mat Wasi 100 Oo Leng Choo 100 Ngeoh Li Yuen 200 Mohd Saber 100 Koh Tse Ming @ Quek Tse Ming imo Chong Gek Kin 20,000

Chye Suet Ling 100 Yow Wai Sie 100

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Chen Chin Peng 10,000 JUNE 2015 RMLee Wooi Hean 300 Mdm Lee Oi Loon 5,000 Hazizi B. Ismail 100 Tung Swee Sang 100 Goh Fei Lan 100 Tan Siew Suat 500 Idris Lodge No. 9869 EC 500 Fam Chow Meng 200 Chai Su Fong 100 Lee Pak Lim 100 Rajeswari a/p Vijayan 100 Lee Hoe Min imo Lee Soon Heng 1,020 Lee Hoe Leong imo Lee Soon Heng 1,020

Anonymous 200 Imo Loo Nee Yin 50 Fong Wai Ming 200 Tan Mai Chiang 300 Datin Marion Chan imo Rosline Ang 1,000

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Wong Siow Fun 20 Imo Chong Yow 520 Chin Chon Peng imo Lee Hean Yin 200 Choong Kai Seong 100 Tung Kwang Chung 5,000 Lee Kwai Foong imo Tung Kwang Chung 200

Poh Chai Hoon imo Thai Kam On 100 Choy Yoke Leng imo Wong Ah Keow 500

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Vijaya Murugan 100 Lai Chee Yee imo Lai Kiang Peng 1,500 Asmarani Bt Abd Rani 100 Yau Poh Chew 100 Lee Yook Foon 100 Leong Kam Ying 300 Anonymous 100 Cheong Weng Jun 100 Dedicated to Mrs Ho Cheah Kam Chee 120

Saniah Bt Baharudin 100 Loretta Yew 100 Domnick Leo Doss 100 Imo Yeong Eng Ban 10,000 Cheong Ooi Chan 100 Lim Soon Keat imo Lim See Lin 100

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