Archive for the ‘Cancer’ Category

Ovie,  Jakarta

I have always been a sickly child.  Hospitals have become my second home. My parents’ hard-earned money were spent to pay for my treatments.  I am the eldest of four siblings, three girls and one boy.  I was a victim of  leukemia otherwise called blood cancer, and epilepsy.  Having taken too much medicine  since childhood, my kidneys and liver were not functioning well. Read the rest of this entry »

Agung Budi S, East Jakarta

On Lebaran Haji (celebrated on the 10^th day of the 12^th Islamic month), I suffered  twisting abdominal pains that spread to my loins.  I went to see a doctor who gave me an antibiotic.  It lessened the pain a bit, but only to come back again.  I visited the doctor again, and he again gave me an antibiotic.  The result was a repeat of the same story.  Checked again, I was diagnosed to be affected by an abdominal disease and was given a medicine against it.  As before, it lessened the pain a bit, but only to relapse.  This condition happened again and again. Read the rest of this entry »

Tety – Jakarta

For 4 years, I purposely kept my brain cancer a secret from my husband, family, neighbors and close acquaintances.  I did not want them to worry.  It turned out, though, that I could not keep this secret much longer. One of the symptoms of brain cancer is severe dizziness, the frequency of which would become increasingly worse over time.  Every two days I would have a fainting spell because I could not stand the pain and dizziness.  This alerted my husband and family who then found out that I suffered from brain cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

Agatha Surakso,  Jakarta

These past 20 years, tumors have disturbed me three times already.  Thanks to God,  I managed to free myself from the tumor’s hold  by three different ways.  At first, in 1985, I was stricken by breast cancer.  The doctor stated that it was malignant and must be operated on immediately.  I remembered a neighbor who was stricken by the same disease, was operated on, and died three months  after undergoing the operation.  If I did have to meet my God, I would rather meet Him while still whole physically. Read the rest of this entry »

Burlian Fatah  – South Jakarta

Three years ago, a friend told me about the efficacy of the mahkota dewa fruit.  According to my friend, it can cure all sorts of diseases.  I had a disturbing lump on my neck, the size of a chicken egg, but flat and thin.  I had it for years, but it did not cause any pain.

It was my stomach aches that was most disturbing, my stomach puffing up and smarting. Sometimes, having eaten something that did not agree with me, I got nauseous.  I had been seeing a doctor, but my stomach pains were not cured. I then sought some other medicine, and decided to try the mahkota dewa concoction. I bough the mahkota dewa racik tea to overcome my stomach pains. Read the rest of this entry »

Waiting For Many Years To Overcome Leukemia And Epilepsy

Ovie,  Jakarta

I have always been a sickly child.  Hospitals have become my second home. My parents’ hard-earned money were spent to pay for my treatments.  I am the eldest of four siblings, three girls and one boy.  I was a victim of  leukemia otherwise called blood cancer, and epilepsy.  Having taken too much medicine  since childhood, my kidneys and liver were not functioning well.

Because of my illness, I did not perform well at school, I did not even manage to finish Junior High School.  I suffered fainting spells, foaming at the mouth.  Sunrays had the same effect on me.  These fainting spells could happen any place.  In the end, I became like a girl kept secluded.  I could not associate like other girls my age.  But there was nothing I could do about it.  I obeyed my parents and did not leave the house.  Watching television was my only consolation and entertainment.  I knew about the existence of malls and other places of recreation from watching television only. How I wished to be there in person.  As for love, young people in love, this I learned from the films shown on television.  I did not dare imagine some young man falling in love with me.  When my sadness reached its peak, I was often angry with God for being born to suffer only. Read the rest of this entry »

Tety (45 yrs), Jakarta

For 4 years, I purposely kept my brain cancer a secret from my husband, family, neighbors and close acquaintances.  I did not want them to worry.  It turned out, though, that I could not keep this secret much longer. One of the symptoms of brain cancer is severe dizziness, the frequency of which would become increasingly worse over time.  Every two days I would have a fainting spell because I could not stand the pain and dizziness.  This alerted my husband and family who then found out that I suffered from brain cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

Mrs. Etty Rasmiaty – Padang, Indonesia

Every person who was told by his doctor that he has tumor or cyst in his body must be shocked by the fact.  People could get stressed and depressed even only by hearing the word “operation”.  The same thing happened to me when the doctor told me that I had a cyst in the size of 2.8×2.3 cm in my womb.  I also had gastritis and kidney failure.  Luckily, my husband was always supportive and took me to alternative treatments. Read the rest of this entry »