Circumcision: Our experience in UK.

Salam to all

This entry will briefly talk abt the circumcision, emphasizing the procedure starting from the first step until u get it done. The idea to share this because many parents asked us about this since definitely it is different from our country yet it's not impossible to do it here.

My boys are 10 and 9 yrs old respectively, we thought that it would be better for them and for us if they could do the process here. After asking people who had experienced on this matter, we decided to start the application a few weeks before summer holiday this year.

Basically, what parents need to do are:

1. Making an appointment with GP concerning the application.


2. GP will write a letter to the Registrar, Children Hospital regarding this matter.



3. In the mean time, all we need to do is waiting for the letter from the Children Hosptal.



4. The letter will state an appointment date to bring the child/children to undergo a physical check. to make sure everything is okay to proceed.



5. During the appointment, the surgeon will discuss abt the convinience date to undergo the surgery. Parent may also want to have a clear explanation about how they make it and everything about the surgery.



6. On the surgery day, the child/children will need to fasting starting from 7.30am. The surgery only sarts at 1.30 pm but then you will need to bring the children to the hospital (day-patient) at least 4 hrs before the operation.



Dont worry about the length and long wait for parent and the children will be staying in a waiting
room which is perfectly equipped with what our children looking for..! In our case, we had already get ready with 'special surprised' for them (to keep them busy) and as the result they were being soooo good we felt so proud:>!! No complaints at all.

Sedang busy exploring new gadget sementara di bilik menunggu 12tghr -4pm.

The reason why the hospital asked us to come earlier is to ensure the children is fasting and not taking any food few hrs before they walk into the theatre. However they are allowed to drink before 11.30am. Prior to the surgery children will be given general anaesthatic so we do understand this rule really well.

Other than that, I believe that we know how fantastic the hospital service. All we need to do, i think, is to make sure our children are in a very good mood on that day and will not making trouble especially during waiting for their name to be called. In short, try your best not to ruin the day.


The surgery takes about 30mins, and they will be waken up once it has finished. Of course, they will complaint about terrible pain so just calm them down. Ahhaaa dun forget to feed them afterwards, tentula lapar kan. If the pain is sooo terrible the nurse will give the children medicine/painkiller. In our case,. 1.5 hrs after surgery tu dah discharge. Jalan kaki lagi about 10min to main door.



Dapat Brave Award slps kuar dari operation teater :))

Stating : ''This is to certify 'Khairie @ Azraie' was being very brave whilst in the theatre and recovery.''

Duration to fully healing may differ from one another. My boys took abt 8days for the cut to dry and get used to theirs new shape.

Well, you know your children better, so actions taken (berpantang ker apa..) is totally depend on you n ur child. My boys took painkiller until 4 days to keep them comfortable.

From our experience, we would say that we'r definitely satisfy with the procedure from the beginning. Eventho this is our first (and final) experience, but Alhamdulillah everything went well and other than that; i 'd say it is just about time. Pray to Allah everytime after solat. Doakan agar anak2 tenang, dan ayahmamanya juga tenang. Hehe..risau gak actually, tp tetapkan hati jer. Ini satu kewajipan yg mesti ditunaikan utk anak2 lelaki. Not denying we were a bit worry since doing this abroad kan, but we always believe in ''mengambil peluang di sebalik kesulitan''. dlm hal ini absolutely worth doing it. Tawakkal!!

That's all friends. hope this is note would help..

Till we meet again..see you soon very2 soon.

Dates in our Daily Life.

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A letter from Bone Analysis Dept, NGH came yesterday. I read it carefully and then noted it in appointment list in my mobile. The letter is expected as I had already discussed with my consultant during previous visit.

I am going to undergo Bone Scan in November. The second time after the first one somewhere last 2 yrs ago. As we know; it is to analyze density of the bone. In my case, it's more to look whether the osteoporosis is approaching and I'll need to add some more tablets (to back it up) in daily intake. Hmm..

Our daily life is filled with appointments date. It ranges from school teacher appointments, GP, dental, my regular apptments, hair saloon apptments..hai macam2. Not only mine but including the kids, the hubby and the whole family. Missing the appointments dates are not unusual in our family -:). Few times we missed dental appointments. Tau2 dah tak boleh p dental lg, 'blacklisted'.Argghh..

Last year, I accidentally got my left albow injured and needed to go a few sessions of physiotherapy at RHH after the surgery. And it came together with apptments with my consultant at NGH. Apointments dtg bersilih ganti, sampaikan terkonfius jugak. Luckily, I manage to go by myself to RHH since it is just about 20min walking from home. If not, pening juga nak kena naik turun bus.

Usually, I put them all organized and jot the dates/time on the softboard, but there were still unlucky days.. Hahah..Biler nak set satu2 apptment, my hubby and I need to look at our daily schedule to ensure it will go smoothly.

Next week we got 1 appointment. The next coming week, Yasmin 've got 1 apptment. And mine will come a week later. The brothers also got dental appointment that week. Trying my best to keep all the appointments. Thankfully, never missed appointments with the consultant because they have phone-reminder system a week before the date. With the reminder I reckon nobody will miss their appointment of course!

Bye for now, see you soon, very2 soon. Take care.

Tanpa Jemu Memohon..

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Adakalanya hari yang tiba disambut dgn resah, gelisah dan terbelah. Hari ini saya merasaan di lari kan dari ketenangan, jauh dari kebiasaan. Rasa resah datang nya akibat sesuatu yg kita tunggu..yg belum tentu kepastiannya. Juga daripada sesuatu bahaya yang sedang dihadapi dan diharungi, tetapi belum tentu kejayaannya. Perasaan gelisah ialah suatu proses yang mesti dilalui, dan kerana itulah manusia dikurniakan sifat sabar dan bertenang. Cuma, pada ketika ketika nya, hambaNya tidak mampu mencapai tahap sabar itu, melainkan oleh jiwa yang cekal. Jiwa yang cekal pula bukanlah anugerah, sebaliknya dibajai dgn amalan suci dan memohon kpdNya.

Agar hati kita tidak mati pada siang dan malam, maka bacalah dua ayat terakhir Surah al-Isra’ setiap pagi dan petang seperti diriwayatkan dalam hadis al-Dailami. Bukankah wirid ini mengajar kita betapa penting menjaga hati agar tetap terang di bawah sinaran Allah?

Untuk menjaga kesihatan kita, Rasulullah mengajar wirid untuk dibaca pada pagi dan petang tiga kali yang bunyinya Allahumma ‘afini fi badani, allahumma ‘afini fi sam’i, allahumma ‘afini fi bashari la ilaha illa anta. (Ya Allah sihatkanlah badan, pendengaran dan penglihatanku. Tiada Tuhan selain Engkau. (Hadis riwayat Abu Daud) Bukankah dengan wirid ini kita akan sentiasa mendapat kesihatan dari Allah?

Kuasa amalan zikir akan memantapkan lagi ketenangan jiwa..InsyAllah. Memohon agar terus diselubungi rasa tenang dan hati yang terang.
“Ketahuilah! Dengan zikrullah itu, tenang tenteramlah hati manusia.” (Surah al-Ra’du: 28)

Till we meet again, see you soon..vey very soon.
Take care.

Beautiful Days.

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Feeling so contented and cheerful. I know that I m doing great to my self, my body, my own soul, my family and the others. To me, it's the best I could do. To their part; let it be. May Allah put it the same way as I feel.

And that's I call as keeping ourselve responsibled. Not only to our self but to the rest especially to those who engaged with us. I hope I dont paint my self a dark and gloomy color. whether it's seen or unseen. I just wanna to be kind. I do hope I dont carry 'self-fish' character with me along my life journey. so disgusting. I always remind myself that we're not in position to judge our own behaviour but the people around us do ! After all, Allah Almight never take a blink from us. Astaghfirullah..Please keep me awake O Allah.

A few days gone, Sheffield is in autumn mood. Trees with falling yellow leaves on the both sides of the street. They do nothing but create a beautiful wonderful scenery. Pedestrian passing by, most of them with thick cardigan or rain-jacket and high boot. Temperature is dropping to 10-9C, getting cold and colder. Winter coat are coming out soon from wardrobe. Yeahh..this is England.

This evening there will be 'Parents Evening' and I need to see their class teacher for a short discussion. So parents can high light any concern about their kids. I've been thinking of something actually, for the sake of my children.

oh.. Yasmin has got an invitation to 'Halloween party' on 30th Oct from her classmate. and parents are welcome too. Hehe..Daddy asked me to RSVP as 'not coming'..although Yasmin keep begging us to buy her halloween costume (for the party) -:)) O my..this is England.

Tomorrow is a another big day. Especially to my boys. They will be undergo a minor surgery...I hope everything will be just fine as we pray along. And let be the next days will always become wonderful to us. InsyAllah.

Bye for now See you soon very2 soon.

new resolution. WISH ME LUCK.

SALAM TO ALL;

Ok, now i get it. With the help of steroid it is almost painless. BUT, when it is reduced, seemingly the pains are actually there, i just can't feel it.
A few days has gone and i find that Im too sensitive to the food intake. Nowadays salty fatty food means headache. Now I really understand what my body has got to say. '' Your dose is lessen, which mean you need to help me to say no to such foods. watch out your plate..stop abusing me''.

Somehow, it is such bleesing in disguise. 3 days ago, I was in terrible shock to find my scale showed an increasing weight (kg). Uwwwaa... 5kg in 6 months???!!

So, i really hope that this situation (controlling food) leads toward a healthy diet=painless= loss weight.

Dear freinds; After a number of 30 mins of excercise daily, nothing can I say except : I LURvvVEE IT..! Feeling fresh and light.

For those who already come to my house and passed by the hilly road ( from Goodwin Sports Center), definitely know how struggling to climb up the road. (Ini yg berkereta).

Yg berjln kaki pula, '' Kak, mmg saya takkan ikut (jalan kaki) jalan itu lagi. Tobat dahh!!''.
Bg yg tak biasa naik bukit bukau..

Biasanya I advice them to take bus to come to my hse and walking to go back to town.
Hehe,.. mmg mencabar naik 'bukit' tu. Esp yg tak biasa. But surprisingly, my boys tak derk lak komplen. Malah mrk tak berjln pun, mereka berlari semasa melalui jalan tu:) Dan saya pula, dah tak rasa tersiksa melalui jalan tsbt, slps beberapa hari mengamalkan 30min excercise di rumah. Fyi, on saturdays kami biasanya berkunjung ke Goodwin sports centre, either for playing badminton and swimming lesson for our kids. And kami pergi naik kaki ...

Dan hari ini pula, ku sakit gigi..!! Ya Allah, sesungguhnya Kau Maha mengetahui. Memang ini lah hikmat yg ingin disampaikan. So, outomatik blh kurangkan mengunyah, hopefully, mmbantu saya menyingkirkan lg berat yg tak diperlukan ini:) Berat sy skg sudah melampaui berat ideal. Takutt..takut..penyakit mudah menyerang. Saya perlu berdisplin.! Mesti!

Before this, nak bersenam mmg la malas + liat + mcm2 alasan lg. Tp bile dah terdesak ni, baru nak start. and teringat masa sakit teruk dulu..semasa ku di alam gemukss..insaf dah nih.
dan now I feel sooo happy with my routine. With the help from magazines, tv show ( yg related la), semuanya bole dilakukan di rumah saja. and i can talk a walk while they're at school. The most important thing is, i dont feel im punishing or torturing my body. I feel great instead:)
Always watch my food intake. Alhamdulillah, dah stop taking drinks with sugar(letak fresh milk skit jer). abt rice; is trying hard to reduce the daily portion.

Till we meet again, see you soon very2 soon. tk care!

Lupus Research Institute (LRI).

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Morning news today: I've just found an article about new findings from Lupus Research Institute (LRI). The breaking news will definitely cheer up the researchers and the patients who suffer with the toxic medications. It is told that they have discovered a cell that surpressed the immune system. In easy words, sel ini akan mengurangkan pengeluaran 'sel berbahaya' yg menyebabkan aktiviti penyakit lupus. So, kawalan penyakit lupus ini akan lbh efisen dan penggunaan ubat akan dpt dikurangkan.

As we know, the cause of Lupus is not yet known, as well as the cure. LRI berperanan utk menjalankan kajian berterusan bagi meyelesaikan dua perkara pokok ini. Bertapak di New Jersey, Amerika Syarikat, LRI dinaungi oleh individu2 yg prihatin. Penasihat (research area) pula terdiri daripada barisan pakar immunologi yg berpengalaman. Hmmm..kalaulah ianya di sini, sudah pasti saya akan ke tpt LRI ni. Beruntung kpd mrk yg tinggal berhampiran. Paling diidamkan jika saya menjd sebahagian daripada mereka.. Haii..teringat pula kpd kerja kerja research yg lama ditinggalkan..gulppp.

Ok, baca dan baca . Insyaallah, ilmu yg diambil ini akan bermanfaat. Kini saya lebih banyak mengetahui dgn lbh mendalam berkaitan penyakit Lupus; yg mana rata2 dianggap kurang bernasib baik terhdp pengidapnya...! Secara tdk langsung ia membantu saya lbh berilmu-:)

Till we meet again, see you soon., very2 soon.

A week after dose reduction.

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Seminggu slps mengambil dos 2mg/daily.,badan mula adapt, pening pun dah kurang. Ada sedikit rasa demam dan sakit tekak. Hopefully will dissapear, soon.

Thinking to do 'house cleaning' today following a small gather2 on last sunday. To remark our 12th anniversary...

dan hari ini ku akui kerja rumah tak kan selesai..

Terdetik untuk menuliskan ini:

''Kebahagiaan hidup bukan sekadar anugerah. Ia mesti dimulai dgn usaha....juga.''

''Jika anda mendapati anda mampu melalui cabaran harian( termasuk lah yg remeh ), berlebih kurang, menjadi pendengar setia, kurang marah marah dan rela berkorban utk seseorg yg lain maka sebenarnya membuktikan anda di alam rumahtangga..!''


And now ,autumn (musim gugur) is here. Teringin mengabadikan scenery autumn yg sentimental itu. Di bawah pokok yg berdaun kuning, berlantaikan daun2 yg berguguran. Hmm..

That's all folk. Thank you for stopping. Till we meet again, see you soon very very soon. :)

Hypertension.

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3 days after taking 2mg/daily of prednisolone.. wake up to a dizzy morning, loya pon ada. Biasanya apabila berlaku perubahan ubat atau dos ubat, situasi ini akan muncul. Ada kalanya ok , ada jugak tak ok. Maksudnya, jika symptom ini berterusan, maka doctor akan meminta saya kembali ke ubat/ dos yg sebelumnya. It is all about try and error. Yg pasti, our aim is to reduce to the most minimal of the steroid and if possible; to substitute with another type of medicine.

Yesterday I went to visit a friend of mine who are now warded due to mild stroke. After 3 days, she is now feeling better and in almost normal condition. As a high blood sufferer, she is quite calm to be in this situation eventhou this incident really unexpected. She is now undergoing a few more tests to investigate the exact causes to the attack.

From what I am being told, there was no obvious sign prior to the attack. It was another person (her husband) happened to notice the weird changes (voice, face and movements). After the MRI scan , the doctors confirmed that one of the vein (somewhere inside the head) had burst. However, it would recover on its own sooner.

To have further knowlegde about high blood pressure, I link an article from this website.

This incident has also remind me when I was very ill due to Lupus. I wa also confirmed to have hypertension (220mmHg) at the time. It caused a very very very painful unexplained headache. Later, it was found that my kidney was affected by the Lupus thus cause the hypertension. After taking a few types of medication to treat the kidney, I then feeling better.

The ideal diet could also consider as an important factor. Some say no, but I would say Yes. Salty food is highly recommended to avoid. And the high calory food as well. From my experience, those who suffer hypertension is most advise to lower down their physical activities and have a very good rest until the blood reading back to normal. If the causes is known (kidney failure, heart problem, diabetes etc), the further treatment must be done first to the named causes.

See you soon very very soon.