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Cataract research

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My father just undergone a cataract operation on his right eye. After almost a month now he is recovering very well. I am just curious about this eye disease that usually happen to senior adults at his time. Cataract is the clouding of lens in the eyes that affects vision. It is very common to older people. A cataract can occur in either both eyes but it cannot spread from one eye to another. Smoking and diabetes can be the risk factors of this eye disease or it may be that the protein in the lens just changes from the wear and tear it takes over the years.The symptoms of early cataract may be improved with new eyeglasses, brighter lighting, anti-glare sunglasses, or magnifying lenses. If these measures do not help, surgery is the only effective treatment. Surgery involves removing the cloudy lens and replacing it with an artificial lens.A cataract needs to be removed only when vision loss interferes with your everyday activities, such as driving, reading, or watching TV. You and your eye care professional can make this decision together. Once you understand the benefits and risks of surgery, you can make an informed decision about whether cataract surgery is right for you. In most cases, delaying cataract surgery will not cause long-term damage to your eye or make the surgery more difficult. You do not have to rush into surgery.Sometimes a cataract should be removed even if it does not cause problems with your vision. For example, a cataract should be removed if it prevents examination or treatment of another eye problem, such as age-related macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy. If your eye care professional finds a cataract, you may not need cataract surgery for several years. In fact, you might never need cataract surgery. By having your vision tested regularly, you and your eye care professional can discuss if and when you might need treatment.The symptoms of early cataract may be improved with new eyeglasses, brighter lighting, anti-glare sunglasses, or magnifying lenses. If these measures do not help, surgery is the only effective treatment. Surgery involves removing the cloudy lens and replacing it with an artificial lens. A cataract needs to be removed only when vision loss interferes with your everyday activities, such as driving, reading, or watching TV. You and your eye care professional can make this decision together. Once you understand the benefits and risks of surgery, you can make an informed decision about whether cataract surgery is right for you. In most cases, delaying cataract surgery will not cause long-term damage to your eye or make the surgery more difficult. You do not have to rush into surgery.Sometimes a cataract should be removed even if it does not cause problems with your vision. For example, a cataract should be removed if it prevents examination or treatment of another eye problem, such as age-related macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy. If your eye care professional finds a cataract, you may not need cataract surgery for several years. In fact, you might never need cataract surgery. By having your vision tested regularly, you and your eye care professional can discuss if and when you might need treatment. I noticed that there were many senior adults like the age of my father who undergone cataract operation. There are some too who are experiencing blurry vision. I was thinking that this kind of eye disease is affecting adults of that age range and  part of their aging process. It is quite inevitable for adults such age to experience vision problems. One important thing to consider with this kind of disease is awareness , communication and care towards the adults who are experiencing this kind of eye problem. Patience towards the patient is also very important  because it is not easy to parent a parent. I am looking forward for better results as Tatay is recovering from the cataract operation.

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Happy birthday,Dick

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My brother Dick is celebrating his birthday today. It is another year of life’s blessings to him. He had been through ups and downs too and I had been a witness to his success and failure. My wishes for him are continued good health, more blessings, more mature, more wisdom, more patience and emotional stability. Praying for your continued struggles in life. Sometimes things that you planned just don’t come as expected. But in God’s perfect time all your hopes, aspirations and dreams would become realizable. The family is always with you in all your undertakings. Happy birthday!!

Life nowadays

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Life is really hard these days. Thats the painful truth. I am saying this based on my experiences at the start of the year 2010. There were so many complicated things to balance and always need my careful decisions in all the time. Plans sometimes fail. In as much as I would always wanted to do it, sometimes it is not really meant to be. There are things also that happened that you don’t want to. It is very complicated and it always needs better judgement and concise thinking. Using ones intuition sometimes is the ultimate guide whenever things are getting gloomy that you need to make some decisions. Sometimes it always pay to listen to your personal gut feeling. From there I learned that all things happened for  a purpose and it always for our best.

Election campaign

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Politicians are once again very busy campaigning for the upcoming May 2010 election. I can always hear campaign jingles in the streets and on the radio. Also campaign ads keep on popping as television commercials on TV almost every minute. Different kinds of personalities running for a seat in the government as president, vice president, senators, mayors,governors ,councilors and congressmen. Each of them are trying themselves to win the sympathy of the poor masses. Poor people, they are only recognized during elections. The politicians would always say they are for the people, those who are under privileged, suffering from injustices and one scratch one eat living. Most politicians are very plastic during election time. Many hypocrites trying to win people through their unreal charm. I hope the people now will learn from the past and think of the right candidate to vote at this time.

Spring time

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I am living in the tropics of Southeast Asia and the country has only two season–rainy and sunny. The weather has only these variations and I am always fascinated with those countries who have four temperate season.  Spring as they say is the best season. It is the transition period between winter and summer. The ideas of rebirth and renewal are commonly associated with this season. Flowers bloom as well as the trees’ leaves begin to grow again. It can be associated with life too. Your days maybe gloomy as you would always think. You are occupied with problems, frustrations, stress,difficulties and many negative elements of life. But time would always come for the new beginnings and brighter days ahead. Life in relation to weather is always  synonymous and that is a reality.

Araw ng Davao celebration 2010

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It is another year of celebration for the city of Davao. 73 years old already! What a years of achievement! People are always looking forward for this annual festivities of culture,beauties,entertainment and many more. Davao City is always pioneering in spirit especially the people. This is the cause of stability and power of each person who lives and contributes to the progress of the city. There were many problems encountered and many experiences but all of these were successfully overcome through the continued efforts of the public officials  of the city. Everybody enjoyed and participated in the celebration. Hopefully this another year would be gracious and blessings to the city as it continuously  go for progress.

Pneumonia Vaccine

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Part of my fathers’ medical check up was the vaccine shot for pneumonia. At his age it is very important to have a shot to be protected from pnuemonia virus. The vaccine is for 5 years for a single shot.  My sister Anne did the intramuscular injection to him. We just bought the complete syringe set from the clinic. Now tatay is protected by the vaccine for 5 years.

International Women’s Day

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This day is a tribute to all the women in the world for their great contribution to humanity. Thank you for your care,love and nurture. Your hardships and struggles in life are greatly appreciated and for these you are special today.
YOU DESERVED TO BE A WOMAN!

Successful operation

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My father was  successfully operated from cataract this noon at DDH performed by his kind opthalmologist. The operation took about an hour and immediately rested at the private room after. There were medicine drops given for the eye as well as the vital signs were properly monitored. Me and Anne were very stressed but it was all worth it. The opthalmologist was also very good.What is important is the successful operation of Tatay now.