SINGAPORE — Like many career-driven young adults, Mr Lester Ng led a hectic lifestyle while working in the finance sector. In 2018, he got a job promotion and was stationed overseas. His daily routine often involved working long hours and there were regular drinking sessions with friends and colleagues.&
SINGAPORE — Like many career-driven young adults, Mr Lester Ng led a hectic lifestyle while working in the finance sector.
In conjunction with National Cancer Survivors Month in June, which recognises individuals who had cancer and emerged as survivors, Mr Ng, now 37, spoke to TODAY to raise awareness on how patients cope after a cancer diagnosis. The pancreas is an organ located in the abdomen that helps regulate blood sugar and helps with digestion. It is tucked under the liver and close to other organs such as the gallbladder, stomach and small intestine.Instead of the usual location of the pancreas, pancreatic tissue is found elsewhere in the gastrointestinal tract. This happens during the person’s growth and developmental process.
“I think anyone who falls sick would wonder why. I was looking for the root cause. Was it because I drank too much ? Was it due to stress? I was told genetics may be able to provide some clues, so I went for it,” he said.The BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have made headlines in recent years, after some high-profile celebrities who
Even for those eligible for surgery, Assoc Prof Tai said that the five-year survival rate after surgery is about 20 per cent. For advanced pancreatic cancer, the median survival rate is around three to six months from diagnosis without treatment, he added. “There was nothing much I could do about it except to wait for it to clear. It got better after chemotherapy ended.”
“I have a large extended family, and my relatives took turns to pop by every week. It was hard for me to think about the future at the time, but I recall having something to look forward to when I knew my uncles and aunties were coming over.”“No matter how independent I was , I was at a stage where the illness had taken away most of that independence.
“I used to get frustrated and impatient easily and was always stressed about some things. I think when we try to do well at work, we try to push very hard for things,” he said.
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