Kuala Lampur, Aug. 20 -- KL General Hospital (HKL) finally called me up to tell me when I start radiotherapy (this week) and apparently I will only be doing 15 days of it.

I'm not looking forward to having to juggle immunotherapy and radiation next week, enduring both on the same day.

Still, as I've been in a lot of pain, on various occasions, for various reasons - acid reflux/respiratory infection/knee injury/cancer/cancer treatments - it's just one more grueling ordeal to survive and write about.

I count myself lucky that every experience on this medical journey, pleasant or not, I can document as part of my job.

Last week someone having questions about getting cancer treatment for their mother at HKL messaged me and I was happy to ...