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Yesterday, I received an email from a father who is asking for help for the treatment of her daughter Serena, a Neuroblastoma patient. After confirming that it is authentic, I decided to do my share as a father and a concerned blogger. So here it is.
According to Wikipedia, Neuroblastoma cancer is a common disease among infants and nearly 50% percent of cases occur to children younger than 2 years old. Although there is still no specific cause of this disease, most physicians believe that it is an accidental cell growth that occurs during normal development of the adrenal glands.
Statistic shows that the highest number of cases is during the first year of life, and most of them are congenital but only 10% occurrences in children of 5 years old and above.
Serena, a wonderful child of Nordine and Lorraine from United Kingdom has been suffering from this illness since 18 months ago. According to a post on Croydon Guardian a local newspapers in UK, Serena has been spending most of her life in the hospital undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Now, the only solution being seen is to bring her to America for revolutionary treatment, which will cost them £125,000!
But time is running out, so with no further ado please feel free to visit Help Save Serena blog for more details and how to donate.
Likewise, prayers and spreading this news will be a very big help too.
For Entrecard members, we can also show our unity and kindness by donating Entrecard credit points to their blog. I did my share somehow.
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Help Save Serena and her Fight against Neuroblastoma
About Fixed and Changing Parenting Tips
I would like to reserve this post as my entry to the 3rd edition of Pinoy Parenting Blog Carnival hosted by The Working Mom whom I also call Doc Joey. The chosen topic this time is about parenting tips that I can consider ageless, which I learned from my parents and now passing on to my children, as well as the tips that I somehow changed to comply with the changing times. Although there are many of them, I choose the ones closest to my heart.
Respect for parents
Our parents are not perfect and will never be. I am a product of a broken family but it does not mean I have bad parents. In fact, I have high respect for my mother even if I did not grow up with her, and it did not even reduced even a bit through the years. I never questioned her abilities on being my mother. I always explain it to my daughter that sometimes we make wrong decision in our lives but the more important thing is we correct it. As a parent, we deserve to be respected because parenting is a very tough job.
Humility
As we grow older, we meet different kind of people and some are kind while some are not. My father used to remind me that what ever I will be when I grow up, humility should always be present. I worked hard to reach what ever I am enjoying right now but I am doing my best to always keep my feet on the ground. I am very strict to my children when it comes to treating other people. The people below us might be the same people who will help us get on the top. After all, the world is round.
Freedom
Being an obedient child, we follow our parents because they know better what is good for us. Some parents choose everything for their child even if the child does not want it. I am an engineer not by choice, but by force. Although my mother did not literally force me, she did not like my dream being a policeman then. She wanted me to be a lawyer and the result, I became what we do not want both. I can see my daughter as a good broadcaster journalist someday, but if she wants to be a model, I will support her all the way.
Communication
I still remember my father and I playing chess during my teenage years, but we never had funny moments. We always talk about serious things such as current events, politics and history. He is also fond of making jokes but not with me. In short, I do not remember him as my buddy. I am thirty years older than my daughter but I see to it that we have a very close relationship. I do not allow generation gap to be a hinder with our bonding time. I try to talk to her as an older brother instead of a plain father. In fact, we are now best of friends.
The most effective parenting tips can be found in the deepest part of our hearts.
With this, I am inviting all proud Pinoy parents to join this blog carnival. Please feel free to see the guidelines here at PPBC.
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Understanding Breast Cancer and Helping the Victims
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One might think that because I am a man, I should not be aware about breast cancer. It is a fact that men can also be victims of this killing disease.
According to National Breast Cancer Foundation estimation, over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer yearly and over 40,000 die. For men, around 1,700 men will be diagnosed and 450 die every year.
With this, here are some important facts about this killing disease that we might not know yet.
A lump in the breast is NOT a breast cancer
Some women do not seek help from a doctor because they are afraid to know that they have breast cancer. According to data, eight out of ten lumps are not cancerous. Although there are ways to self-check if you are at risk of this disease, it is better that you visit your doctor regularly. Mammography is so far the best way to check for breast cancer and earlier detection means it is more curable. It is also false to say that mammography can spread the cancer.
Breast cancer is for everybody
Ninety percent of breast cancer causes are due to aging that causes genetic abnormalities while only 10% can be inherited from parents. This means that the risk is getting higher as they grow older. It can also be considered as a heterogeneous disease, which means that it is a different disease in different women and in different age groups. However, having a risk factor does not necessarily mean you will get the disease.
Breast cancer cannot cause immediate death
While breast cancer is the most common disease for women, it cannot kill you immediately. The fact is if detected early, the five-year survival rate is 96%. Although it has yet been really proven that smoking and eating fatty foods can cause breast cancer, it reduces the survival rate once you are detected of this disease. In addition, 85% of women with breast cancer have no family history of the disease and it is not a communicable decease.
With this, according to The Breast Cancer Site dot Com , we can help victims by clicking the banner below. It will not cost us anything but it can give free mammograms to breast cancer patients.
I was not tagged by anybody and I am not tagging anybody either. It is enough for me that you help and spread this news to reduce the disease to spread.
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How to Make a Silent Husband Talk
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Wives are known to do the more talking while the husband makes a good listener. But it is also unhealthy if the husband does not talk enough.
Being a good provider is not sufficient to be called a good husband. You must also know his ideas about future plans for the family, welfare of the children and most of all, his feelings for you.
Although you knew about his unique habit of silence all along, you can try some things to change him gradually. Here of some strategies that might work for you.
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How to build Trust in a Marriage
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To have a happy marriage, trust is being earned, and not being bought nor being forced. The problem in building trust in a marriage is that they are two different individuals, and most of them they did not grow up together. It is only love that makes them one, and this love will not grow without complete trust. Remember that trust does not only include being faithful to your spouse, but also about everything concerning your marriage. So if you wonder how trust makes a marriage last, here are some of my thoughts.
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