ALDUB More than words

It has been two days since Yaya Dub, the other half of the love team ALDUB, has uttered her first words.  Yes, first words (with an S) because she uttered two names.  The first time was in the episode after their first most awaited date.  She came back with her head bandaged due to a minor car accident after running away from the ALDUB date to get to Lola Nidora in time for her medication.  The episode ended with the voice of a woman calling "Lola".  Suddenly, Lola Nidora and Lola Tidora found Yaya Dub lying unconscious.  That was her first word.

Screenshot from EB's Kalyeserye episode 21.9.15

On 22 September 2015, Yaya Dub was not physically present but she was only on the phone.  Lola Nidora said that she was resting from yesterday's passing out incidence.  Yaya called several times.  She was still dubsmashing on the phone but then she suddenly uttered, "Lola", "Alden".  Those were her next words.  

Babbling is a stage in child development wherein the child is like vocalizing syllables but not yet forming words.  At 12-17 months, this is the time the child  may begin to say one or more words.

Comparing child development with Yaya Dub's development in kalyeserye, babble is her dubsmash. She actually is quite advanced in her development because she has already uttered her first two words - Lola and Alden, in only just more than two months. :))  She has also soared high in her career from dubsmash queen to, commercials and soon movies (she is currently shooting My Bebe Love with Alden, Vic Sotto and Ai Ai delas Alas).

Her first two words could be symbolic.  Her first two words could mean more than words.  Her first two words could mean more than advance development.

What could it mean?

• Say what you mean and mean what you say.  Yaya Dub's first two words - Lola and Alden - could be coming from her heart for these are the two people whom she loves the most.

• For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.  In the bible, Luke 6:45 says A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.  Whatever is overflowing in Yaya's heart, she speaks.  Alden! Lola!

• Ever heard of the saying, "follow your heart"?  Well, Yaya Dub just followed her heart and her heart says, Lola and Alden!

• “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” ― Rumi.  Yaya Dub as obedient as she is was drawn to what she really loves - Lola and Alden.  (I need oxygen now!!! ha ha ha )

• "Her heart was talking now..." - Karen Kingsbury, Even now.  Well?  

Whatever the meaning of Yaya Dub's first two words, wherever it came from and whoever it is (that she uttered), one thing is for sure - the heart is speaking more than words!

What is papillary thyroid carcinoma?

My histopatholoy read:  Well-differentiated pattern lesion with papillary cytology.  Part B shows papillary carcinoma.....

When the "bomb" was thrown to me three days ago, i read and re-read the test results, the laboratory tests, medical reports and operative report.  It says carcinoma...papillary thyroid carcinoma.  What in the world is papillary thyroid carcinoma?

 the final pathology report

According to Thyroid Cancer Survivor's Association, 

• Papillary and follicular thyroid cancers are referred to as differentiated thyroid cancer, which means that the cancer cells look and act in some respects like normal thyroid cells.
• Papillary and follicular thyroid cancers account for more than 90% of all thyroid cancers. They tend to grow very slowly.
• Their variants include columnar, diffuse sclerosing, follicular variant of papillary, Hürthle cell, and tall cell. Two other variants (insular andsolid/trabecular) are considered to be intermediate between differentiated thyroid cancer and poorly differentiated thyroid cancer. The variants tend to grow and spread more than typical papillary cancer.
• If detected early, most papillary and follicular thyroid cancers can be treated successfully. Their treatment and management are similar and are based on staging and individual risk levels.
• Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common type of thyroid cancer. It accounts for about 80% of all thyroid cancers. Papillary thyroid cancer generally grows very slowly, but can often spread to lymph nodes in the neck. It also can spread elsewhere in the body.
• The most common variant of papillary is the follicular variant (not to be confused with follicular thyroid cancer). It also usually grows very slowly. Other variants of papillary thyroid cancer (columnar, diffuse sclerosing, and tall cell) are not as common and tend to grow and spread more quickly.
• Follicular thyroid cancer accounts for about 10-15% of all thyroid cancers. Treatment will be discussed later in this booklet. Hürthle cell thyroid cancer is a variant of follicular.
• Follicular thyroid cancers usually do not spread to the lymph nodes, but in some cases can spread to other parts of the body, such as the lungs or bones.
• Treatment for follicular thyroid cancer is similar to treatment for papillary. Hürthle cell cancer (also known as oncocytic or oxyphilic) is less likely than other differentiated thyroid cancer to absorb radioactive iodine, which is often used for the treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer.
• A protein called thyroglobulin (abbreviated Tg) is used as a marker for whether all of the differentiated thyroid cancer has been successfully removed. Determining the Tg level in your blood by periodic testing will help your doctors determine how well you are doing with your treatment. Some patients produce anti-thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb), which are not harmful but which mask the reliability of the Tg value.

Cancer of any type is still cancer - scary and dreadful.  A lot of doctors say, even my doctor, that thyroid carcinoma is the simpliest and the easiest to treat.  Well, it is still cancer, right?

Day 10: Going Japanese?

Day 10 and still feeling a bit sick with colds and cough.  I stopped exercising for a while since i had the flu.  Today's weight is 67 kg, still plateauing. Hopefully, before we end the perfect diet, i would  be able to exercise again and lose another kilo or two.  I am beginning to get the habit of eating healthy and lesser junk food.  Tonight, we're going Japanese with Oolong tea drink and Nori Maki Arare or rice crackers with seaweeds.

Oolong tea and Nori Maki

What are the benefits of Oolong tea?

Oolong tea is a very well known health tea.  It gives a lot of health benefits especially with weight loss when taken regularly.   Oolong tea undergoes less fermentation that is why it is like black tea and green tea (in between).

It is well known to decrease the rate of heart disease and stroke.  Oolong tea also helps with lowering sugar and increasing metabolism. 

Since I am into weight loss, I will concentrate on the weight loss benefits of ingesting oolong tea.

• improve fat metabolism thereby causing weight loss

caffeine in oolong tea increases metabolism

• Increase energy expenditure  

• Inhibits the absorption of nutrients including fats and carbohydrates

The Heart of Worship

Just sharing one of the songs that struck me deep...

The Heart of Worship