Soon after my tumor was first diagnosed in 1997, I looked online for other people or their spouses with the same tumor and together formed an online forum for discussions and exchange of personal experience and advice... I did contribute my own research information in the early days... But subsequently I did so only rarely due to my other personal problems.. However, I donated some funds to help this forum become a non-profit organisation. . ..After a number of years, this English language Forum has become established with a good number of active-membership... I myself do get a lot of up-to-date information from this Forum. ...But the active Forum members are mostly from America and some from Europe. There are none from Singapore and neighboring Malaysia and Indonesia. ..Thus the surgeons they recommend are nearly all Americans.
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Near the end of 2012, my unsteady walking gait has gone worse. Already I have to use a walking stick, or cane, whenever I go out for walking exercises...
..At that time the government was doing some construction at the pavements or sidewalks near my house. One day while doing my exercise walk, near this construction site, I tripped and fell down... As a result, One of my ribs got cracked. ...After this incident I always get a person to accompany me whenever I go out.
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.. At home, I have to be very careful at my staircase and inside my shower booth. ..For my safety, I installed a number of grip bars all along the staircase and in my shower booth... As I notice from initial trial testing that this is a good idea, I added more bars around the house.
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..But these grip bars and walking stick still would not solve my problem if I walk out to enjoy my garden plants and flowers... Later on, at uneven parts of the garden, I have to rely on a walking stick with four short legs near the bottom slightly spread out so that it can stand up on its own.
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