OUR BRAVE AND STOIC, CIKGU ZUL

I met Cikgu Zul while I was returning to the library from the EI Workshop.  He had just had his lunch and I took the opportunity to enquire about his health.
If you look closely at the picture of Cikgu Zul, you'd notice a bandage there. That is where a temporary shunt has been placed in order for him to have dialysis treatment. You see, earlier this year, he was diagnosed with kidney failure and he now has to undergo dialysis twice a week. The reason for his kidneys failing is attributed to the fact that he had suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure for about 15 years and all the medication he took plus the twin diseases have taken a toll on his poor kidneys. If you look at his right arm, you'd notice a bandage there as well. This was where they had operated to place a shunt there. He had an earlier operation for the shunt but then it was a failure and he had to have another operation.  Cikgu Zul is a stoic person and is taking his current situation well. This is something that I admire about him.

It was also after I saw the amount of suffering Cikgu Zul had to undergo after he was diagnosed with renal failure and the eventual dialysis that freaked me out when I found that I had been drinking tainted water from my house tap for a few months. This is not good for ones kidneys.  Furthermore, my late father suffered from end stage renal failure and he underwent dailysis three times a week.