Imma Bee...Imma Bee...Fan! I'm an official convert of Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm. True that Artistry Lip Conditioner (ALC) works well but it's not as nourishing and long lasting as Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm (BBBLB). And yes, I'm a distributor for Artistry's products and saying that BBBLB is better than ALC may seem like a bad choice but hey I'm a consumer and an individual just like everyone else. Certain stuff works for me and certain stuff don't work quite as well.

Artistry does have a huge range of high quality products but I'm always aware that everyone has their own preferences. Thus I always tell my clients to try, try, try and see if they like it. If it works for them, great! They are happy with their product and I made a profit but if they don't, no harms done and they get their money back. I always thank them for giving me and my products a chance. My clients' satisfaction is my top priority.

Anyway let's get back to BBBLB. For those of you who have been using the regular lip balm and have seen no result, you might wanna give BBBLB a shot. It's 100% natural and most importantly it does not contain petroleum base ingredients. Petroleum base ingredients can actually irritate certain people and make their lips dryer. I've been looking for a lip balm that works for me for my entire life and I've gotta say BBBLB has to be the one. I've been using it for almost 3 days now and my lips has been soft, supple and moist ever since. I'm in love! It contains peppermint oil too. Every time you breath in with your mouth, there's a tingly cool feeling to it :D.

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I was diagnosed with a right ovarian cyst last year during my first ultrasound+pap smear+mammogram checkup.  The cyst is a functional cyst (collection of fluid surrounded by a thin wall) and not cancerous.

Any ovarian follicle that is larger than 2 centimeters is termed as ovarian cyst. Functional cysts or simple cyst are part of the normal process of menstruation and harmless. It is not a disease and can be treated. My doctor told me not to worry as cysts usually goes away after a few period cycles. However I’m advised to arrange for regular checkups to make sure it does go away.

A month after my arrival in Seattle, I was hit by a sudden abdominal pain. The pain was horrifying, unbearable, knee weakening and piercing through each and every bone. I couldn’t even walk and was rushed into ER and they sedate me with pain medication. I was put through a bunch of blood tests and ultrasounds which was horrible because it was so cold and I was dizzy from the sedation. They found blood traces in my ovarian cyst from the ultrasound and suspected that it might be the cause of the pain but they advised me to make a follow up appointment with a gynecologist who can tackle my situation more accurately.

Since then I’ve been visiting my gynecologist regularly every 2 months and everything has been looking good until last month. Apart from the existing one has grown in size, they found a new cyst growing on my left ovary and both are filled with fluid and blood. As the cysts have potential to bleed into themselves or twist the ovary, I’m now put on birth control pills treatment. Birth control pill helps to shrink and eradicate existing cysts and prevents the formation of new cysts. I’m scheduled for another check up four months later to see the result of the treatment and thus I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

Long break was good! Now that I'm back, I can be more productive and also, I wanna start living a healthier life. 

This past few days I've finally learn the lesson to never over indulged...the hard way >< ... and still learning it, the HARD WAY. YES! INDIGESTION, from OVEREATING! WTF right? The day right after my little Raya dinner: Tummy a little bloated but I thought I should be fine. Probably just a little indigestion since I always have the tendency to overeat and suffers a little indigestion. So I eat more and more and more. The result: NOT GOOD...diarrhea, nausea and so much gas I swear I would explode! Took some medicine and applied some ointment then go to bed.

Next day: Wokie dokie, I think I feel a little better today and I'll continue to be better plus I'm a little hungry. There you go, I eat again and again (rice, chips, bread, grapes, lotsa soy milk and many more, I can't remember) and as expected I'M DOOMED!

Till today: No longer overeats but yet still suffering. I even had to cancel my shopping trip in Oregon. That's the worst of all. Shopping -> price to pay for overeating -> definitely not worth it! I learn the lesson alright.

p/s: I can't even write right >< . Please pray that I get better....sobsobsob

Weekend was one hell of a roller coaster ride. So many things had happen with so much emotion involved. Happy, sad, nervous, fear, worries, you name it I have it. Except for anger I guess.

May 10th 2008, woke up from my nap and as usual the first thing I do when I got up is to switch on my lappy. Login to Facebook and my email, saw nothing on Facebook but something in my mailbox caught my attention. It read “CRIS” which means it’s something from USCIS. Getting all jiggly and nervous I clicked open the email with my trembling hand and there it was sitting on my mailbox reading "On May 9, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)". I can’t believe what I saw. I had to rub my eyes twice and pinched myself a couple of times before I go ~ “Wuhoo! It’s real, it’s real! It is so so real! It’s finally happening!!!!!!!!!!”. Gotta tell Denny immediately, dialed his number so many times but that baka hubby of mine didn’t pick up his phone, so I had to call the house number. My sleepy Mama picked it up. Felt so sorry for waking her up but I had to get the happy news to Denny. It was the best news of the day. We talked happily about all the exciting things we’re gonna do when I’m there but then as sudden as the happy news came, I broke into tears. Overwhelmed by the sudden gush of sadness for having to leave my family behind I just couldn’t stop crying. It was a good thing that Denny was around assuring me that everything is going to be fine and we will come home to Penang often to visit my family and friends. Denny, thank you for your assuring words, for you love and care.

The following day, I was worried sick. Mom was admitted to the hospital with the docs not knowing what was wrong. They perform and ultrasound scan on mom and said it might be an inflation on her fallopian tube or a cyst or an inflation on her intestine but they couldn’t be sure until they perform a surgery on mom. I had to seek few doctors’ opinions and do so much research in a day to help my mom and dad decide which was the best option for her. I was able to convinced dad to ask the doctor to perform a laparoscopy on mom to inspect the affected area for the real culprit and removing the affected area using the same method and told the doctor to only opt for a more extensive surgery if the problem area is too complicated for laparoscopy. Mom went through the laparoscopy procedure late afternoon yesterday. What they found was a heavy cyst twisting the end of the right fallopian tube. The twisted fallopian tube was the culprit of the massive pain. They removed the cyst and the bad end of the fallopian tube and now mommy is better and recovering. Thank goodness!