In The Shelter Of The Night

I have been "legless" for the past two days. My car has been warded in a car clinic for a few days. The problem is the same as previously, overheating. My mechanic said the car will be ready by today. I have been delaying my errands for a few days already and also need to get fresh supplies of food and vegetables.

After searching for a few days, I managed for find an organic shop that sells plant based liquid form iron formula. I hope to pay a visit to the shop when my car is ready, hopefully by lunch time. Solid tablets first need to be broken down by the body before their iron becomes available for absorption. A non-constipating, vegetarian, liquid iron formula can be easier to absorb when compared to non liquid form and because it is non-heme (plant-based), so does not lead to iron overload. Supplementing the diet with too much iron can lead to constipation, nausea, vomiting and stomach pain and very high doses can be fatal, particularly in children. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) can increase the amount of iron absorbed considerably.

My sleeplessness continues. I used up my last sleeping pill on Friday night. I will try to take something natural,if possible. Last night, I didn't sleep at all. Its been a long time since I was in such situation. In my younger days, the days I don't sleep is when I play all night mahjong with my friends. Have you ever sat in a dark place or lying in bed waiting for the morning to break? I have tinnitus and it somehow exaggerates the quietness of the night. I find the night both provocative and contradictory. I like the quietness of the night and the solitude that it provides. It provides a good environment that evokes a mood for quiet meditation and yet those meditative moments that are so desired are not often achieved. It is said when you know you are meditating, then you are not meditating. Sounds confusing? It is also the quietness of the night that promotes restlessness and the mind becomes agitated. It evokes feelings of sadness and develops into an uncanny feeling, floating into the unknown, an area of darkness quite opposite to day and having a feeling of a death wish as its resolution. I wonder if I will have such thoughts if I do not have cancer?

Simple Urine Test Could Hold Key To Early Cancer Diagnosis
I found something interesting and thought I will share it with you.

BBC reported that Edinburgh University scientists have identified key proteins in the urine of patients with advanced cancers (of the gut, stomach and pancreas). The findings could help the detection of these cancers in people who have not yet started to show symptoms. They then identified six particular proteins, which were present in 98% of the cancer cases but absent in almost 90% of samples from patients without cancer.

It would enable patients to be diagnosed much earlier, leading to improved survival rates. Only about 10% of patients with the cancers, known as cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract, are still alive five years after diagnosis. The researchers says it is because the cancers, which tend to be aggressive, are often diagnosed at an advanced stage.