Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)

  • Taking care of ourselves for the sake of our animals (the liver – my appointment today)

    My big moment of truth was this morning when I went to see the top internationally-renowned specialist and researcher in fatty liver. I made the appointment two months ago. Prior to the appointment, I had written out my entire medical history for the professor and compiled all my blood test readings. The good doctor took…

  • Happy Meatless Thursday!

    This delicious meatless meal is from Le Food. Happy Meatless Thursday! Let’s do it for the animals!

  • The cause of Gerald’s incessant yowling identified!!

    Breaking news, folks! We now know why Gerald yowls incessantly and persistently!! The cause of his yowling is…. …me. Yes, it’s me. Gerald yowls or mews just to get my attention. And he’s super persistent in doing it. He wants my attention solely for himself. So, just get rid of me and the yowling will…

  • Happy animals in the neighbourhood

    I was talking a walk this morning in the neighbourhood as I do almost every morning and took these photos. Here is someone’s cat sleeping peacefully on someone’s car parked by the roadside. As long as neighbours are tolerant, there will be peace. This cat is wearing a collar. I do want to let Gerald…

  • Tabs to the vet’s (follow-up on PCKD)

    Backstory: According to the vet, Tabs has probably had PKD (polycystic kidney disease) all her life (they are normally born with it) but since all her blood tests during earlier years showed normal kidney readings, no ultrasound was done. It was only in December 2023 that a routine blood test suddenly showed elevated an creatinine…

  • Robin to the vet’s (follow-up on cystitis)

    I took Tabs and Robin for their follow-up this morning. This blogpost is about Robin first. The backstory: On 22nd January 2025, I rushed Robin to the vet’s because he was straining to urinate. Straining to urinate is always a medical emergency. Thankfully, he wasn’t blocked at all. So he was prescribed medication, a supplement…

  • Juno eats soaked kibble!

    I had thought it’d be impossible to get the Blondies to eat soaked kibble (it was a few months ago where they would stage a boycott and go on hunger strike), but it’s totally possible now. So that’s one achievement for me! Perseverance and lots of luck! My senior vet who likes to feed kibble…

  • Early morning portraits of Ginger and the Monsters!

    We nicknamed Minnie’s family “the Monsters” because they are so big! In no way is the nickname meant in a derogatory manner. I have to explain myself because on two occasions, I was told that the cute names I had given our cats were derogatory in the English Language. The first from my first rescued…

  • Breaking news: Creamy has a nice green collar!!

    Haha…!! It IS breaking news for us! Yesterday, when my friend, Soi Chee, was here visiting, we noticed a cream-coloured cat, so similar to Creamy walking on the ledge and this cat has a nice green collar! I remarked, “Hey, is that Creamy?? He has a collar now!!” So I waited, but the cat with…

  • Juno, Riley, Tabs and the Blondies’ eating stories

    As far as possible, I ensure that Tabs, Riley and Juno’s breakfast consists of wet food. This is quite challenging because Riley and Juno are kibble-queens. And both eat very little, so I cannot soak the kibble in water as it will not get eaten up fast enough and it might spoil once it is…

  • Gerald, oh Gerald

    Gerald is okay now. There is no more vomiting. It looks like he was trying to tell me that he longer wants his raw chicken mixed with canned food. He wants it separately. Sapu habis! Sometimes, he will want to come into the house and I’ll certainly let him in. Gerald lepak-ing with his family…

  • Taking care of ourselves again (the liver)

    Hi friends, More information to share with all of you. I went for my pneumoccocal vaccine this evening and was so lucky to get a radiologist in attendance at the clinic. So, vaccination done, and then I asked him if he could interpret my blood test results for me. I learnt quite a few things…

  • Happy Meatless Sunday!

    This homemade lunch contains broccolini, cabbage, carrot, pumpkin, bok choy, garlic, fresh turmeric, tomato and red capsicum. Topped with alfalfa sprouts and broccoli sprouts! Have a happy meatless day! Let’s do it for the animals!

  • Taking care of ourselves for the sake of our animals (blood glucose and cholesterol)

    Allow me to digress every once in a while. This is a follow-up to my eating plan to (1) reduce my blood glucose and (2) reduce my cholesterol (particularly my triglycerides and LDL if ever that’s even possible). Backstory: My blood glucose isn’t really that bad but I hit the prediabetes reading (HbA1c at 5.7)…

  • What is going on, Gerald and Creamy?

    Gerald and Creamy (aka Abu) are our only outdoor cats now. Creamy is the back neighbour’s cat while Gerald is…Gerald. I don’t know if he has a home somewhere because he does disappear for long hours sometimes, but both definitely come for food at least twice a day. Creamy doesn’t have any issues. He comes…