"Jason Chee, medal-winning para-athlete, loses right eye to cancer
SINGAPORE: In 2012, navy man Jason Chee lost his left arm and both legs in a horrendous ship accident. Now, he has lost his right eye too.
Before telling his story, Chee maneuvered his motorised wheelchair into a cold, cramped room at the Singapore Sports Institute in Kallang and looked straight into the camera. “I want people to see it clearly,” the 34-year-old told Channel NewsAsia. In place of his right eyeball is a clear, plastic lens that prevents his eyelids from shutting.
At 8.30am on a Wednesday in April this year, Chee was just about to kick off his workday at the Changi Naval Base when half the vision in his right eye “blacked out”. He didn’t panic. “I told my colleague that I needed to see the doctor,” he said.
At 10am, he saw an eye specialist at Changi General Hospital. The next morning, the doctor said it was a tumour and referred him to the National Eye Centre. A month later, doctors there told him it was cancerous.
The disease is called choroidal melanoma, a cancer of the eye, and it’s more common in Westerners, Chee said. His tumour measured 1.5cm in size.
“I felt quite lost,” he said. “It’s very strange; why is there something inside my eyeball?” Chee became more anxious. “I was very afraid that the organs in my body might be affected,” he added."
I m not a religious person though I believe, if there must be, a creator of this world n the many universe we see in space shown on science documentaries n films.
If the creator is a human, why does he or she or it dealt this young man such lousy n cruel hands!!
His courage n resilience is utterly admirable. It is very rare to still hv so much hope n life n not blame anything n anyone for such terrible happenstance. Why took away his arm n both legs. Why now "gifted" him cancer in his right eye n took away his sight! What creator can be more cruel!!??
What is even more remarkable is that I, a total stranger to him, feel that life has been most unfair n unkind to him; he did not panic n is not feeling any self-pity or been overwhelmed. His resilience in the face of unimaginable suffering is simply amazing.
May he gets all the medical help the state cam provide n not let the cold hard medical cost wears him down. It is far easier for the state to foot the bill via the millions of taxpayer than to ask o.e fairly hopeless down-n-out individual to foot the bill!
Jason, I salute u one more time for u hv been truly inspirational. All the best in your treatments.
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