A week of serial bad news

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This is not a very good week for me. First, I had cold and cough with sore throat. I went on 2 days medical leave as a result. It was a good rest through. 

During the 2 days medical leave, I was told by my financial agent that both Multi-Sector Income Fund and US Growth and Income Fund no longer accept single premium top up which I had been doing for a couple of months. This meant I could no longer reinvest my dividends into this two accounts. I took the medical leave to do some research and reflection on my strategy. My Pimco Income Fund currently was still less than half the size of both my Multi-sector and US Growth and Income Fund. My plan is to reinvest all my dividends and spare cash into Pimco Income Fund till it reaches the size of about $100k. Then through the three income funds, I will quickly move on to grow my fourth and fifth income fund. By the time all my income fund grow completely, I would be in a prime position for an early retirement.

I went for my first ultra sound for my thyroid after my thyroid cancer surgery. It is the first time and naturally I am nervous. The person who helped me to do an Ultrasound made a remark that there are something strange happening on my left side of the neck. She made more images and videos of the left side. I was worried but she convinced me that it was nothing conclusive till the doctor review and make comments on it. I will be having a medical review in another 2 weeks time. I could not do anything but to wait. I hope that this would turn out to be nothing in the end.

 P.s. Not a financial advice. Please treat this as the rambling of an middle age uncle.

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