Advanced cancer, treatment or abandonment? The result was too unexpected

The hospital is bustling with a couple who are striking at each other
.
After talking with the other party, the editor was very touched
.
Husband Mr.
Zhang's advanced cancer, bowel cancer, liver metastasis, bone metastasis, when the wife was first diagnosed, he faced soul torture: Continue treatment may be empty, cure or not? Before some experts reminded that "the cure may be gone", but the wife did not hesitate and chose to continue the treatment, saying to the editor that "if the sea is easy in a hundred years, life is only once, and it must be cherished"
.

Bone metastasis of bowel cancer, if not actively treated symptomatically, may only have a survival period
of 3~6 months.
But after discovering the treatment, a year and a half later, Mr.
Zhang is still standing here
in good order.
Because he lived close, in order to exercise, Mr.
Zhang often rode his bicycle to see the doctor, and neighbors who did not know him well even thought that he was going out for morning exercise
.

(The manuscript was released with Mr.
Zhang's consent, and the picture above is the drumming picture of Mr.
Zhang's radiotherapy treatment, full of hope!) He hopes that everyone will summon up courage on the road to fighting cancer and not give up! ）

Mr.
Zhang's anti-cancer story is a good inspiration
for us.
When we read anti-cancer stories, we read successful experiences, perseverance and courage, and we read a vast world.

What is his anti-cancer secret? I hope that after reading it, you can also feel the power from it!

01

Don't give up

Mr.
Zhang is now almost 60 years old and has always been in
good health.
The last physical examination was in 1992 - after getting married and having a daughter, they chose to study abroad to take their love and studies to the next level
.
After that study abroad physical examination, Mr.
Zhang has not participated in the physical examination
again.

Until March 2021, after the Spring Festival of the old calendar, Mrs.
Zhang urged her husband to go for a physical examination, and she felt faintly uneasy in her heart and felt that she was relieved
to do the physical examination.
I remember that day, Mrs.
Zhang waited outside the examination room for more than 20 minutes, and Mr.
Zhang had not yet come out
.
According to the general situation, the B-ultrasound examination in public hospitals is very fast, and it is impossible to spend more than 20 minutes
inside.
Mrs.
Zhang felt a little strange, and when she saw Mr.
Zhang come out with a blank face, she quickly greeted him and asked about the situation
.

Mr.
Zhang said that when he first checked up, the doctor said that there were more than a dozen cancers in the liver, the largest of which was 10 centimeters
.
The doctor thought that Mr
.
Zhang himself knew about such a serious situation.
Unexpectedly, Mr.
Zhang also knew
for the first time.
In 2020, Mr.
Zhang accidentally fell and lay in bed for 8 months, gaining more than 20 pounds
.
Recently, Mr.
Zhang insisted on exercising, everyone thought that it was a good condition of exercise, but they did not expect that it was the weight
loss caused by cancer.

Mr.
Zhang knew that there was cancer in the liver and immediately went to a hospital liver specialist to prepare for treatment
.
Routine tests before treatment, blood drawn for tumor markers and enhanced magnetic resonance
.
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) rose to more than 90U/mL, while the normal value is within 0-10U/mL, and doctors can know that there is an abnormality
at a glance.
Looking at the MRI image, the largest tumor in the liver reached 10 centimeters
.
According to professional analysis, the doctor said that these are only metastases, and the primary place is not the liver
.

Sigmoid colon cancer with multiple metastases to the liver and bones

The doctor recommended transfer to Fudan University Cancer Hospital for treatment
.
However, it is no longer possible to operate, after all, the proportion of metastases on the liver is too large to be cut
.
Therefore, Mr.
Zhang underwent 2 interventional treatments and 4 ablations
in Fudan University Cancer Hospital.
The attending doctor reminded Mrs.
Zhang that "it may be gone"
.

Mrs.
Zhang said, "The condition is not optimistic, we are also mentally prepared, but we will not give up treatment
.
" "This kind of affection can withstand the test in the face of
life and death.

When you are young, love is love at first sight and the hand of the son; When you are older, love can wait by
the sick bed without complaint or regret.

02

About good treatment

"Whether it's a white cat or a black cat, it's a good cat
to catch mice.
" In Mrs.
Zhang's eyes, as long as the hospital that can cure the disease, whether public or private, is a good hospital
.
Speaking about treatment, Mrs.
Zhang said: "Technology first, service second
.
If there is no effect, just a good service attitude can not solve the patient's problem
.
”

Due to the large number of people in the cancer hospital, Mr.
Zhang was transferred to the Shanghai Meizhong Jiahe Cancer Clinic close to home, and Professor Zhang Xiaojian was in charge of treatment
.
Professor Zhang has worked in the Cancer Hospital of Fudan University for 30 years and has a good
reputation.
Mr.
Zhang actively cooperated with Professor Zhang's treatment and underwent a total of three courses of radiotherapy in the outpatient department, and the treatment condition was getting better
and better.
At the end of each session, confidence is high and full of anticipation
for the future.
In Mrs.
Zhang's words, it is "miraculous radiotherapy, after Professor Zhang's 'photo', where it hurts, it immediately does not hurt
.
" Tumor markers also dropped
dramatically.
”

Mr.
Zhang is more concerned about doctor-patient communication and fully communicates
his concerns with the attending doctor.
Only with adequate communication, the good of experts will be useful
.
Mr.
Zhang said that although the experts in public hospitals are good, the flow of people is large, and every time he faces a hurried expert, Mr.
Zhang is always cramped and afraid to ask questions, worried that the questions asked will not be important and professional
in the eyes of the experts.
And here Professor Zhang Xiaojian, Mr.
Zhang feels comfortable in his heart and can safely express his doubts
.
Professor Zhang also took the initiative to take care of Mr.
Zhang's psychology and comforted him from time to time, "Although you are a 'glass person', you need attention in all aspects, but you can live normally, cooperate with treatment, survive with tumors, and I will pay attention to your state
.
" ”

Mr.
Zhang also focuses on whether he is patient-centered
.
Dr.
Lu Qiong, who is in charge of Mr.
Zhang's chemotherapy, can always explain the efficacy and precautions of the drug in plain language
.
Even on weekends, I think about the treatment of my patients
.
Mr.
Zhang underwent arterial chemotherapy in the outer hospital, which had great side effects and became dehydrated, and Mrs.
Zhang was even worried about whether he could get through this hurdle
.
This side effect was solved at Dr.
Lu's office, and just over the weekend, Dr.
Lu also called to track the situation and take every bit of the patient to heart
.

All in all, Mr.
Zhang feels that in addition to paying attention to the curative effect, a hospital that feels comfortable walking into the hospital like going home is a good hospital
.

03

About gratitude

Always be grateful, and you will be treated
with tenderness.

The eight sufferings of life refer to "birth, old age, sickness, death, love parting, unwanted, resentment, and five yin flourishing"
.
Although Mr.
Zhang is experiencing the pain of life's illness, he has a grateful heart for the people and things around him, and he is also treated gently by the people around him
.

When it comes to the cost of treatment, Mr.
Zhang and Mrs.
Zhang have always thanked the national medical insurance policy for serious illnesses, which has reduced the burden
on patients and their families.
For example, the bone protection drug used by Mr.
Zhang for his treatment, zoledronic acid, used to require patients to pay more than 2,000 yuan for a box, but now the medical insurance burden is 1,910 yuan, and patients and their families only need to pay 212 yuan
.
Although Meizhong Jiahe Cancer Clinic is a private medical institution, it also supports medical insurance payment, so that their treatment has a lot less worries
.

In addition, Mr.
Zhang and Mrs.
Zhang found that many people did not know that Shanghai has a special medical insurance policy for low-income groups, so they wanted to convey this message to benefit more people
.
That is, Shanghai's dibao and low-income groups have special medical insurance policies, which are first reimbursed according to the type of medical insurance they participate in, and the rest can apply for medical assistance, that is, 60%
reimbursement.
Most of these people participate in the "one old" or unemployed resident medical insurance, and the original amount of hospitalization reimbursement is 60%; Through medical assistance, this part of the population is reimbursed 84%.

Thanks to the national medical insurance policy, the cost of bone protection drug - zoledronic acid has been greatly reduced

In addition to the doctor, Mr.
Zhang and Mrs.
Zhang also met many heartwarming people and things
.
Shi Fei, the leader of the technician team, is particularly kind, encouraging and comforting patients as old friends every time
.
Once, when Mr.
Zhang was changing his treatment gown, a commemorative necklace slipped to the ground, but he did not notice
it at the time.
Afterwards, he found that it was lost, and he couldn't recall which one was lost, so he asked Shi Fei to help find it
.
Shi Fei didn't say a word of excuse, after work, he looked for a circle of treatment areas, and then lay down under the radiotherapy bed to find it
.
If the people are like a rainbow, they know it when they meet above!

In addition, the nurses in the outpatient department and the doctor assistants of the Internet hospital also answered their questions, which made Mr.
Zhang and Mrs
.
Zhang feel at ease.

Mrs.
Zhang is a person of faith, she said: "The state is created by the heart, as long as there is a Buddha in the heart, all sentient beings are Buddhas, and they are all people
who can cross you.
" Perhaps we are grateful and have met a good doctor, so that Mr.
Zhang can stay with me until now
.
I am already very satisfied with the current diagnosis and treatment results, but I also have a luxury, I hope he can accompany me more, after all, the original husband and wife, deep feelings
.
”

Written at the end:

Miracles always happen
inadvertently.
This world is not always the fate of separation and sickness, we still have a grateful heart, and the courage to persevere to the end! Come on, every friend who is fighting the disease!

Zhang Xiaojian

Deputy Chief Physician of Department of Radiotherapy, Shanghai Meizhong Jiahe Cancer Clinic

(Former Department of Radiotherapy, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai)

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