Although doctors save lives, they can also get sick and get cancer. Many people wonder if doctors are afraid, panicked, and confused like ordinary patients after cancer.
An old Chinese medicine doctor who has successfully fought cancer said to himself: After diagnosing cancer, I found out that how many cancer patients never understood the truth.
How long can I live? The director was silent
I am a seventy-year-old Chinese medicine practitioner who has been retired for many years. After a lifetime as a doctor, I know that the body is the capital of the revolution, so I pay great attention to physical health. Most people at my age are plagued by high blood pressure, diabetes and other diseases, but I don't have the same, and I am in good health.
Unexpectedly, fate tricked people, and I was actually "targeted" by malignant lymphoma.
01, after the test results came out, I was really frightened
In the second half of 2014, I happened to feel an egg-sized lump in my right armpit, which was hard and painful to press. I suspected that it was a swollen lymph node or a tumor, but I was not sure, so I went to the hospital where I used to work for a test.
After the pathological results came out, it showed that the tumor was benign, and I was relieved and thought: Since it is benign, it is okay to be surgically removed.
Who would have thought that a few months after the surgery, a lump of the same size would appear in my right armpit, which is very abnormal. This time, I chose to go to a big hospital for pathology, and was eventually diagnosed with malignant lymphoma, and it was classic Hodgkin lymphoma.
The moment I knew the result, I couldn't get back to my senses for a long time, and my heart was full of mixed feelings, but more than that, I was still afraid.
Having been a doctor for decades, what have I not seen? But when the disease happened to me, I still felt a deep fear. I can't believe that I am usually in good health, and I have no symptoms of discomfort, and I will actually suffer from malignant lymphoma.
02, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, relapse
After my mood calmed down, I finally accepted the reality. Fortunately, my two sons are also doctors and they have helped me a lot.
I consulted the relevant information of typical Hodgkin lymphoma and found that as long as the treatment is standardized, the cure rate is still very high. Soon, my son arranged everything for me and I began chemotherapy.
Since April 2016, I have had 6 rounds of chemotherapy and the results have been good. In November, he received another 2 months of radiation therapy.
I thought, the treatment is over, and there is nothing abnormal, it should be almost good, right? It was this "naïve" idea that made me let down my guard and did not review it in time. By March 2018, my cancer had returned.
03, usher in a second life
It was this relapse that almost took my life.
After the relapse, I continued to receive chemotherapy, the first 4 times still had an effect, and by the 5th time, the indicators continued to deteriorate. The doctor said that the treatment plan must be changed as soon as possible.
In November 2018, I received a new treatment and radiation therapy at the same time, but the effect was very bad, I felt so much pain that my body could hardly bear it. At that time, my mentality completely collapsed, and I even wanted to give up treatment and wait for death.
For my illness, my two sons kept running around, heard that a hospital had a clinical trial, was recruiting patients, and persuaded me to try it. I agreed, did the test according to the admission requirements, but found that I had pneumonia and could not participate in the trial. After half a month of treatment, my pneumonia was cured, evaluated, and met the enrollment requirements.
It was this clinical trial that gave me a second life.
After enrolling, I could clearly feel that the treatment was working. After that, every time I went to the hospital, I was able to act on my own without my family. After the experiment, my life was similar to that of a normal person, but I still had to review regularly and receive treatment if necessary.
Second, the so-called truth, too many people do not understand
I am often asked, "As an old Chinese medicine practitioner, why did you choose western medical methods, is there any unknown truth?" ”
In fact, the so-called truth is very simple - cancer treatment is by no means a single treatment can be completely solved, it is a comprehensive treatment. Some people only believe in Chinese medicine, some people only insist on oral medicine, some people take folk remedies, these are all wrong.
My answer to TCM for cancer treatment is: "I don't affirm or deny it, but TCM can work in some ways." "Some Chinese medicines contain anti-cancer ingredients, but this does not mean that it can directly fight cancer. The efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine on the human body depends on many factors, and whether it can really produce efficacy requires a large number of clinical trials.
The current view is that it is not recommended to use traditional Chinese medicine alone for routine cancer treatment, let alone replace standardized treatment such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. TCM can also be used in combination with conventional treatment, but it should be fully evaluated first to avoid over-treatment.
Academician: Many tumors are "induced" by themselves
In an interview with China Science Daily, Sun Yan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a well-known clinical oncologist who has studied cancer for 60 years, said that no one can know when they will get cancer, but there are some ways to delay the occurrence of cancer or reduce cancer risk.
He believes that many cancers are "forced" by bad living habits, and it is necessary to develop good living habits and not create high-risk factors to help prevent cancer. Therefore, Academician Sun Yan summed up 4 anti-cancer sutras.
1. Stay away from carcinogens
Avoid a high-fat, high-calorie diet, eat less barbecued and fried foods, eat less pickled and moldy foods, eat less red meat and processed meat, and eat more coarse grains, fresh vegetables and fruits. Use public chopsticks during dinners, implement a meal sharing system, etc., to avoid the spread of the virus.
2. Annual physical examination
At least once a year, the elderly with conditions can be physically examined twice, which can not only grasp the physical health status, but also detect abnormalities in time.
3. Control of precancerous lesions
Mucosal leukoplakia, junction nevi, prolonged hepatitis, chronic atrophic gastritis, chronic inflammation of the cervix, multiple polyps of the colon, etc., are relatively common precancerous lesions, once found to be treated in time to avoid further development into cancer.
4. Learn to enjoy life
Psychological problems such as long-term stress, depression, anxiety, and sulking may cause endocrine disorders, reduce resistance, and lead to a decrease in the body's ability to prevent cancer. We must learn to adjust our mentality, be open-minded, and not be too calculating about everything.
In fact, cancer is preventable and controllable, and it is important to improve the awareness of prevention and master the method of cancer prevention. Once cancer is diagnosed, we must also look at it scientifically to avoid falling into the misunderstanding of anti-cancer. What do you think?
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Resources:
[1] Swordsman. 4 Points of Reflection on Anti-Cancer Doctors[J]. Xintiandi, 2018(2):2.
[2] Academician Sun Yan said health: Keep in mind the four anti-cancer sutras, stay away from tumor Jun. China Science Daily.2018-07-21
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