Reviewed by: Zhu Jianqing (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital)
"I live and work so hard, almost every day is home, work two points and one line, how can I get this disease?" Why did God treat me so unfairly? ”
7 years ago, when I got the "verdict" of cervical cancer, in addition to feeling fear, I couldn't figure it out. Fortunately, now that I have come out of the haze and defeated cancer, I can finally laugh at life.
There was no medical examination for one or three years, which made the cancer take advantage of the loophole
"Be careful of the ship of ten thousand years", this old saying is really true. Because of the luck mentality, I accidentally "overturned the ship".
Before the New Year in 2011, I suddenly found that I had a lot of vaginal discharge, and like tofu residue, there was a big smell.
At that time, I thought that maybe I was too tired during that time, which led to weak physical resistance and gynecological inflammation.
So I went to the hospital near my home and prepared to prescribe some anti-inflammatory drugs. But the doctor told me that it was best to go to a big hospital to do a TCT (liquid-based thin layer cytology test) to check it out. I was dumbfounded, feeling that the situation might not be good.
At the end of the year, I took a leave of absence to go to the general hospital for a TCT examination and cervical biopsy, and after waiting anxiously for two weeks, I finally got the biopsy report. I remember the day that changed my destiny vividly: February 28, 2011.
Cervical cancer! Seeing these three words on the biopsy report, I suddenly felt that my legs were a little weak, and I quickly found a chair and sat down.
"With cancer, how long can I live?" If I die, what will happen to this home? My daughter who just started junior high school has no mother, so what should she do? "Sitting on the rest chair in the hospital hall, I have a lot of thoughts, both scared and unwilling, I am only 38 years old!
"When was the last time I had a TCT exam?" The doctor's questioning during the doctor's visit really made me regret the beginning.
Before 2008, I would do a physical examination every year, and the gynecological examination program also included A TCT test, although I didn't know it very well, but I probably knew that it was a cancer screening.
TCT tests are simple and not painful, so the annual physical examination is not missed.
However, in 2008, I changed jobs, the new unit did not have the benefits of the physical examination, I think the previous annual examination did not find any problems, so from 2008 to 2010 did not go to the physical examination.
Luck is really bad! Now it seems that it may be in the 3 years without a physical examination that the cancer cells have quietly developed and grown, and finally showed abnormal symptoms, "revealing the fox's tail".
And if screening could be insisted on at that time, the cancer could be eliminated in the "bud".
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Second, when you are unhappy, never let the bad mood stay overnight
After further examination, my condition was diagnosed with cervical cancer stage IIA, although it was not early, fortunately it was not too late.
In my treatment plan, radical cervical cancer resection, that is, removal of the uterus, appendages, and dissection of surrounding lymph nodes, is certain.
As to whether the ovaries should also be removed, I need to make up my own mind at this point.
Although doctors say that ovarian metastasis is relatively rare in cervical cancer. But just in case, I decided to cut off my ovaries as well.
Because a friend of my cousin's, who also had cervical cancer, was young and did not remove the ovaries during the operation, the metastasis occurred 3 years later. I don't want to leave any possible consequences, otherwise it will be too late to regret it.
After the surgery, 6 rounds of chemotherapy and 23 rounds of radiation therapy were followed. Now it's just a string of numbers, which seems very relaxed, but at that time, it was really sinful, but fortunately, it survived.
I'm a very strong person, and I'm a straight-talking person, but sometimes it's easy to drill the tip of the bull's horn.
I have heard that the occurrence of cancer has a certain relationship with emotional depression. Thinking of it this way, you may be able to find possible carcinogenic factors.
I am doing after-sales service work in the automotive industry, in 2009, I encountered some problems at work, very unhappy, every morning when I got up and thought of going to work, I was annoyed, and for more than half a year, the whole person's state was terrible, and the mood was very low.
In retrospect, or this very unhappy experience planted the "seeds" of cancer.
After getting sick, I told myself: No matter what happens, I have to think about it. It took me a long time to get back a life, and if I don't adjust my mentality, there will only be a dead end.
When I was hospitalized a few years ago, I had 4 patients in the same ward, all of whom had cervical cancer.
Among them, 3 patients are very sick, found out that it is the IIIC stage, two patients have gone more than a year, the other patient left after 3 years, but she basically spent the last year between the hospital and home, and later there was ascites, the quality of life was very poor, and it was very painful before leaving.
In contrast, I and another patient who are also IIA patients are now living well, and it is really "thankful".
Now the pressure of life in the big city is so great, whether you are sick or not, everyone has it when you are unhappy.
But I set a rule for myself: if you are unhappy or angry one day, it is limited to that day, and you must not let bad emotions stay overnight.
Third, the daughter is older and ready to let her get cervical cancer vaccine
Now I live a very fulfilling day, in addition to busy work, taking care of my family, in my spare time I like to swim, practice yoga, and often hike with friends, I enjoy a very fulfilling life every day like this.
If I didn't need to go to the hospital for a review, sometimes I almost forgot that I was still a cancer patient.
It has been 6 years since the discovery of cervical cancer.
For the first 5 years, every six months I had to go to the hospital to check for tumor markers, as well as B-scan ultrasonography, CT (computed tomography) and other tests, and after 5 years, that is, from last year, I could do an annual examination.
I just went to do a review the other day. The results have been good, and there are no signs of recurrence or metastasis.
Doctors told me that if the cancer does not recur after 5 years of treatment, it basically means cure. I've survived 6 years, and I've finally won this "battle against cancer"!
Now although I am very fortunate, but when I was just diagnosed with cervical cancer, I really couldn't figure it out, I was almost at home and at work every day, how could I get this disease? Why is God so unfair?
Before I did not know anything about cervical cancer, after I got sick I read a lot of relevant information on the Internet to know: the original incidence of cervical cancer is so high, causing cervical cancer human papillomavirus (HPV) is so common, and so easy to infect, regular anti-cancer screening is very important.
My daughter is now the same age as Hua, and she has just started working as a print advertising designer after graduating from her college in film and television animation.
I know that there is already a cervical cancer vaccine (HPV vaccine) in China, although our family does not have a family history of cancer, but I am still ready to let my daughter go to this cancer vaccine, hoping that this "flower protector" can make my baby daughter safe and healthy for a lifetime.
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