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Uncle Liu is 65 years old this year, and his life after retirement should have been the peaceful years he has been looking forward to for a long time, but fate has played a big joke on him.
One fine afternoon, while preparing dinner in the kitchen, he suddenly felt something strange in his throat, as if something was stuck. Uncle Liu's wife, Aunt Zhang, noticed his abnormality and persuaded him to go to the hospital for examination many times.
But Uncle Liu always shirked for various reasons, and deep down he had resistance to the cold environment of the hospital. Until one day, he almost choked on water, which forced him to walk through the doors of the hospital.
After a detailed examination, the doctor diagnosed thyroid cancer. Uncle Liu couldn't help but shed tears, he didn't expect these daily discomforts to be such a sign of such a serious illness. While accepting this reality, Uncle Liu and his family began to learn about thyroid cancer.
Thyroid cancer that is detected early has a good prognosis, but because early symptoms may not be prominent, many people fail to recognize and treat these signs in time, and as a result, the best time for treatment is missed.
In order to better cope with the disease, Uncle Liu decided to undergo surgery. During the surgery, he learned that the doctors had removed his thyroid gland through a procedure called a total thyroidectomy. After the surgery, he will need to take replacement medications for the rest of his life to replenish the thyroid hormones he needs in his body.
During the treatment, Uncle Liu came into contact with many patients with the same condition. In this process, Uncle Liu realized that medicine is not only about treating diseases and saving people, but also about giving patients psychological comfort and support.
Such an experience made Uncle Liu re-examine the meaning of life in the midst of his illness. He began to try his hand at writing, documenting his struggles with illness, hoping to inspire others to face life's difficulties through his stories. His articles gradually attracted the attention of the people around him, and some hospitals even began to invite him to give lectures on psychological support.
In the process of this struggle, Uncle Liu also deeply felt the care and help of the society for thyroid cancer patients, but he also found some problems that could not be ignored. One of them is the lack of public awareness of thyroid cancer and its early symptoms.
Through his conversations with doctors and his own experiences, he realized that it is important to educate about the early symptoms and prevention of thyroid cancer. Uncle Liu decided to make this point of view the core of his public speech.
He believes that by raising public awareness of disease prevention and control, the rate of delayed diagnosis of diseases can be significantly reduced. Although he is unable to provide specific data or research findings to support this view, his personal experience and interactions with other patients are enough to prove its importance.
In his lecture, Uncle Liu described in detail the early symptoms of thyroid cancer, such as hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, and foreign body sensation in the neck, which are often overlooked.
At the same time, he shared the cases of several patients he met during the treatment. For example, a young lady missed the best treatment time because she ignored the early symptoms, and as a result, she had to undergo a more complex treatment plan.
There is also a middle-aged man, whose thyroid cancer was successfully controlled due to timely detection and treatment, and his quality of life was almost unaffected. These stories have profoundly impacted listeners, and many have begun to take their health seriously and gain a more comprehensive understanding of thyroid cancer.
Uncle Liu's efforts have gradually been recognized by more medical institutions and public health organizations, and his stories and lectures have become a force to promote public health education. It was through these public speeches and personal efforts that Uncle Liu realized that although his experience of illness was difficult, it also brought him an opportunity to pass on positive energy.
His attitude and actions towards life inspired many people and also changed his own outlook on life. Uncle Liu's story is not only a narrative of illness and struggle, but also a revelation about how to find the meaning of life and social value in the face of adversity.
His example proves that even at a low point in life, everyone has the power to change roles from patients to mentors and inspirations for others.
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