Anticancer patients
Holding her husband's inspection report, Sun Xiumei looked as if the sky had fallen. At this point, Sun Xiumei's mind was blank: God must be joking with her. How can it be so good? She can't believe it, and she doesn't want to believe it. She tried to deceive herself, but she had to face the sudden bad news. She is hesitating whether to tell her husband the truth, and if so, how to make him accept the reality.
It's only a few hundred meters from the hospital to home, but Sun Xiumei walked slowly for an hour. At the door, xiu-mei sun didn't open the door for a long time like a lost soul. Aunt Zhang, who was about to go out to buy food, saw Sun Xiumei standing in a daze at the door and joked, "Xiumei, what's the matter?" Why don't you go in when you get home? You Lao Zhang may be in a hurry. " Show-Sun Mei just came to my mind and took out the key from his pocket to open the door.
"Wife, what's the test result?" Sun Xiumei's husband Zhang Aiguo is practicing calligraphy at home. Seeing his wife coming back, he asked casually.
"Nothing, you are in good health." Sun Xiumei wanted to tell her husband the truth, but she couldn't. "And I said, well, you overrated. I have a good living habit and exercise regularly, so I will be fine. " Zhang Aiguo didn't believe that he was ill, and his wife was even more "proud" when she said nothing. Xiu looked at Zhang Aiguo relaxed, but her heart was even more melancholy.
"Wife, what do you think of my recent calligraphy? This is the "Qinyuan Spring Snow" that I copied for a long time. " Zhang Aiguo has always liked calligraphy. Although he is nearly sixty years old, his love for calligraphy remains the same. "Much better than before." Sun Xiumei is not in the mood to appreciate her husband's calligraphy. She just pretended to look at it, trying to be perfunctory. "But you haven't really appreciated it! You have looked at it carefully for a long time before. " Zhang Aiguo felt that his wife was abnormal, and her sad face was always on her face. "Lao Zhang, to tell you the truth, I can't hide it sooner or later anyway. I didn't say it yesterday. You have liver cancer. The doctor said it would be fine in a year or two at most. " Sun Xiumei choked with tears in her eyes. Zhang Aiguo in the mind a surprised, slowly sitting in a chair, eyes flashed a trace of loss. After a moment of silence, Lao Zhang got up and hugged Sun Xiumei and said, "Wife, don't be sad, cancer doesn't mean death!" " ""But the death rate of cancer is too high. "Sun Xiumei snuggled in Lao Zhang's arms, and tears could not stop flowing downwards until Lao Zhang's clothes were soaked." But after all, it is not 100%. "Lao zhang said very firmly.
Knowing his illness, Lao Zhang did not have negative emotions such as fear and tension. On the contrary, he faced the reality with a positive and optimistic attitude and never felt how terrible cancer was. After all, he only takes medicine, not chemotherapy. In fact, in Sun Xiumei's view, Lao Zhang has no time to take care of cancer. He devoted himself to calligraphy, studied it and practiced it. Whenever the pain of liver cancer is unbearable, Lao Zhang has more spirit to practice calligraphy. Because in Lao Zhang's view, it is absolutely worthwhile to divert attention, minimize the pain caused by liver cancer, and do what you like.
"Lao zhang, you are so conservative treatment can do it? Why don't I tell Xiaohua about you and listen to his advice? " Sun Xiumei was very worried when she saw that her husband was only willing to take medicine and refused chemotherapy. "Don't worry, I will overcome the disease with optimism and firm belief. Don't tell Xiaohua that his son is very busy at work and depends on his grandson. Don't disturb his son unless you have to. " Lao Zhang vowed to comfort his wife, but he was also afraid of cancer. "Well, Lao Zhang, it's been three or four months since the last physical examination. I will accompany you to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow. " "No, don't you believe me?" "For the sake of my health, I'd rather believe the test results." Sun Xiumei wanted Lao Zhang to go to the hospital for examination, but the stubborn Lao Zhang refused to go anyway, so Sun Xiumei had to give up temporarily.
"Wife, what do you think of my calligraphy this time? After I finished it yesterday afternoon, I took a photo and sent it to the calligraphy lovers exchange group on my WeChat. They all praised my work, saying that the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which I copied, had a little charm of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, which was much more advanced than the Qin Yuan Chun Xue that I copied a year ago. "These days, Lao Zhang is not out running, or practicing calligraphy at home. From his eyes, I can't see that he is a liver cancer patient. " Lao Zhang, I am in poor health these days, and my stomach often hurts badly. Let's go to the hospital together tomorrow, and you can check it by the way. After all, you haven't checked for a year. "
Lao Zhang was absorbed in practicing calligraphy and didn't pay attention to Sun Xiumei's health. He looked up at his haggard wife and felt very sad. In a trance, his hand trembled and the brush slipped from his fingertips onto the rice paper. The ink in the tip of the pen fell on the rice paper and slowly soaked and dyed black, as if Sun Xiumei's tears fell on Lao Zhang's clothes, no, in Lao Zhang's heart. Lao Zhang felt very sorry for his wife these days and decided to go to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow.
"It's amazing. Although you were diagnosed with liver cancer a year ago, you are now well maintained and the number of cancer cells has decreased. At this rate, it is not impossible to live for another two years, three years or even longer. " Nie doctor looked at Zhang Aiguo's inspection report a week ago and sighed. "What about my wife?" Zhang Aiguo was too busy to take care of Dr. Nie's consternation, only worried about his wife's physical condition.
With his wife's inspection report, Lao Zhang left the hospital with mixed feelings and heavy steps. I don't know how long it took. Lao Zhang finally knocked on the door.
"Lao Zhang, how did you check this time?" Xiu-mei sun saw Lao Zhang come back and asked eagerly. "I'm fine. The cancer cells didn't spread, even decreased a little. At this rate, there is no problem living for another ten years, eight years or even longer. " "Really?" Sun Xiumei couldn't believe her ears. After all, it is incredible that Lao Zhang "repelled" the disease with almost nothing to do this year. "It's you!" "I don't care. Do I also have cancer? "
"Wife, congratulations on becoming an' anti-cancer patient' like me!" Lao Zhang inspired his wife with a slow tone, but his heart was full of sadness and helplessness. Sun Xiumei didn't notice that the word "gastric cancer" was written on his examination report.
"Wife, didn't you love classical literature before you retired? I'll buy you some ancient books of the pre-Qin period tomorrow. " Lao Zhang saw that his wife was silent and expressionless, and his heart was sour. "No, my hobby is to appreciate your calligraphy. You see, your copy of "Spring and Snow in the Garden" and "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion" has really reached a higher level. It is worthwhile to practice calligraphy hard before retirement. It's just that Su Shi's Fu on the Red Wall, which you copied a week ago, needs strengthening. The brushwork is slightly lacking, and the ink is sprinkled on the rice paper. " Sun Xiumei carefully appreciates Lao Zhang's calligraphy works.
Dance with cancer!
In other words, everyone who walks on the streets of the United States, if they meet Pat Hillman, will never imagine that she is a patient, let alone a lung cancer patient with little time left in theory.
Pay attention to the early diagnosis of cancer
As early as 2009, when she went to the hospital for allergy examination, she was first diagnosed with tumor cells in her left lung, and then her lower lobe was removed through the combined treatment of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Then, she thinks that cancer cells should be eliminated. At the end of 20 13, the doctor scanned the trace of tumor cells in her lung through CT. Although radiotherapy and chemotherapy did not cure her cancer, to some extent, Hillman was lucky: because cancer cells were found early, managing lung cancer is like managing chronic diseases.
Hillman said, "The hope of early diagnosis of cancer is that you will be able to cure the disease." "Or, even if you step into heaven with one foot, the hope of being cured will help you fight cancer to the end and return to a normal life."
Although lung cancer is easier to be diagnosed in the late stage, with the development of diagnosis and treatment technology, the average survival time of lung cancer patients has been prolonged by early diagnosis. According to the report of American Lung Research Association, the five-year survival rate of lung cancer after early detection is 54%, but unfortunately only 15% of lung cancer cases are found at early stage.
Psychological transformation: dancing with cancer
Jennifer Pierce, a cancer social worker at George Washington University, said that she is now teaching cancer patients how to move on, rather than how to face cancer death.
She said, "For many people, treating cancer as a chronic disease rather than the death penalty can be a good change. According to the experience of some patients they have contacted, those who manage cancer as diabetes or heart disease live longer. "
Like Hillman, they integrate tumor cells into daily life and get along with normal cells in the body, that is, dance with cancer.
Bires added that its most important job is to help patients and their families think about life and ensure the quality of life. Cancer patients should not just live for life, but should ensure that they still enjoy life after suffering from cancer. "
Plan for the future
In a few months, Hillman will start taking chemotherapy drugs orally, which will help prevent the spread of cancer cells. However, her body may be resistant to treatment, so she needs to be prepared for the worst.
Hillman said that she is a person who lives in the present, and she also realizes that she may not live to be 80 or 90 years old. Everyone else is thinking about 10 years, 10 years, but she is cherishing every year.
In the process of fighting lung cancer, Hillman managed cancer as a chronic disease, which gave it a unique perspective. In the past, she always had time to deal with affairs, but she often didn't have time to diagnose whether she had some kind of disease in advance. In fact, if diagnosed in advance, her chances of getting sick will be greatly reduced, and she will not even get cancer.
She also said that human beings work for more than 30 years on average. In this process, many people are exchanging their lives for money. After being diagnosed with early lung cancer, she gradually slowed down and retired two years earlier. It was early diagnosis that prompted her to spend more time with her family.
Jennifer Bires, a cancer social worker, also suggested that it is a flexible plan to manage cancer as a chronic disease. In this process, she advises people to make short-term plans (next month, half a year). If you are planning for cancer and have been planning for two years, remember to buy travel insurance. For those who are willing to make plans in advance, she advises not to be depressed by changing plans temporarily.
Think of cancer as a book that opens life.
Now, as a cancer patient, Hillman and her family do something positive every year. As the founder of LUNG FORCE, an American lung cancer folk association, she is mainly committed to helping women resist the invasion of lung cancer. In addition, she sends short messages to some friends and family members who are not in her inner circle every month to update her health information. For a long time, she regarded her illness as an open book, and opening this book was like talking to her treatment.
For those who are shocked to hear that they have cancer, their families should always meet their own needs. All cancers are different, but all cancer patients hope that their families or doctors can talk about their diseases in depth, that is, treat them like normal people.
As a cancer patient, Hillman said that the continuous positive help of her family made her firmly manage cancer as a chronic disease.
She said that cancer will make you sad, but it will also make you strong and firm in the belief of living in the present. As a patient with cancer, there are no more tears. The only thing to do is to be firm and confident that you can be cured, and at the same time get as much information as possible, arm yourself and help more patients with similar diseases.
From cancer patients to world champions
Like all beautiful young girls, Florance, a French girl with a senior management certificate, is madly in love! They really love each other and are full of infinite leisure for the future.
However, something unexpected happened. 1One day in April, 994, she was diagnosed with uterine cancer.
She fell in love and sat in the chair! She was in a trance because she had a premonition of her future from other cancer patients: hair loss, sparse teeth, loose and floating house and skinny.
I don't know whether it is out of love or self-esteem, she made a terrible decision: stubbornly and resolutely break up with her boyfriend and run away from home! In her new job, she tried to hide her illness and devoted herself to her work. But the disease still made her face gaunt and her eyes sunken. Later, a new tumor was found in her body, and her cancer cells metastasized! First to the ovary, then to the rectum. Open surgery is needed every three months. During this time, she lost the strength to exercise, lost interest in everything, stayed indoors all day and felt that life was as desolate as a desert. Every morning when she wakes up, she will stare at the ceiling and keep asking herself: Are you going to persist or commit suicide? Isn't it just waiting to die? Tears flowed down unconsciously, and it was simply too difficult to endure such hardships!
1997165438+10 month, Florance had a 12 operation, and her intestines were cut for a period of time, and a drainage tube was used for a period of time. Because she has done too much general anesthesia, she can't get anesthetic when inserting and pulling out the drainage tube. Unfortunately, she is not in a coma, and the degree of pain can be imagined. She doesn't want to endure that kind of painful torture any more, and she doesn't want to see a doctor again, thinking that this is the last operation, and no matter what happens, it should be over.
In those years when the disease slowly devoured her, she remembered the time when she was skateboarding at the seaside not long before she got sick: it was a Sunday, when the sea was vast, the waves rolled, waterfowl soared and dolphins appeared, and she didn't feel tired after playing for several hours. So, when she came out of the hospital for the last time, she made up her mind: get on the skateboard again and fight in the sea!
In order to start exercising early, she began to force herself to eat, because only in this way can she gain weight and recover her physical strength. At first, she sat on the ground and practiced, because she would get dizzy when she was active. Then, she rode a bike and did some jogging. Two months later, she began to try to get into the water. Don't mention how happy she is this day! At first, she only knelt on the skateboard and did some exercise before she dared to stand up. The sea breeze blows her long hair, the waves beat her waist, and she enjoys the joy of the past. This first victory in challenging herself made her feel the loveliness of life again.
She bought that cookbook again and began to cook by herself. Her mental state is getting better every day. In her personal mailbox, the hospital's review notices piled up so much that she ignored them without even reading them.
Her skateboarding skills are constantly improving, and she can jump higher and faster, which inspires her to have a bigger goal: to participate in the competition and compete with the first-class masters. So, she stepped up her preparations and trained for 4 hours every day, and her heart was full of joy!
In September, 200 1 year, at the urging of a friend, she decided to go to the hospital for reexamination, and the examination results were unexpected! For the first time in four years, the doctor said to her, "It's amazing, all your indicators are normal!" " "A miracle happened to her, and she was so excited that tears filled her eyes!
In the summer of 2002, Florance participated in the World Women's Skateboarding Competition and got on the podium of the champion. When people applauded her, few people knew that she had been a cancer patient!
Two years ago, when she was practicing skateboarding in the Atlantic Ocean, a handsome young man who likes skateboarding as much as her came into her life. Not long ago, they bought a farm near the beach. Florance has decided to receive five or six batches of cancer patients 18-25 years old here every year. She wants them to know: "Although cancer is terrible, it cannot deprive them of their right to exist. As long as they stubbornly resist, life will be as beautiful as before they get sick! "
I have been inspired by this story many times. Florance told us from his own personal experience that faith can cure diseases. Your brain is a big pharmacy with all kinds of medicines you need. If you accept it and release negative toxins, your body will be destroyed!
The biggest disaster in life is the torture of terminal illness, but if you can resist the claws of terminal illness, non-terminal illness is just an episode in life. Florance was in pain and despair, but she finally succeeded in defeating cancer, a terminal disease that everyone feared and was regarded as incurable.
Florance is also an ordinary person. Her soul and body are no different from anyone else. Since she can do it, I think we can do it, as long as we have the belief in success! !
A story, if it can change your mind, is a positive idea. When you encounter any difficulties, you will not be discouraged, pessimistic, disappointed or desperate.
When I first read this story, I was deeply moved. Today, I used the keyboard to input him word by word into the computer, so the story was input into my brain word by word. She will always be rooted in my mind, and then constantly inspire me to move forward, forever!
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