Successful Case
The treatment experience of a nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient
Abstract: It’s a treatment experience of a woman, Ms. Yang, who was from Yangjiang of Guangdong Province and got nasopharyngeal carcinoma. She told the writer that the reason why she wanted to share her experience was to tell everybody that don’t give up hope at any time. Though they were depressed and even desperate when they were ill, there were a lot of love and care taking them out of hardship.
It’s a treatment experience of a woman, Ms. Yang, who was from Yangjiang of Guangdong Province and got nasopharyngeal carcinoma. She told the writer that the reason why she wanted to share her experience was to tell everybody that don’t give up hope at any time. Though they were depressed and even desperate when they were ill, there were a lot of love and care taking them out of hardship.
Found abnormality and didn’t think much of that
Ms. Yang was a common housewife, her child was in primary school and her husband’s income was much enough to support the family, so they didn’t have much pressure on life. She would hear the “buzz” in the first half o this year, but thought she had a cold and didn’t think much of it. She had nosebleed not for any reason in August, the doctor said it was “nosebleed hemorrhage”, she didn’t get other checking after simple hemostasis. There were some blood threads when she blew her nose in September, what’s more, her friends and relatives often asked how her neck was thicker than before. Until this time did she worry about her body and decided to check in hospital.
Diagnosed cancer and was desperate
In a hospital of Yangjiang, when Ms. Yang told her relative disease history to the doctor, the doctor’s words made her fall in the bottom of village, “your symptom is like nasopharyngeal carcinoma!” “I’ve never thought of cancer appearing on me, I don’t believe!” She accepted the nasopharynx magnetic resonance and nasopharynx biopsy with a lucky mind. Because the biopsy was out in 4 days, during the 4 days, Ms. Yang felt she was at the edge of life and death, finally, the words “nasopharyngeal carcinoma” on the report made her desperate. “Knowing the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, my head was empty and could not think of anything, I could not remember what the doctor said…” “It seemed that I wandered on the street for about an hour, no destination, no feeling, just moving my legs mechanically…” Ms. Yang said she was still scared to the feeling at that moment.
Find 999 and saw twilight
When Ms. Yang was in the sadness and desperation, her family didn’t give up and inquired about treatment methods everywhere. They came to GuangDong 999 Brain Hospital with the guidance of their friends. “Entering the patient section and seeing the words ‘Comprehensive Tumor Treatment Center’, exactly the words ‘tumor’, I felt horrible and resentment, why was I? Why did it choose me?” Ms. Yang recalled. “Cai Linbo Director who received me was kind and told me definitely that nasopharyngeal carcinoma was the best one of sarcoma after prognosis, it could have eradication after radiotherapy, because I had lymph gland removing, it was Ⅳ stage, that is, advanced stage. Seeing my depression, Cai Linbo Director comforted me that there were very few nasopharyngeal carcinomas coming for treatment; it’s hard to pay attention to the early symptom, most patients for treatment were in advanced stage, or they felt uncomfortable badly or they had obvious lymph gland removing. But the fourth stage was not horrible. ‘Our treatment experiences aim at nasopharyngeal carcinoma on Ⅳ stage, we aren’t able to treat other stage!’ The humor of Cai Linbo Director made my tight heart relax. He also told me the detailed treatment plan. The night I came to 999 Brain Hospital was that I slept most contentedly since I had diagnosed.
Never gave up and accepted treatment
Cai Linbo Director and Dr. Zhen improved relative checking and made detailed treatment plan for Ms. Yang immediately. “I had radiotherapy on the third day of being in hospital, I felt worried at first, because I didn’t know what the radiotherapy was, I didn’t expect that I just need lie on the machine for a few minutes. I was very happy after the first radiotherapy and felt that lymph gland of my neck was reduced.” But the good situation did not last long, with the constant deepening of the treatment; Ms. Yang found that the skin of her neck turned black after a week, she was upset again. “I didn’t want others to see me at that moment.” Ms. Yang sighed slightly. “Dr. Zhen found my depressed emotion and did a lot of mind work on me, she told me it was a normal reaction and taught me many methods of protecting my skin and doing exercise by myself. She also told me that I had the compatible radiotherapy and it could protect my normal texture from hurting, so I had lighter reaction compared with the patients who had common radiotherapy. I felt scared when I saw Dr. Zhen during those days, because she always educated me as long as she saw me.” Ms. Yang said with smile “The doctors would not give up, why did I give up? Thinking that I began to do exercise everyday following the doctors’ guidance, though I felt hard sometimes, I was confident when I thought of my later life: I need accept treatment and challenged cancer!”
Ended treatment and cured to discharge
When Ms. Yang’s treatment was ended soon, Cai Linbo Director reviewed magnetic resonance for her. “I was full of confidence during the waiting two hours, because I believe our doctors of GuangDong 999 Brain Hospital. When the result was out, he took me to doctors’ office to see the results, which were before and after treatment: nasopharynx’s lump disappeared and lymph gland of my neck was reduced obviously. Cai Linbo Director told me that lymph gland of my neck would go on reducing after I discharged, for the radiation would continue to have effect on me, the point was I had reached the goal of expectation.” “My nasopharyngeal carcinoma was cured!” “I came to life again at that moment!”
When the writer saw Ms. Yang, she was packing her beg excitedly, because she could discharge tomorrow. Ms. Yang told the writer, “experiencing such hardship, I want to thank the persons around me, they appeared when I was in trouble, thanks for the people of Comprehensive Tumor Treatment Center!”
