The "invisible crisis" on the Chao Phraya River
I am Somchai Charompong, CEO of an international hotel group in Bangkok. My daily routine is to shuttle between Tokyo, Dubai and Bangkok, and red wine dinners and board meetings occupy most of my time. During the Songkran Festival in 2024, I suddenly felt persistent abdominal distension and bloody stools. At first, I thought it was just acclimatization and did not pay attention to it. However, the results of the colonoscopy were like a bolt from the blue - a huge ulcerative tumor in the sigmoid colon, advanced colon cancer, and liver metastasis.
The "conventional battle" at Bangkok Hospital
Thai doctors recommended open laparotomy to remove the tumor and chemotherapy. After the operation, I had to rely on an ostomy bag, which made me lose my dignity. Six rounds of FOLFOX chemotherapy led to severe peripheral neuritis, and I couldn't even hold chopsticks. At the most desperate time, I could only sit in a wheelchair to direct the group's mergers and acquisitions. Looking at the numbers on the financial statements, even my signature trembled.
The "Key to Life" of the China-Thailand Chamber of Commerce
The turning point came at a gathering of the Chiang Mai Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Vice President Lin shared his treatment experience at Guangzhou R&F Hospital: "Chinese doctors use interventional therapy to 'starve' tumors to death without surgery!" This sentence is like a ray of light, illuminating my hope. In the video consultation, the Chinese medical team demonstrated the process of interventional therapy in detail through AR technology: accurately locate the tumor blood supply vessels through femoral artery catheterization, inject embolic agents to block nutrient supply, and release chemotherapy drugs to continuously attack cancer cells. This innovative treatment method gave me new hope.
“The power of life is always in our own hands. Even if the disease is fierce, we must use technology and courage to write a chapter of counterattack.” - Somchai Charompong
Zhujiang New Town's "precise breakthrough"
In August 2024, I flew to Guangzhou with Thai agarwood beads and painkillers. The treatment process overturned my imagination. Interventional surgery: Under local anesthesia, a catheter was inserted into the femoral artery. Real-time DSA imaging was used for precise navigation during the operation to ensure that the catheter accurately reached the blood vessels supplying the tumor. Embolic agents and sustained-release chemotherapy drugs were accurately injected, and the whole process went very smoothly. Six hours after the operation, I was able to eat mango sticky rice. The recovery speed was amazing; Side effect control: Traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture combined with methylcobalamin acupuncture injection effectively relieved peripheral neuralgia. Within two weeks, the pain was significantly reduced and the quality of life was greatly improved; Cultural adaptation: The hospital provided a 24-hour Thai translator on call, and the ward was equipped with a Buddhist meditation space and Thai herbal hot compress service, allowing me to feel the warmth of home in a foreign country.
After three months of treatment, CT scans showed that liver metastases had disappeared and the CEA index dropped from 120 to 3.2. Now, I can play golf on my own and have restarted the expansion plan of my Phuket resort.
(Note: This story is based on a real case and is authorized by the parties involved)
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