Cracks in life: Lumps break the peaceful life
My name is Norlaini, my friends call me Lainie, and I am a math teacher at a secondary school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I live in a townhouse on the outskirts of the city with my husband and two children, and my life is peaceful and stable. Taking students to participate in the Mathematical Olympiad every week and playing football with my children on weekends are the most satisfying things in my daily life. Until that sultry afternoon last year, I found a lump on my left breast in the bathroom - like a stubborn coin, it would not disappear no matter how hard I pressed it.
Chemotherapy nightmare: hair loss, swelling and the shadow of spread
The results of the examination at Kuala Lumpur General Hospital came quickly: breast cancer stage II. The sound of vomiting in the chemotherapy room became my nightmare. After the fifth chemotherapy, my long hair fell out in bunches like dead leaves. What made me even more desperate was that the CT report showed that the tumor had spread to the lymph nodes under traditional radiotherapy. "Maybe the whole breast needs to be removed." The doctor's words were like a blunt knife, cutting back and forth in my heart. My husband held my hand that was swollen due to the medicine and said: "Let's find other ways."
Turning point: New technology in Guangzhou recommended by fellow patients
The turning point came at a mutual aid meeting for fellow patients. Mrs. Chen from Singapore showed me her treatment comparison chart - with the same stage, after treatment at the Guangzhou R&F Hospital Tumor Center, her tumor markers dropped to the normal range. When searching on my mobile phone, unfamiliar words such as "proton and heavy ion precision radiotherapy" and "individualized targeted therapy" on the webpage gradually lit up my eyes as I scrolled my fingers.
Precision treatment: the miracle of keeping breasts and dignity
On the day I landed in Guangzhou, I was still running a low fever when the "Life Channel" service staff at the airport pushed a wheelchair to pick me up. The International Medical Department of R&F Hospital was warmer than I thought. Alin, the head nurse who could speak Malay, wiped away the tears from my eyes: "Don't be afraid, 80% of breast cancer patients here have kept their breasts."
New life: the dawn of the disappearance of tumors
Director Zhou's clinic is full of 3D tumor models. He used holographic projection to show my lesions: "Look, the tumor is like a bad apple with precise markings, and proton radiation can peel it off layer by layer like a scalpel." During the treatment, I experienced a completely different experience from Kuala Lumpur: targeted drugs combined with Chinese medicine fumigation stopped me from vomiting; before each radiotherapy, the robotic arm would automatically calibrate the angle according to the body data of the day, with an error of no more than 0.5 mm; the most surprising thing was the ice cap care, after six courses of treatment, my curly hair was still thick.
During the follow-up yesterday, the MRI showed that the lymphatic metastasis had completely disappeared and the primary tumor had shrunk to 3mm. When I was standing by the Pearl River to shoot a video for the children, the river breeze lifted my floral headscarf, revealing the newly grown fluff. "Mom will wear this headscarf to attend the resumption of classes next month!" I turned in front of the camera, and the small waist tower in the distance flashed with hope.
Cancer is not the end
I want to say to my friends who are fighting cancer: Cancer is not the end of life. If we find the right treatment direction, we can all compose a new chapter. Just like the math problems I often teach students, sometimes changing the solution will give you a completely different answer.
Guangzhou R&F Hospital Cancer Center opens the era of "survival without chemotherapy" for cancer patients and wins a lasting victory for life. If you or your family are facing difficulties in cancer treatment, please contact Guangzhou R&F Hospital Cancer Center. We provide multilingual medical record consultation, contact us immediately to get an assessment of treatment qualifications.
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