One day in October last year, I noticed a tumor the size of a broad bean on the back of my neck when I was washing my face in the morning. At this time, I was panicking. Firstly, I was afraid of malignant tumors. Secondly, I was worried that if it grew at this speed, another head would grow soon!
In desperation, he had to go to the hospital for examination. The doctor pinched the tumor and said it was a benign tumor and could be removed surgically. I was hospitalized on Thursday and had a physical examination on the same day. I did a B ultrasound in two days to check the tumor itself, liver, kidney, blood routine , urine, feces, uric acid, inorganic phosphate , hemocyanin , There are dozens of inspection and measurement items for syphilis , blood sugar, and blood pressure. On Friday afternoon, the doctor informed me that surgery could be performed, but there would be no surgery on Saturday and Sunday. General anesthesia surgery would be scheduled for next Monday. During this period, there was no treatment such as medication or injection, but blood pressure and body temperature were taken several times a day, and he was also woken up in the middle of the night to take blood pressure and body temperature measurements.
Next Monday arrived, a nurse led me into the operating room and lay down on the operating bed. Liquid was injected into my arm, and I fell unconscious after a while. I don't know how long it took, but a ray of light appeared in front of my eyes. I could see dimly, but my hands, feet, mouth, tongue, and eyes were not in control. After an hour, everything returned to normal. I felt like there was gauze on my neck ------ the operation was completed. When I returned to the ward, with oxygen inserted into my nose and electrodes on my chest connected to a machine that monitored my heart beat, I felt like a dying patient. The total cost of the operation was more than 4,300 yuan, of which more than 3,600 yuan was reimbursed by medical insurance.
Coincidentally, I recall that when I was working in a state-owned enterprise more than thirty years ago, I had a tumor on my forehead, about the size of two broad beans. I went to the enterprise hospital for treatment. The doctor was an old man named Yang Fang. It was said that he was a military doctor during the war years and had rescued the wounded in the hail of bullets. He reached out and touched the tumor on his forehead and said to me, cut it off now! Then he asked me to lie on the operating bed, apply iodine on my forehead to disinfect, then put a piece of cloth with a small hole in the middle on my forehead, injected anesthesia, and felt him use a scalpel to cut the skin and use a tool similar to pliers. The tumor was torn out, and finally the surgery was completed with 4 stitches and gauze. Looking at the watch, the operation took 52 minutes. I went to the payment window to settle the bill, received a three-day sick leave note, and paid 5.2 yuan. I was not very happy at the time and thought it was too expensive because my monthly salary at that time was more than 50 yuan.
Times have changed, and I know that nothing today can be compared to what it was thirty years ago, but I was wondering, can I just check the tumor after cutting it off?
