"Dad, why did you leave so early? How could you take care of two children by yourself? My life is really miserable!"
Ms. Li lay on her husband's coffin and cried. The people around her couldn't hold her back, and their persuasion was useless. Ms. Li's parents said: Just let her cry. She felt miserable... ...."
It turns out that Ms. Li's husband found himself having difficulty breathing and having chest pain a year ago. He went to the hospital for a checkup and found that he had suffered from lung cancer . Because it was discovered relatively late, the doctor recommended the use of chemotherapy for treatment.
Ms. Li's husband agreed, but Ms. Li was very troubled because she heard that many people were because of chemotherapy and let 's health got worse and worse, and finally he died.
But her husband kept comforting her and said, "It's okay. I'm just in my early 40s. I'm in good health. There are other elderly people who can get through it. Don't be afraid!"
Ms. Li saw that her husband was so determined and there was no other choice. Ms. Li accompanied her husband to start chemotherapy. The couple always believed that a miracle would come.
The first week after chemotherapy, Ms. Li found that her husband was in a good mental state. Because of chemotherapy, his appetite was a bit poor, but he could still eat a little. He had no other physical discomfort.
But later, as the number of chemotherapy treatments increased, Ms. Li found that her husband was getting thinner and thinner, and he had more and more uncomfortable symptoms, Even if the doctor uses relief drugs, there is nothing he can do.
Later, Ms. Li's husband survived in the ward for two months. Finally lost his life to cancer , from the time of chemotherapy to the time of his death, it was less than a year. From the moment her husband passed away, Ms. Li fell into deep self-blame. Why did she agree to undergo chemotherapy in the first place? If she persisted, maybe her husband could live for a few more years. Ms. Li sat at home and said nothing until her relatives and friends brought her husband’s death. The funeral was ready, and when she saw her husband lying in the coffin, Ms. Li finally couldn't help crying and pouring out her pain...
Is chemotherapy really the "murderer" behind the death of Ms. Li's husband?
Many people think that getting cancer is a matter of stepping into the door of death. This would indeed be true if medical technology had not been developed in the past. But so far, my country's medical level has improved significantly, and there are corresponding measures for the control and treatment of cancer. Although Although there is no 100% certainty of cure, it also brings cancer patients closer to the hope of life.
The current cancer treatment methods mainly include 3 "surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy". What do they mean?
"Surgery" is to directly remove the cancerous parts. Electronic rays, gamma rays, etc. are used to treat cancer. "Chemotherapy" is the use of chemical drugs to treat cancer.
Among the three methods, the most commonly recommended method by doctors is "surgery + chemotherapy" . However, many people have a big misunderstanding about chemotherapy, thinking that it is a treatment method that makes cancer patients worse. Therefore, many people choose surgery to remove the cancer directly.
It is possible to directly remove through surgery, but it will also happen when early cancer cells have not spread. If it is in the middle and late stages, cancer cells will grow and spread. Even if the cancerous part is excised, other parts of the body will actually be "contaminated" long ago.
So, surgery, a local treatment method, cannot inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells that have spread to other parts of the body, and Chemotherapy is a kind of "check for leaks and fill the gaps" treatment method. The doctor allows the patient to take the drug orally or intravenously to let the drug enter the patient's blood. As the blood spreads to the body, it affects the growth of cancer cells.
Therefore, chemotherapy is indeed a necessary and effective treatment method to fight cancer.
As for chemotherapy patients, their health will get worse and worse. Chemotherapy is not the cause of the problem.
"It's the medicine that is three parts toxic." Drugs disinfect cancer cells in the body, but they also harm healthy cells in the body, so they will have certain adverse effects on the body, such as Such as loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, hair loss, etc., but these side effects will not accelerate the patient's death process. In serious cases, these side effects may only aggravate the condition.
But whether you use chemotherapy or not, the doctor will make recommendations suitable for you based on your overall physical condition, because chemotherapy is not suitable for everyone, and it is not recommended for some cancer patients.
For the following three types of cancer, chemotherapy is not recommended.
①: Early cancer patients
If you find yourself suffering from cancer, it means you are lucky, because the early cancer cells have not spread yet. After surgical removal, the chance of infection is very low. Chemotherapy has side effects, and doctors will not recommend it.
②: Weak people and elderly patients
Because chemotherapy has side effects, it is not recommended for people with poor health and elderly people with low immunity to use chemotherapy for cancer. Although it can clean up cancer cells, it will also cause damage to the body and even promote the metastasis of cancer cells. Chemotherapy is indeed quite painful.
③: People who are not sensitive to chemotherapy
Some people find that chemotherapy has no effect on them after chemotherapy. This may be because the body contains genes that are resistant to drugs. Therefore, blindly undergoing chemotherapy without checking the body is not only a waste of money, but also a waste of time and life.
To sum up, cancer is not terrible. As long as you detect it early and carry out convenient medical intervention early, there is still great hope for cure. Everyone should not have misunderstandings about chemotherapy. After suffering from cancer, all you can do is trust the doctor.
