"When I know that I have cancer, I have two choices in my heart. Either lie down quietly and let the cancer go at the mercy of the cancer demon. Or you can change your life and let it go. My son was only 18 years old at the time and he just went to college. I wanted to watch it. Growing up with my son, I decided to fight," Mr. Zhang, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at the age of 48, calmly told his cancer story.
Mr. Zhang is a taxi driver. After the Spring Festival in 2010, he had a history of hemorrhoids. He had blood in the stool as usual, but this time he not only had a lot of volume but also had abdominal pain. The pain in the anus was also worse than usual. He went to the hospital for treatment. The examination revealed that Mr. Zhang had colorectal cancer. Mr. Zhang said: "The first reaction to knowing that you have cancer is to infinitely magnify the fear of the unknown. When you put the word cancer on others, you just feel it terrible. In your own body, you are simply sentenced to death, extremely desperate and cold. The soles of the feet. On the way home, I looked at the list that turned out to be cancer. Although I didn't cry, I knew the tears were rolling in my eyes. I thought my son had just entered college and he still had a lot of tuition to earn. I wanted to see it. From graduation to marriage and childbirth, he made up his mind to actively treat."
In March 2010, Mr. Zhang went to the hospital for surgery and then received chemotherapy. After the treatment, Mr. Zhang recovered very quickly. At this time, he felt at ease. Due to busy work and lack of knowledge about cancer, the body did not show any symptoms, so I often did not go for review.
In May 2012, Mr. Zhang felt unwell. Going to the hospital for an examination again, the doctor said that the cancer had recurred and had metastases to the abdominal cavity. "My family is more nervous than me when I hear of recurrence, but I am no longer so scared. In my concept, the god of death is already very close to me. But when my son looked up a lot of information about colorectal cancer, he nailed it up, There are hundreds of pages in total, and the key points are still marked. With the encouragement of my son, I was hospitalized again for chemotherapy." Mr. Zhang said.
"During the period of chemotherapy, repeated blood draws, tests, examinations and infusions, often faced with continuous infusions for several hours, coupled with various physical discomforts, it is easy to make people negative, sometimes lying on the bed Secretly cried." At this point, Mr. Zhang was a little embarrassed and paused for a while. It may be that I remember the scene at that time still vividly, and I have some feelings.
After smiling at me, he continued: "After a period of chemotherapy, my condition has not improved. The doctor advised me to give up chemotherapy and use ACTL targeted anti-tumor cell immune technology. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up! After learning about ACTL treatment technology, I resolutely signed an informed consent form for ACTL treatment. The doctor combined my condition and used ACTL for CEA, Her-2/neu and PSMA antigens for 1 year. I received monthly for the first 6 months Two treatments, and then one treatment a month. After the curative effect, the effect is obvious, the pain is gone, and the body feels very comfortable. After the ACTL treatment until now, the body has never felt any discomfort, but feels more energetic I used to drive a taxi for a day, and I always felt very tired and groggy all day. Now I feel that I am more than a decade younger, full of energy, and earn more money from driving in one day than the previous two days." Mr. Zhang said at this time. It can be seen that from his fear of cancer to the difficult course of the treatment process, and the effective treatment, all the ups and downs of this are reflected in his simple face. The following picture is a comparison of Mr. Zhang's condition after 7 months of treatment with ACTL, and the change process of the obvious disappearance of abdominal metastases can be clearly seen:
"As for the future, I don't want to think about it. When I'm alive, I must cherish it and do what I want to do," Mr. Zhang said at last. In fact, many things are precious only when we are about to lose. This is true of life, so is affection, and so is family affection. We always look forward to old days and days, but we don’t know how to manage and cherish them. It’s too late when we truly understand. From this point of view, contentment is better. What perfection is pursued in life? It is best to be able to live happily every day.
