From mid-to-late stage lung cancer to successful anti-cancer treatment, this doctor has been actively fighting cancer for 9 years and summed up these 6 points

Many people are afraid of cancer and think that it represents despair and death. Dr. She Miaorong, chief physician of the Department of Hematology at Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, tells everyone through her own experience that cancer is not an incurable disease!

Dr. She Miaorong was found to have advanced lung cancer in 2014. In January 2018, the lung cancer metastasized to the brain. In February 2018, she underwent craniotomy to remove the lesions. Now, Dr. She Miaorong has successfully passed the "nine-year mark". Her anti-cancer experience was also called "textbook-level" by her attending physician, Dr. Yang Jinji of the Cancer Hospital of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital!

01

Physical examination should not be limited to routine chest X-ray examination

Two months before I found out I had lung cancer, I was already short of breath. A month before I got sick, I had a sore throat and coughed from time to time. I felt very tired, but I was too busy to take care of it. I kept putting off the routine physical examinations at work, and when I finally got around to it, it turned out I was already in the middle to late stages of lung cancer.

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She Miaorong pointed out that she had only done routine chest X-rays before, which made it difficult to detect lesions with a diameter of 5 to 6 mm, and there were blind spots. In fact, a low-dose chest CT scan is done every one or two years, and the radiation dose is very small. If lung cancer is found in the early stage, the five-year survival rate is over 90% , and normal work can be resumed soon after surgical resection, so it is not found in the late stage. If the five-year survival rate is around 10%, then it is likely that you will have to go through hardships and risks such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

02

Be most vigilant when you have initial success in the fight against cancer

After three years of fighting cancer, She Miaorong felt that she had overcome the difficulties. After exercising one afternoon, she suddenly felt her head unconsciously turn to one side and felt a little cramped. Her intuition as a doctor made her lie down on the sofa as soon as possible. When she woke up, she knew that she had just lost consciousness. She went back to the hospital the next day for a head MRI examination, which found that the cancer had recurred, and there were multiple brain metastases.

She Miaorong said that this sounded a wake-up call for her. She underestimated the enemy when she won the initial victory in the fight against cancer. She gradually forgot that living a good life is the top priority, and the good lifestyle she had formed was interrupted from time to time.

03

Don't deny chemotherapy.

Some anti-cancer pseudoscience is circulating, for example, chemotherapy will reduce the patient's immunity and further promote the spread of tumor cells... Professor She Miaorong said, "Absolutely not!"

Chemotherapy is the main method for treating blood tumors and also plays a very important role in the treatment of many solid tumors. For example, surgery plus chemotherapy can greatly improve the survival rate of breast cancer patients. For example, chemotherapy can greatly prolong the life of patients with advanced small cell lung cancer.

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Although some patients may develop drug resistance after multiple courses of chemotherapy, chemotherapy is still one of the effective cancer treatment methods. Many patients have prolonged their lives or even recovered and started a wonderful life again. For example, more than 90% of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia can be cured through chemotherapy without the need for bone marrow transplantation.

04

Optimism and strong will are important

It is inevitable that the stress of cancer will cause a series of psychological fears. Sometimes it is not cancer that defeats a person, but his own despair and fear.

Family members often ask doctors whether they should tell the patient that they have been diagnosed with a tumor. As an oncologist, She Miaorong suggests that they should tell the patient skillfully . It is not realistic to conceal the disease, and correctly informing the patient of the disease can stimulate the patient's will to survive.

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She Miaorong said that we should face the disease with a positive and optimistic attitude and be prepared to fight the disease for a long time. If we are optimistic, we will actively and diligently treat the disease and thus gain the ability to fight the disease. "My entire treatment process was full of ups and downs. It is hard to imagine that I would have gone through it without a strong will to support me."

05

Put exercise on your schedule

She Miaorong emphasized that exercise has become one of her most important daily tasks after she was diagnosed with cancer. "I always believe that in addition to scientific treatment, exercise for cancer recovery will bring hope of completely defeating cancer."

Exercise can improve the body's immunity, regenerate cells, and make the body full of vitality; at the same time, exercise can also bring a happy mood, promote appetite and improve sleep.

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At the same time, I changed my daily routine, stopped staying up late, insisted on going to bed early and getting up early, and strengthened my immunity. "The suffering of lung cancer made me realize how unwise it is to go against the sun and follow the natural rhythm of life. I learned to go with the flow and follow the sun. When the sun rises, I wake up, and when the sun sets, I sleep."

06

Changing your mindset

Stop pursuing perfection

"I will stop being competitive. My life doesn't have to be as beautiful and successful as others'." She Miaorong said that we should accept that every life is imperfect, learn to compromise and enjoy the process, accept the missing parts of life and face them calmly. When suffering comes, we will respond more positively and calmly. At the same time, we should be more tolerant and look at people's different lifestyles with curiosity. Look at everything with a positive attitude, make everything beautiful, and try to relax ourselves.

Source: Health Times

Review: Li Nannan Director of Hunan Science Writers Association Deputy Director of Research and Publicity Department of Hunan Science and Technology Association Second-level Researcher Chinese Science Writer (Medical)

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