Today I received a new patient, who is a man and 37 year old, with a huge tumor in the right side of his liver. The diameter of tumor is about 11cm, and CT scanning reports there is already metastasis inside the liver. Embolism probably has been developped in the portal system. Often we call this late term hepatic cancer.
Actually, there are no other effective methods except operation. But that is full of risks. And that is the only little hope for the patient. But the patient insist on asking us to conduct the operation for him. Truly, death is a scared thing for everyone, everyone seeks to survive. We doctors also want to help patients although sometimes we really have no good resolutions for this type of patients.
Every time when facing this kind of patients, I would feel pity for them. Actually, 3 years age ,this patient have found there is a very small carcinoma in his liver, but he didnot value it, and just took some chinese medication. I want to say, Chinese medication is totally useless for his carcinoma. If he could come to our hospital 3 years ago, he could get a very good cure. So its really a pity for him.....
This patient just reflect many Chinese people they come from rural places, wont go to doctor when there is small problem with their body. And once big healthy problem, its hard for them to get good cure, or they fail to pay for the expensive medical fee.
Actually, physical examination every year is so important for the prevention of severe diseases, hope everybody can cherish our own body.