Life fighter

Lily has always been a good physical condition and rarely sick. On the eve of Thanksgiving Day in 2004, she was restaurant work, suddenly found himself a nosebleed a rare flow, alertness, she immediately seek medical attention. The beginning, the doctors think this may be caused by air-drying symptoms, open nasal spray something to her, but Lily has not improved symptoms, and even continuing to hemoptysis, doctors see the situation is different, immediately arrange to Lily specialists to accept inspection results so that Lily almost fainting ─ Doctor found her suffering from a nasopharyngeal carcinoma. 

Fortunately worth saying, Lily is still the early stages of cancer, after proper treatment, can have a good chance of rehabilitation. Lily is not due to health insurance, doctors, she was referred to the one run by the Government to set up the hospital, in a series of inspections after the beginning of a long, arduous radiotherapy hereinafter referred to radiotherapy and chemotherapy chemotherapy hereinafter . 

Radiotherapy for a week, Lily will not be able to swallow food, necessary for implantation in the body through the stomach tube to add a supplement to Boost ﹝ nutrition drinks ﹞, to the third week, she has difficulty even to drink water. After the beginning of chemotherapy, spit on one day more than twenty times has become commonplace, often just by the President of the Boost gastric tube into the stomach you need something to it all week weight dropped 13 pounds, the entire governance process is to reduce the weight more of 30 pounds, and even standing effort to walk at all. 

In addition, radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy resulted in pain day and night to get rid of Lily has become a nightmare. She could not sleep, sit, and fail to achieve is often necessary to rely on morphine to ease the pain. In addition, her physical function during treatment have also been many injuries, such as the loss of saliva, the neck can not rotate,almost, tongue swelling due to bacterial infection Rusong cakes, peeling lips .... And so on. All kinds of suffering, so that Lily felt as if a live fast. 

But these hardships did not destroy Lily. Family and friends love, she brings a lot of warmth and strength to support her firmly towards the road of rehabilitation ahead. His wife the most weak and helpless moment, Lily's husband 24 hours carefully take care of her every two hours by an injection of only 2 ounces of small syringes, and slowly from the stomach for his wife to add Boost; with her to the washroom; for her painkillers; constantly encouraged his wife and told her: "do not fear, I do not believe that this disease can really knock you." In addition, the son of thoughtful and caring also very Xin Lily Wei. 

Taking into account the long-term should not have no income at home, Lily Mr. encourage migrant workers. In order to be assured, Mr., Lily tried to take care of themselves, just the beginning, she was unable to walk, have the need to go to the toilet, the only pain to crawl to the toilet. 

Although the difficult road of cancer, but about family, stirred up Lily's determination to never give up. She said: "Mother needs son, sir needs of his wife, the formation of a home is not easy, after the illness if it is wrong to give up." 

Since the end of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, Lily still have to work hard to overcome the side effects on the body caused by injury. Lily told myself, want to live, we must persevere. Weight in order to allow recovery of swallowing the pain of her ailing, force yourself to eat, she invited Mr.Japanese noodles, a small population of a small stutter, the beginning of even a small ladle to swallow all over, she has been in tears, barely eat their own ,surface may be able to spend two hours after eating. Started in January this year, she is also forced to eat their own rice and soup to drink daily. 

Lily said, has a very long time, her daily task is to rest and eat. Have physical strength in order to allow their own, although the whole body pain, can not sleep, she still force myself to lie down to rest. As eating slowly, and very few, she breaks every half an hour trying to eat. 

Lily and their families in the efforts, her weight slowly picked up to December last year, has returned to 108 pounds, the doctor agreed to dismantle her stomach, so she did not have to endure 24 hours, such as thorn in the flesh pain, however, in order to avoid further surgery, the doctor does not recommend tube insertion suture mouth and let it heal on its own, so pipe down for some time after, Lily of the wound is still intolerable pain. 

While Lily has a very strong will to live, but for themselves cancer, she had been unable to释怀often ask ourselves: "I have not done, jobs in the past has also helped many people, why I will be cancer ? "She closed themselves, not let a friend know that they got what disease are afraid to seek help. 

Last Christmas, a social worker will be referred to the angle Lily Voice cancer care network Friends of workers into Gong. That a Su Gong brothers and sisters to care for her, they continue to encourage the Lily, pray for Lily, Lily provides many mental and substantial help to them. Lily said that although she had no religious belief, but the Soviet Union and sisters care and prayer Gong brothers left her deeply moved, I believe God is looking after her, and no longer feel that cancer is a shameful thing. She repeatedly exhort other friends and family members of cancer patients: "Cancer is not because you have to do any wrong. Cancer can be overcome, we must insist, I believe that doctors, not be afraid. If you need help, we want to tell relatives and friends." 

In order to alleviate the joint pain, earlier this year to find Lily, a Chinese medicine cures joint pain, but she could not afford the continuing cost of treatment, and later in the Gong brothers of the arrangement, she finally has the opportunity to receive treatment, so a lot of pain to be eased. In addition, the neck should not freely rotate, as well as can not open problem, is also a Doctor of acupuncture treatment, and Lily turned to practice every day and in pain, mouth opening and other efforts, has been very good improvement. 

Lily current referral to the hospital every four months time, the last couple of three weeks, her strength improved a lot. After the test chain, Lily of life full of thanksgiving, a day sitting in the living room to watch TV, read books, go out walking, with their family members, these may seem extraordinary things, Lily treasure. For the future, Lily and many realize the dream of waiting, she also hopes they can become friends of other cancer and their families to help and accompany them out of the shadow of cancer.