Gu Jianqiu said to Xia Xueting: "I have read a lot of books in the library these days. Some of them involve cancer treatment. A basic principle is that for advanced cancer, it is not suitable for surgical treatment, and the physical condition does not allow large doses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for a long time. Then traditional Chinese medicine is the best choice. We are studying traditional Chinese medicine, so why not give our aunt the traditional Chinese medicine treatment?"

When it comes to cancer treatment, Western medicine or Chinese medicine is currently the first choice for patients. Only when Western medicine treatment methods are exhausted can they think of traditional Chinese medicine. This is the case for ordinary patients and their families. For Xia Xueting, who is studying traditional Chinese medicine, in fact, there is a vague concern about the uncertainty of the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine. This is why she chose Western medicine first after she found that her mother was seriously ill. Now, Gu Jianqiu's statement has made her judge this issue again with rationality.

Xia Xueting has been diagnosed with her mother more than once these days. She fully knows how weak her mother's body is and that her positive energy is almost exhausted. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is indeed not suitable to use radiotherapy and chemotherapy, which is a strong method of using poison to fight poison and eliminate evil, but should first strengthen the spleen and qi, strengthen the body, and strengthen the foundation, rather than use poison to fight poison. She fully understands this principle and can fully understand it. But things are often like this, and care is confusing. When it comes to her relatives, Xia Xueting will find it difficult to make a choice.

Gu Jianqiu saw her confusion and continued: "My aunt is now in the advanced stage of brain cancer. Director Wang also said that even if she receives chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the possibility of curing is almost zero. Since there is no possibility of cure, why don't we need palliative treatment?"

"Palliative care?" Xia Xueting didn't react.

"Yes, palliative care is a way for terminal illnesses such as advanced cancer that cannot be cured in recent years. It is to not think of ways to cure terminal illnesses, but to adopt the idea of ​​co-surviving with terminal illnesses and survive with cancer. At the same time, various means are used to reduce the pain of terminal illnesses, eliminate psychological fears, improve the spleen and stomach, and realize some unfulfilled wishes, thereby improving the quality of survival of terminal illnesses, and through methods such as strengthening, the erosion of cancer cells on the body as much as possible, thereby prolonging the survival time and allowing terminal illnesses to spend the remaining life peacefully and happily. This may be a last resort and a more rational approach."

As a top student, Xia Xueting certainly knows this kind of treatment idea, but she is now a family member of the patient, and she is thinking about how to cure her mother's terminal illness. She has never thought about palliative therapy, a treatment method for peacefully living with cancer. Now that Gu Jianqiu proposed it, she began to think about this issue.

Director Wang nodded and said, "This is not a solution. Your mother's body is indeed not suitable for continuing large doses of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Her brain cancer has spread and metastasized to multiple organs throughout the body. It can be said that only theoretically is possible to cure it. In this case, treating it rationally may be a last resort. At the same time, it may be a better choice for the patient. Instead of letting her suffer from illness and spending the remaining one or two months, it is better to let her walk the last few steps of her life happily."

Xia Xueting's eyes turned red again, she lowered her head and sobbed, thinking for a while, and said to Director Wang: "How long can my mother live?"

Director Wang pondered for a moment and said, "According to the current development of the disease and based on our previous experience in treating patients, your mother will probably live at most two months, perhaps even shorter."

Xia Xueting's tears rustled down her face and sobbed, and after a long time, she looked up: "Can I make me think about it?"

"Yes, by the way, if you decide to receive chemotherapy and radiotherapy, you should choose drugs at the same time. There are two types of drugs for treating cancer: imported and domestic. Which one do you think of? But let me tell you first, Western medicine is very expensive, and may be several times more expensive than domestic medicine."

"How much does it cost?"

"If Western medicine is used, the most conservative estimate is that the total medical expenses should be no less than 500,000 yuan. All domestic medicines should be about 300,000 yuan. This does not include the money you paid before, and this is just a conservative estimate. If you want to receive our treatment, you must pay all the money at one time. This is the hospital's rule, and I can't do anything about it."

Xia Xueting was stunned. As the patient's family, of course she hoped to use the best medicine to treat her relatives. However, the hospitalization medical expenses for Xia Xueting were borrowed by Gu Jianqiu. In order to treat her mother, their family was already in debt and could no longer borrow money. Where can I raise this huge expense?

Gu Jianqiu whispered to Xia Xueting: "Don't worry, let's find a way together, as long as we can cure aunt's illness."

Xia Xueting nodded gratefully. At this moment, he was in a state of confusion and didn't know what to do.

When the two left the office, Director Wang added: "All the treatment fees must be paid to the hospital before getting off work tomorrow so that we can arrange treatment. The 100,000 you paid in front has almost been used up."

The two returned to the ward and sat on both sides of Xia's mother's bed.

After Xia’s mother gave him acupuncture, her spirit had mostly recovered. From the faces of the two, the sensitive woman immediately felt something, but she didn’t ask. She just said to Gu Jianqiu: “Eat quickly, it’s all cold.”

Gu Jianqiu took the casserole noodles and started eating it in a slight way. He wanted to cover up his discomfort. As a medical practitioner, when facing a disease that he cannot cure, his discomfort is something that others cannot understand.

After he finished eating the noodles, Xia's mother waved to Gu Jianqiu to sit beside her. She held Gu Jianqiu's hand with one hand and Xia Xueting's hand with the other, and said to Xia Xueting: "I am mentally prepared for my illness. I am not afraid of death. The only thing I can't rest assured is you. Now I can rest assured, because Jianqiu has agreed to take care of you for me in the future."

Xia Xueting was filled with sadness, threw herself into her mother's arms, and burst into tears.

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The next morning, Gu Jianqiu got up and was wearing his pants, he checked his injured leg in the mosquito net. He was surprised to find that the scabs had almost fallen off naturally, and the redness and swelling around had already disappeared. Just looking at the wound, I would never have thought that it was the injury I had just suffered yesterday.

He learned medicine and knew that the progress of wound healing was absolutely impossible to be so rapid. This can only be attributed to one reason, that is, the dead old man who practiced his roots and bones changed, and improved his body's self-repair ability, so healed so quickly.

With this discovery, Gu Jianqiu was very excited, which means that his life was more guaranteed.

He had just finished washing up and received a call from Xia Xueting, asking him if he had time. If possible, he would come to the hospital to help her because her mother was discharged from the hospital.

Gu Jianqiu was shocked and didn't bother to take the bus, so he took a taxi and went to the hospital.

When she arrived at the ward, Xia Xueting had already packed up all her things and was waiting for him. She even bought a few handfuls of fresh vegetables and a knife of pork from the morning market. She seemed to be preparing to go home to cook. Xia's mother was lying on the bed neatly dressed. When she saw him coming in, she smiled and nodded slightly.

Xia Xueting borrowed a wheelchair from the hospital and placed it next to the bed.

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