Heart to Heart Dialogue

  One day in April 2014, I was out of the specialist clinic and came across a couple of young men. The young man was not tall, but lean, with a rigid facial line. The young woman seemed to be half a head taller than the young man, and her face was pale and very weak, but still quite handsome. I learned more about her condition. It turned out that the woman had been suffering from recurrent vaginal bleeding for nearly 10 years, and her mother’s family was located in a remote village in Zhaoqing, so she had been unable to give regular treatment. Since she met and fell in love with the man, the man, although also from a working background, has been devoted to helping her and seeking medical treatment for her. In the words of the young man, she is not well, simply can not work, every day I am working, earn money, take her to see the doctor, and see the doctor and delayed time, can only work some odd jobs, casual work. Up and down a lot of hospitals, the effect has been bad, and now just released from the hospital, blood transfusion, spent a lot of money, but still failed to stop the bleeding. He took out a notebook from the bag he brought with him and remembered in detail the year, month, day and time of the young woman’s vaginal bleeding, the hospital she went to, what medicine she took and how much she took. What an attentive boyfriend. I said to the woman, “You are so lucky! I did a few necessary tests on the woman, and found no occupying lesions in the uterus or ovaries, and no abnormalities in the endometrium taken for pathology, but found that she had severe blood loss anemia, and that her uterine cavity was very wide and flaccid, very different from women of the same age and who had not had children. I gave her several days of conventional hemostatic treatment, which was not at all effective. After reviewing a lot of information and carefully sorting out and analyzing her condition, I concluded that her many years of uterine bleeding, which had not been properly treated, and her long-term severe anemia had caused a serious dysfunction of all body functions, and conventional treatment means were definitely not effective. The unfavorable hemostasis and repeated blood transfusions, which cost money and hurt the body, undoubtedly put them in a vicious circle. It is important to stop the bleeding as soon as possible and to keep her in a state of amenorrhea for several months, so that the patient’s whole body functions can be actively restored while this time is available, and then she can adjust her menstruation. The good thing is that she is relatively young and should have a chance to be cured. However, I seriously talked to the young man, now let her completely stop bleeding, and then slowly return to normal menstrual cycle is a relatively long process, childbirth may have to be put back, moreover, whether you can have children is still unknown. You have to be fully prepared, who knows the young man said without thinking, I have no hope that she can give birth to a child, as long as she quickly stop bleeding, conditioning is my greatest wish. I asked him with some confusion: do you really think so? He said, since I met her, and she has a destiny, I have to do my best. I didn’t think too far ahead. As for the future, let’s take one step at a time! A million feelings welled up inside me. I told him again that there were two kinds of drugs available, one was very expensive and would definitely stop the bleeding after use, but there would be menopause-like symptoms and the patient would be very uncomfortable; the other, much cheaper and would not have accompanying symptoms, but whether it would stop her bleeding, I was not too sure yet. Given your economic conditions, I decided to give her the cheaper one first. If it doesn’t work, there will be no delay in switching to the expensive one. The young man said, “Doctor, we’ve been to too many hospitals, I feel that when we get to you, we’re at the end of the line, so just look at the treatment! I was in awe. At this point, my heart rose up with infinite emotion and passion, in this era of quick knot and quick flash fast marriage, in this era of quick success, women can not get pregnant before marriage will not marry the era of trial marriage, such a true love is how valuable! In the current poor doctor-patient environment that demonizes doctors, there is such trust and trust, how can I be perfunctory! I made up my mind that I would use my knowledge to treat the woman to the best of my ability, too, young man! Happily, after a period of fumbling treatment, the woman finally stopped bleeding. However, there was a period of time to the follow-up time, they did not come on time, I really worried about the former work abandoned, I rushed to call to urge them to follow-up as soon as possible, the previous paragraph two hand in hand to my clinic, the woman’s face has been some blood. I criticized them very ungraciously, although the bleeding has stopped, but also regular follow-up, under the strict supervision of the doctor’s treatment, must not be sloppy! They were smiling, not angry at all, and agreed. Looking at them, I had mixed feelings in my heart. Is this the doctor-patient relationship that I have been pursuing for half my life? Please do not deify doctors, doctors can not cure all diseases, and do not demonize doctors, we are flesh and blood, living people, we also have feelings, passion, joy, sorrow, parents and shortcomings, as long as the heart, doctor-patient collaboration, the devil can not hide! At this moment, a famous quote by Bing Xin echoed in my heart: It is not the rolling waves that create new land, but the tiny sands beneath it. Ordinary people in the mutual touch in the transmission of true love and goodwill, in order to converge on the ocean of love, strengthen the roots of morality, and strengthen the foundation of a harmonious society. Let more people feel each other’s true feelings and bask in the glory of humanity!