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"I did another lumbar puncture today, but it didn't hurt, but I was afraid it would hurt at night. I have had three bone marrow punctures, and I have some experience."
"I had platelets that were injected all night last night. Now the bruises on my body have disappeared and my gums are not bleeding. It's great!"
Gu Yutong was lowering her head and writing today's diary when suddenly a group of doctors walked into the ward and surrounded her bed.
This scene suddenly scared her. What's going on? Is there something wrong with me? Need first aid?
But Gu Yutong feels that her physical condition is OK these days!
Gu Yutong's mother sat next to the hospital bed, a little confused, not knowing what was going on.
The group of doctors who flocked to the ward quickly separated and walked to the other three patients in the ward in groups of three or five, as if asking something.
Three other doctors stayed at Gu Yutong's bedside. The doctor in his fifties in his lead looked at the nameplate at the bedside and said, "Gu Yutong isn't it?"
Gu Yutong nodded in confusion. Before she could answer, the doctor continued: "That's right. A cancer-specific drug from Ruikang Medical has been approved for sale in China. Our hospital purchased a batch of drugs as soon as possible. Now I'll introduce you to this drug."
"Special medicine?" Gu Yutong was even more confused and said with some confusion: "What special medicine? Can it cure leukemia?"
The old doctor nodded, looked at Gu Yutong's incredible expression, and slowly said: "Simply put, this special medicine is to inject a special immune weapon into your body, which will effectively remove and cut cancer cells."
"Originally, the immune system in your body is on the verge of collapse, and the blood is filled with a lot of mutated and proliferating white blood cells. The white blood cells that were originally immune cells of the body have become cells that destroy your body."
"Unless a bone marrow transplant, a part of the bone marrow is transplanted from other healthy people who are paired with you, and it can replace the leukemia, and rebuild your normal hematopoietic function.
Leukemia is a major malignant tumor in the human immune system.
There are hematopoietic stem cells in the human body, which can proliferate and differentiate into blood cells and various other lymphocytes to maintain normal life activities in the human body.
When a type of hematopoietic stem cell loses control and proliferates in large quantities, normal hematopoietic function is inhibited or damaged, these malignantly proliferating cells are called leukemia cells.
Because leukemia cells are lesions originating from bone marrow, and bone marrow is responsible for maintaining the entire hematopoietic system, this cancer is not like some ordinary cancers. It is enough to simply remove proliferating leukemia cells.
To cure leukemia, the patient must be replaced with a bone marrow, so that normal hematopoietic function can be rebuilt and the human immune system can be restored.
It is very complicated to do bone marrow transplantation. Even if there is a suitable donor, it will take a year or two to complete the bone marrow transplantation.
Moreover, before bone marrow transplantation, after the patient's bone marrow is successfully matched with the donor, various radiotherapy and chemotherapy techniques must be used to completely kill the leukemia cells in the patient's body and extremely suppress the patient's immunity before bone marrow transplantation can be performed.
Moreover, it does not help immediately after bone marrow transplantation. It also requires a lot of anti-rejection treatments, anti-infection and other treatments, which are very complicated and painful.
In the end, it is possible to snatch this life from the God of Death!
Many leukemia patients lie in bed until their muscles atrophy, but they still cannot complete all subsequent treatments, and there are many people who cannot hold on.
Gu Yutong knew what the doctor said. She kept holding her and waiting for the donor who could adapt to the bone marrow transplant.
But this can only wait for news from the Chinese Bone Marrow Bank. Gu Yutong can't control it. If you are lucky, you may meet an adaptive supplier in a few months. If you are not lucky, you may not meet it all the time.
But this has nothing to do with the cancer-specific drugs. This drug cannot replace the lesional bone marrow and restore its normal hematopoietic function!
Even if the leukemia cells in the body are completely killed and without a healthy bone marrow transplant, the leukemia cells in the body will be restored in a few months, and the body's immune system will almost collapse and cannot be immune to any disease. Even a small cold is difficult to defend against.
But Gu Yutong's mother didn't understand this. She stood up from the chair and asked the doctor with a surprise look: "Doctor, is this medicine useful to Tongtong?"
"Can she be cured?"
The doctor shook his head first, nodded, and after organizing the language for a little, he explained: "It is naturally impossible to cure it, but this cancer-specific drug can greatly alleviate the patient's condition."
"In simple terms, the patient originally needed to undergo chemotherapy for a long time, and combined with platelet injection and whitening injection, the entire treatment process was very painful."
"But if you use this cancer special drug, you only need to inject it once in the body, and there is no need for long-term chemotherapy. This special drug has excellent inhibition and elimination ability of leukemia cells and can effectively inhibit the proliferation of leukemia cells in the patient's body."
"After that, the patient only needs to regularly input some platelets and white blood cells to maintain the platelets and white blood cells in the body at a good value, so that he can survive for a long time!"
"It just so happens that another product of Ruikang Medical, artificial hematopoietic equipment, has been put into use in our city, and white blood cells can be mass-produced."
"Whether it is platelets or white blood cells, our hospital can supply them stably, and there will be no shortage of platelets and white blood needles. The price is not too expensive, and it can be treated for a long time!"
"Although even so, the patient's immunity will be relatively low and prone to illness, but be more careful in daily life. Although it will be more likely to get sick than healthy people, it will not be fatal!"
"With the help of this special cancer drug, patients can have a longer-term chance of waiting for the emergence of bone marrow adapters, and the chance of completely curing leukemia is also greater!"
Even if patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia actively cooperate with the treatment, if they are lucky, they can last for three to five years. If they are unlucky, they may die in one or two years because their condition worsens.
However, if you use Shangruikang Medical's cancer special medicine, although it cannot cure leukemia, it can also maintain the patient's condition with regular platelet and leukocyte input treatment, effectively prolong the patient's survival, and increase the survival rate within five years to 90%!
The patient will be weaker and more sicker, weaker, sicker, like Lin Daiyu, but at least his life will be saved!
As long as you can wait for the appropriate bone marrow transplant, there is a high probability that you can recover!
After listening to the doctor's explanation, a light burst out from Gu Yutong's eyes, which was the light of hope!
"Doctor, how much does this cancer-specific drug cost?"
"Three hundred thousand!"
Gu Yutong's mother's expression changed drastically in an instant, so expensive!
But no matter how expensive it is, it is not as expensive as a daughter!
She gritted her teeth and thought in her mind how much money she could borrow from her relatives. If she really couldn't do it, she would sell her house and would definitely be able to make up the money!
Chapter completed!