I am How Peng Kooi, come from Malaysia, I was diagnosed with advanced nasopharyngeal cancer with metastasis to bilateral cervical lymph nodes. Primary nasopharynx tumor was about 6*4cm; the left cervical tumor was 7*8cm and the right was 13*9cm. In Oct. 2016, I was admitted to St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou and took 5 sessions of interventional therapy. Now, with remarkable therapeutic effects, my nasopharynx tumor has shrunk by 60% and both cervical tumors have been disappeared completely.
💥It all started with a small amount of blood streak in saliva in May, 2014. I went to a local hospital and doctor told me that I was ok since it was just a slight injury in my throat. It never came crossed my mind that it might be cancer. However, this symptom wasn’t relieved but aggravated. My wife had a gut feeling that something was wrong and advised me to see ENT (ear, nose, and throat department) doctor. Through CT scan and biopsy, it turned out to be a malignant tumor in my nasopharynx. As an optimistic person, I didn’t fear the diagnosis. When I know it was nasopharyngeal cancer, I wasn’t afraid. For me, cancer is not a serious disease, because everyone has cancer cells in body. Attitude is the key to face with cancer, so I accepted it positively.
💥Malaysian doctor advised me to take traditional chemotherapy, but I refused. In Malaysia, the hospital only has ordinary chemotherapy which can kill normal cells and bring a lot of side effects. Subsequently, recommended by my friend, I heard of a medicine that could boost immunity to kill cancer without any side effects. All of my families strongly opposed me to take that medicine since it was not backed up by any scientific evidence and was not tested. They persuaded me to take western medicine instead. However, I persisted on my own view, so my families had no other way to change my mind but to obey my choice.
💥I kept taking the medicine for a year which brought me undesirable effects, It deteriorated my condition more that I became thinner each day and got 2 bumps in both side of my neck, growing gradually and with discharging pus and had experiences of difficulty in speaking and eating.
🌺It was so much suffering for me and my families as the condition worsened until a new hope came abruptly. In Oct. 2016, my sister-in-law searched out the Facebook of St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital where it showed several cancer patients’ cases and minimally invasive treatment effect. At that time, the hospital held anticancer symposium in Malaysia, so she registered and attended. After it, she strongly recommended me to have a try on minimally invasive treatment. As stubborn as before, it wasn’t so convincing to me and finally through my sister in law’s strong persuasion and for my love for my wife that I began to change my view. I was determined to take treatment in China and took it as a travel with my beloved.
🌺In Oct. 13, 2016, I arrived at St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou in my wheelchairs with my wife. At that time, I was in advanced stage and only weighted 39kg. With nearly 1.7 meters tall, I was skinny and fragile. My nasopharynx tumor had grown to 6*4cm; the left cervical tumor was 7*8cm and the right was 13*9cm. I couldn’t walk, speak clearly and eat normally.
🌺Dr. Liang Feilv and Dr. Hu Xiliu assessed me who has severe malnutrition, which is also called cachexia state. It is a sign that advanced cancer patient become extremely emaciated and wore away gradually. Emaciation is one of the remarkable features among cancer patients. According to statistics, about half of cancer patients are afflicted by cachexia, and the 10% to 25% died of it. There are 2 reasons that cause cachexia. On the one side, tumor becomes over-grown and metastasizes to other parts of organs, which will consume a lot of nutrition. On the other side, in advanced stage, some of cancer patients will lose appetite or be unable to eat, making them deficient in nutrition. In addition, cachexia reduces muscles and their activity, meanwhile destroy patient’s immune system, so cancer cells are so easy to spread and proliferate. Under this situation, if I was given anticancer therapy, my body would not go through.
Professional multidisciplinary team (MDT) customized a reasonable therapy programme and arranged treatments for me in right time. Instead of performing anticancer therapy for me, MDT gave me natural therapies to strengthen my body resistance in the first month of treatment, including traditional Chinese medicine, nutritional therapy, etc. After that, I got improvement with better appetite and sleep, increase of protein and immunity to prepare me for the procedures. Minimally invasive therapy has advantages of few side effects, small wound, no-surgery, quick recovery, to name a few.
🌺2-3 days after the first session of interventional therapy, I found out my cervical tumors shrunk obviously without any side effects. After the second session of interventional therapy, tumors on both sides of neck have disappeared completely. So far, I have visited MCHG for 4 times and took 5 sessions of interventional therapy in 10 weeks. With remarkable effect, I have increased weight from 39kg to 55kg and I am able to walk normally without wheelchairs and has good mental state, good appetite and sleep every day. My nasopharyngeal tumor has shrunk by 60%.
🌺I was so satisfied with treatments and medical service in MCHG. I feel like at home here. The doctors and nurses are so professional and considerate. The hospital environment is cozy. I really recommend interventional therapy which directly injects anticancer drugs into cancer area to kill cancer cells accurately and effectively without any side effects for me. Besides, I also find that many patients were in bad condition in their first time of hospitalization here, but after once or twice treatment they become much better. This hospital is worth trusting.
🌺I specially thanked my beloved wife and an Indian master. My Indian master is like God. He always tells me I will be fine, making me confident. During hospital life, I often feel that he is always by my side, so I never have pain. I am so grateful to him.