放射線療程

二○○七年十一月十六日
November 16, 2007


九月底第一階段化療結束，林醫師說先每個月回診一次，看看化療藥效是不是可以繼續抑制腫瘤，讓腫瘤持續縮小甚至消失。

The first stage chemotherapy has been completed at the end of September. Dr. Lin scheduled clinics for father once a month for follow-up. From the CT scan, there was no obvious change in size of the tumor masses which had been seen last month.


今天陪爸爸回診，電腦斷層看起來，化療的藥效似乎仍持續著，腫瘤雖沒有進一步縮小，但也沒有變大。爸爸主動跟林醫師詢問搭配放療的可行性。林醫師立刻幫爸爸寫了會診單給放射科的陳醫師，希望諮詢陳醫師的意見，看爸爸目前的體力及各項健康狀態評估是否可以進行放射線療程。

Papa felt disappointed for no further shrinkage of tumors and asked if radiotherapy can help or not. Dr. Lin suggested Papa to have a meeting with Dr. Chen in Dept. Radiology and see if Papa's condition is suitable for radiotherapy. Papa agrees. We therefore have to come back for clinics this afternoon.


上午十一點半門診結束，距離下午門診看診時間還有兩個多小時。爸爸說我平日實驗很忙，可能都沒有好好吃飯，所以這個等候下午看診的空檔，我們開車去林邊吃海鮮吧！我一聽當然說好呀～難得爸爸有好興致好胃口，我則托爸爸的福，可以享用美味的海鮮，豈有不好之理？！果然不出所料，真是豐盛美味的一餐！

We left hospital at 11:30 am. Papa told mama "Wenlynn was too busy to have a nice meal for days, let's go to Lin-Bian and enjoy seafood!" WOW~~~of course I loved this idea! It's also a blessing for Papa to have a good appetite!


下午看診，放射科陳醫師看了爸爸的各項資料後，告訴我們，目前爸爸的各項健康指數良好，因此爸爸可以接受放射線療程。不過放射科的業務量極為龐大，現在開始排，可能三週至一個月左右才能排到療程。沒有聲音的爸爸以點頭代替回答，陳醫師握著爸爸的手，告訴我們她的病人有許多在放射線療程之後，恢復聲音的案例，還特地起身陪爸爸離開診間。

We went to clinics for radiotherapy this afternoon. After reading in detail of all reports, Dr. Chen told us the health indexes for Papa were good and she will arrange the schedule for Papa to take radiotherapy. However, we were also informed the capacity of Dept. Radiology was fully occupied now and Papa had to wait for 3 weeks or longer. Papa nodded in agreement. Dr. Chen told us many cases of her patients had good recoveries after radiotherapy and finally could speak again.

前往停車場準備離開醫院的一小段路，媽媽和我，一邊一個拉著爸爸的手，沒有多說話，透過手心傳來的溫度，我們相信爸爸的病情在菩薩的護持下，將日漸好轉。老實說，家裡沒有爸爸的歌聲，好寂寞呀！光是想像又可以重新聽到爸爸的聲音，讓我的心雀躍不已呢！

On the way to parking lot, we walked side by side and held each other's hand. I can feel Papa through his hands...Papa was encouraged again and the blessings from Budda would help Papa gradually recover from cancer attack. You'd never know how lonely it was without Papa's voice at home...Just imaging Papa could talk to me again, I was cheering to caper!