Chinese medicine: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 308 Being Needed!
Zhou Yanqing tilted his head and looked at the person who came.

The person who came was a young man, Qiu Gong, the "rich second generation" firefighter who had undergone functional reconstruction surgery by Zhou Yanqing before.

Some time ago, Qiu Gong went to the trauma center to see Zhou Yanqing for a follow-up visit.

"Brother Qiu, who is this?" Zhou Yanqing temporarily put down the pen in his hand and stood up.

Qiu Gong's family is wealthy, so he often brings gifts when he comes for follow-up visits.

At first it was cigarettes and betel nuts, and later it was fruit drinks, which were also quite polite.

Although Zhou Yanqing had no desire to curry favor with Qiu Gong, Qiu Gong treated him with courtesy and never made excessive demands, so he felt embarrassed to reject him.

This Qiu Gong, who once served in the army and is now back in the fire department, has a very good temper and character, so it has little to do with whether his family is rich or not.

"Doctor Zhou, this is one of my old squad leaders, and he is also working in Shashi now..."

"Brother Luo, this is the Doctor Zhou I introduced to you. You've been having problems with your right hand..." Qiu Gong was on a day off today, and he heard that Zhou Yanqing had returned to work, so he brought his old squad leader over.

After Qiu Gong explained, Zhou Yanqing realized that this Brother Luo, named Luo Yuhang, had been promoted to non-commissioned officer in the army, but he fell down a steep slope during a field training and was injured!

His life and vital organs were not damaged, but his right hand lost most of its functions.

I definitely couldn't stay there, so I changed my career.

However, since he had not been in the army for long enough, ordinary non-commissioned officers could not transfer to a civil service system, so he simply started his own business after retiring.

But it was not enough to just use one hand. Later, when Qiu Gong learned that the old squad leader had come to Shashi, he invited him for a drink, and as a result, they talked about this topic.

Luo Yuhang said: "Doctor Zhou, I didn't bring my medical records. Mainly because I can't be sure if you are here. How about this, I'll go back and get them first..."

Zhou Yanqing asked, "Where did you get your checkup done before? If it was done in our hospital, you can go downstairs and get a medical card with your ID card. I can retrieve all the checkup records you got in our hospital."

Zhou Yanqing doesn't need to see the outpatient clinic at the moment, so if someone comes to see him for a medical consultation, he is willing to give them a temporary 'follow-up number' to see if he can help.

"That's no problem. Thank you, Dr. Zhou. I've always gone to Xiangya Hospital for checkups and follow-up examinations. I was prescribed some medicine before, which was said to nourish the nerves, but they didn't have much effect." Luo Yuhang replied quickly, and then turned to go to the outpatient clinic to apply for a new medical card.

……

When the two returned, Zhou Yanqing logged into Tan Zhongyu's outpatient system, opened Luo Yuhang's previous medical records, and also saw the MRI results of the three follow-up visits.

His brows were furrowed.

From the MRI, we can see that Luo Yuhang's ulnar nerve was damaged and he had muscle atrophy.

Looking at the results of his last examination, we can see that the lines of several muscles in his forearm are obviously much smaller than those on the healthy side.

The volume of muscles has decreased, so the strength cannot be restored.

However, Luo Yuhang is luckier than Qiu Gong. His functional impairment is not that extreme, so he has no problem completing his daily life such as eating and brushing teeth.

But it is not possible to carry weight.

The previous Qiu Gong couldn't even complete his daily life smoothly...

"Doctor Zhou, how is it?" Luo Yuhang asked.

"You're not in bad shape, because I just checked your body. Although your muscles are atrophied, you have no problem with your daily life."

"So, whether you want to have surgery or not is up to you." "That's right. In medicine, your current muscle weakness is not classified as a regular disease. It is more of a 'disguised cosmetic' surgery."

"If it's the situation before Qiu Gong, there is dysfunction, not deficiency, then it's more formal range of illness."

"So, it still depends on your personal thoughts." Zhou Yanqing said.

"I definitely want to have surgery. Doctor Zhou, how much will this surgery cost? And after the surgery, to what extent can I recover?" Luo Yuhang asked.

"As for medical expenses, it should be a little over 20,000 before reimbursement. You are retired from the military, so I'm not sure how the medical insurance is calculated."

“As for functions, it’s definitely impossible to restore your peak period in the army, but there is still hope to reach the level of an ordinary adult,” Zhou Yanqing said cautiously.

Luo Yuhang pondered for a moment.

"That's fine. It's OK to have the strength of an ordinary person. This way I won't have to ask for help to move things in the future. It will also be much more convenient for me. With my current hand, I can carry 15 kilograms of things and it feels like I'm just pulling at the handle."

"I don't have to use any strength." Luo Yuhang said.

Qiu Gong fell silent after hearing this. As an old squad leader, he used to carry 50 kilograms of things for training as if it was a piece of cake!
Now I can’t even lift anything weighing 15 kilograms. The difference between before and after is still too big.

"Doctor Zhou, can I cut in line?" Luo Yuhang asked with a forced smile after making up his mind.

Zhou Yanqing's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he explained, "Brother Luo, why don't you ask my leader? I'm just a small doctor, and my words are not taken seriously. I don't dare to do these things."

"Just let Brother Qiu tell you. If someone wants to find a connection, can he make the decision himself, or does he need to inform you?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Yuhang glanced at Qiu Gong, and then did not make things difficult for Zhou Yanqing.

"Okay, I'll think of a solution myself. Doctor Zhou, please give me the hospitalization certificate first... I'll go and queue up right away."

……

After the two of them made an appointment for hospitalization, Zhou Yanqing heard Qiu Gong say from a distance: "Doctor Zhou is a cautious person. He can do 80% of what he wants, and will tell you 30% at most, leaving the remaining 50% for him as a fallback."

"When he performed the surgery on me, he said it was a last-ditch effort. As a result, six months after the surgery, my physical strength is still above average in our current team."

"Maybe Dr. Zhou is afraid that you will cause trouble for him, so he doesn't dare to say anything." Qiu Gong said.

Luo Yuhang replied: "People with ability are generally more modest, so it's not his fault."

"Actually, Qiu Gong, if you hadn't experienced it yourself, I wouldn't have dared to come for surgery so easily. I went to Huashan Hospital in Magic City before, but the response they gave me was not very good either."

"..."

"Brother Qing, I have finished the interview and signed. I'm going to the practice room first. Brother Qing, if you have anything, just call me directly." Yan Wenfeng, a first-year master's student, replied politely.

"Well, go ahead. Is your master going to the training room to give a lecture today?" Zhou Yanqing asked with a smile.

Yan Wenfeng is a student of Professor Huang Xianming and a junior of Chu Weiming.

After Zhou Yanqing went to the trauma center, his fellow students did not make things difficult for him and asked him to return to the practice room from the trauma center to give lectures. Therefore, the task of teaching was taken over by Associate Professors Ning Zhu and Huang Xianming.

Yan Wenfeng walked away for two steps and came back: "Brother Qing, Brother Lin Hua asked me to ask you when you are free this month. The mid-year graduate student competition is about to start..."

(End of this chapter)