Chinese medicine: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 331 We are all living hard! (Subscribe)
"I didn't misunderstand. I just guessed you guys had other things to do."

Chen Yu smiled and said, "Don't you usually say that Brother Ning Zhu is a very serious person?"

"The more serious a person is, the more shameless he becomes when he acts weird!" Zhou Yanqing said earnestly.

"Actually, it's like this..." After Zhou Yanqing roughly explained it to Chen Yu, the two went to the doctor's office.

Zhou Yanqing had already eaten, but Chen Yu was still hungry.

"I'm sorry? I just came back from Director Lei's place so I didn't have time to explain to you. You made a wasted trip."

"The main reason is that I only thought about explaining it to Brother Ning Zhu. It was my mistake!" Zhou Yanqing explained.

Chen Yu said: "This is a dish I made myself..."

"In fact, Master suggested that I shamelessly go to see Director Lei. I also felt that it was too much, but I went anyway. Isn't it just so that I can spend more time with you?"

"By getting off the hospital schedule early, I can go home every day, just for elective surgery."

"It's like living a superior life in advance." Zhou Yanqing said.

There are many benefits to being hospitalized early, including but not limited to being able to accompany Chen Yu.

Chen Yu also knew this, so he stretched out his voice: "I know. That's why I brought you food. Today I didn't order takeout, I made it myself."

……

Watching Chen Yu leave, Zhou Yanqing also felt that life was becoming more and more hopeful.

As adults, you get the taste of it once you get it.

During the period of hospitalization, Zhou Yanqing hardly even left the house, and it was impossible for him to accompany Chen Yu for dinner, let alone other things.

Chen Yu appeared more and more real in front of him. She was neither pretentious nor pretending to be noble. She was very realistic and had her own ideals and hobbies.

Not pretentious, nor vain.

Such a girl, even if she cannot compare with those in her profession or those with prominent family background in terms of social achievements and academic status, will be very comfortable to live with in the future.

Zhou Yanqing doesn't have high requirements for her other half. In comparison, Xiao Jianli's family background may be more prominent than hers and will be more helpful to her growth, but she is a little confused about the importance of this.

……

"Doctor Zhou, Professor Tan asked me to come. Professor Tan asked you to take a look at my medical records first. Am I suitable for surgery?" the middle-aged man said with a smile.

Beside the middle-aged man, his wife also smiled and said, "Doctor Zhou, you are so young!"

"I couldn't recognize you when I first saw you. I thought you were an imposter."

"Actually, I am Professor Tan's..."

The visitor was one of Tan Zhongyu's relatives.

Things that have been confirmed can be put on the agenda. Tan Zhongyu and Huang Xianming gradually sent some patients with functional disorders to the department.

Zhou Yanqing is currently only the chief resident and is not qualified to see outpatients, so he cannot come into contact with outpatient patients on the front line.

Tan Zhongyu and Huang Xinming are not Zhou Yanqing, so they cannot comprehensively assess the patient's condition.

When Master's relative came to treat him, Zhou Yanqing had to be more cautious: "Uncle, you can't actually undergo functional rehabilitation surgery in this condition. But you can undergo functional reconstruction surgery."

Not all patients can undergo functional rehabilitation surgery, and Zhou Yanqing can only explain the actual situation to the patients truthfully.

"Doctor Zhou, you are Professor Tan's student. I definitely trust you. I will do whatever you say."

"At worst, at least you still have Professor Tan to look after you." The middle-aged man joked.

His wife is Professor Tan’s cousin, so he is Professor Tan’s cousin-in-law.

"Doctor Zhou, I don't actually need to use too much strength. It's just that my fingers can be more nimble. I'm a carpenter."

"You also know that we carpenters make a living by working with our hands." The middle-aged man's tone was still quite formal when he talked about the key point.

Making a living by skills and making a living by physical strength are different concepts.

"That should be fine, but if you want to recover to the same state as before your injury, that's impossible."

“This may also affect your craftsmanship. But if you work slower, you may be able to achieve quality.”

"The operation is just a rescue operation, and it does not necessarily lead to complete recovery. So I hope you can understand this, uncle, and don't have too high expectations."

"I will definitely do my best to perform your surgery." Zhou Yanqing replied with a smile.

"Well, okay. When it's my turn, I'll come to see you, Dr. Zhou." The middle-aged couple winked at Zhou Yanqing.

Because there were outsiders present, even if the couple could use connections to get admitted to the hospital early, they couldn't say it openly.

After the two men left with the hospitalization certificates, Zhou Yanqing saw the next patient.

Today is Professor Tan Zhongyu's outpatient day, so there are many patients sent here by Master.

In order to perform a surgery in a cluster, there must be a certain number of patients.

The operation had just been done, so Zhou Yanqing could only carefully select the source of the disease.

"Doctor Zhou, Doctor Zhou, I was recommended by Director Huang..." The second person in line was a tall and strong young man who looked to be around 40 years old, with a broad frame and strong muscular body.

His right hand was covered with scars and signs of burns.

"I injured my hand while on a mission. It's hard to lift it now."

"Even doing some daily tasks at home is a bit difficult."

Because it was summer, the young man quickly pulled up his sleeves and showed his arms to Zhou Yanqing. It could be seen that his upper limbs were of unequal size and there were burn scars on his right arm.

After Zhou Yanqing looked at it, he asked, "How long have you had this symptom? At least a few years."

"That's been years, four or five years."

"It has always been like this. I have been to many hospitals off and on, but there is no solution." said the young man.

Zhou Yanqing nodded: "Yes, currently the clinical treatment is mainly treatment. Your current situation is a weakening of function. To improve the function is similar to improving the appearance to a certain extent."

"It's a disguised form of cosmetic surgery. Ordinary hand surgeons won't perform such an operation."

"It's just like our orthopedic surgery of height increase is one of the forbidden techniques."

"But the surgery you want to perform is not prohibited!~"

"Let me take a look at your film first..."

The young man said, "Doctor Zhou, my requirements are not high. As long as I can complete my daily activities and find a handicraft job, that would be great."

"Although I currently have some subsidies, they are not high after all."

He is in his prime, the age to support the family. If his income is not the largest in the family, he will feel very uncomfortable.

The subsidies will not cause starvation, but it will make it impossible to pursue a better living condition.

"Your requirements are quite high. Although compared to ordinary people, you may think that your requirements are not high. But compared to your current situation, the functions you expect are just a luxury."

"You can do the surgery, but you have to be prepared that the results may not meet your expectations!"

"After all, surgery is not a panacea. It is possible that you spend money, but you still cannot find a job that satisfies you in the end." "If that is the case, can you accept it?" Zhou Yanqing asked while looking at the MRI.

The patient's demands and requirements are also important indicators in deciding whether or not to perform surgery on him.

Some patients only seek to go from nothing to something, some seek to go from a little to a lot, and some patients are even more demanding and even picky.

It is impossible to meet the demands of this patient.

I have to say something ugly first.

Functional rehabilitation is for patients who need it, not for patients with big dreams.

It is impossible to become a strong man or a leader in your industry through surgery.

"Well, Dr. Zhou, are you afraid that I will cause trouble for you, so you dare not tell me the truth?"

"Actually, I have a brother who had surgery here and stayed here," said the young man.

Zhou Yanqing knew that the other party might be talking about the guy who had been hospitalized and had surgery in the department before.

"Brother, people's constitutions are different. It's possible that his surgery was effective, but yours wasn't. This is a normal phenomenon in medicine."

"You may not understand, so your expectations are too high and I can't meet them, and then we may conflict."

"Right? So we are explaining the worst-case scenario to you now. It is also possible that the outcome of the surgery will be good in the end."

"If the human body is a machine, I can 100% guarantee that I can teach you how to repair it. If it cannot be repaired, you can replace parts, but the human body is not a machine," Zhou Yanqing said softly.

"What do you think?" Zhou Yanqing asked again.

"I believe you, I am willing to have the surgery!~" said the young man.

……

After the young man left, the next person to come was a teenager and his parents.

Perhaps they had heard Zhou Yanqing's previous conversation, so the couple said, "Doctor Zhou, our request is very simple. If my child's hands can write, I will be grateful for your kindness..."

Hearing this, Zhou Yanqing looked at the smiling boy. His hands hung limply above his thighs, and his face was as bright as a flower.

Zhou Yanqing's eyelids flickered immediately, and then he began to examine the little boy carefully.

About twenty minutes later, the boy asked, "Doctor, is it possible?"

"What?" Zhou Yanqing thought he was introverted.

"It means you don't have to use your feet to do your homework!~"

"Every winter, it's very cold to write." The boy had a very good attitude and just described the specific situation.

Zhou Yanqing felt a lump in his throat when he heard this.

"Your case is quite complicated. I need to take a closer look. I may need to look up some information."

"Parent, could you please leave me your contact information? I need to think carefully about your child's surgery for a while before I can give you an answer."

"I guess you have been to many hospitals. If you haven't thought it through, even if you are hospitalized now, we would not dare to perform surgery on you easily." Zhou Yanqing said.

"Of course you can. Thank you for your trouble, Dr. Zhou." The couple left their phone numbers.

"Do we need to keep the inspection materials as well? Is that okay with you?" Zhou Yanqing said again when they were about to leave with the inspection bags.

"I certainly won't get rid of them."

The couple was very surprised, their eyes immediately turned red: "Doctor Zhou, it's okay, it doesn't matter if it falls off."

Zhou Yanqing must have found a possible solution by doing this.

But his child's condition was caused by neurodegenerative disease, and he had lost the ability to grasp long ago.

Their demands are not high.

But many people say that his child’s condition is similar to dementia in the elderly, that is, Alzheimer’s disease, which cannot be cured at present.

"No, if it's inconvenient for you to come over at that time, I will send it back to you by express. It shouldn't be lost." Zhou Yanqing didn't dare to brag.

……

This was Zhou Yanqing’s first experience in a small outpatient clinic. His teacher screened some patients and sent some of them to the ward.

However, Zhou Yanqing had told them in advance that he had to undergo emergency surgery, so the patients did not make a fuss when Zhou Yanqing left once during the operation.

When Zhou Yanqing returned to the ward at night, there were still three people waiting.

In the resident office, Chen Yu was still waiting for him to eat.

Chen Yu still ordered takeout in the afternoon and came to accompany him, but Zhou Yanqing still insisted on looking at the test results of the three patients, rejected two of them, and accepted one.

"Doctor Zhou, please take another good look at him. Is it true that my son cannot have surgery?"

"Doctor Zhou, I, can I have the surgery?"

Zhou Yanqing shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, uncle, sister, if I really had a way, I would definitely not refuse so bluntly, but I really can't do it."

"The function has been completely broken and cannot be saved!~"

"Doctor Zhou, but we can't do anything? Is this all we can do?" It's okay for middle-aged people, after all, they are old.

But the woman was holding a child who was no more than five years old and had not yet gone to school. Only his head could move, while his limbs were hanging down.

At the moment he was moving around in a daze and somewhat dully, unable to speak complete sentences.

"This is the only way for now. I can't find a better way." Zhou Yanqing said.

Although Zhou Yanqing felt a little sad, even functional rehabilitation surgery could not solve everyone's problems.

Next time, Zhou Yanqing decided that he should talk to his teacher and tell him not to send patients with complete necrosis to the ward, so as not to waste the other party's time and disappoint the patient again.

"Dr. Zhou?"

"I'm sorry, but please don't embarrass me. If there is still a glimmer of hope, I won't say such a decisive thing."

"It's completely necrotic and cannot be revived. It only appears alive and has no function anymore." Zhou Yanqing said cruelly.

"I'm going to eat too, sorry!~"

Then, Zhou Yanqing pushed open the door of the resident office and went in without hesitation.

There is no point in worrying about it, and there is no point in trying to treat it, so you can only be cruel!
If you can't do anything about it, you must never get into trouble.

"Little Stone, I actually heard your conversation."

"They are all so pitiful. What we normal people take for granted is a luxury for them." Chen Yu said.

Zhou Yanqing nodded: "Everyone has this mentality. For example, some people are born with no worries about food and clothing, and never have to worry about money for the rest of their lives!"

"But most people have to work hard to survive, to have food to eat, and to have a house to live in..."

(End of this chapter)