Nine top doctors shared their experiences in fighting their own illnesses at a book-launching press conference at National Taiwan Uni-versity Hospital yesterday.
How Top Doctors Fight Their Own Illnesses (
The book, published earlier this month, was written by two senior medical reporters.
"What is it like when doctors become ill? How do doctors struggle with their own illnesses? How do they restart their lives after their diseases?" said Chen Ching-fang (
"These are issues many people are concerned about. However, we almost gave up our plan to write the book because most doctors we contacted refused to talk about their own illnesses," Chen said.
"Doctors make the worst patients," said Lin Hsin-nan (
Lin was 51 when he lost sight in his right eye in 1990. The retina had become detached and three surgeries failed to correct the problem.
"What I worried most was not the loss of my eyesight. What I dreaded most was that I might lose my confidence," Lin said.
"I might become physically blind, but my mind cannot become blind, too," he said, adding that he often bumps into people or objects due to his partial vision.
Liaw Yuang-shuang (廖永祥), another NTU physician, discovered he had liver cancer when he gave himself an ultrasound exam three years ago. He was 38 years old and had just completed his doctorate.
"I found a 10cm tumor in my liver," Liaw said. "Within 48 hours I had my first cancer surgery."
"However, two more tumors grew in my liver 120 days after the operation. My liver was only one-third of its original size at that time. I was facing the worst possible situation for a liver cancer patient," he recalled.
Liaw said his recovery was entirely due to God's mercy.
"I no longer take life for granted. I give all glory to God," he said.
Oliver Tseng (
"I began my language therapy at the age of 31 to correct my pronunciation. For a whole year, I practiced hard in order to speak clearly," Tseng said.
After numerous plastic surgeries, Tseng has a smooth face now.
"I have great sympathy for my patients because I deeply understand the feelings of people who have deformed faces," Tseng said.
Shieh Shung-yau (
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