"How about, Dr. Zhou, my wife and I will discuss it again and get back to you another day." Mr. de la Torre said.
However, he was really in severe pain, so he said, "Can you help me arrange an infusion first to relieve the pain?"
Zhou Qiao said: "Okay."
Immediately, corresponding antibiotics and other drugs were prescribed, and Elena was asked to take her to the infusion room to arrange the infusion.
Zhou Qiao thought about it for a while, and spent 15 points of medical mystery to exchange for master-level knowledge and skills related to diverticulosis.
First of all, the medical center is quite wealthy now, the baby is very well-behaved, and supplies are quite convenient.
Secondly, having many arts does not overwhelm your body.
Thirdly, if he wants to convince Mr. de la Torre, he must have a very good understanding of this disease, be able to talk eloquently, and convince them with his professional knowledge in a simple and profound way!
Soon, after spending 15 medical points and having 97 points left in his account, he gained master-level knowledge and skills related to diverticulosis.
The kind that works instantly without having to study or practice!
It includes causes, symptoms, diagnostic methods and indicators, types of diseases that are easily confused and misdiagnosed, classifications, corresponding treatment methods, surgical skills, preventive measures and daily precautions, etc.
Then, Zhou Qiao went to the infusion room and chatted with the de la Torres.
It happened that Mr. de la Torre also had a lot of doubts, so Zhou Qiao took advantage of the situation and answered it in detail, trying to explain it in an expression that the other party could understand.
The de la Torres still admire Zhou Qiao's profound knowledge very much.
However, they still did not have a clear answer whether they agreed to undergo surgery here.
Zhou Qiao didn't want to be "forced", and then other patients came to see him, so he returned to the consulting room.
After the infusion, Mr. de la Torre's pain was relieved a lot. On their way home, they met Mr. and Mrs. Westin again.
Mr. and Mrs. Westin asked, and Mr. de la Torre told what had happened.
"It turns out it's not appendicitis." Mr. Westin was also a little surprised and said, "I don't know much about this disease."
In fact, this disease is not uncommon in the United States, but Mr. Westin and Mr. de la Torre have not been exposed to it, so they don’t know.
Mr. de la Torre smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, the surgery is probably a relatively big one. Dr. Zhou's surgery for appendicitis is okay, but I don't know what kind of surgery it is for diverticular disease."
Mr. Westin just laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" Mr. de la Torre asked, raising his eyebrows.
Mr. Westin shrugged and said, "Although I don't understand medicine, how do you think your disease compares to a more serious cancer like pancreatic cancer?"
Mr. de la Torre was shocked, but then he shook his head and said: "It's absolutely impossible, it can't be worse than cancer!"
Mrs. de la Torre also said: "That's right, Mr. Westin, don't scare us!"
Mr. Westin spread his hands and said: "You have misunderstood me! I mean, this disease is far less serious than cancer. But do you know? I have a friend, Mrs. Clark, who has pancreatic cancer Cancer, and guess what?”
"What's wrong?"
"Hey, she had radical surgery for pancreatic cancer at Dr. Zhou's and is recovering well now!"
"seriously?"
"so smart?"
Mr. Westin took out his mobile phone, opened the Twitter APP, and showed Mrs. Clark’s account updates to the De La Torres!
"I posted this myself, I didn't make it up."
Mrs. Clark is "surviving the disaster", so she has posted many recent updates and reflections on Twitter, as well as some photos of walks, daily housework and baking.
Naturally, she continued to undergo chemotherapy for consolidation after surgery, and then had regular follow-up visits at Iris Clinic. Just yesterday, I went to Zhou Qiao's place for a checkup.
I have to say, the recovery is quite good.
In fact, in the United States, cancer is not that scary. Almost 70% of cancer patients can be "cured". The five-year survival rate is extremely high. After treatment, some cancer patients live longer than some patients with chronic diseases.
This is because most new anti-cancer drugs come from the United States.
Perhaps, in terms of outpatient clinics and surgeries, the United States is not as good as China because of its population base, but in terms of new drug research and development, it absolutely crushes China. Even India has surpassed China.
Of course, Indian pharmaceutical companies are relatively shameless and often use patent challenge strategies, that is, by studying the drug patents of multinational companies, finding loopholes and suing their patents for invalidity, or by synthesizing drugs that avoid the scope of patent protection.
India is the world's number one generic drug country, and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" demonstrates the magic of the country's generic drugs.
Often, when European and American pharmaceutical companies invest a lot of scientific research funds and develop new drugs through multiple clinical trials, Indian generic drug manufacturers take advantage of the opportunity and take advantage of it. They can copy them in just three months or even less, and the price is ultra-low. , less than one-tenth of the new drugs in Europe and the United States.
The most shameless thing is that the Indian official has also given great support. As the saying goes: Life is far more important than property! I mean, it doesn’t matter if you lose a little money, many lives have been saved here!
In the end, we actually reached a win-win situation of cooperation with European and American countries!
Maybe, sometimes we can't be too virtuous.
Although there are many new drugs against pancreatic cancer in the United States, including SM-88 for terminal patients, Mrs. Clark is recovering so well now mainly due to early detection.
At least there are currently no signs of recurrence or metastasis. If there is no recurrence within five years, the possibility of recurrence is basically relatively small.
However, the diagnosis rate of this disease in the early stage is very low. It must be said that Mrs. Clark is very lucky!
Zhou Qiao's advice to her was to come back for review every three months within five years. Even if there is recurrence and metastasis, it can be nipped in the bud.
The Clarks take it for granted. Anyway, paying so much for medical insurance every month is not in vain. After five years, the frequency of follow-up visits will be reduced.
The de la Torre couple learned from Mr. Westin that Iris Clinic can even perform radical surgery for malignant tumors such as pancreatic cancer. The surgical level is simply...comparable to the University of California Medical Center!
After they went back, they thought carefully and discussed carefully, and finally decided to have the surgery at Iris Clinic.
Otherwise, you can only go to the University of California Medical Center, but the cost of the University of California Medical Center is definitely more expensive than the Iris Clinic!
The next day, they came to Iris Clinic again and asked to arrange surgery.
Zhou Qiao was very happy and introduced Murphy to them!
"Dr. Zhou, are you kidding us?"
Seeing Murphy's childish face, the de la Torre couple were shocked. If Dr. Zhou is the surgeon, we can accept it. After all, we have a past record. However, it would be a little bit to let such a young girl do the surgery... My son doesn't respect people very much.
