Johnson said, “I’m here to talk to you about surgery, and the plan we’re thinking of at the moment is the sooner we can intervene, the better, and catch the surgery to remove the pancreas.”
Hank asked, “How long will I live with the removal of the pancreas? Five years?”
“Not sure.”Johnson said, “Pancreatic cancer is by far the most difficult to predict, not only does it develop quickly and fatally, sometimes it’s obvious that it’s all been cut out, but it will soon suddenly pop up in one of the nearby organs, so it’s also up to luck, but basically you can be sure of one thing, pancreatic cancer patients, no matter how early they are detected, have a five-year survival rate of less than 10 per cent, and a ten-year survival rate of basically zero. “
With that said, Johnson added, “Let me put it to you this way, if thyroid cancer is the Italian army during World War II, then pancreatic cancer is the German army during World War II.”
Hank asked, “Wasn’t Hitler defeated in the end?”
Johnson added, “The human body itself can be substituted for Poland in this analogy.”
“F*ck!”Hank said, “Then if Japan had been able to get it, he could have taken Poland down too!”
“Yeah.”Johnson said, “It’s just not that fast… Hitler hit Poland as fast as pancreatic cancer develops… this pancreatic cancer thing, it’s the Nazi of cancers, the Hitler of cancers.”
Hank muttered, “So even if you guys remove it as fast as you can, I’ll have a hard time living five years ……”
Johnson soothed, “Now is not the time to think about that, the priority now is to hurry up with the surgery and the removal, the faster the better! It’s best to start doing pre-operative examinations and preparations now, and strive for direct surgery within 48 hours.”
“48 hours?”Hank asked him, “Why are we waiting so long?”
Johnson replied, “Before the surgery itself, there are many indicators to be tested and confirmed to be qualified before the surgery can be carried out, in the simplest case, the clotting problem has to be checked first, the infectious disease situation has to be checked as well, moreover, before starting the surgery, the team of the main surgeon has to have a meeting to discuss and formulate the surgical plan, and everything is determined to be correct before the surgery can be carried out.”
Hank pondered for a long time, and spoke, “Let’s do it this way, what kind of tests should you do, if it’s something that requires blood to be drawn, hurry up and draw it, and haven’t the films been taken as well? Let the doctors start working on the surgical plan, I have something to do, I have to go to Huaxia, try to come back within 48 hours.”
Johnson thought that Hank was still busy with his work, and hurriedly said, “Mr Hank, your current state is not suitable for work anymore, it’s better to stay in bed and rest in the hospital!”
“No!”Hank said offhandedly, “I have to go to China, if it goes well, I’ll come back after forty-eight hours, you don’t have to arrange for my surgery, just give me another checkup, maybe, I’ll already be cured.”
“How is it possible ……” Johnson said without mercy, “The medical level of Huaxia, the whole is not comparable to ours, their doctors are strong in clinical experience is very strong, the same kind of surgery, our doctors do dozens of units a year, their doctors do hundreds of units a year, but, from the basic theory, the development of new drugs, or we are stronger, this point the world can not compare to us.”
Hank waved his hand, “Let’s not talk about this first, according to what you said, America’s medical level is the first in the world, but I only have a 10% probability to live until five years later, five years, fleeting, you let me die so soon, I can’t accept it, I must be cured! I must be cured!
Johnson hurriedly said, “Mr Hank, a complete cure is impossible! Moreover, if pancreatic cancer is not intervened quickly and effectively, the survival cycle is basically half a year!”
Hank exasperatedly said, “I didn’t say no intervention ah, don’t you guys want 48 hours to prepare? Then I’ll go to Huaxia first for these 48 hours, no matter what, within forty-eight hours, I’ll rush back!”
