こんにちは。
肺がんのサルベージ手術が終わり、今日で5日目となりました。今日はすべてのドレーン（管）がとれ身軽になった日でした。
寝るよりも立ったり歩いたりするほうが痛みも和らぐ感じです。今後は服薬の痛み止めとなります。
そして、今日から会社や友人へ連絡を取る余裕がでてきました。
患者さん同士の交流
私が入院している病院は癌専門の病院のため、入院されている患者さんは皆さん癌患者さんです。
今回、入院中にいろいろな方とお話をする機会がありました。お互いどのような癌なのか、どのような経緯で発覚したのかということを話し情報共有をすることができました。 患者同士の交流で得られた情報は健康な方にも有益な情報があるのでは思いました。
１：胃がん
人間ドックで胃潰瘍と診断されたが半年ほどほったらかしにしていた。ある日腹痛がひどく３日続いたため胃カメラの検査をしてもらったところ胃がんであることがわかり発覚した。ピロリ菌が多くそれが癌に変異したと言われたそう。 今までは病気一つしない健康体だったが、食べるスピードだけはとても早かったとのこと。
２：乳がん
定期的に自分で触診をされていてある日ポコっとなにかできているなと思い受診。マンモグラフィーでは検出できず腫瘍マーカーも陰性だったが細胞診で癌とわかった。 その方いわく、多くの人が見落としやすい乳首のすぐ上にしこりができていたと。石鹸などを使うお風呂で触診すると比較的わかりやすいと教えていただきました。この方も今まで病気１つしない健康体だったそうです。
３：膵臓がん
たまたま行った人間ドックのエコー検査で発覚。
４：乳がん （再発とおもいきや原発癌）
過去に乳癌で片側の乳房を切除、５年再発はなく半年前にCTを取って転移もないことから寛解となった。その半年後突然反対側の乳房が突然痛みだす、急にしこりができて急遽病院で検査を行ったら再発ではなく別の乳がんで原発癌と診断されたとのこと。
Connecting with fellow cancer patients
Hello,
It has been five days since my salvage surgery for lung cancer. Today was the day when all of my drains (tubes) were finally removed, and I feel much lighter.
The pain has eased considerably, and I now have the energy to reach out to my company and friends.
Since the hospital I am staying in specializes in cancer, all the patients here are cancer patients. During my stay, I have had many opportunities to talk with different people. We shared stories about what type of cancer we have and how it was discovered. I realized that the information gained through these patient-to-patient exchanges could also be useful for healthy people.
1: Stomach cancer
This person was initially diagnosed with a stomach ulcer during a routine medical checkup but left it untreated for about six months. Later, after suffering from severe stomach pain for three days, they underwent a gastroscopy, which revealed stomach cancer. They were told that the cancer had developed from a large amount of Helicobacter pylori bacteria. Until then, they had always been healthy, except that they ate very quickly.
2: Breast cancer
This person regularly performed self-examinations and one day noticed a small lump. A mammogram did not detect it, and tumor markers were also negative, but a cytology test confirmed it was cancer. They mentioned that the lump was located just above the nipple, a spot many people tend to overlook. They also advised that checking during a bath with soap makes it easier to detect changes. Like the first patient, they had been perfectly healthy until this diagnosis.
3: Pancreatic cancer
This was discovered incidentally during an ultrasound performed at a routine health checkup.
4: Breast cancer (not recurrence, but a new primary cancer)
This person had previously undergone a mastectomy for breast cancer. For five years, there was no recurrence, and even a CT scan six months ago showed no metastasis, so they were declared in remission. However, half a year later, the opposite breast suddenly became painful, and a lump appeared rapidly. An urgent examination revealed not a recurrence, but a new primary breast cancer.