At that moment, he suddenly received a message on his cellphone. The message was from the doctor on duty, asking him to come to the office immediately.
Then the private doctor immediately stood up and said, “Sir, the doctor wants me to go there for something. I will go first and will be back soon.”
Hank nodded, and the private doctor walked towards the office.
After the private doctor left, Hank said to the group: “Guys, all my test results so far are normal. This is both good news and bad news for me. The good news is that there should be no problem with my pancreas. Don’t be nervous. I will get the king of cancer. The bad news is that if there is still no abnormality in the end, our impotence problem may not be explained by medicine.”
Everyone suddenly felt a little depressed.
At this time, the private doctor had arrived at the office of the doctor on duty.
He pushed the door open and asked quickly, “Doctor Johnson, is there something wrong that you are looking for me so urgently?”
Dr. Johnson nodded and said in a very serious tone, “George, compared to three months ago, one of Mr. Hank’s test results showed a severe abnormality.”
“Wonderful!” exclaimed the private doctor, “You have no idea that Mr. Hank has been waiting all night for an abnormality!”
Dr. Johnson was stunned. “Waiting for something abnormal, what does it mean to wait all night? Is Mr. Hank expecting something abnormal to happen to his body?”
The private doctor smiled and said, “You are right. Mr. Hank just wants his body to show a little abnormality. When there is nothing abnormal, it seems to make him more anxious.”
“Damn…” Dr. Johnson pushed his glasses and said awkwardly, “But Dr. Han wouldn’t suspect that his CA199 index was abnormal, right?”
The private doctor who had been smiling suddenly had a blank expression.
After a while, he came back to his senses and said: “What did you say about the abnormal ca199 index? Are you kidding me?”
As Hank’s personal physician, he is very familiar with important physical indicators. CA199 is a carbohydrate antigen, also known as a tumor marker. There are many types of tumor markers, and different tumor markers often correspond to tumor problems in different parts of the body.
In most cases, if a person does not have cancer cells in their body, all tumor markers should be within the normal range.
If tumor markers become abnormal, there is a high probability that the patient has cancer.
Of course, abnormal tumor markers don’t necessarily mean cancer is present, but the possibility is very high.
Especially this CA199, which is related to digestive system cancers such as pancreatic cancer and gastric cancer, and is very sensitive.
If these indicators become abnormal, it is most likely a cancer of the digestive system.
So he immediately asked, “What is Mr. Hank’s CA199 index this time?”
Dr. Johnson hesitated for a moment before saying, “628…”
“What are you saying?!”
The personal doctor just felt dizzy. The normal limit of CA199 is 37. Exceeding this value means there is a problem, and the greater the proportion exceeding this value, the higher the possibility of a problem.
Hank’s CA199 index spiked to 628. Based on his experience, this was basically pancreatic cancer.
So he immediately asked, “Mr. Hank, what was the CA199 index three months ago?”
Dr. Johnson said, “Three months ago it was 12…”
The private doctor wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, “It’s only been three months, and the number has skyrocketed dozens of times. This is too fast…”
Johnson nodded. “It’s very rapid, but not unusual for pancreatic cancer. Some patients progress very rapidly and die within a few months. So Mr. Hank is not the fastest progressor. He’s somewhere in the middle, at best.”
“Oh my gosh…” the private doctor asked nervously, “Should we do a full body scan right away to determine the size of the lesion and whether it has spread?”
“Confirmed.” Dr. Johnson said, “You decide whether you should tell Mr. Hank or I should tell him. Explain it clearly to him and get his consent. We will have the nurse inject him with contrast agent right away, and then we can arrange for a full-body scan.”
“I will go and tell him…” the private doctor muttered, “If you go, I’m afraid he won’t be able to bear this blow.”
With that, the private doctor rushed back to Hank’s ward.
At that time, Hank was lying in the group, chatting with the brothers.
Seeing the private doctor return, he smiled and asked, “How is it?”
The private doctor didn’t know how to tell him for a moment, so he coughed awkwardly: “Mr. Hank… um… there is something wrong with one of your indicators…”
“Oh?” Hank was immediately happy, got up from the bed, and asked with a smile: “Which indicator is wrong? Tell me quickly so I can be happy!”