Having cancer when pregnant, her mother lost 20kg to sleep and sit for 4 months waiting for her baby to be born, causing people to suffer

Over the past months, Mr. Do Van Hung (SN 1988, Ly Nhan, Ha Nam) had to put aside his work to go to the hospital to care for his wife who was suffering from late-stage breast cancer. Mr. Hung's wife, Nguyen Thi Lien (SN 1991), is currently 7 months pregnant and must be treated at the Emergency Department (Central Hospital K) due to her weak health.

The couple married in 2015. Previously, Ms. Lien was considered a beautiful and healthy woman. Even when she gave birth to her first-born grandchildren in 2016, she had to go to the field to grow vegetables, and then she sold vegetables all over the streets to earn little money for her husband to take care of her family.

At the end of 2018, when the eldest daughter was strong, Hung and his wife decided to have another grandchild so that she could have a sister. Having been pregnant for more than a month, Ms. Lien went to the provincial hospital to see if a doctor had discovered a benign fibroid in her chest and indicated when her baby would be completed surgery to remove it.

After that visit, Ms. Lien came home to work hard to support her healthy baby. When pregnant to prepare for the 3rd month, Ms. Lien found tired people touching her breasts to see rigid and have lymph nodes around. Too worried that the couple went to Hanoi to check, where the doctors concluded that she had late-stage breast cancer, had spread into her lungs and bones.

' At that time, there were people who advised my husband and wife to give up their pregnancy to cure illness. But my wife decided not to listen, because at that time my stomach was in shape. Since then my wife has always been hospitalized so that doctors can monitor for both mother and child , 'Hung said.

From the time of discovering the cancer of evil to now, it has been 4 months, it was also the time when Ms. Lien had to sleep in the hospital. Mr. Hung said, every time he lay back down, his wife coughed and hurt a lot. So he prepared for his wife a small table in front so that whenever she was tired or sleepy, she would face down on the table and sleep.

Being from a healthy woman over 60kg, after months of fighting with her illness, Ms. Lien now only has skin and bones with a weight of only about 40kg, her legs are paralyzed and cannot walk.'Looking at my wife every day I suffer very badly, I just hope to be able to bear the pain for my wife and my children,' said Hung.

With the doctors and patients in the same room, Ms. Lien is an extremely strong and energetic woman. She is willing to sacrifice her life for her to be born full day, full and safe.

Doctor Pham Dac Tuong - Emergency Resuscitation Department (Central Hospital K) said that the patient Nguyen Thi Lien was 28 weeks pregnant, was transferred from the internal medicine department to treat when she had breast cancer in the late stage. base to lungs, bones.

'When we received a lot of breathing, pleural effusion. Immediately afterwards the patient was given oxygen breathing, pleural drainage, nutritional supplements and antibiotic treatment. Doctor Wall share

Expert warns signs of early breast cancer identification

Chest pain : If you suddenly have a stinging pain like a mild electric current from the left chest to the right chest. This is a sign of no good health warning in the first round, possibly related to breast cancer.

Pruritus in the chest : This symptom, mainly related to inflammatory breast cancer, is often overlooked. Patients with severe itchy breast cancer, rash, or rough skin. The reason is that fast-growing cancer cells block blood vessels and lymphatic vessels in the skin, causing fluid to accumulate in and under the skin, irritating the skin.

Back, shoulder, back pain : In some women with breast cancer, they feel pain in their backs or shoulders, not their breasts or breasts. Pain usually occurs in the upper back or between the shoulder blades, easily confused with ligament injuries, osteoarthritis of the spine.

Nipple changes: One of the most common places where tumors often appear is under the nipples, you can feel certain changes such as a flattened nipple, indented, or discharge from the nipple, can be mixed with blood. The skin of the nipple may become grainy, scaly, or inflamed.

There are tumors, axillary lymph nodes : Lymph nodes may be the cause of flu, infection. However, if there is a tumor or a painful swelling under the arm area that lasts for a week without an apparent cause, it may be an early sign of breast cancer.