Chinanews.com, February 14. According to Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao, 19-year-old Tan Jiarong of Huaqiao Middle School in Singapore was diagnosed with bone cancer two and a half years ago. After the amputation of his left leg, the cancer recurred twice.
After undergoing three major surgeries, chemotherapy, and relearning to walk after installing a prosthetic limb, he insists on taking the A-level exam in 2021 and will graduate with his classmates who supported him in his fight against cancer.
It is reported that Tan Jiarong came to Singapore from China with his parents at the age of 10 and is currently a permanent resident.
When he was in the fourth year of high school in Huaqiao Middle School, he went to the emergency department of the hospital because of extreme pain in his left thigh. After being referred to a specialist, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma.
As the cancer was extremely malignant, he had to undergo immediate chemotherapy and surgery.
The two treatment options in front of him are rotationplasty, which involves removing the tumor-bearing leg bone along with the knee joint, then turning the lower half of the calf around and connecting it to the root of the thigh, allowing the ankle joint to become Knee joint, so that after the prosthesis is installed, it can walk like a normal person.
Another option is to keep the whole leg but replace the bone with a metal structure, but there is a greater risk of cancer recurrence.
He resolutely chose to amputate his limbs and received chemotherapy after the operation, and he had to endure side effects such as vomiting and oral ulcers.
He completely missed class in the second half of 2019, but insisted on reviewing his homework when he was in good spirits.
The teacher brought the school exam papers to the hospital or home for him to answer. He successfully passed the test and entered high school, and returned to school early next year.
He thought he had defeated cancer and ushered in a new beginning. Unexpectedly, in March and October 2020, the cancer cells spread to the lymph nodes in the lungs and thoracic cavity. He underwent two major operations, but this time he only rested for two times each time. Three weeks.
During the fight against cancer, he also accepted the doctor's advice and voluntarily went to the hospital to visit young patients with bone cancer, sharing his experience in fighting diseases and fitting prosthetics, and cheering them on.
His experience in fighting cancer made him interested in medical technology, and his goal is to enroll in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the National University of Singapore.