Chapter 8 — After Menopause, I Found Out I Was Pregnant

Everything happens in order. It was like I suddenly turned into a bystander, quietly watching a woman named Tan Tranh calmly prepare for her battle with cancer. When he took the hospital admission papers and went to the hospital room, Ly Mai had already arrived. She carried many bags. Inside are personal belongings, a change of clothes, and even a thermos. As soon as she saw me, without a word she rushed forward and hugged me tightly. She patted my back, her voice choked up.

“I'm here.”

"Don't worry about money, I just transferred two hundred thousand yuan to your account, just use it first."

"If it's not enough, I'll think of another way."

My tears couldn't help but fall. These are friends. When I was almost turned away by the whole world... She was my only light. The room I stayed in was a double room. In the bed next to me was a girl much younger than me, probably just over twenty years old. Her face was pale, and she wore a wool hat on her head. Seeing us enter, she smiled weakly. Ly Mai helped me spread the bed and arrange things neatly. Then he pulled me to sit on the edge of the bed.

“Trinh Tranh, there's something... I don't know if I should tell you or not.”

Her expression was slightly hesitant.

“What?”

“Chu Chi Minh… just called me.”

My heart suddenly sank.

“He asked if you were with me.”

“He kept saying to call you but you didn't listen.”

“It sounds very urgent.”

Maybe she's anxious to find proof that I'm having an affair. I laughed coldly.

“What do you say?”

“What else can I say?”

Ly Mai immediately became angry.

“I cursed him from head to toe!”

“I said even if you really have someone outside, it's because he forced you!”

“I said you don't want to see anyone right now, tell him to stay away!”

“He didn't say anything, just hung up.”

I nodded, my heart not wavering at all.

“Good cursing.”

At that moment, my phone rang. It was Chu Chi Minh calling. I looked at the name flashing on the screen, without hesitation clicked decline. Then drag him straight to the blacklist. From this moment on... My life no longer has anything to do with him. I have to live for myself. On the second day of admission, I began a series of intensive examinations. Magnetic resonance imaging. I was like a product on a production line, pushed back and forth between hospital rooms. Physical fatigue is still not as scary as the feeling of numbness in the heart. Ly Mai had urgent work at the company so she returned temporarily, but every day she called me many times. Teach me to eat and drink on time. Told me to rest well. Only when I received her phone call did I feel like I was still a living person. Test results are available very quickly. Doctor Luu called me into his office.

“Miss Qin, I have good news and bad news.”

She looked at me, her expression serious.

“The good news is that based on current results, the tumor has not metastasized far to the liver or brain.”

“This gives our treatment a huge advantage.”

My heart finally lightened a bit.

“So… what's the bad news?”

“The bad news is…”

Doctor Luu pointed to a location on the CT scan.

“We discovered that the tumor had partially invaded the uterine muscle, and several lymph nodes in the pelvic area were swollen.”

“That means the stage of your disease is no longer the earliest stage.”

“Just do curettage surgery Uterine surgery alone may not completely remove the lesion.”

My heart sank again.

“So… what to do now?”

“Our recommendation is to do two rounds of chemotherapy first.”

“Wait for the tumor to shrink and its activity to decrease before performing a total hysterectomy.”

"This will ensure the thoroughness of the surgery at the highest level, while reducing the risk of recurrence."

Removal of the entire uterus. My hand unconsciously placed on my stomach. Even though I'm postmenopausal. Even though it brought me this disaster. But when I think about completely losing it, I still feel a bitter feeling that is hard to describe. But compared to life... What is it worth?

“I agree.”

I almost didn't hesitate at all.

“Doctor, I believe in everyone's expertise. I will coordinate treatment as much as possible.”

Doctor Luu nodded with satisfaction.

“It's very good that you have that mentality.”

“Today we will start the first chemotherapy regimen.”

Chemotherapy came faster than I thought. Also a lot more intense than I thought. As the purple-red medicine flowed drop by drop through the infusion line into my blood vessels, I felt like the blood in my body was burning. Not long after, intense nausea and vomiting immediately hit like a tsunami. I collapsed on the edge of the bed, vomiting until the world was spinning. Vomiting of bile. Stomach hurts like it's on fire. I lay on the bed, weak as a dying fish. The nurse had to inject anti-nausea medicine to feel a little better. The girl wearing a beanie in the next bed gave me a glass of warm water.

“Sister, everyone's first chemotherapy session is like that.”

“It's okay to try to get over it.”

She smiled at me.