The more civilized we are, the higher the rate of disease ... and death does not always mean .... hope and optimism, and before them trust in God, glory be to Him, He is the Healer, the Healer .. This is how the feelings of the patients who recovered from "cancer" with the grace of God and its end. God and his destiny, and medical efforts joined forces with family efforts to raise their spirits so that they overlooked their ordeal.

"Al-Riyadh" met the recovering patients and shed light on their experiences. To give "hope" to those whose illness was dominated by despair.

Not giving up

At first, "Adel Al-Khalaf" narrated his story with cancer and how his hope in God Almighty was not ceased, as he discovered the disease by pure chance, after seeing a tumor appearing in his body, and after analyzes, the doctor told him that he had "tuberculosis", and a period of treatment had passed and not He feels better, which made him undergo another implantation of this tumor, indicating that after verification, it was found that the tumor was a lymphoma, which is a type of widespread cancer, adding: “I did not give up, so I was sure that only what was written to him would affect a person. By this, all matters of life differ, and the belief that God is the one who is able to heal. "

He added that everyone who sees his end in this disease is a frustrated person, because without hope, man would not be able to live on this earth, adding: “We know with certainty that if God loves a slave, he will test him, and this affliction from God will raise your destiny and increase your good deeds, so every moment you spend it. With this disease, the patient’s patience and calculating the reward with God is good for him and an increase for him in his good deeds. ”Advising patients not to listen to the advice of the general public who make themselves doctors and prescriptions that may be a reason to disrupt the work of treating doctors who are more informed of the patient’s health condition.

Your life is in your hand

Al-Khalaf gave advice to patients, saying: “Your life is in your hand, for you are the one in which you optimism,” noting that the family’s closeness to the patient and their optimism about his recovery s in him a spirit of optimism and supports him psychologically. Because the patient is experiencing a breakdown of his morale, asking hospital officials to explain to patients their rights that they are ignorant of, in advance of his thanks to his mother, brothers, relatives, and the medical staff who had great merit after God in overcoming this disease with the grace of God Almighty, asking the Almighty God to grant him a cure Urgent for all Muslim patients.

not despair

"Hazza Al-Mutairi" stated that at the beginning of his illness he did not give up or succumb to the disease, as the beginning of his treatment was immediately after the diagnosis, and he started moving from the province of "Qaisumah" to the city of "Riyadh". To take chemotherapy doses on time and undergo radiotherapy sessions, indicating that in light of the development of medicine and centers that care about cancer patients, there is no longer room for pessimism after absolute faith in God Almighty, and the start of the treatment phase that ends with healing, God willing, adding: “Conviction The internal patient is the one who changes the thinking about the disease, and the extent to which he accepts the start of treatment, and the matter did not depend on a single recovered person, but rather we hear and see many examples in front of us for recovered young and old, and praise be to God they completed the treatment and practiced their lives normally. Has symptoms associated with treatment and not to fear them, and temporary symptoms during the treatment period, in addition to psychological support from the patient''s family

"Al-Riyadh" tells the moving stories of recovered people who have emerged from the "womb of suffering" and passed the stage of danger

Wrong look

Khaled Al-Enezi emphasized that what he went through during his illness is something written from God Almighty, adding that a number of patients consider their illness the end of them, and this is a wrong view, as the disease must be resisted by force, patience, accountability and trust in God Almighty in everything, and follow the doctor The specialist To get rid of this disease, there is no disease that does not have a cure, adding: "My return to recovery and life after illness is the greatest blessing that God Almighty bestowed upon me."

New hope

Hope has another story with the recovering "Bandar Al-Dahim", and he said: "At the beginning of the disease I suffered from minor symptoms in the lower abdomen, and after reviewing several hospitals, they differed in describing symptoms, and he revealed that it was indigestion, and another revealed that it was stomach cramps and ulcer symptoms," indicating He was treated with several painkillers and needles, but the pain still persisted, which forced him to go to a specialist internal medicine doctor, and after examination and laboratory analysis it was found that he had cancer, adding: “I did not believe, and I felt that the earth narrowed me, and my dreams and ambitions evaporated, and the doctor asked me Conducting an urgent operation, but I refused in order to be able to sit with my children and saturate my eyes with them. It is no secret to you that cancer is associated with death for many, but praise be to God Almighty for me to recover after helping my family, relatives and friends.

Al-Dahim mentioned that he had gone through days during which he succumbed to illness and felt weak, except that his trust in God exceeded his despair, so that in every moment he felt pain or fear, reading what was available from the Holy Qur’an, using it as a strong motivation to transcend this crisis, indicating that he spends his other times. By drawing with the brush, he paints paintings mixed with hope and light, adding: “I realized after healing that illness is a test from God, the Exalted, and that when a person is patient with affliction, he has good tidings from God, a great reward and a great status, so that man does not waste this great reward with the abundance of discontentment and dissatisfaction. That sickness and cure be matched with a soul that believes and is fully satisfied and strong with what God has written.

Al-Duhaim explained that after God blessed him with a cure, he established the “Mutafi” group, which is the first of its kind in the Arab world, and aims to provide psychological and moral support to cancer patients. All members of the group at the beginning of its establishment were patients, may God bless them with healing, and they felt the suffering of patients Pointing out that the group includes more than 250 people, including a former patient, a doctor, and volunteer people, adding: “This group was adopted by the (Charitable Society for Cancer Control), and they gave us the necessary directions, and coordinated with us with a group of oncology centers in hospitals To visit patients, meet with them, and participate in a number of exhibitions, celebrations, activities and events that are not related to cancer.

Urban diseases

Dr. Mashabab Al-Asiri, consultant radiotherapy oncologist and director of the Oncology Center at King Fahd Medical City, noted that cancer is one of the tumors whose numbers of patients are increasing in varying proportions all over the world, considering it a disease of urbanization. That is, the more urbanized the country, the higher the incidence of cancer, as the most urbanized countries in the world are the ones with the most increase in disease cases, such as Scandinavia, North America and Western Europe.

Common factors

He pointed out that the common factors in the spread of the disease are an increase in the intake of red meat, an increase in the number of smokers, as well as a lack of sports activities, the spread of obesity, exposure to carcinogens in food or the environment and radiation, and infection with some cancer-causing viruses, adding: "There are patients who fail in research. About a cure for this disease, and they consider it difficult and difficult to treat, due to the bad reputation that persists cancer patients as a result of the accumulation of ideas about patients, when it was previously an incurable disease, and they consider it a fatal disease and they only arrive at hospitals in late stages, which leads to a decline in the rates of recovery And treatment, and the inevitable result in death because of neglecting their health, unlike patients who arrive in the initial stages of disease.

recovery rate

He mentioned that the current situation is different from the previous one, and the cure rate increases to more than 55% if compared to other diseases that cannot be cured, indicating that the great development in medicine techniques, treatment methods, early diagnosis of the disease at an early date and successful treatment methods, such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. And developments in the last ten years, which led to an improvement in treatment, adding that cancer affects any cell in the body that is exposed to carcinogenesis, but there are organs that are exposed to carcinogenicity like others, such as those that have continuous renewal such as glands, breast and mucous tissues as these cells are exposed to carcinogenicity more than others .

He explained that the rate of cure from some cancerous diseases varies as it is in the thyroid gland up to 98%, in breast cancer it reaches 60-80%, in the lymph nodes it reaches 50-90%, while in cervical tumors it reaches 60%, and in tumors The superficial bladder reaches 90%, and leukemia reaches 90% for children, and for adults 80%, indicating that there are some tumors in which non-previous percentages are lower, such as brain cancer, lung, liver, pancreas, stomach, and esophagus, where the cure rates are still low. Indicating that computer and technical developments have greatly improved diagnostic methods on computer technologies, which led to more accurate imaging and diagnosis methods than before, in addition to the ease of transferring medical information and images.

Decreased awareness

"Abdul-Rahman Al-Kharashi" - Assistant General Supervisor of the Saudi Cancer Society - stated that the lack of health awareness among some members of society about cancer is classified as one of the factors that make them surrender when they are infected with it, because of their ignorance of sufficient information about the disease, indicating that the general idea that many believe Of the sufferers and individuals that having cancer necessarily means inevitable death, despite the presence of cases from God upon which to heal, noting that the social environment surrounding the patient plays an important role in creating the appropriate climate for the injured and contributes to raising his morale and psychological spirit, which gives him a feeling of security, confidence, persistence and determination in Overcoming disease, stressing the importance of religious faith in forming an important role towards the adaptation of the afflicted, and his acceptance of the disease as part of the judiciary and the destiny that was written for him by God Almighty.

Social role

Al-Kharashi stressed that the social and psychological specialist plays an important role as a member of the medical team treating the study of the patient’s condition from the social and psychological point of view, and working on solving the problems facing the patient, as well as overcoming the patient’s fears and relieving the feelings of fear, anxiety and tension that accompany the Illness and control over the patient’s feelings during the periods of treatment, indicating that the specialist contributes greatly to explaining the effects of the disease to the patient’s family in a way that contribu