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ISSUE 42 期 ● 二OO八年四月 April 2008 綻放人生最後光芒 - 一個癌症病人的故事 Brighten up the last journey of life – A terminally ill patient’s story “The doctors told me I had three years to live, but I’m sure I can live longer than that!” said Chiu Kwok Fai, who was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer more than two years ago. What makes Mr Chiu think he can change his fate? Mr Chiu, 69, first noticed something was wrong in 2003. He felt pain in his bones, which prevented him from sleeping at night. 現年六十九歲的趙伯，於2003年開始覺得身體出現毛病，除了 However, doctors couldn’t provide a clear diagnosis and the 感覺骨頭抽搐著痛，睡覺時背部更痛得令他難以入睡。可是看 painkillers they prescribed didn’t help. Lacking other options, 過不同的醫生，都找不出病因，即使吃了醫生處方的止痛藥亦 he learned to endure the pain. 無補於事。無奈之下趙伯每天掙扎著與痛楚共處。 In December 2004, Mr Chiu’s wife died of lung disease. Her 2004 年 12 月，趙伯的太太因肺病突然去世，這突如其來的 sudden death was a blow to Mr Chiu, who underwent a lung 噩耗給趙伯帶來沉重的打擊。為了確定趙伯沒有被太太的病傳 x-ray to ensure that he did not