The treatment caused Huang's throat to be severely ulcerated. For the first month after leaving the hospital, she had to rely on morphine to ease the pain. The most agonizing thing was simply drinking water: she had to numb her throat with medication before she could even swallow it.
療程讓阿窈喉嚨嚴重潰爛，無法吞嚥，出院後的一個月，阿窈每天都抱著嗎啡機止痛；最痛苦的是喝水，由於喉嚨疼痛難止，喝水前，要先用麻藥把喉嚨麻痺，才能吞下水。