Doctors removed his bile duct and gall bladder, and parts of his stomach and intestines were also cut away. He thought that taking pain-killers would slow down healing (an erroneous belief many people have), so he resisted getting the shot. As a result, he tossed and turned in bed for 24 hours, in such agony that he cried until he could cry no more.
到林口長庚開刀，拿掉了膽管、膽囊，胃和胰臟也被部分切除，他以為打止痛針會延緩傷口癒合的速度（其實是錯誤觀念），堅持不打，結果在床上翻來覆去廿四小時，痛得眼淚都流乾了。