He went immediately to Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital for treatment, but no apparent cause was found. Then later he attended Chang Gung Memorial in Taipei and Linkou. Eventually, it was discovered that a fist-sized tumor was growing in his cerebellum, and had surrounded six pairs of nerves that control the left-side functions of swallowing, vision, hearing and facial feeling.
當時他雖立即前往基隆長庚醫院求診，但卻沒有查出病因，其後輾轉台北及林口長庚，才發現原來他小腦內長了一個約拳頭大小的腫瘤，腫瘤內還「包」了 6 對主管左半部吞嚥、視覺、聽覺和顏面觸覺等功能的神經。