Yu used to hold down multiple jobs that kept him racing every day between the hospital, television station, radio station, and newspaper. For years he woke up brutally early to do radio and TV shows, stumbling home dead beat well after sundown. He developed a gastrointestinal problem that often left him doubled over in pain without any advance warning.
曾經身兼數職，遊走在醫院、電視、電台、報社之間的他，過了很長一段「晨醒染著熊貓眼的黑眼圈趕通告，夜幕低垂再步履蹣跚返家」的日子，直到長期消耗導致胃疾發作，經常無預警的腹痛如絞，之後，又被過敏所苦，經年累月的鼻塞不通，徹夜難眠。