When he was in sixth grade, he had to recuperate at home for a month after a bout with acute hepatitis A. Then when he was a senior at the NTU College of Medicine, his father contracted liver cancer and died a quick and untimely death.
早在他小學 6 年級時，就曾因罹患「A 型急性肝炎」（日後推測）在家休養了一個月；就讀台大醫學院 4 年級時，父親又不幸罹患肝癌驟逝。