A．cut in his tongueB．lymph inflammationC．cancerD．hoarse……
TEXT B
Dearest Julian and Juliette,
You must be back from Africa, I imagine, by now but meanwhile Africa has
come to us; with a vengeance, in a frightful hem wave with temperatures day
after day of 105, and 80 degrees at night. In my own case, meteorology has been
compounded by a spell of ill-health, due to the after-effects on long course of
radiation which I had to take this spring. I hadn’t told you of this trouble
before, since it hadn’t seriously interfered with my activities and there seemed
to be no point in spreading unnecessary apprehensions. It started in 1960, with
a malignant tumour on the tongue. The first surgeon I went to wanted to cut out
half the tongue and leave me more or less speechless. I went with him to nay old
friend, Dr Max Cutler. Cutler recommended treatment with radium needles and so
did the Professors of Radiology and Surgery at the U. of Cal. Medical Centre at
San Francisco, whom I consulted. I took the treatment in the early summer of
1960, and it was remarkably successful. The tumour on the tongue was knocked out
and has shown no signs of returning. However, as generally happens in these
cases, the lymph glands of the neck became involved. I had one taken out in
1962, and this spring another mass appeared. This was subjected to twenty five
exposures of radio-active cobalt, an extremely exhausting treatment from which I
was just recovering when at last I was able to make the trip to Stockholm and
London. Since my return there has been a flare--up of secondary inflammation, to
which tissues weakened by radiation are peculiarly liable, often after
considerable intervals. Result: I have had to cancel my lecture tour ... Another
handicap is my persistent hoarseness due to the nerve that supplies the
right-hand vocal cord having been knocked out, either by an infiltration of the
malignancy, or by the radiation. I hope this hoarseness may be only temporary,
but rather fear I may carry it to the grave.
What the future
holds, one doesn’t know. In general these malignancies in the neck and head
don’t do much metastasizing. Meanwhile I am trying to build up resistance with
the combination of a treatment which has proved rather successful at the
University of Montreal and the University of Manila--the only institutions where
it has been tried out over a period of years--and which has been elaborated upon
by Professor Guidetti, of the University of Turin, who has read papers on his
work at the last two International Cancer Congresses, at Buenos Aires and
Moscow. I saw Guidetti while in Turin and was impressed by some of his
case-histories, and with Cutler’s approval we are carrying out his treatment
here. When this damned inflammation dies down, which may be expected to do in a
few weeks, I hope to get back to regular work. For the present I am functioning
at only a fraction of normal capacity. (515)
Much love to you both
from both of us,
Ever your
affectionate
Aldous
The author is suffering from ______.
A．cut in his tongue
B．lymph inflammation
C．cancer
D．hoarse voice
