Wodwala khansa ya m'mawere, wazaka 26, akuwulula chifukwa chake sikunayambike kuti ayezedwe

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Wazaka 26 yemwe wadwala khansa ya m'mawere akukumbutsa achinyamata kuti sikochedwa kwambiri kuti akayezetsedwe polemekeza. Mwezi Wodziwitsa Khansa ya M'mawere .



Lindsey Finkelstein , blogger ndi bizinesi yaying'ono mwiniwake waku Montreal, adapezeka ndi matendawa ductal carcinoma - m'modzi mwa ambiri wamba mafomu wa khansa ya m'mawere - pa Oct. 7, 2016, atangokwanitsa zaka 22.



Mu Januwale 2016, miyezi khumi yokha kuti matendawa asinthe moyo wake, Finkelstein adakumbukira kuti adayamba kumva kupweteka bere lake lakumanja ndipo adamva chotupa pang'ono.

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Miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake mu Ogasiti, Finkelstein, yemwe anali kulowa chaka chachinayi ku McGill University panthawiyo, akuti adayamba kudzuka ndi zomwe amawona kuti ndi madontho otuluka m'mphuno omwe adatuluka pamapepala ake. Patangotha ​​milungu ingapo, adazindikira kuti madonthowo anali chifukwa cha kutulutsa kwa nsonga, komwe kumakhala kofala kwambiri zizindikiro za khansa ya m'mawere.



Finkelstein adapita kuchipatala ndipo mkati mwa milungu iwiri yoyezetsa, kuphatikiza MRI ndi CT scan, adamupatsa matendawo.

Zonse zidachitika mwachangu, adakumbukira. Pamene ndinazindikira kuti bere langa linali ndi kutuluka [kutuluka] mu mawere anga mpaka pamene ndinapezeka, sizinatenge nthawi.

Ndondomeko ya chithandizo cha Finkelstein inayamba ndi mastectomy iwiri, njira yopangira opaleshoni kumene mabere onse a wodwala amachotsedwa, ndikutsatiridwa ndi maulendo 16. mankhwala amphamvu a chemotherapy . Anamenya nawo nkhondo yake ya khansa pamodzi ndi amayi ake Merle , amene anali ndangolandira mawu oti khansa yake ya m'mawere, yomwe adamupeza koyamba mu 2010, idabweranso.



Zinali zowopsa, zowopsa kwambiri, adakumbukira Finkelstein, yemwe tsopano ali ndi zaka 4 zakukhululukidwa. Ndinamaliza mankhwala anga a chemotherapy tsiku loyamba la chilimwe, motero ndinamva ngati khomo lina likutsekedwa ndipo khomo lina likutseguka.

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Poyamba, Finkelstein akuti adakhumudwa kwambiri ndi lingaliro lake loti asankhe njira yopangira opaleshoni iwiri m'malo mophweka. lumpectomy , opaleshoni imene amachotsa chotupa chokhacho ndi minofu yozungulira pamene mbali yaikulu ya bere imasungidwa, imene madokotala ena ananena. Komabe, biopsy ya post-op inavumbulutsa kuti njirayo inali njira yoyenera yamankhwala kwa iye.

Ndikukumbukira kuti ndinadzifunsa kuti, ‘N’chifukwa chiyani munapanga mastectomy iwiri? Chimenecho ndicho chosankha chopusa kwambiri chimene mukanachita,’ anakumbukira motero. Sindidzaiwala. Ndinali kulira, ndikugwetsa maso anga. Ndinali wachisoni kwambiri kuti ndinapanga chosankha champhamvu chimenechi—ndipo m’maŵa wotsatira, ndinalandira foni kuti anapeza zotupa zina zisanu ndi ziŵiri [m’mafupa anga ochotsedwa m’mawere] ndipo zonse zinachitika kukhala za kansa. Zimangokuwonetsani kuti nthawi zina muyenera kupita ndi matumbo anu.

Ngati zaka zanu zamakono zili 20, mwayi wanu wokhala ndi khansa ya m'mawere m'zaka 10 zikubwerazi ndi .06 peresenti, kapena 1 mwa 1,732, malinga ndi breastcancer.org . Izi zikutanthauza kuti 1 mwa amayi 1,732 amsinkhu uno angayembekezere kudwala khansa ya m'mawere.

Pofika zaka 30, mwayi wazaka 10 umenewo umawonjezeka kufika pa .44 peresenti, kapena 1 mwa 228. Ali ndi zaka 22, Finkelstein analidi wodwala kwambiri, zomwe zinadabwitsa ngakhale madokotala ake.

Ndinangokhala ndi kumverera kobadwa nako pamene ndinapita kwa dokotala kuti ndikapeze zotsatira [za biopsy], adakumbukira. Ndikukumbukira kuti zidamutengera nthawi yayitali kuti alavule, ndiyeno [potsiriza] akuti, 'Sindikukhulupirira. Ndiwe wamng'ono kwambiri. Sindingayembekezere.'

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Ngakhale kuti mwayi wa amayi omwe ali ndi zaka za m'ma 20 kuti alandire matenda monga Finkelstein ndi wotsika kwambiri, ndizochepa. ayi mochedwa kwambiri kuti aphunzire zizindikiro zochenjeza za khansa ya m'mawere, makamaka poganizira chimodzi mwa zinthu zofunika kwambiri pochiza matendawa ndi kuzindikira msanga.

Khansara ya m'mawere ikazindikirika msanga komanso pamalo odziwika (mwachitsanzo, palibe chizindikiro choti khansa yafalikira kunja kwa bere), chiwopsezo chazaka zisanu ndi 99 peresenti, malinga ndi National Breast Cancer Foundation . Kuti mtengo umachepetsa pamene khansarayo imapitirira popanda kuzindikirika, makamaka ngati ikukula, kapena kufalikira kumadera ena a thupi.

Malinga ndi BreastCancer.org, zizindikiro zazikulu za khansa ya m'mawere zomwe anthu amisinkhu yonse akuyenera kuzisamalira ndi monga: kutupa kwa bere lonse kapena mbali yake; kuyabwa pakhungu kapena dimpling; kupweteka kwa m'mawere; kupweteka kwa nsonga kapena nsonga kutembenukira mkati; redness, scaliness kapena makulidwe a nipple kapena khungu la m'mawere; kumaliseche kwa mabere osati mkaka wa m'mawere ndi chotupa m'khwapa.

Ngati mukukumana ndi chimodzi mwa zizindikiro izi, funsani dokotala mwamsanga.

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Mwamwayi, madotolo adagwira khansa ya Finkelstein koyambirira pomwe idatchulidwabe Gawo 0, Gawo 3 , kutanthauza kuti ikukula mofulumira koma inali isanafalikire kunja kwa bere lake. Akanasiya kupempha chithandizo, matenda ake akanasintha.

Ndikuganiza kuti chifukwa chake mu Januwale 2016 sindinapangepo kanthu pa [mtanda] chifukwa sindimadziwa choti ndiyang'ane, Finkelstein adatero. Ndinali ndi zaka 21 panthawiyo, ndipo sindinadziyese ndekha - sindinkadziwa kuti chinali chiyani, sindinamvepo nthawi imeneyo.

Ndinali wosatetezeka kwambiri komanso wosamasuka ndi thupi langa moti sindikanangopita ndikuyamba kukhudza ndi kumverera, anawonjezera. Mawu akuti 'khansa' sanali ngakhale m'mawu anga, sichinali chinachake chimene ine ndinayamba ndachilingalirapo kapena chimene ine ndimachilingalira chikuchitika. Ndipo ndichifukwa chake ndikuganiza kuti zidatenga nthawi yayitali.

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Pofuna kuthandizira kuzindikira msanga, Fineklstein akupereka lingaliro lakuti kukumbukira mawuwa amamveka poyamba, omwe ali mbali ya kuyenda idayambitsidwa ndi mnzake wa ku Canada yemwe adadwala khansa ya m'mawere Nalie Agustin, yemwe anali wapezeka pa zaka 24.

[Mawuwa] ndikukumbutsa amayi kuti mwezi uliwonse woyamba, [muyenera] kuyang'ana mabere anu, Finkelstein anafotokoza. Mudzawona zosintha ngati mutazifufuza nthawi zonse. Simukuwona kusintha ngati mukuyang'ana kamodzi pachaka, kawiri pachaka, ngakhale kamodzi pazaka ziwiri zilizonse. Koma, ngati mukuyang'ana zomwezo mwezi uliwonse, ndiye kuti mudzayamba kuzindikira zomwe zili muzochita zanu komanso zomwe sizili zanu.

Dr. Aashini Master , dokotala wovomerezeka wa oncologist komanso wolankhulira Sungani Maziko A Mabere , adauza In The Know amalimbikitsa kuti amayi aziyezetsa mawere awo oyamba (mwachitsanzo, kuyezedwa mawere ndi dokotala) ali ndi zaka 20 ndiyeno zaka 1-3 zilizonse pambuyo pake.

Mabere adakali ndi kusintha kwachitukuko m'zaka khumi izi ndipo amatha kutengera mphamvu ya mahomoni, yomwe ingakhale ngati zotupa, Dr. Master anafotokoza. Komabe, mwa amayi ochepa kwambiri, timapeza khansa ya m'mawere.

Pambuyo pakuyezetsa kwanu koyamba kwachipatala, komwe dokotala angakudziwitseni za zotupa zilizonse zomwe mungakhale nazo m'mawere anu, Dr. Master akukulimbikitsani kudziyesa pamwezi patatha masiku angapo mutatha kusamba.

Zigawo zodziyesera nokha zingaphatikizepo kuyang'ana mabere pagalasi pazizindikiro zilizonse za dimpling, zotupa [ndi] kutembenuka kwa nipple, ngati sikunatembenuzidwe mwachibadwa, adalongosola. Masitepe otsatirawa ndikuyang'ana pamanja minofu ya m'mawere ndi dzanja losiyana ndi malo ogona ndi oyimilira, mwanjira iliyonse. Nthawi zambiri ndimagwiritsa ntchito kuzungulira kozungulira kuyambira kumtunda kwa bere ndikulowera ku nipple. Ndipo musaiwale kukulitsa m'khwapa!

Dr. Master amalimbikitsanso kugwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu ngati Khalani ndi Mabere kukukumbutsani nthawi yoti mulembe mayeso anu amwezi. Pulogalamuyi imathanso kukupatsirani chitsogozo ngati mukumva zachilendo, monga chotupa.

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Ngakhale Johns Hopkins Medical Center malipoti kuti 40 peresenti ya odwala khansa ya m’mawere amazindikiridwa ndi akazi amene amva chotupa, osati zonse zotupa za m'mawere zidzasanduka khansa, chifukwa chake ndikofunikira kumvetsetsa zomwe mukuyang'ana pakudziyesa nokha.

Chotupa chambiri choyipa chimakhala cholimba kwambiri, chosasunthika komanso kukula kulikonse, Dr. Master anafotokoza. Nthawi zina, imakhala yaying'ono ngati BB.

Ndikofunikira kukumbukira kuti mitundu ina ya khansa ya m'mawere sipezeka ndi misa yowoneka bwino, kotero kuyang'ana khungu ndikofunikira chimodzimodzi, adawonjezera.

Dr. Master akulangiza kugwiritsa ntchito milungu iwiri ngati chizindikiro chofuna chithandizo chamankhwala, kutanthauza kuti ngati mukumva chotupa chatsopano chomwe sichidzithetsera nokha mkati mwa nthawiyo, muyenera kuyesedwa mwalamulo.

Chofunika koposa, ngati inu monga mtsikana mukuona kuti chinachake sichili bwino, mungafunikire kudziimira nokha kuti mupeze chisamaliro choyenera, anawonjezera.

Ngakhale amayi ena akhoza kukhala pachiopsezo chachikulu chokhala ndi khansa ya m'mawere chifukwa cha mbiri ya banja kapena matenda a khansa yobadwa nayo, monga masinthidwe enieni obadwa nawo mu majini a BRCA1 ndi BRCA2, Finkelstein akufuna kufotokoza momveka bwino kuti matendawa alibe tsankho komanso kuti sikuchedwa kwambiri kuti muyambe kumvetsera thanzi lanu la bere.

Sindinachite cholakwika chilichonse kuti nditenge khansa, adatero. Zitha kuchitika kwa aliyense. Zitha kuchitika kwa aliyense nthawi iliyonse ya moyo wawo.

Ngati mwapeza kuti nkhaniyi ndi yothandiza, onani izi malangizo a board-certified gynecologist pa zomwe muyenera kuyembekezera musanapite ulendo wanu woyamba .

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