Nyaya dzevaverengi dzeCancer Cancer
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Sue Stigler, Las Vegas, Nev.
Ndakaonekwa kuti ndine melanoma muna Chikunguru 2004 apo ndaive nemwedzi minomwe ndine pamuviri pemwanakomana wangu. "Ngirozi yangu" shamwari yangu Lori, akandimanikidza kuti ndinoona chiremba wedermatologist mushure mekuona gomo risiri paruoko rwangu rwekurudyi. Ndakanga ndave nenhumbu iyi kwenguva yakareba sezvandinoyeuka. Ndakaridaidza kuti "butterfly mole," nekuti yainge yakafanana neshavishavi diki. Yakanga yati svibei pane ganda rangu, uye haina kutaridzika semifananidzo yandakaona ye melanomas. Panguva yandakabatwa chirwere, ini naLori takava nevanasikana vane makore mana ekuberekwa mukirasi imwe chete yekutamba. Taizogara muimba yekutandarira uye tichikurukura panguva yekirasi yavo. Mamwe mangwanani, Lori akabvunza nezvebundu raiva paruoko rwangu, achiti akanga aonekwa kuti ane melanoma makore mashomanana akanga apfuura. Ndakabvuma kuti ndakanga ndisina kuitarisa uye akandikurudzira kuti ndifonere chiremba wangu nekukurumidza. Vhiki rakatevera, akabvunza kana ndaidaidza dermatologist. Panguva iyi ndaiva nepamuviri pemwedzi mitanhatu, uye ndakanga ndisingadi kunetseka neimwe kuongororwa. Mumavhiki akatevera akandipa kadhi rake rachiremba, uye akandikumbirazve kuti ndione nguva. Vhiki rakatevera, pandakamuudza kuti ndakanga ndisati ndafona, akabva afona kubva pafoni yake ndokunditambidza. Pakusarudzwa kwangu, dermatologist akashevedza OB yangu kuti abvumirwe kubvisa mole - vhiki imwe chete gare gare ndakagamuchira mashoko ekuti ndaive nemaronda anonyangadza uye ndaizoda kumwe kuvhiyiwa kuti ndione miganho yakajeka uye kubviswa kwemasero ekenza ese. Ikoko ndakanga ndine pamuviri pemwedzi minomwe uye ndichiudzwa kuti ndaiva negomarara. Ndichitarisa kumashure, hazvishamise. Ndakanga ndiri mwarikadzi wezuva aipedza nguva zhinji yezhizha rangu rekuyaruka ndakarara pamhenderekedzo yegungwa ndakafukidzwa nemafuta emwana kana kuenda kunorara. Ini zvino ndave kuona wangu oncologist uye dermatologist nguva dzose uye ndine chipfuva x-rays pagore kuitira kuti ini ndibate kudzokazve mangwanani. Ndinotenda zvikuru nengirozi yangu "pushy" inochengeta-anogona kuponesa hupenyu hwangu.
Kimberly Arzberger, Puyallup, Wash.
Ndinoda kugovera yedu yemwanasikana Kim inokurudzira ganda kenza nyaya. PaKisimusi 1997 iye nemhuri yake vakauya kuzotishanyira kubva kuSeattle, Wash. Mamwe mangwanani Kim neni takanga tichiwana zvinhu paakataura zvine mutsindo kuti aida kundiratidza dumbu kumusana kwake. Ndakakatyamadzwa nekutaridzika uye kwakashata kwaitaridzika, uye kunyangwe ini ndanga ndisingazive zvakawanda nezve zvisina kujairika mamota kana gomarara reganda, rake raisatarisika kwandiri. Akandiudza kuti chiremba wake kuSeattle akanga azvitarisa uye akafunga kuti hapana chekunetseka nazvo, asi ndakaudza Kim kuti ndaizoibvisa zvakadaro nokuti yakasimudzwa uye inogona kubata pahembe dzake. Mushure mekudzokera kuSeattle, Kim haana kuita nguva yekuonana nachiremba wedermatologist kudzamara OB/GYN wake aona chipfukuto ndokumuudza kuti aifanira kunoona chiremba weganda ipapo ipapo. Kim akaonekwa aine melanoma, uye kumwezve kuyedzwa kwakaratidza kuti yaive muchikamu chechitatu. Muna Kubvumbi 1998 akabviswa malymph nodes pasi peruoko rwake. Takanga tiripo paakavhiyiwa, uye ndipo ini nemurume wangu patakanyatsoziva kuti melanoma yaive yakakomba sei. Isu hatina kuziva kuti unogona kufa negomarara reganda. Yakanga iri nguva yaitambudza mhuri yedu zvikuru. Mushure mekurapwa uye nekumwe kurapwa, akapora uye akakwanisa kudzokera kubasa. Iye anoona dermatologist wake nguva dzose, uye anga ave makore mapfumbamwe kubva pakuonekwa kwake uye anga asina kudzokororazve. Tinonzwa kuti Mwari vakamuropafadza nekuporesa muviri wake. Iye anomutenda Iye mazuva ese kuti mupenyu uye achiri kugona kunakidzwa nehupenyu hwake nemhuri yake.
Tina Scozzaro, West Makomo, Calif.
Mwanasikana wangu ane makore 20, Shawna, akaponesa upenyu hwangu. Takatandara zvedu, makumbo angu akachinjika pamakumbo ake, ndipo paakaona kuti pagumbo rangu pane nhubu. Iye akati, "Mota iyi haina kutaridzika zvakanaka, mofanira kuti iongororwe, Amai." Unenge mwedzi gare gare akabvunza kana ndakaita nguva (yandakanga ndisina). Akapenga ndokunditi ndiite imwe musi iwoyo. Ndakazozviita, ndikazoonekwa kuti ndine melanoma pazera ramakore makumi mana nerimwe. Ndaifanira kuvhiiwa mukaka wakakura, waisanganisira kubatanidzwa paganda kunorwadza zvikuru, pamwe nekuvhenekwa mukati memupendero wangu. Ini zvino ndine 2 "vanga-rakafanana neganda pagumbo rangu repazasi uye ganda rekubatanidza ganda, asi iwo mutengo mudiki kubhadhara hupenyu hwangu. Ndiri mupenyu nhasi nekuti Shawna anga achishingirira uye akandiita kuti ndisvike kwachiremba. Ndatenda, mwana!