Sei Ndakaita Genetic Testing yeGomarara rezamu

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Asi zvave kuda kundiudza kana ndiri mutakuri weiyo BRCA1 kana BRAC2 gene mutation, iyo inotungamira njodzi yangu yekubatwa negomarara rezamu neovarian padenga. Zvave kuda kundiudza kana ndichifanira kutarisa mukana wekudzivirira kaviri mastectomy kumeso rimwe zuva. Chaizvoizvo, zvava kuda kundiudza izvo zvandinofunga nezvehutano zvichave zvakaita kubva panguva ino zvichienda mberi.

Aka hakasi kekutanga kusangana negomarara rezamu. Ndine nhoroondo yemhuri yechirwere, saka kuziva uye dzidzo zvave zvikamu zvikuru zvehupenyu hwangu hwevanhu vakuru. (Hezvino Ndizvo Zvinonyatsoshanda Kudzikisa Ngozi Yako Yekenza Yezamu.) Zvakadaro, panozosvika mwedzi weKuziva nezveGomarara reMazamu pakupera kwaGumiguru wega wega, ini kazhinji ndinenge ndasvika pandinogumira maribhoni epingi uye fundraiser 5Ks. Kana iri tekinoroji yekuongorora ma BRCA magen'a? Ndaiziva kuti iripo, asi ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti ndoita sei nazvo.

Ipapo ndakanzwa nezveColor Genomics, kambani yekuongorora genetic iyo inoedza sampu yemate yekuchinja kwemajini gumi nemapfumbamwe (kusanganisira BRCA1 uye BRCA2). Yaive sarudzo iri nyore, ndakaziva kuti yaive nguva yekumira kunzvenga nyaya uye kutanga kuita sarudzo dzakapihwa simba nezve hutano hwangu. Ini ndinoteerera izvo zvinopinda mumuviri wangu (verenga: kungopota uchipwanya pane icho chidimbu chechipiri che pizza), saka nei ndisiri kutarisisa izvo zviri kutoitika mukati muviri wangu?

Ini handisi iye wekutanga kufunga nezve izvi. Vazhinji vakadzi vari kutora danho rekuti vatariswe zvinotyisa. Uye Angelina Jolie Pitt akaburitsa pachena chakakomba nyaya ine rima makore maviri apfuura paakayedza aine hutachiona hweBRCA1 uye akakurukura pachena nezvechisarudzo chake chekudzivirira kaviri mastectomy.

Hurukuro yakangotanga kubva ipapo. Wepakati mukadzi ane mukana wezana nezvikamu gumi nezviviri kubva muzana wekuva nekenza yemazamu uye imwe kana maviri muzana mukana wekutora kenza yeovari mukati menguva yehupenyu hwake. Asi vakadzi vanotakura shanduko yeBRCA1 gene vari kutarisa mukana we81 muzana wekuti vanozoita kenza yemazamu pane imwe nguva, uye 54 muzana mukana wekuita gomarara reovarian.

"Chimwe chezvinhu chakanyatso shandurwa mumakore mashoma apfuura ndechekuti mutengo wekuteedzana kwemajini wakadzikira zvakanyanya," anodaro Othman Laraki, mubatanidzwa weColor Genomics. Iko yaimbove inodhura bvunzo yeropa ikozvino yave yekukurumidza kupfira bvunzo kweinenge chegumi chemutengo. "Panzvimbo pekudhura kwema lab, chinhu chikuru chekuvharira chave kugona kunzwisisa nekugadzirisa ruzivo," anodaro.

Ndicho chimwe chinhu Ruvara runoita mushe mushe-isu tiri kutaura pamusoro pe99 muzana kuyedza kurongeka uye mhedzisiro iri kupenga nyore kunzwisisa. Iine roster yeinjiniya kubva kumusoro tech makambani (seGoogle neTwitter), iyo kambani inoita kuti unzwisise mhedzisiro yako isatyise-uye zvakanyanya sekuhodha masikati paSeamless.

Mushure mekukumbira spit kit online ($ 249; getcolor.com), Ruvara runounza zvese zvaunoda kutumira mune samuenzaniso (chaizvo, bvunzo chubhu yaunosvipira mukati). Maitiro ese acho anotora angangoita maminetsi mashanu uye kit yacho inotouya nebhokisi rakabhadharwa kuti utumire sampuro yako yakananga kubazi. Ipo yako DNA iri kuenda kunzvimbo dzekuyedza, Ruvara anokukumbira kuti upindure mibvunzo mishoma nezve yako nhoroondo yemhuri online, izvo zvinobatsira masayendisiti kuti anzwisise zvirinani kuti nhaka inobata sei muhutachiona hwako. Gumi kusvika gumi neshanu muzana emakenza ane nhaka nhaka, zvichireva kuti njodzi yako inosanganisirwa neimwe geni mutserendende mumhuri yako. Kune ma19 genes ayo Ruvara masikirini, mumwe kana vaviri kubva pavanhu zana vanoyedza kubatika kweimwe kana kupfuura shanduko, sekureva kwaLaraki. (Ona kuti sei gomarara rezamu riri kuwedzera.)

Isu tese tinotakura magene - izvo ndizvo zvinoita isu vanhu vamwe. Asi kumwe kuchinjika kunoreva njodzi dzehutano dzine njodzi iwe yaunoda chaizvo kuziva nezvazvo-zvese, zvese gumi nematanhatu emageneti Ruvara testsare yakabatana nenjodzi yemazamu neyechibereko, pamwe nemamwe marudzi ekenza nezvirwere zvinotyisa).

Zvinoenderana naLaraki, izvi zvese ndezvekuzvidzivirira neruzivo. Kana iwe ukatakura shanduko ine njodzi, kubata gomarara repazamu kutanga kana kunonoka kune simba guru pamitengo yekurarama. Maererano neAmerican Cancer Society, tiri kutaura 100 muzana kana iwe ukaibata muchikamu I ichipikisana ne22 chete muzana kana iwe ukasaibata kusvika padanho IV. Ndiyo mukana wakakomba wekuziva njodzi dzako pachine nguva.

Mushure memavhiki mashoma kubazi, Ruvara runotumira mhedzisiro muemail senge iyo yandakatambira. Kubudikidza neyavo mushandisi-inoshamwaridzika portal, iwe unogona kuona kuti ndeapi magene, kana aripo, ane shanduko uye kuti iko kuchinjika kungarevei kune hutano hwako. Chiyero chega chega chinosanganisira kubvunzana neanopa chipangamazano, uyo anokufambisa kuburikidza nemhedzisiro yako uye nekupindura chero mibvunzo. Kana iwe ukabvunza, Ruvara runototumira mhedzisiro yako kuna chiremba wako kuti ugone kushanda naye kugadzira chirongwa.

Saka ini? Pandakazopedzisira ndadzvanya bhatani rinotyisa re "Tarisa Mhedzisiro", ndakapotsa ndashamisika kuona kuti ini handitakure chero hutachiona hune hutachiona-mune magene e BRCA kana neimwe nzira. Tora kugomera kukuru kwekusununguka. Tichifunga nhoroondo yangu yemhuri, ini ndanga ndakagadzirira zvinopesana (zvekuti handina kuudza chero shamwari kana mhuri kuti ndanga ndichiedzwa kusvika ndazowana zvandinowana). Dai vanga vaine tariro, ini ndaida iyo nguva yekuwana rumwe ruzivo uye kutaura nachiremba wangu nezvenzira yakanaka yekuronga tisati tataura nezve sarudzo.

Izvi zvinoreva here kuti handife ndakafanira kunetseka nezve gomarara repazamu? Zvirokwazvo kwete. Kufanana nevakadzi vazhinji, ini ndichine 12 muzana yengozi yekuva nechirwere pane imwe nguva. Izvi zvinoreva here kuti ndinogona kuzorora zvishoma nyore? Zvamazvirokwazvo. Pakupedzisira, zvisinei kuti njodzi yangu yakakura sei, ndinoda kugadzirira kuita sarudzo dzehutano dzakangwara, uye mushure mekuongororwa, ndinonzwa ndakashongedzerwa kuita izvozvo. (Ita shuwa kuti iwe unoziva nezve iyo American Cancer Society's Gadziriso kune Breast Cancer Kuongorora Mirayiridzo.)

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