Pali amayi ndi abambo amene samasuka kugawana zomwe ali nazo, kapena kukhala ndi khansa ya m'mawere. Zifukwa zawo ndizosiyana. Azimayi ena omwe ndinakumana nawo monga woyendetsa ndege ankagawidwa mantha awo kuti azisamalidwa mosiyana ndi abwenzi ndi abambo. Ena, omwe ali ndi ntchito zapamwamba, adanena kuti amawopa kuti ntchito zawo zingakhale pangozi ngati atakhala pagulu. Kwa amayi ena ndi chikhalidwe.
M'mayiko omwe amachokera, akazi salankhula za khansa ya m'mawere; izo zikhoza kuwonedwa ngati chilango cha khalidwe lakale, pamene ena angaone kuti ndi matenda opatsirana.
Amuna ena adagwiritsa ntchito manyazi awo powapeza ndi zomwe amakhulupirira kuti ndi matenda a mkazi. Chotsatira chake, iwo samasuka ndi kulankhulana ndi amuna ena kuti adziwe kuti amuna amatenga khansa ya m'mawere.
Popeza khansara ya m'mawere ndi khansa yowonongeka kwambiri pakati pa akazi, ndipo pafupifupi milioni 1 imakhala yatsopano pachaka padziko lonse, ndipo anthu oposa 400,000 amafa pachaka, zimakhala zovuta kukhulupirira kuti matendawa amachititsa manyazi amayi ambiri. Panali nthawi, pamaso pa ntchito za kuzindikira za khansa ya m'mawere ku United States, pamene khansa ya m'mawere inali matenda opatsirana; pamene khansa ya m'mawere imatanthawuza amayi akuvutika mu chete ndipo amuna omwe ali ndi matendawa amakhalabe mumthunzi.
Tili ndi ngongole kwa anthu omwe adasankha kufalitsa za khansa ya m'mawere komanso kulimbikitsa amayi ndi abambo omwe akudwala matendawa.
Panalipo, ndikupitiriza kukhala, ngakhale lero, nkhani zambiri, kuphatikizapo: mankhwala opezekapo, kusowa kofunikira kwa ndalama za kafukufuku wa khansa ya m'mawere, komanso kusowa kwakukulu kwa anthu omwe ali ndi khansa ya m'mawere komanso makamaka omwe amakhala ndi matenda a metastatic.
Pogwiritsa ntchito anthu olankhula mawuwa, adakakamiza odwala kuti:
- Pezani njira zowonjezera zowunikira kuti mupeze kansa ya m'mawere nthawi yoyamba.
- Kupanga opaleshoni zochepa zochepa, monga lumpectomy, kwa khansa ya m'mawere kumayambiriro koyamba osati mastectomy.
Kupititsa patsogolo kwawo kunapangitsa kuti boma likhazikitse lamulo lopangitsa amayi omwe sangakwanitse kupeza mamembala kuti apeze ufulu wawo kudzera mu pulogalamu ya boma. Ovomerezedwa adapindula kuti boma lidutse malamulo omwe amachititsa amayi kuti aziphunzira opaleshoni yokonzanso.
Rose Rehert Kushner akuyimira ngati wothandizira wotero. Mu 1975, monga wopulumuka ndi khansa ya m'mawere, iye analemba Breast Cancer: History Personal and Report Investigative Report. Inali nkhani yaumwini ya zomwe anadutsamo ndi khansa yake ya m'mawere ndi kufufuza mozama njira zabwino zothandizira khansa ya m'mawere nthawi imeneyo. Zowonjezera za bukhu lake zinatengedwa m'manyuzipepala ndi m'magazini a amayi. Bukhuli linali likadali loyambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1990.
Mayi Kushner analimbikitsa amayi kutenga mbali yogwira nawo mankhwala. Analimbikitsa akazi kuti asamangokhalira kuchita zinthu zosamala za momwe angasamalire ndi zomwe ziyenera kuchitidwa mthupi lawo.
Chimodzi mwa zopereka zake zazikulu chinali kukayikira kachitidwe kachitidwe kachipatala kachitidwe kamodzi kotsatizana ndi chikhalidwe. Azimayi asanalowe opaleshoni, ankayenera kupatsidwa chilolezo kuti akadziwe kuti akhoza kudzuka kokha atauzidwa kuti anali ndi kansa ya m'mawere komanso kuti chifuwa chake chinachotsedwa.
Akazi a Kushner adalankhula ndi madokotala angapo asanamupeze wofuna kuchita njira ziwiri, zomwe zingalekanitse kupeza zotsatira za mankhwala opaleshoni. Kafukufuku wake adatsimikizira udindo wake kuti njira ziwiri zomwe zidapindulitsa akazi m'maganizo, koma sizinakhudzidwe nazo.
Iye adakakamiza anthu omwe ali ndi matenda a khansa kuti asinthe njirayi ya chizoloŵezi cha mankhwala, yomwe kale idakhazikitsidwa pa mwambo m'malo mwa umboni wa zachipatala. Chifukwa cha kulimbikitsa kwake, ndondomeko iwiri yotsatizana ndi chithandizo cha mankhwala tsopano ndi njira yoyenera.
Nchifukwa chiyani mumatuluka khansa ya m'mawere? Mwachidule, kulankhulana ndi matenda kumakhala kovuta kwambiri pamene opulumuka ku matendawa amachititsa ena kudziŵa zomwe ziyenera kuchitidwa kuti apititse patsogolo zotsatira za mankhwala ndi kuonjezera chiwerengero cha opulumuka. Opulumuka amakhala ndi uthenga wa chiyembekezo. Iwo ndi zitsimikizo zamoyo kuti kuyang'ana koyambirira ndi kugwira ntchito mofulumira.
Ngati ife omwe tinapulumuka khansa ya m'mawere kapena tikukhala ndi khansara ya m'mawere ngati matenda osokoneza thupi sitikulimbitsa kuti ndizotheka kuti wina aliyense achite zimenezo?
Monga wopulumuka, mutha kupulumutsa miyoyo mwa kulankhula m'magulu a amai. Mukhoza kuwadziwitsa amai za ziwopsezo zawo ndikuwunikira kufunika koyambirira. Kudzipereka pa khansa yothana ndi khansa ya m'mawere, ndipo kuyankhula ndi amayi omwe angoyambitsidwa kumene ndi kulumikizana kwambiri. Kupezeka pa chochitika cha khansa ya m'mawere, monga wopulumuka, ndi njira ina yosonyezera chithandizo. Pokhalapo kwa munthu wa m'banja lanu, mnzanu kapena mnzako amene watulukira kale ndi mphatso yamtengo wapatali