Zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazo ndikupita kukachita opaleshoni ya chifuwa, nditapatsidwa opaleshoni, ndinafunsidwa theka, "Sindiyenso mamemograms, chabwino?" Anamwetulira nati, "Palibe mabere, alibe mamimba." Ndinaganiza za izo kwa kanthawi, kenako anafunsa kuti, "Ndikulingalira kotani chaka ndi chaka? Kodi ndimapeza MRI? "Iye anayankha," Ayi; Mukundiwona kuti ndikuyendera miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yoyamba kwa zaka ziwiri zoyambirira, ndipo kamodzi pachaka pambuyo pake.
Ngati ndiwona kapena kumva chinachake, ndikukutumizirani mayeso ena, omwe angaphatikizepo MRI. "Sindinakhutire; Ndinafunika kudziwa bwinobwino zomwe kufufuza uku kudzaphatikizapo. Dokotala wanga ndi wodwala; Anandipatsa ndalama zonse zomwe ndingathe kuziyembekezera.
"Ndidzafufuza malo onse omwe mabere anu ankakonda kukhala, chigawo chanu chakuda, pafupi ndi malo anu," adatero. "Zidzatenga mphindi zochepa chabe." Ananena zoona. Ndakhala ndi mayesero angapo, ndipo amangotenga mphindi zochepa zopweteka.
Dokotala adalongosola kuti ngati mkazi ali ndi chiwerengero chokwanira, kapena kusintha kwakukulu, kapena vuto lalikulu lomwe limaphatikizapo kuchotseratu minofu yonse ya mfupa, ndi ntchentche ndi isola, sakusowa mammogram a chizoloŵezi pachaka, koma zotsalazo. Ngati ali ndi kachilombo koyambitsa matenda a mbuzi, koma atasiya mimba ndi asola, adayenera kupitirizabe kukhala ndi chifuwa cha khansa komanso chifuwa chosafunikira.
Kusiya ming'oma ndi maluwa amodzi pambuyo poti mastectomy imasiya masamba okwanira a m'mawere kumalo ovomerezeka a chaka chilichonse.
Popeza ndinasankha kuti ndisamangidwenso, ndimatha kumvetsa momwe zida kapena zovuta zilizonse zitha kuonekera mosavuta pa ine, koma nanga bwanji akazi omwe amanganso; kodi iwo adawonetsedwa bwanji kuti abwerere kachiwiri kapena kachiwiri kawiri pachifuwa chomwecho chomwe chinali ndi khansara?
Dokotala wanga adagwiritsa ntchito kuti mammogram a pachaka sagwiritsidwa ntchito pafupipafupi ndi ma implants, minofu kapena kuphatikiza awiriwo. Matenda a chifuwa amachotsedwa, ndipo mammogram sangathe kuona minofu yomwe imayambira kumbuyo kwake. Komabe, ngati chifuwa cha ma kachipatala chikuwonetsa chodetsa nkhaŵa, mimba ikhoza kupangidwa ndi maonekedwe ena.
Sitiyenera kukhala ndi mammamu pamtundu wina pogwiritsa ntchito mnofu wa mkazi kuchokera kumbali ina ya thupi lake, kawirikawiri kuchokera pamimba kapena kumbuyo kwake, kuti abwererenso. Zina zomwe zingasonyeze kufunikira kwa mamemografia ndi awa: amayi omwe ali pangozi yoti abwererenso, amayi omwe ali ndi mabere akulu kwambiri kapena mabere omwe ndi ovuta kuwunika, ndi amayi aliwonse omwe ali ndi chifuwa chosavuta.
Ndinakumbukira kale ku khansa yanga yoyambirira ya m'mawere, zaka 10 zapitazo. Ndinali ndi lumpectomy ndi mankhwala 36 a kunja kwa mazira. Mimba yanga yoyamba ya mabere onsewa inali miyezi isanu ndi umodzi pambuyo pa opaleshoni, ndi kumaliza mankhwala anga opatsirana. Pakati pa mammography, sipanakhalanso zovuta mu m'mawere omwe anali ndi khansara kusiyana ndi opaleshoni ya lumpectomy.
Mavuto omwe ndinakumana nawo ndi mimba yanga itatha kuchokera ku kusintha kwa minofu yanga chifukwa cha mankhwala opatsirana.
Zosintha zingayambe pa mammogram, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti kukhale kovuta kuwerenga. Mayi ambiri, pa zaka khumi pakati pa khansa zanga ziwiri zoyambirira, anatenga zinthu zomwe zinkafunika kufufuzidwa ndi mayesero ena, kuphatikizapo: ultrasound, aspirin zabwino, ndi biopsy opaleshoni. Mayesero onse anali ovuta kwa khansa ya m'mawere, koma anadetsa nkhawa komanso osasangalatsa.
Ngakhale opaleshoni yake ya khansa ya m'mawere, kaya mkazi kapena mkazi amafunikira mamitaji apachaka, amafunikanso kutsatiridwa ndi dokotala wake opaleshoni, ma radiation ndi / kapena zachipatala pafupipafupi.
Jean Campbell ali ndi khansa ya khansa ya 2x ndi mkulu woyambitsa bungwe la American Cancer Society ku New York City Patient Navigator Programme muzipatala 14 zapagulu ndi zapadera. Iye ndi mkulu woyang'anira bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe amapereka kafukufuku ndi zowonjezera zowunikira komanso thandizo kwa amayi ndi abambo omwe amapezeka kumene ali ndi khansara ya m'mawere.