Momwe Nkhani ya Golide Inayambira Pulezidenti wa Khansa
Arnold Palmer amadziwika bwino chifukwa chokhala wotchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi wotchedwa golfer omwe adalandira mutu wa "Athlete wa zaka khumi" m'ma 1960 ndi Associated Press.
Pa nthawi ya ntchito yake ya zaka 50, Palmer anapindula maudindo ambiri a PGA ndipo anakhala wothandizira kwa nthawi yaitali mabungwe othandizira monga March of Dimes ndi Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation (omwe anali naye pafupi mwa ubwenzi wake ndi Dwight Eisenhower).
Chofunika kwambiri, Palmer (yemwe anafa matenda a mtima mu 2016 ali ndi zaka 87) anakhala mtsogoleri wamkulu wa kansa ya prostate atatha kudwala matendawa.
Mankhwala a Khansa ya Palmer's Prostate
Pambuyo pake, Palmer anapezeka ndi khansa ya prostate mu 1997. Ngakhale kuti analibe zizindikiro za matendawa, adayamba kufufuza mayeso monga kuphatikizapo prostate-specific antigen (PSA) .
Ngakhale kuti PSA ya Palmer inali itakwera pachaka chaka (kutanthauza kukula kwa prostate ), inali itafika pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1990 pamene biopsy inkaoneka yololera. Pamene mayesero oyambirira sanawonetsere zizindikiro za khansara, kuwonjezeka kumeneku mu PSA yake kunkafunika kuyang'ana kachiwiri. Pomwepo kanali kansara yoyambirira yomwe adatsimikiziridwa ndi madokotala ku chipatala cha Mayo.
Palmer anasankha kuchita opaleshoni kuchotsa vuto lonselo (lotchedwa prostatectomy kwambiri ). Anatsatira izi ndi mankhwala opangira mazira kwa milungu isanu ndi iwiri yomwe adapeza chikhululukiro chokhazikika kwa nthawi yonse ya moyo wake.
Pakadutsa masabata asanu ndi atatu a chithandizo chake, Palmer adabwereranso ku PGA Tour. Ngakhale kuthetsa khansara, mbiri ya Palmer imamva kuti ikufooka ndipo imasowa nthawi yowonjezereka yowonjezera pambuyo pochita. Ngakhale zili choncho, Palmer anapitirizabe kusewera kwa zaka zisanu ndi zinayi zotsatira, pomalizira pake ndi masewerawo mu 2006.
Zopereka za Palmer kwa Khansa
Pambuyo pa chithandizo chake mu 1997, Palmer adalowa pakati pa kampeni yodziwitsa kansalu ya prostate, kuwalimbikitsa amuna kuti asayembekezere mpaka zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri kuti awonedwe. ), linagogomezera kufunikira koyang'anitsitsa amuna omwe nthawi zambiri amanyalanyaza ngozi yawo ya khansa ya prostate.
Palmer anayesetsa mofulumira pothandizana ndi Arnold Palmer Prostate Center m'dera la Medical Eisenhower pafupi ndi Palm Springs, California. Malo osapindulitsa masiku ano amapereka chithandizo cha khansa yapamwamba monga proton radiation ndi chemotherapy.
Maloto a Palmer atsegula malo ofufuza khansa pafupi ndi tawuni ya Latrobe, Pennsylvania anafika pomaliza mu 2003 pamene University of Pittsburgh Medical Center inavumbulutsa Arnold Palmer Pavilion (kuyambirabe Arnold Palmer Cancer Center). Chigawo choposa mamita 30,000 chimaphatikizapo kuyerekezera kwapadera ndi kuyezetsa matenda.
Zopereka Zathanzi Zina
Kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yake, Palmer nthawi zonse ankasuta ndudu ndipo ankakhala ndi vuto la nicotine kwa zaka zambiri. Panthawi ina, iye analandira ndudu ya Lucky Strike pamasewero osiyanasiyana a pa TV.
Pofika m'chaka cha 1978, Palmer anapanga zonse-nkhope osati kusiya kokha kusuta koma anakhala wotsutsa fodya. Iye adavomera kuti kusuta kusokoneza pafupifupi thupi lirilonse la thupi lake ndipo mwachionekere linathandizira kuti khansayo ikwaniritsidwe mu 1997.
Ntchito yachipatala ya Palmer inali maziko a Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children ku Orlando, Florida ndi chipatala cha Winnie Palmer kwa Akazi ndi Ana, omwe atchulidwa ndi mkazi wake Winnie Walzer Palmer.
> Chitsime:
> US Preventive Services Task Force. "Khansara ya Prostate: Kuwunika." Rockville, Maryland; Mwezi wa May 2012.