We dɔktɔ dɛn no se yu ɔ pɔsin we yu lɛk gɛt bɔdi kansa, di nɛks wɔd we yu yɛri, ‘kimotɛrapi,’ kin bi tin we de mek yu nerv pwɛl ɛn we de mek yu fred. I rili kɔmɔn. Wi dɔn yɛri tin dɛn lɛk, "Kɛmotɛrapi de mek yu ia fɔdɔm," "I rili at," ɛn ɔda tin dɛn. Bɔt nɔ wɔri. Kimotɛrapi na tritmɛnt we rili pawaful ɛn we go wok fɔ kil di kansa sɛl dɛn. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ɔltin klia wan, simpul wan, ɛn ɔnɛs wan.
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na kemotɛrapi?
Kimotɛrapi, ɔ "kimo" as wi kin kɔl am, na wan rili pawaful klas fɔ drɔgs we dɛn kin gi fɔ kil kansa sɛl dɛn. Tink bɔt am, di kansa sɛl dɛn na wi bɔdi na sɛl dɛn we de sheb kwik kwik wan ɛn gro we wi nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol. Di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ kimotɛrapi kin tɔch ɛn pwɛl dɛn sɛl dɛn ya we kin sheb kwik kwik wan. Dis tritmɛnt nɔ jɔs de ɛp fɔ kil di kansa sɛl dɛn na yu bɔdi, bɔt i de ɛp bak fɔ kil di sɛl dɛn we dɔn skata to ɔda pat dɛn na yu bɔdi.
Yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu kansa kin gi yu dis tritmɛnt bay we i de yuz wan kemotɛrapi mɛrɛsin, wan kɔmbayn mɛrɛsin, ɔ ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn we dɛn jɔyn. Dis ɔl dipen pan di kayn ɛn stej wae yu gɛt kansa, ɛn yu ɔl wɛl bɔdi.
Us kes dɛn kin gi dɛn kemotɛrapi?
Dɛn kin yuz kemotɛrapi pan difrɛn stej dɛn fɔ trit di bɔdi kansa. Yu mɛdikal tim go disayd ustɛm. Lɛ wi luk di men stej dɛn.
| Stej fɔ di tritmɛnt | Fɔ ɛksplen |
|---|---|
| Bifo dɛn du di ɔpreshɔn (Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy) . | Dɛn kin gi kemotɛrapi bifo dɛn du di ɔpreshɔn fɔ mek di tumbu smɔl. We di tumbu smɔl, i kin izi fɔ mek di dɔktɔ pul di tumbu nɔmɔ, ɛn lɛf di bɔdi we gɛt wɛlbɔdi. I kin mek dɔktɔ dɛn no bak bifo tɛm aw di kansa go du dis tritmɛnt. |
| Afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn (Adjuvant Chemotherapy) . | Afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn, i kin bi se rili smɔl smɔl kansa sɛl dɛn de we yu nɔ go si wit yu yay ɔ we yu de tɛst am. Dɛn kin gi kemotɛrapi afta dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn fɔ pwɛl dɛn sɛl dɛn ya we lɛf ɛn fɔ mek di kansa nɔ kam bak. |
| Fɔ kansa we dɔn skata ɔlsay na di bɔdi (Metastatic Breast Cancer) . | If di kansa dɔn spre pas di bɔdi to ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi (lɛk di liva, di lɔng, di bon), dɛn kin yuz kemotɛrapi as di men tritmɛnt. |
| Fɔ ɔda patikyula kayn kansa | Sɔm kayn kansa de, fɔ ɛgzampul `(Inflammatory Breast Cancer - IBC)`. Insay dɛn kayn tin ya, no klia tumbu nɔ de we dɛn kin pul bay we dɛn du ɔpreshɔn. So, dɛn kin gi kemotɛrapi as di men tritmɛnt. כlso, `(Triple-Negative Breast Cancer - TNBC)` εn `(HER2+)` kεnsar dεm we gεt hכy risk fכ kam bak dεn kin trit dεm bak wit kεmothεrapi wit כda tritmεnt dεm (e.g. `(immunotherapy)`, `(targeted therapy)`). |
Wetin na dɛn kemo drɔgs ya?
Bɔku kayn kemotɛrapi mɛrɛsin dɛn de we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn bɔdi kansa. Yu dɔktɔ go pik wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn tin ya dipen pan yu kɔndishɔn. Sɔm pan di klas dɛm fɔ drɔgs we dɛn kin yuz mɔ na:
- Antrasayklin: Ɛgzampul dɛn na drɔgs lɛk `dɔksorubisin` ɛn `ɛpirubisin`.
- Taxanes: Ɛgzampul dɛn na `paclitaxel` ɛn `docetaxel`.
- Ɔda drɔgs: Dɛn kin yuz drɔgs lɛk `5-fluorouracil (5-FU)`, `cyclophosphamide`, ɛn `carboplatin` bak.
apat frכm dis, dεn de yuz כda dεm lεk `capecitabine`, `gemcitabine`, `vinorelbine` bak fכ mεtastas brεst kεnsar. Yu nɔ nid fɔ mɛmba dɛn drɔgs ya. Yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen di mɛrɛsin we fit yu pas ɔl ɛn di ditel dɛn bɔt am.
Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛm we ɔlman de fred.
Yɛs, kemotɛrapi kin mek pɔsin gɛt bad bad tin dɛn. dis na biכs dεn dכg dεm ya nכ de afekt di kεnsar sεl dεm nכmכ bכt sכm hεlty sεl dεm na wi bכdi we de sheb kwik kwik wan (e.g. di ia sεl dεm, di dijestiv trakt sεl dεm, di bכdi sεl dεm). Bɔt di impɔtant tin na dat bɔku pan di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn kin apin fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ. Dɛn kin dɔn smɔl smɔl we di tritmɛnt dɔn. Pantap dat, naw, rili gud mɛrɛsin ɛn we dɛn de fɔ kɔntrol dɛn bad bad tin ya.
Mɛmba se nɔto ɔlman kin gɛt di sem sayd ɛfɛkt. I kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin ɛn i kin difrɛn frɔm di kayn mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin gi am.
| Kɔmɔn sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn | Tɔk bɔt |
|---|---|
| Taya | Dis nɔto nɔmal taya. Na taya pasmak we yu kin fil ilɛksɛf yu slip bɔku. I kin las we dɛn de trit am ɛn fɔ sɔm mɔnt afta dat. |
| Nɔs ɛn Vɔmit | Naw, mɛrɛsin dɛn de we rili fayn fɔ kɔntrol dis. Di dɔktɔ go gi dɛn mɛrɛsin ya bifo i gi am kemo. |
| Di Iɛ we De Lɔs | Nɔto ɔl di kemo drɔgs kin mek yu ia lɔs. Sɔm drɔgs dɛn kin du dat. Dis na fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ. Bɔku tɛm, di ia kin gro bak sɔm mɔnt afta di tritmɛnt dɔn. Di ia we kin gro bak kin gɛt difrɛn kɔlɔ ɔ we i tan lɛk aw i bin de bifo. |
| Anorexia ɛn mɔt sɔri | Di teist fɔ it kin chenj, ɛn smɔl smɔl sos kin kɔmɔt na di mɔt. Yu kin kɔntrol dis bay we yu it sɔft it, drink wata, ɛn tek kia ɔf yu mɔt klin. |
| Nɔm na di an ɛn fut dɛn (Peripheral Neuropathy) . | Sɔm mɛrɛsin kin mek yu finga ɛn fut finga dɛn nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk ɔ swɛt. I impɔtant fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis. |
| Di blɔd sɛl dɛn we de go dɔŋ | Kimotɛrapi kin mek di wayt blɔd sɛl dɛn (we kin protɛkt pɔsin frɔm di sik), di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn (we kin kɛr blɔd), ɛn di pletlɛt dɛn (we kin ɛp fɔ mek di blɔd klɔt) nɔ bɔku. Dis kin mek yu gɛt mɔ sik, taya, ɛn blɔd. Dɔktɔ dɛn go de wach dis ɔltɛm. |
Aw dɛn kin gi kemotɛrapi?
Dɛn kin gi kemotɛrapi mɔ tu we dɛn.
1. Intravenous (IV): Dis na di mכst we dεn kin yus. Lɛk salin, dɛn kin gi di mɛrɛsin dairekt insay wan vein tru wan kanula. Sɔntɛnde, fɔ tritmɛnt fɔ lɔng tɛm, dɛn kin yuz spɛshal tin dɛn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ put kanula insay ɛni tɛm.
- PICC layn: Na lכng tכn tכb we dεn put insay wan vein na di כp an.
- Chemo Port: Na smɔl tin we dɛn kin put ɔnda di skin na di chɛst. Dis kin mek dɛn ebul fɔ gi mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn nɔ nid fɔ yuz nidul.
2. Ɔral: Sɔm kemo drɔgs kin kam lɛk pils ɔ kapsul. Dɛn kin tek dɛn tin ya na os.
Dɛn kin gi di tritmɛnt insay "saykl dɛm." Fɔ ɛgzampul, yu kin gɛt tritmɛnt wan tɛm insay di wik, wan tɛm ɛvri tu wik, ɔ wan tɛm ɛvri tri wik. "Rɛst tɛm" de bitwin di sɛshɔn dɛn. Dɛn kin gi dis tɛm fɔ gi yu bɔdi in wɛlbɔdi sɛl dɛn chans fɔ wɛl. di tכtal tritmεnt tεm fכ brεst kεnsar kin te bitwin 3 εn 6 mכnt.
Aw yu kin rɛdi fɔ gɛt kemo tritmɛnt?
Dis tɛm kin tranga smɔl, so i fayn fɔ pripia smɔl bifo tɛm.
- Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ fayn fayn wan: fɛn ɔltin bɔt yu tritmɛnt plan, di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn we yu kin gɛt, ɛn wetin dɛn kin du bɔt dɛn. Nɔ fred fɔ aks kwɛstyɔn.
- Sɔmbɔdi fɔ ɛp: E fayn fɔ ɛp yu if yu gɛt pɔrsin fɔ kɛr yu go di de fɔ tritmɛnt, de wit yu, ɛn drayv yu go na os. I go bɛtɛ pasmak if yu ebul fɔ fɛn pɔsin fɔ ɛp yu fɔ du wok na os fɔ wan ɔ tu dez afta yu dɔn gɛt tritmɛnt.
- Kɔmfyut klos: Wear fayn fayn klos we nɔ fit di de we yu de trit yu.
- Sɔntin fɔ ɛnjɔy yusɛf: Di tɛrapi sɛshɔn kin tek sɔm awa, so briŋ sɔntin fɔ du, lɛk buk ɔ ɛdsɛt fɔ lisin to myuzik.
- Drink bɔku wata: Kemo kin mek yu bɔdi nɔ gɛt wata, so drink bɔku wata stat di de bifo yu tritmɛnt.
- It we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn fɔ it: Ilɛksɛf yu fil angri, tray fɔ it bɔku tin dɛn we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn fɔ it. If yu it tin dɛn we gɛt bɔku prɔtin (eg, mit, fish, milk, nɛt) i kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ taya.
Situeshɔn dɛn we yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan
Yu bɔdi in imyun sistɛm kin wik we yu de tek kimotɛrapi. So, if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya , kɔl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɔ go na di ɔspitul in Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU).
- Fiva pas 100.4°F (38°C).
- Chills we de mek pɔsin kol.
- Chɛst pen ɔ i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo.
- Wan big big kɔnfyushɔn wantɛm wantɛm.
- Ed kin at bad bad wan ɛn di nɛk kin stif.
Dɛn sayn ya kin bi sayn fɔ infekshɔn ɔ ɔda siriɔs kɔndishɔn, so nɔr delay.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Kimotɛrapi na tritmɛnt we rili impɔtant ɛn we de sev layf fɔ bɔdi kansa. Nɔ fred am we yu nɔ nid fɔ fred.
- Pan ɔl we di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn kin bɔku, bɔku pan dɛn na fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ, ɛn naw dɛn gɛt we dɛn ɛn mɛrɛsin dɛn we rili fayn fɔ mɛn dɛn.
- Tɔk opin wan wit yu mɛdikal tim. Tɔk bɔt di tin dɛn we de mɔna yu, di tin dɛn we yu de fred, ɛn di kwɛstyɔn dɛn we yu de aks. Dɛn kin rɛdi ɔltɛm fɔ ɛp yu.
- Yu nɔ nid fɔ go tru dis waka yu wan. Gɛt sɔpɔt frɔm yu fambul ɛn padi dɛn. Yu maynd wɛlbɔdi impɔtant jɔs lɛk aw yu bɔdi impɔtant.
- Yu kin mek di tɛm we yu de trit yu fayn if yu it gud it, rɛst fayn, ɛn ɛksesaiz smɔl.
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