I go mɔs bi se yu na pɔsin we de wach fim ɛn TV siriɔs na Holiwud. Dɔn yu go mɔs mɛmba di aktɔ we nem Kristina Apɛlgɛt. Wan aktɔ we gɛt bɔku sɛns ɛn we bɔku pipul dɛn sabi. Bɔt biɛn da fes de we de smayl, wan stori de we rili tranga we i bin gɛt na in layf, ɛn wi kin lan bɔku tin frɔm am. Tide wi de tɔk bɔt dat. Dis nɔto jɔs stori bɔt wan aktɔ, bɔt na lɛsin we de opin yu yay bɔt bɔdi kansa ɛn di jenɛtik risk dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit am.
Breast cancer at age 36... Wetin mek dis apin?
Imajin, aw yu go fil if dɛn no se yu gɛt bɔdi kansa we yu ol 36 ia, we yu ol di bɛst layf? Kristina bin gɛt fɔ bia wit da ɛkspiriɛns de. Bɔt dis nɔto nyu tin to in famili. In mama bin gɛt bɔdi kansa bak we i bin yɔŋ. Bikɔs ɔf dis famili istri, Kristina bin de du ɔltɛm fɔ chɛk in bɔdi kansa frɔm we i ol 30. Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl we sev in layf.
Dis de sho wi aw i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt am if pɔsin na yu famili dɔn gɛt kansa ɛn fɔ du tɛst kwik kwik wan pan di advays we dɔktɔ gi yu. Pan ɔl we di tin we dɛn no se i gɛt kansa na wan bɔdi nɔmɔ, i bin disayd fɔ du sɔntin wit maynd. dat na fכ mek dεn כpכt di tu brεst dεm (a ``double mastectomy`'). Bɔku pipul dɛn kin wɔnda se, “Wetin mek yu disayd fɔ du dis kayn tin?” Di rizin fɔ dis na di rizɔlt fɔ in jenɛtik tɛst.
Wetin na dis BRCA jin muteshon?
Lɛ wi tɔk am simpul wan. Wi bɔdi tan lɛk bildin we dɛn bil to wan bluprint. כltin na dis bildin na wan "blueprint" we dεn kכl wi jin dεm de kכntro am. sכm pan dεn jin dεm ya lεk "gad" dεm we de stכp wi bכdi in sεl dεm fכ divayd we wi nכ de kכntro εn mek kεnsar nכ fכm.
BRCA1 εn BRCA2 na tu dεn kayn gad jin dεm ya. As lɔng as dɛn de wok fayn, dɛn kin ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt kansa na dɛn bɔdi ɛn ovarian. bכt sכmtεm dεn jin dεm ya kin bi "mutated" כ fכlt. Tink bɔt wetin kin apin we di brek sistem na motoka pwɛl. Di motoka nɔ ebul fɔ stɔp. Semweso, we mכtεshכn apin na wan BRCA jin, i de lכs in ebul fכ stכp di kεnsar sεl dεm fכ gro. Di jenɛtik tɛst we Kristina bin du bin kɔnfyus se i gɛt di BRCA1 jin muteshɔn.
If yu gɛt BRCA jin muteshon nɔ min se yu go rili gɛt kansa. Bɔt i min se di chans we yu gɛt fɔ gɛt kansa rili bɔku pas ɔda pipul dɛn.
Luk di tebul we de dɔŋ fɔ si aw dis risk tan lɛk.
| Di kayn kansa we yu gɛt | Risk in di jenɛral pipul dɛn | Risk wit di BRCA1 jin mכtεshכn |
|---|
| Brɔst Kansa | Na lɛk 13 pan 100 uman dɛn (13%) . | Na lɛk 55-72 pan 100 uman dɛn (55%-72%) |
| Kansa na di ovarian | Na lɛk 1-2 pan 100 uman dɛn (1.3%) . | Na lɛk 39-44 pan 100 uman dɛn (39%-44%) |
Naw yu dɔn si wetin mek Kristina disayd fɔ pul in tu bɔdi? Fɔ avɔyd fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt kansa na di ɔda bɔdi tumara bambay. Dɔn bak, insay 2017, dɛn bin du wan ɔda big ɔpreshɔn pan am. Dat na fɔ pul in ovaries ɛn fallopian tubes. Dat na fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt bɔku kansa na di ovarian. Dis na tin dɛn we rili at, we pɔsin kin disayd fɔ du. Bɔt i bin mek ɔl dis we i bin de tɔk to in dɔktɔ dɛn, ɛn i bin no ɔltin bɔt di tin we apin.
Di fɛt agens kansa ɛn di we aw pɔsin de liv in layf
Kristina in fɛt nɔ bin stɔp wit ɔpreshɔn. I bin chenj in layf kpatakpata.
Wan it we gɛt wɛlbɔdi
Wan tin we i kin tɔk ɔltɛm na fɔ ridyus di it we gɛt kemikal ɛn tin dɛn we de mek i nɔ pwɛl as i pɔsibul. Bifo dat, i kin tɔk ɔltɛm se i impɔtant fɔ it mɔ
natura l it dɛn lɛk fresh frut ɛn vɛjitebul .
Manejmɛnt fɔ strɛs
Bifo kansa, i bin bi ``super stressed`` pesin. Bɔt afta dis ɛkspiriɛns, i bin kam fɔ no se i impɔtant fɔ kɔntrol di strɛs. Naw i de tray fɔ si di ``silva layn`` insay ɔltin.
Wi maynd wɛlbɔdi kin afɛkt di bɔdi in imyun sistɛm dairekt wan. So, fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt kol at, i kin ɛp bak fɔ fɛt sik dɛn.
Fɔ ɛp ɔda pipul dɛn
Kristina, we bin fil se i nɔ go fayn fɔ mek wetin i dɔn go tru apin to ɔda pɔsin, bin ivin bigin wan ɔganayzeshɔn we dɛn kɔl "Right Action for Women." Dis ɔganayzeshɔn de ɛp uman dɛn we gɛt bɔku kansa fɔ mek dɛn du tɛst we dia, lɛk MRI.
Wan ɔda prɔblɛm na layf ɛn maynd we nɔ de shek
As tɛm de go, Kristina in layf bin kam wit ɔda prɔblɛm. Dat na bin di diagnosis se i gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl ``Multiple Sclerosis (MS)``, we de afɛkt di nervous system. Fɔ liv wit dis rili at. Bɔt i nɔ bin giv ɔp. Shi se, "Dis rod rili at. Bot wi ol no, di rod de kontiniu." Dɛn smɔl wɔd dɛn ya de mek wi tink bɔt in maynd trɛnk we nɔ de shek.
Wetin wi kin lan frɔm Kristina in stori
Bɔku impɔtant lɛsin dɛn de we wi fɔ pul na dis stori. 1.
No yu famili histri: Yu mama, sista, anti, ɔ grani dɔn gɛt bɔdi kansa ɔ ovarian kansa? If na so i bi,
mek shɔ se yu tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am. 2.
Fɔ no am kwik kwik wan de sev layf: If yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du am, du tɛst lɛk ``mammogram'' di rayt tɛm. Dɔn bak, lan aw fɔ du yu bɔdi ɛgzam fɔ yusɛf na os. If yu fil ɛni chenj ɔ lumps
, nɔ fred ɛn go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. 3.
Jɛnɛtik Tɛst: If yu gɛt strɔng famili histri fɔ kansa, aks yu dɔktɔ bɔt jenɛtik tɛst lɛk BRCA. Nɔto ɔlman nid dɛn tin ya, bɔt i kin rili impɔtant fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt ay risk. 4.
Wɛlbɔdi layf: Fɔ it fayn fayn wan, fɔ du ɛksɛsayz, ɛn fɔ kɔntrol yu strɛs na di bɛst tin fɔ protɛkt yu frɔm ɛni sik.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- If uman dɛn na yu famili (mama, sista, anti) dɔn gɛt bɔdi ɔ ovarian kansa we dɛn yɔŋ, yu kin de pan denja bak. Tɔk opin wan wit yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis.
- If yu gɛt BRCA jin muteshon i kin mek yu gɛt kansa bɔku bɔku wan . Dɛn kin no dis wit wan jenɛtik tɛst.
- If di risk fɔ gɛt kansa bɔku, yu kin tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ ɔpreshɔn fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt kansa , lɛk fɔ pul yu mama ɛn disayd fɔ du sɔntin.
- I rili impɔtant fɔ du kansa skrinin di rayt tɛm ɛn kɔntinyu fɔ liv fayn layf.
- I nɔ mata us prɔblɛm layf de trowe yu, yu kin win ɛni fɛt bay we yu de fɛt dɛn wit gud abit ɛn maynd.
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