Wan pan di tin dɛm we bɔku uman dɛn kin fred ɔltɛm na fɔ fɛn sɔntin lɛk lump na dɛn bɔdi. I rili bi big lod pan di maynd. Bɔt wi fɔ mɛmba se nɔto ɔl lump na kansa. Bɔt, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek wi no dis gud gud wan ɛn rɛdi fɔ ɛnitin bifo tɛm. Tide wi de tɔk bɔt di wɔndaful impɔtant tin fɔ no bɔt bɔdi kansa kwik kwik wan tru di stori bɔt wan aktɔ we bɔku pipul dɛn sabi na di wɔl we nem Kristina Apɛlgɛt . In stori de tich wi bɔku tin.
Wetin mek i rili impɔtant fɔ chɛk bifo tɛm?
Kristina nɔ bin gɛt kansa wantɛm wantɛm. I bin rili rɛdi fɔ am. Di rizin na bikɔs in mama bin gɛt kansa na in bɔdi ɛn in ovarian. So Kristina bin bigin fɔ tek mammogram ɔltɛm frɔm we i ol 30 ia.
Imajin aw i bin bisin bɔt dis.
Bɔt we i bin ol 36 ia, di dɔktɔ se, "Yu brɔst tik tu tik fɔ si klia wan wit mamogram nɔmɔ." Dɔn di dɔktɔ sɛn am fɔ mek dɛn du MRI skan.
Sɔm mɔnt bifo dɛn kam fɔ no se Kristina gɛt kansa, i bin lan sɔntin we go mek i shɔk. I bin de bɔt di prɔblɛm dɛn we yɔŋ uman dɛn we bin de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt kansa, bɔt we nɔ bin gɛt di sem mɔni, kin gɛt. "Afta mi sɛkɔn MRI, sɔmbɔdi we ɛp mi bin se bɔku yɔŋ uman dɛn we gɛt ay risk nɔ kin gɛt dis MRI skan bikɔs i rili dia." "A bin rili vɛks we a yɛri dat!"
I nɔ rich wan ia afta da tin de apin, insay 2008, dɛn bin kam fɔ no se Kristina gɛt kansa na in bɔdi. Laki, na bikɔs ɔf da MRI skan de, dɛn bin no am we dɛn bin rili ali.
"A bin rili laki. A bin rili dilijent fo mai test, a neva mis wan de we a get fo go. No kansa bin de fo wan test. Bot tri mun afta, MRI sho am. Imajin, insaid tri mun, di kansa don rich wan levul we dem go detekt fo mai bodi. If a bin wet anoda siks mun o wan yie, hu no hau fa i go spred?"
Jɛnɛtik Risk & Tritmɛnt
Afta we dɛn kam fɔ no se Kristina gɛt kansa, dɛn bin fɔs pul am tu tɛm. Bɔt na da tɛm de nɔmɔ in jenɛtik tɛst bin kam bak. Dɛn bin kam fɔ no se i gɛt wan BRCA1 muteshon .
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis tan lɛk wikɛd tin we pɔsin kin gɛt frɔm in mama ɛn papa we kin mek i gɛt kansa mɔ ɛn mɔ.
Afta we i kam fɔ no dis, di tin we i disayd fɔ du bɔt tritmɛnt bin chenj kpatakpata. "A bin tɔk to di dɔktɔ. Fɔs, a bin rili agens fɔ mek dɛn tek mastectomy . A kray ɛn se a nɔ go ɛva du dat. Bɔt afta dat a kam fɔ no wantɛm wantɛm se a gɛt mɔ pas 50% chans fɔ mek di kansa kam bak . A nɔ bin want fɔ liv wit da fred de fɔ di res ɔf mi layf. So a mek mi maynd ɛn disayd fɔ du baylatarɛl mastectomy."
Dɔktɔ dɛn se fɔ pɔsin lɛk Kristina we gɛt BRCA jin muteshɔn, dis na rizin fɔ disayd bikɔs dɛn gɛt bɔku bɔku kansa na di ɔda bɔdi. כltu, fכ uman dεm we nכ gεt dis jεnεtik risk εn we gεt כnli sכmtεm kansa, nכ pruv bεnεfit de fכ pul dεn tu bכdi.
Yu tink se yɔŋ uman dɛnsɛf kin gɛt kansa na dɛn bɔdi?
Bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink se na ol pipul dɛn nɔmɔ kin gɛt bɔdi kansa, bɔt dat na mistek atɔl .
Kristina in dɔktɔ se ɔl yɔŋ uman dɛn, nɔto jɔs di wan dɛn we gɛt ay risk, nid fɔ de wach fɔ dis. "Yɔŋ uman dɛn nid fɔ no se no garanti nɔ de fɔ se dɛn nɔ go gɛt bɔdi kansa as dɛn de ol. Ivin if nɔbɔdi na dɛn famili nɔ gɛt am, di wan dɛn we gɛt dis kansa de bɔku pan yɔŋ uman dɛn."
Wetin na di rizin dɛn we mek dɛn de du dis?
- Fɔ bɔn fɔs pikin let.
- Fɔ mek pɔsin fat mɔ ɛn mɔ.
- Fɔ gɛt tin dɛn lɛk ɔmon dɛn we de na di say we yu de.
Kristina tɛl dis stori bɔt wan in padi:
"Wan gyal pikin we a sabi bin gɛt stej III brɔst kansa. We i sho wan lump na in brɔst to dɔktɔ wan ia bifo, di dɔktɔ se, 'I kin bi smɔl kalsiɔm dipɔsit,' bɔt i nɔ du ɛni tɛst. If dɛn bin dɔn pul am da tɛm de, i go mɔs bi se na stej I kansa. Naw i dɔn skata to in limf no dɛm, ɛn i de insay wan rili siriɔs kɔndishɔn."
Dis na tin we rili sɔri. So if yu notis chenj na yu bɔdi, nɔ ignore am.
3 tin we ɔl uman fɔ no
Na di tri impɔtant advays dɛn we Kristina ɛn in dɔktɔ kin gi ɔl uman. Mɛmba dis gud gud wan.
| Advays | Tɔk bɔt |
|---|---|
| 1. Yu fɔ no bɔt yu bɔdi. | Yu fɔ no aw yu bɔdi kin luk ɛn fil nɔmal wan. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ chɛk yusɛf na yu bɔdi. Dis we ya, yu kin no kwik kwik wan ɛni chenj we nɔ kɔmɔn (lɔmp, skin chenj, pen). |
| 2. Bi pɔsin we nɔ de chenj | If yu fil se "sɔntin rɔng" de wit yu, bɔt dɔktɔ ɔr famili mɛmba dismis am bay we yu se, "Yu nɔ ol fɔ dat," nɔ dismis am. Yu fɔ tɔk fɔ yusɛf. Si difrɛn dɔktɔ if yu nid fɔ du dat. Kɔntinyu fɔ tray te yu dawt nɔ de igen. |
| 3. Pik di bɛst mɛdikal tim | Yu nɔ nid fɔ bigin tritmɛnt wit di fɔs dɔktɔ we yu go si. Yu gɛt tɛm. Pik wan tim fɔ dɔktɔ dɛm we kɔmfyut wit yu, we ɔndastand yu, ɛn we sabi bɔt nyu tritmɛnt dɛm (jɛnɛtik tɛst, neoadjuvant tɛrapi). I nɔ ɛva bi bad aidia fɔ gɛt sɛkɔn opinion. |
Laif ɛn mental wɛlbɔdi afta kansa
Kansa bin chenj Kristina in layf bɔku we dɛn. I bin bigin fɔ wɔri bad bad wan bɔt in wɛlbɔdi. I bin pul strɛs kɔmɔt na in layf kpatakpata.
Ɛn di bɛst wɛpɔn we ɛp am fɔ win dis fɛt na fɔ laf . I se: “A bin laf tranga wan di tɛm we dɛn bin de du di ɔpreshɔn ɛn afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn pas aw a bin dɔn laf na mi layf.”
Bɔt di joyn sɛf nɔto ɔl smayl. "Fɔ pul yu brɔst tan lɛk we yu kɔt yu bɔdi. Sɔntɛm di dɔktɔ dɛn se yu fayn mɔ naw, bɔt i nɔ tan lɛk aw yu bin de bifo. Yu bɔdi, yu imɔshɔn, yu sol, ɔltin de go tru da pen de."
So i se ɛni yɔŋ uman we de go tru sɔntin lɛk dis fɔ kɔnɛkt wit ɔda pipul dɛn we dɔn gɛt di sem ɛkspiriɛns. "Yu nid pipul we yu go tok to, pipul we andastan yu pen."
Kristina in mama bin de tɔk ɔltɛm se, "Kansa na wɔd, nɔto sɛntɛns."
Ultimate, i se nɔ mek kansa difayn yu. "Kansa no bi hu yu bi. Na jos somtin we yu de dil wit."
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- If yu no am kwik kwik wan, dat kin sev pipul dɛn layf. Nɔ skip di mɛdikal chɛk-ap we yu dɔn sɛtul fɔ du, mɔ di mammogram.
- If ɛnibɔdi na yu famili dɔn gɛt kansa (family history), mek shɔ se yu tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am.
- If yu notis ɛni chenj we nɔ kɔmɔn na yu bɔdi, nɔ ignore am. Yu na di bɛst pɔsin we de gayd yu bɔdi.
- Yu gɛt ɔl di rayt fɔ gɛt sɛkɔn opinion. Pik wan mɛdikal tim we yu trɔst ɛn we yu fil fayn wit.
- Di sɔpɔt we dɛn fambul, padi, ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn we dɔn go tru di sem kayn ɛkspiriɛns kin gi, rili impɔtant pan dis waka. Nɔ sɔfa yu wan.
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