Wi de tɔk bɔt mɛtastas brɔst kansa?

Wi ɔl no di frayd ɛn shɔk we kin kam we wi yɛri di wɔd dɛn "brɛst cancer." Bɔt i at fɔ put insay wɔd di filin fɔ no se di kansa dɔn skata to ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi, dat min se i dɔn bi ‘mɛtastatik.’ Bɔt i impɔtant fɔ mɛmba se nɔto yu wangren de dis tɛm. Tide wi de tɔk bɔt dis kɔndishɔn, we nɔ de lod yu at, jɔs lɛk se yu de tɔk to yu yon padi.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na mɛtastas bɔdi kansa?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl dis bak ‘Metastatic Breast Cancer’. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am bak ‘Advanced Breast Cancer’ ɔ ‘Stage IV Breast Cancer’.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis na we di kansa sɛl dɛn we bigin na di bɔdi kin brok, travul tru di blɔd vesel ɔ di limf vesel dɛn, ɛn mek nyu tumbu dɛn na ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi. In ɔda wɔd dɛn, sɔm kansa sɛl dɛn kin kɔmɔt na di say we dɛn bin de fɔs, we na di bɔdi, ɛn mek nyu kɔloni dɛn na ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi.

Nɔto ɔlman we gɛt bɔdi kansa go gɛt dis sik. akɔdin to di data, bitwin 20% ɛn 30% pan di uman dɛm we gɛt di fɔs stej brɛst kansa go dɔn gɛt di kansa dis we. Dɔn bak, ivin we dɛn fɔs no se yu gɛt bɔdi kansa, smɔl nɔmba (lɛk 6%) kin dɔn ɔlrɛdi spre to ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi.

Wetin kin bi di sayn dɛm fɔ dis sik?

If yu gɛt dis sik, na nɔmal tin fɔ wɔri se ivin smɔl chenj na yu bɔdi kin bi sayn fɔ se di kansa de skata. Bɔt mɛmba se nɔto ɔl chenj ɔ pen min se di kansa de wɔs.

Fɔ ɛgzampul, taya na wan kɔmɔn sayn fɔ dis sik. Bɔt i kin bi bak wan sayd ɛfɛkt fɔ tritmɛnt lɛk kemotɛrapi. Bɔt if yu de fil taya ɔltɛm, yu nɔ de want fɔ it, ɔ yu de lɔs yu wet we yu nɔ tray, i impɔtant fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dat.

Sɔm patikyula sayn dɛm kin apin dipen pan di ɔgan we di kansa dɔn spre to. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi.

Wetin mek dis kin apin? Aw kansa kin skata?

Dis kכndyushכn kin apin bכku tεm as kansa de kam bak afta dεn dכn trit di כrijinal kεnsar. Imajin wetin go apin if ɔl di kansa sɛl dɛn nɔ pwɛl we dɛn de trit am?

Sɔntɛnde, di kansa sɛl dɛn kin so smɔl dat dɛn nɔ kin ivin no we dɛn de tɛst dɛn. Ivin if dɛn pul kansa tru ɔpreshɔn, i nɔ kin wok 100%. Dis na bikɔs, bifo dɛn du di ɔpreshɔn, sɔm smɔl smɔl kansa sɛl dɛn kin dɔn skata to di tisu dɛn we de nia de, di limf no dɛn, ɔ di blɔd.

Dis we ya, di kansa sɛl dɛm we dɔn rɔnawe pan tritmɛnt ɛn wik, as tɛm de go, kin bigin fɔ strɔng bak. Dɛn kin gro, sheb, ɛn bɔku bak. Dɔn, dɛn kin travul tru di blɔd vesel dɛn ɛn di limf sistɛm, we tan lɛk aywe dɛn na wi bɔdi, ɛn go de na di say dɛn we de fa fawe na di bɔdi. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn sɛl ya kin de slip fɔ sɔm mɔnt ɔ ia ɛn afta dat dɛn kin bigin fɔ wok wantɛm wantɛm. Dis na wae mek dis sik kin kam ivin sɔm ia afta dɛn dɔn trit am.

Aw fɔ no dis sik?

If yu gɛt dɛn sayn ya we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du sɔm tɛst dɛn, lɛk:

• Bayopsi: Dis na fɔ tek wan smɔl pat pan di tisu we dɛn kin sɔprayz pan ɛn chɛk am ɔnda maykroskɔp fɔ si if ɛni kansa sɛl de.
• Blɔd tɛst: Tɛst lɛk fɔ kɔnt ɔl di blɔd kin gi yu aydia bɔt di jenɛral wɛlbɔdi na di bɔdi.
• Bronchoscopy: If say de we yu tink se de na di lכng, dεn kin put sכm sכm tכb wit kεmεra fכ egzamin insay di lכng.
• Difrɛn imej tɛst dɛn: Tɛst lɛk bon skan, chɛst ɛks-ray, CT skan, MRI skan, PET skan, ɛn ɔltra saund skan kin ɛp fɔ no ustɛm di kansa dɔn skata.
• "Taps": Na prosidur fɔ tek wata frɔm sayt usay di simptom dɛn de ɛn tɛst am. fכ egzampl, wan pleura tap כ spεnal tap.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛn we yu kin gɛt?

As wi don tok bifo, no mɛrɛsin nɔr de fɔ dis sik yet. So, di men gol fɔ dɔktɔ dɛn na fɔ ɛp yu fɔ liv yu bɛst layf, wit smɔl sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn as yu ebul, ɛn fɔ mek yu liv lɔng.

Dat min se no wan tritmɛnt nɔ de fɔ dis. Yu dɔktɔ go disayd aw fɔ trit yu fɔ yu. Dɛn tin ya go afɛkt dis:

• Di kayn kansa na yu bɔdi: Fɔ ɛgzampul, di tritmɛnt fɔ kansa we gɛt ɔmon difrɛn frɔm di tritmɛnt fɔ kansa we gɛt triplɛ nɛgitiv.
• Usay di kansa dɔn skata: Di tritmɛnt fɔ kansa we dɔn skata na di liva kin difrɛn frɔm di tritmɛnt fɔ kansa we dɔn skata to di lɔng.
• Di tritmɛnt dɛn we yu bin dɔn gɛt trade: Wi kin tink bak bɔt aw yu kansa bin de du to di tritmɛnt dɛn we yu bin dɔn gɛt trade ɛn aw dɛn tritmɛnt dɛn de afɛkt yu.
• Test ripɔt: Infɔmeshɔn frɔm laboratory test bɔt di kayn ɛn bihayvya fɔ di kansa sɛl dɛn impɔtant bak.

Di men tritmɛnt we dɛn kin yuz na:

• Kimotɛrapi
• Ɔmon tɛrapi
• Imyunotɛrapi
• Targeted therapy

Aw lɔng tritmɛnt kin tek?

We dɛn bin de trit kansa we dɔn bigin, di gol na fɔ mɛn di kansa bay we dɛn de trit am fɔ sɔm tɛm. Bɔt naw, di gol na fɔ mek nyu tumbu dɛn smɔl, kɔntrol aw di kansa de skata, ɛn fɔ kɔntrol di sayn dɛn we de sho se di kansa de kam. So, yu kin nid fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt sɔm tritmɛnt fɔ lɔng tɛm.

Bɔt fɔ liv wit dis sityueshɔn

Fɔ liv wit dis sik kin fil lɛk yu sabi pan sɔm tin dɛm. Yu stil de gɛt tritmɛnt, de kɔntrol di sayn dɛm, ɛn de fes di prɔblɛm dɛm wae de kam ɛvride wae yu gɛt siriɔs sik. Di difrɛns na dat naw di kansa de na ɔda pat na yu bɔdi ɛn i nɔ de go izi.

Wi kin ɔndastand aw i kin at fɔ yɛri dis trut. Yu kin fil se yu nɔ ebul fɔ du natin, lɛk se yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol yu layf igen. If yu fil da we de, tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ kɔntrol di strɛs ɛn di tin dɛn we de apin to yu:

• Tink bɔt palliative care: Palliative care nɔr de ɛp fɔ manej di sayd ɛfɛkt ɛn simptom dɛm fɔ tritmɛnt, i de gi yu bak di risɔs ɛn sɔpɔt we yu nid fɔ mek yu kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt yu maynd wɛl bɔdi.
• It di it we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn we go fayn fɔ yu: Di tritmɛnt kin mek yu nɔ want fɔ it. If yu gɛt kwɛstyɔn bɔt di it we yu de it, tɔk to pɔsin we sabi bɔt it.
• Tek am sloslo, wan step wan tɛm: Fɔ liv wit dis kɔndishɔn kin tan lɛk se yu de rɔn maratɔn we nɔ de dɔn. So tray nɔ fɔ panik, bɔt fɔ tek am wan de wan tɛm, wan chalenj wan tɛm.

Yu nɔ tink se dɛn go ebul fɔ stɔp dis tin?

Bɔt i sɔri fɔ no se, no we nɔ de fɔ mek di bɔdi kansa nɔ go skata. Di impɔtant tin na fɔ ɔndastand se dis nɔto bikɔs ɔf ɛnitin we yu du ɔ nɔ du. Na bikɔs sɔm kansa sɛl dɛn we bin sev frɔm tritmɛnt de go ɔlsay na di bɔdi.

De bɛst tin wae yu kin du na fɔ no bɔt nyu sik wae de kam wae yu de kia fɔ yu ɔl yu wɛl bɔdi. Pan ɔl we tritmɛnt nɔ go ebul fɔ mɛn dis, if yu du am kwik kwik wan, dat kin ɛp fɔ kɔntrol di sik.