Yu bin fil smɔl frayd ɔ wɔri we yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du PSMA PET skan? Na nɔmal tin fɔ tink bɔt tin dɛn lɛk, "Wetin na dis? I go at? I go mek yu gɛt siriɔs sik?" Ɛnibɔdi kin fred smɔl we i yɛri bɔt dɔktɔ tɛst. Bɔt rili no rizin nɔ de fɔ mek wi fred. Dis na tɛst we rili impɔtant, we sef, ɛn we nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen we dɛn de yuz naw fɔ no ɛn no mɔ bɔt prɔstat kansa. So, tide wi go ansa ol yu kweshon abaut dis.
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na PSMA PET skan?
Okay, mek wi put dis rili simpul. Imajin se yu gɛt prɔstat kansa sɛl dɛn we de ayd insay yu bɔdi. Wi jɔs nɔ ebul fɔ si dɛn wit wi yay. So dis PSMA PET skan tan lɛk spɛshal kamɛra. Dis kamɛra kin mek di say dɛn we dɛn kansa sɛl dɛn de ayd fayn fayn wan.
I kin izi fɔ yu if yu brok di minin fɔ dis nem:
- PSMA: Dis tinap fɔ Prɔstat-Spɛsifi k Mɛmbran Antijen . Nɔ mek yu fred wit dis big wɔd. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis na spɛshal prɔtin we de na di say we di prɔstat kansa sɛl dɛn de. I tan lɛk spɛshal sus we di kansa sɛl dɛn kin wɛr. Di sɛl dɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ ɔ nɔ gɛt am.
- PET: Dis tinap fɔ Positron Emission Tomography . Dis na di spɛshal kamɛra, di skan mashin.
So insay dis tεst, dεn de injεkt sכm sכm rεdyuaktiv mεtirial (`(radiotracer)`), lεk spεshal "day", insay yu bכdi. dis "day" de travul כlsay na di bכdi εn i de atak wan protin we dεn kכl PSMA pan di kεnsar sεl dεm. Dɔn di PET skan mashin kin fɛn ɛksaktɔli usay dis "day" dɔn ataya. Dat min se di say dɛn we di kansa sɛl dɛn gɛt fayn fayn kɔlɔ na di pikchɔ we dɛn de skan. biכs dis na `ful-bכdi skan`, i kin si bak εksakכt if di kεnsar dכn spre pas di prכstat gland.
Us kes dɛn di dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du dis skan?
Bɔku tɛm, tu men rizin dɛn de we mek dɔktɔ kin aks yu fɔ mek dɛn du PSMA PET skan.
1. We dɛn fɔs no se yu gɛt prɔstat kansa:
We dɛn dɔn no se yu gɛt kansa, di nɛks impɔtant tin fɔ no na aw fa di kansa dɔn skata ɛn aw i siriɔs. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz tin dɛn lɛk di Gleason skɔ fɔ du dis. So, if di dɔktɔ tink se di kansa dɔn skata (metastasized) to ɔda pat dɛm na di bɔdi, dɛn go du dis skan fɔ kɔnfɔm am bifo dɛn bigin tritmɛnt.
2. Afta dɛn dɔn dɔn di tritmɛnt fɔ kansa:
Sɔmtɛm, afta dɛn dɔn trit di prɔstat kansa ɛn wɛl, di sik kin kam bak (`(recurrence)`). da tεm de, di PSA (`Prostate-Specific Antigen`) lεvεl na yu bכdi go go כp bak. Na dɛn kayn tɛm ya, dis PSMA PET skan kin rili ɛp fɔ no usay di kansa dɔn kam bak na di bɔdi.
Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat dis skan kin no ivin di smɔl smɔl kansa sɛl dɛn. So, dis na big ɛp fɔ no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn fɔ trit am kwik kwik wan.
Dis skan kin no ɔda kansa dɛn?
Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin yuz am fɔ luk fɔ prɔstat kansa. כltu, rεli rεli, sεl dεm na sεvεra כda kayn kεnsar kin gεt sכm sכm PSMA protin dεm bak. fכ egzampl, kansa dεm na כgan dεm lεk di saliva gland dεm, tayroyd gland, liva, kidni, bren, brεst כ lכng kin bכku tεm we yu kin si pan dis skan. Bɔt dis nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm.
Wetin kin apin bifo, di tɛm ɛn afta di skan?
Imajin se na di dɔktɔ tɛl wi ɔnkul Siripala fɔ du dis skan. I bin de fred smɔl, jɔs lɛk yu. Lɛ wi si aw ɔnkul Siripala bin bia wit dis. If yu no dɛn step ya, dat go ɛp yu fɔ ridyus yu fred bɔku.
| Stej | Wetin de apin ɛn wetin yu nid fɔ no |
|---|---|
| Bifo di skan | Di dɔktɔ go chɛk yu afta i dɔn tek yu mɛdikal histri. If yu de fred fɔ nidul (trypanophobia) ɔ yu de fred fɔ de na say dɛn we dɛn nɔ gɛt (claustrophobia), mek shɔ se yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ . Dɛn go ɛp yu fɔ bia wit am, ɛn dɛn kin ivin gi yu smɔl mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu at kol. Di bɛst tin na dat yu nɔ nid fɔ stɔp fɔ it ɔ drink bifo dɛn du dis skan, ɛn yu nɔ nid fɔ stɔp fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek ɔltɛm. Wear layt klos we fayn fɔ yu. I bɛtɛ fɔ lɛf tin dɛn we dɛn mek wit mɛtal lɛk iaring, nɛks, ring, ɛn glas na os. |
| We dɛn de du di skan |
|
| Tɔtɔl tɛm fɔ skan | Bɔku tɛm, di wan ol tin we dɛn kin du nɔ kin tek pas tu awa. I kin tek lɛk wan awa so fɔ mek di mɛrɛsin go insay di bɔdi ɛn lɛk 30 minit fɔ mek dɛn skan am. |
| Afta di skan | We dɛn dɔn fɔ skan, di tɛknishian go chɛk if di pikchɔ dɛn klia ɛn afta dat i go mek yu go na os. Yu kin go du yu nɔmal tin dɛn. I go tek sɔm dez fɔ gɛt di rizɔlt. Di dɔktɔ go kɔl yu fɔ mek yu no. |
Ɛni bad tin de we kin apin to dis?
Dis na tɛst we rili sef fɔ bɔku pipul dɛn. Bɔt, na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt smɔl smɔl sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn we kin de fɔ sɔm tɛm. Dɛn tin ya na:
- Fɔ fil taya bad bad wan (`(fatigue)`)
- Ed de at
- Chenj na di teist na di mɔt (dysgeusia) .
- Wan smɔl alɛji riakshɔn (e.g., we di skin de rɛd smɔl) .
If sɔntin lɛk dis apin, i go go kwik kwik wan. Bɔt if yu nɔ fil fayn, tɛl yu dɔktɔ.
Wetin kin apin afta di rizɔlt kam insay?
Wan spɛshal pɔsin we tren fɔ mɛn di raytin kin chɛk yu skan pikchɔ dɛn. di εria dεm na di imej dεm usay bכku PSMA protin de, dat na di εria dεm we di ``(radiotracer)`` de atak, dεn kכla fayn fayn wan.
- Wetin PSMA pɔsitiv min?
Dat min se yu skan fɛn eria dɛn na PSMA. I kin bi kansa. Bɔt yu dɔktɔ kin nid fɔ du mɔ tɛst ɔ tɔk to yu mɔ fɔ kɔnfirm am 100% ɔ fɔ no aw i siriɔs.
- Wetin fɔ du if di tin dɛn we kin apin nɔ kin du?
If di skan sho se yu gɛt kansa, nɔ panik. Yu dɔktɔ go yuz dis infɔmeshɔn fɔ disayd di bɛst ɛn di rayt tritmɛnt fɔ yu. Dis go dipen pan tin dɛm lɛk yu ɔl yu wɛl bɔdi, aw di kansa dɔn rich, ɛn aw i de skata kwik kwik wan. Fɔ no am kwik kwik wan na di men tin. Bɔku tɛm, prɔstat kansa kin wɛl ɔl if dɛn no am kwik kwik wan.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Di PSMA PET skan na wan tɛst we rili advans, we sef, ɛn we wok fɔ no bɔt prɔstat kansa.
- Dis kin rili impɔtant we dɛn jɔs no se i gɛt kansa fɔ si if i dɔn skata ɛn fɔ si if i dɔn kam bak afta dɛn dɔn trit am.
- Di tɛst nɔ at lɛk aw yu go tink. Na wetin yu fɔ du na fɔ tek wan smɔl injɛkshɔn ɛn ledɔm stil fɔ sɔm tɛm.
- If yu de fred fɔ injɛkshɔn nidul ɔ say dɛn we dɛn pinch, tɛl yu dɔktɔ ɔ tɛknishian bifo tɛm. I nɔto natin fɔ shem.
- Bay di rizɔlt fɔ dis tɛst, yu dɔktɔ go mek di tritmɛnt plan we fit yu pas ɔl. So dis na impɔtant tin fɔ du fɔ mek yu wɛl.
💬 Comments (0)
No kɔmɛnt nɔ de yet. Ad yu kɔmɛnt ya fɔ di fɔs tɛm.
Ad yu kɔmɛnt