Brest kansa we yu yɔŋ? Lɛ wi lan lɛsin frɔm Natoya in stori (Breast Cancer)

Wetin yu kin tink we yu fɛn sɔntin lɛk lump na yu bɔdi? Mɔs tɛm, wi kin tink se, "O, a nɔ kin sik lɛk dat na mi ej, i go mɔs bi se na jɔs wan lump." Ɛspɛshali if yu yɔŋ , sɔntɛm yu nɔ go ivin tink bɔt kansa. Bɔt tide, di stori bɔt wan yɔŋ mama we ol 31 ia we nem Natoya Pascacio na stori we de tich wi ɔl bɔku tin ɛn we de mek wi at gɛt bɔku trɛnk.

Udat na dis Natoya? Wetin bin apin to am?

Natoya na wan strɔng mama we nɔ mared ɛn we gɛt tu pikin dɛn. We i bin ol 31 ia, dɛn bin kam fɔ no se i gɛt wan kayn kansa na in bɔdi we nɔ kin bɔku ɛn we kin mek i vɛks. Dɛn kɔl am `Triple-Negative Breast Cancer`. Bɔku tɛm, we dɛn de tɔk bɔt bɔdi kansa, uman dɛn we dɔn pas 50 ia kin gɛt di prɔblɛm pas ɔlman. Bɔt dis kayn `Triple-Negative` kin apin mɔ pan yɔŋ uman dɛn we nɔ rich 40 ia yet.

Di tin we mek wi sɔprayz pas ɔl bɔt dis stori na dis. Fɔs, Natoya kin fil wan smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl. Bikɔs nɔbɔdi nɔ de na in famili we gɛt kansa, ivin di dɔktɔ dɛn kin se fɔs, "Natin nɔ de fɔ wɔri bɔt, i nɔ go wɔs we yu ol, nid nɔ de fɔ tɛst."

Wetin na Tripul-Nɛgitiv Brɔst Kansa?

Lɛ wi tɔk dis simpul wan. Tink bɔt kansa sɛl dɛn lɛk we tifman de brok insay os. Dis tifman nid ples lɛk domɔt ɛn winda fɔ go insay. sכm kayn we, bכku brεst kεnsar sεl dεm de yuz tri spεshal 'do dεm' we dεn kכl ``rεsεptor'' fכ gro, dat na fכ gro εn spre.

Dɛn na:

• di εstrojen rεsεpכta dεm
• di prכjestεrכn rεsεpכta dεm
• Human Epidamal Growth Fכktכr Risεptor 2 (HER2) .

Bɔku pan di kansa drɔgs dɛm we wi de gi naw de akt lɛk se dɛn de lɔk di ‘do dɛm’ we di tifman kin go insay.Dat min se, dɛn kin stɔp di wok we dɛn riseptɔ ya de du. Dɔn di kansa sɛl dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ gro.

כltu, di spεshal tin fכ dis kayn `Triple-Negative` na dat di kεnsar sεl dεm nכ gεt εni wan pan di tri 'dכr' dεm we dεn mεnshכn. Na dat mek dɛn kɔl am "triple-negative". Bikɔs dɛn ‘do’ ya nɔ de, i nɔ kin izi fɔ dɛn kɔmɔn tritmɛnt ya fɔ kɔntrol dis kansa. Fɔ dis rizin, dis kayn kansa kin gro kwik kwik wan, i kin skata kwik kwik wan , ɛn di tritmɛnt we dɛn kin gɛt nɔ kin bɔku.

Natoya in tranga tritmɛnt joyn

Fɔ trit dis kayn bad bad kansa nɔ kin izi. Natoya bin gɛt fɔ gɛt bɔku tritmɛnt dɛn we nɔ izi fɔ imajin.

• Intravenous chemotherapy : Dis na wan kayn tritmɛnt fɔ kansa we rili strɔng. Dɛn kin gi am fɔ kil di kansa sɛl dɛn ɔlsay na di bɔdi.
• Lumpectomy: Dis na di ɔspitul we dɛn kin pul di kansa lɔmp nɔmɔ ɛn smɔl smɔl wɛlbɔdi tisu we de rawnd am, we dɛn nɔ kin pul di wan ol bɔdi.
• Radiation Therapy: Afta dɛn dɔn du ɔpreshɔn, dɛn kin yuz ay ɛnaji rayt fɔ pwɛl ɛni kansa sɛl we lɛf. Natoya don get 25 raun fo dis.
• Oral Chemotherapy : Apat frɔm di tritmɛnt dɛn we dɛn bin de gi am insay in bɛlɛ, i bin gɛt fɔ yuz kemotɛrapi we dɛn bin de yuz fɔ it.

Di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin na layf kin big pas kansa

Natoya bin gɛt ɔda big prɔblɛm dɛn na in layf, pas fɔ bia di pen we dɛn tritmɛnt dɛn ya bin de fil. Imajin, i bin gɛt fɔ dayvɔs in man 12 dez bifo dɛn kam fɔ no se i gɛt kansa. Aw i nɔ izi fɔ mek mama we nɔ mared ɛn we gɛt tu pikin dɛn, in wangren gɛt dis kayn sik we de kil pipul dɛn?

Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, ɔl dis bin apin di tɛm we di wɔl bin de sɔfa wit wan sik we dɛn kɔl pandemic. Yu nɔ bin ebul fɔ go na do, yu nɔ bin ebul fɔ mit pipul dɛn. Bɔt Natoya nɔ bin giv ɔp. Di tin we bin rili ɛp am na in rilijɔn ɛn in tu pikin dɛn. Apat frɔm dat, in padi dɛm, di pipul dɛm na di kɔmyuniti usay i bin de, ɛn in `tɛrapist` (saykolojik kɔlnɔ) na bin big trɛnk fɔ am.

Natoya na pɔsin we nɔ bin alaw kansa fɔ kɔntrol in layf. I bin fɛt di sik, i bin sɔfa di pen, bɔt tru ɔl dis, i bin kɔmɔt as strɔng uman.