Kumanani ndi Mkazi Kumbuyo #SelfExamGram, Gulu Lolimbikitsa Akazi Kuchita Mayeso Amwezi Amwezi

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Allyn Rose anali ndi zaka 26 zokha pamene anachitidwa opaleshoni ya mastectomy iwiri ndi kumanganso mawere. Koma sanasankhe njirazi chifukwa cha matenda a khansa ya m'mawere. Anawasankha ngati njira yodzitetezera atamwalira amayi, agogo ake, ndipo azakhali akulu a matendawa. Ichi chinali chiyambi chabe cha ulendo wake wolimbikitsa khansa ya m'mawere.

"[Idayamba] Disembala chaka chatha," Allyn akuti Maonekedwe. "Ndinkakhala ndekha kunyumba ndikuganiza, 'Ndi chiyani chomwe ndingachite kuti ndithandizire achinyamata kuti azichita mwanzeru pa zaumoyo wawo?'"

Tsopano, koyambirira kwa mwezi uliwonse, Allyn amapita ku Instagram ndi selfie ndi hashtag: #SelfExamGram. Positi iliyonse pamakhala chikumbutso kwa azimayi zakufunika kodziyesera mabere ndikudziwa zomwe "zabwinobwino" mthupi lanu.

Chidwi cha Allyn pakulimbikitsa zaumoyo chimabwera makamaka kuchokera kwa amayi ake omwalira, kudzipereka kwa Judy ndikukhala ndi moyo wathanzi, wathanzi. Atamwalira Judy chifukwa cha khansa ya m'mawere Allyn ali ndi zaka 16, Allyn anali wofunitsitsa kupitiriza kukonda amayi ake.

“Mayi anga nthaŵi zonse anali kusamala za thanzi lawo,” akutero Allyn. “[Asanam’peze ndi kansa ya m’mawere,] ankapita kwa dokotala n’kunena kuti, ‘Chalakwika.’ Anali wothamanga wa marathon, ndipo ankadzimva kukhala wofooka kwambiri, sanali kuchira monga momwe ankachitira poyamba. .’” (Zokhudzana: Kodi Mungatenge Khansa ya M’mawere Wachichepere Wotani?)

Pofika nthawi yomwe Judy adabwerera kwa adotolo, anali ndi chotupa "chofanana ndi gofu" pachifuwa pake. Anapezeka kuti ali ndi khansa ya m'mawere itatu ali ndi zaka 27.

"Anathamangitsa gulu lake lonse lachipatala, anapita ku laibulale yachipatala ku koleji yake, adaphunzira, ndipo adabwerera kwa dokotala kuti, 'Ndikufuna izi, izi, ndi izi. Pano pali ndondomeko yanga yowukira, "akugawana nawo Allyn. "Ndipo adamenya khansa iyi ya m'mawere yowopsa."

Tsoka ilo, khansa ya m'mawere ya Judy idabweranso patadutsa zaka zingapo Allyn ali wachinyamata. "Apanso, adadwala khansa ya m'mawere yachitatu. Idakula, ndipo adataya moyo wake," akutero Allyn.

Allyn ali ndi zaka 18, abambo ake adabweretsa lingaliro lodzitchinjiriza. "Ndidangokhala thupi lomwe ndili nalo. Ndidaganiza, 'Chifukwa chiyani gehena ndingachite chonga ichi? Ndili ndi zaka 18 zokha.' Koma abambo anga adandiyang'ana kumaso ndikunena, 'Upanga kuti udzafa ngati amayi ako. Uyenera kuyesetsa kuchita izi chifukwa si munthu m'modzi; si anthu awiri; ndi anthu angapo m'banja mwanu , ndipo zimenezi n'zachisoni chanu chenicheni.'

Ngakhale Allyn ndi abale ake adayesedwa osapeza kusintha kwa majini a BRCA (zomwe zimayambitsa chiwopsezo cha khansa ya m'mawere), adotolo ake adamulimbikitsanso kuti aganizire za njira ziwiri zodzitetezera. "Dokotala wanga adati, 'Mulibe kusintha kwa majini a BRCA, koma mwina muli ndi chinthu chomwe sitingathe kuyesabe,' akufotokoza motero Allyn. Anatenga zaka zingapo kuti aganizire bwino za chisankhocho, koma chifukwa cha mbiri ya thanzi la banja lake, kuti amayi ake adapezeka ndi khansa ya m'mawere ali aang'ono, komanso chilimbikitso cha dokotala wake, Allyn akuti pamapeto pake adasankha bwino. “Ndinandichitidwa opaleshoni ndipo sindinayang’anenso m’mbuyo,” akutero.

Inde, munthu aliyense ndi wosiyana. Ngakhale kuti lingaliro la Allyn lidamupangitsa kuti asamayende bwino, njira yabwino kwambiri ndikutsatira malangizo owunikira khansa ya m'mawere ndikufunsana ndi dokotala pazomwe mungachite.

Allyn, yemwe kale anali wochita nawo mpikisano wa Miss America, akuvomereza kuti adadzudzulidwa chifukwa cha chisankho chake chofuna kuchitidwa opaleshoni. "Anthu [m'dera lamapikisano okongola] adakhumudwa kwambiri kuti ndikachitidwa opaleshoni ngati iyi," akutero. "Ndipo amuna anali kundilembera kuti, 'Mungayese bwanji kudula thupi lanu?"

Komabe, akuti zabwinozi zakula kwambiri kuposa zoyipazo. "Tsiku lililonse, ndimalandira uthenga wina wochokera kwa wina yemwe amati, 'Ndine wachichepere, sindimadziwa kuti nditha [kutenga njira yoteteza],' kapena ngakhale, 'Ndine wokalamba, ndipo ndinalibe kulimba mtima kuti ndichite; mukundipatsa chilimbikitso, '"amagawana nawo. "Ndikumva ngati ndiudindo wanga kugawana uthengawu."

Masiku ano, Allyn amafalitsa uthenga umenewu m’njira zosiyanasiyana. Kudzera mu kayendedwe ka #SelfExamGram, amathandizira azimayi kuti azimva kukhala otetezeka pochita mayeso owerengera m'mawere pawokha. "[Mayeso a m'mawere] amawoneka ngati ophweka, koma ndi funso lovuta kwambiri kuyankha: Kodi ndimadziyesa bwanji? Inde, mumakhudza mabere anu. Koma palibe amene akudziwa kuti masitepewo ndi chiyani, zoyenera kuchita. fufuzani, ndipo mukapeza chotupa, mutani?" akufotokoza. (Zokhudzana: Zizindikiro za 11 za Khansa ya M'mawere Mkazi Aliyense Ayenera Kudziwa)

Kuphatikiza pazomwe amalemba mwezi uliwonse, Allyn amakhalanso ndi nkhani ya Instagram yodziphunzitsira pakama, komanso zithunzi za azimayi ambiri omwe adawalimbikitsa kuti amutsatire ndikugawana nawo #SelfExamGram. "Ndili ndi anthu omwe amandilembera ngati, 'Chabwino, ndawona zolemba zanu ngati kasanu tsopano, kotero ndizichita, nanenso.' Ndipo ndiye mfundo yonse, "akutero Allyn. (BTW, nayi maphunziro athu momwe mungadziyesere pachifuwa.)

Cholinga cha Allyn ndikupatsa azimayi zinthu zomwe amalakalaka atakhala nazo akamamumanga minyewa komanso kumanganso mawere. "Ndikuganiza kuti pali mabungwe ambiri kunja kwa azimayi [achikulire] omwe akumenya khansa ya m'mawere," akufotokoza. "Koma [palibe zothandizira zambiri] kwa munthu yemwe ali ndi zaka za m'ma 20 ndikudutsamo." (Zomwe Ndinkafuna Ndikadadziwa Zokhudza Khansa Yam'mawere M'zaka Zanga Zam'ma 20)

Kuti akwaniritse cholinga chimenecho, Allyn tsopano akugwira ntchito ndi AirRS Foundation, bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe limagwirizana ndi madokotala, opereka chithandizo chamankhwala, ndi zipatala kuti apatse anthu chithandizo, chidziwitso, ndi zothandizira (zachuma ndi maphunziro) pambuyo pa- mastectomy kumanganso mawere. (Zogwirizana: Khansa ya m'mawere Ndizoopsa Pazachuma Palibe Amene Akunena)

Allyn posachedwapa adakhazikitsa tsamba lawebusayiti lotchedwa Previvor, chida chothandizira kwambiri azimayi komanso zisankho zawo zomangidwanso. Tsambali limapereka zothandiza kwambiri kwa azimayi achichepere omwe akufuna kumanganso mawere pambuyo pa mastectomy, kuphatikiza ma infographics ofotokoza mitundu yosiyanasiyana yamatenda a matumbo ndi njira yokonzanso mawere, zambiri zopezeka pakusintha kwa majini a BRCA ndi kuyesa majini, komanso malo olimbikitsira azimayi kuti "apeze fuko lawo "mwa mabungwe ena odziwa za khansa ya m'mawere.

"Ndidafuna kupanga Previvor china chomwe chingathandize anthu omwe ali nacho, 'O munthu sindingathe kuchita izi, izi ziwononga moyo wanga' [za mastectomy ndi kumanganso mawere]," akutero Allyn. "Ndikufuna kuti apite kukapeza chidziwitso ndikugwira ntchito pang'onopang'ono kuti adziwe zenizeni za opaleshoniyo."

Ndipo ngati ndinu munthu amene amangofuna kuphunzira kudziyesa yekha, Allyn ali ndi uthenga kwa inunso: "Musaope kulowa mu DM yanga."

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