Nkhani Zoona: Khansa ya Prostate

Zamkati

• Chitani kafukufuku wanu
• Pezani chithandizo chomwe chikukuyenererani
• Osataya mtima ngati khansara ibwerera

Chaka chilichonse, amuna oposa 180,000 ku United States amapezeka ndi khansa ya prostate. Ngakhale ulendo wa khansa wamwamuna aliyense ndi wosiyana, pali phindu podziwa zomwe amuna ena adutsamo.

Werengani zomwe amuna atatu osiyana adachita atazindikira za matenda awowo komanso zomwe aphunzira ali nawo.

Chitani kafukufuku wanu

Chidwi cha Ron Lewen pa intaneti komanso kafukufuku adalipira atazindikira kuti ali ndi khansa ya prostate. "Ndine wanzeru kwambiri, chifukwa chake ndidangofufuza zovutazi," akutero.

Lewen, yemwe anali kulandira zowunikira za prostate-specific antigen (PSA) kuyambira ali ndi zaka 50, adazindikira mu Januware 2012 kuti milingo yake ya PSA inali yayikulu kuposa yachibadwa. "Iwo anali atadutsa pang'ono pomwe dokotala wanga anali womasuka, chifukwa chake adandiuza kuti ndimwe mankhwala opha tizilombo ngati atakhala ndi matenda. Ndinayenera kuyesanso milungu ingapo pambuyo pake. ” Zotsatira zake: Ma PSA ake anali atakweranso. Dokotala wamkulu wa Lewen adamutumiza kwa urologist yemwe adachita mayeso a digito ndi ma biopsy pa prostate yake. Pofika mwezi wa Marichi, adamupeza ndi khansa. "Magulu anga a Gleason anali ochepa, ndiye tidawapeza mwachangu," akutero.

Ndi pamene maluso a Lewen pa intaneti adalipira. Anayamba kufufuza njira zake zamankhwala. Chifukwa amayeza mapaundi 380, maopareshoni achikhalidwe sankagwira ntchito. Katswiri wa ma radiation adalimbikitsa mtundu wa radiation kapena brachytherapy, mankhwala omwe mbewu za radioactive zimayikidwa mu prostate kupha ma cell a khansa. "Zosankha izi zikadakhala zabwino, koma ndidapitilizabe kuwerenga za mankhwala a proton," akutero.

Ndi chidwi chofunidwa, Lewen adapita kuchipatala. Palibe malo ambiri ochiritsira ma proton ku United States, koma imodzi idangokhala mphindi 15 kuchokera kunyumba ya Lewen ku Batavia, Illinois. Paulendo wake woyamba, adakumana ndi madokotala, manesi, othandizira ma radiation, ndi ma dosimetrists. Iye anati: “Ankachita zonse zomwe angathe kuti andisangalatse.

Atatha kukambirana ndi mkazi wake ndikuwunika zovuta zonse zamankhwala osiyanasiyana, Lewen adaganiza zogwiritsa ntchito mankhwala a proton kuchiza khansa yake ya prostate. Pazithandizo zamtunduwu, madokotala amaika chibaluni chaching'ono mu rectum kuti akweze prostate kuti radiation ipite ku prostate osakhudza ziwalo zina zapafupi.

Anamaliza mankhwala ake a proton mu Ogasiti 2012 ndipo adayesedwa PSA miyezi itatu iliyonse chaka choyamba. Kuyambira pamenepo, amapita kukaonana ndi adokotala chaka chilichonse. Ponseponse, a Lewen akuti, sakanakhoza kufunsa chithandizo chabwinoko. "Ndi zovuta zochepa zomwe ndidakumana nazo chifukwa chothandizidwa sizomwe zidandilepheretsa kugwira ntchito kapena kukhala ndi moyo wabwinobwino," akutero.

"Chimodzi mwazinthu zabwino kwambiri zamankhwala masiku ano ndikuti tili ndi zosankha zambiri, koma chimodzi mwazinthu zoyipa kwambiri ndikuti tili ndi zosankha zambiri," akutero. "Zitha kukhala zovuta, koma ndikofunikira kumvetsetsa zomwe mungasankhe. Mwina ndidayankhula ndi anthu osiyanasiyana 20 ndikufufuza, koma zidandithandiza kupanga chisankho chabwino pamapeto pake. ”

Pezani chithandizo chomwe chikukuyenererani

Hank Curry samatenga moyo kugona pansi. Amakoka udzu ndikupikisana nawo pamipikisano. Chifukwa chake pomwe wokhala ku Gardnerville, Nevada adapezeka kuti ali ndi khansa ya prostate mu Disembala 2011, adachitanso chimodzimodzi polimbana ndi khansa.

Madokotala a Curry adamulimbikitsa kuti achite opaleshoni. Kupatula apo, khansayo inali itapita kale. Atamupima, madokotala adayang'ana malo 16 pa prostate ngati ali ndi khansa. Onse 16 adabwerako ali ndi chiyembekezo. "Adati akumva kuti pali mwayi woti khansa idafalikira kuchokera ku prostate komanso kulowa m'mimba mwanga. Adandiuza kuti titha kuchotsa, koma palibe chitsimikizo kuti apeza zonse, ”akutero. "Ngati mukumana ndi zovuta komanso opareshoni komanso kuwawa kochitidwa opaleshoniyo ndipo mwina sikungathetse khansa, ndidazindikira kuti sichinali opaleshoni yanga."

M'malo mwake, Curry adakhala ndi radiation ya masabata asanu ndi anayi, masiku asanu pa sabata. Kenako adalandira jakisoni wa Lupron (wamkazi) kuti thupi lake lisatulutse testosterone yomwe ingayambitse khansa yake. Anayamba kulandira chithandizo chake mu Januware 2012 ndipo adamaliza miyezi isanu ndi itatu mu Ogasiti.

Panthawi yamankhwala ake, Curry adakhalabe ndi thanzi labwino, amadya bwino, ndikuyesera kuti thupi lake likhale labwino. Izi zidamuthandiza kuti apezenso mphamvu ndikupitiliza kukweza udzu. "Sindikumva ngati ndine wopusa kapena chilichonse."

Osataya mtima ngati khansara ibwerera

Alfred Diggs atapezeka kuti ali ndi khansa ali ndi zaka 55, adasankha kukhala ndi prostatectomy yayikulu. "Ndidalibe zisonyezo zilizonse zokhudzana ndi khansa ya prostate, koma ndimakhala ndikupeza ma PSA kwa nthawi yayitali," akutero wamankhwala wakale komanso wothandizira zaumoyo ku Concord, California. Monga African-American, Diggs ankadziwa kuti mwayi wake wa khansa unali wapamwamba - monga momwe ungabwerere.

Iye anati: "PSA yanga idapitilira kawiri chaka chimodzi, ndipo kafukufuku wofufuza kafukufuku adawonetsa kuti ndinali ndi khansa ya prostate m'magawo angapo a prostate." "Ukadaulo watsopano udalipo, koma ayenera kukhala atakhala zaka zosachepera 10 ndisanachite izi."

"Nditachitidwa opaleshoni, ndinali ndi miyezi itatu kapena inayi yokhudzana ndi mkodzo - koma sizachilendo," akutero. Diggs analinso ndi vuto la erectile chifukwa chothandizidwa, koma adatha kuchiza ndi mankhwala.

Analibe zizindikiro kwa zaka 11 zotsatira, koma khansayo idabwerera koyambirira kwa chaka cha 2011. "PSA yanga idayamba kukwera pang'onopang'ono, ndipo ngati muli ndi khansa yapawiri yabwinobwino, madokotala okha omwe ali ndi kachipatala ndi PSA yanu," akutero. "Ndidakumana ndi madotolo angapo, ndipo onse anandiuza chimodzimodzi - ndimafunikira radiation."

Diggs adalandira chithandizo cha radiation 35 kwamasabata asanu ndi awiri. Mu Okutobala 2011, adamalizidwa ndi radiation yake, ndipo manambala ake a PSA anali kubwerera mwakale.

Ndiye khansa ya prostate imabwerera bwanji pomwe kulibe Prostate? “Ngati khansa ya prostate ili kwathunthu mu prostate, ndi pafupifupi 100% yochiritsidwa. Ngati maselo a khansa alowa pabedi la prostate [minofu yozungulira prostate], pali mwayi kuti khansayo ibwererenso, "Diggs akuti.

"Khansa itabweranso, sinali yoyipa m'maganizo," akutero. "Sizinakhudze momwemonso. Ndimangoganiza kuti 'Apa ndiye tayambanso!' ”

Mukapeza matenda, Diggs akuwonetsa kuti mungawafikire amuna ena omwe adakumana ndi matendawa. "Mwachidule, angakuuzeni zinthu zomwe dokotala sangathe."