Owerenga 'Skin Cancer Stories

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Sue Stigler, Las Vegas, Nev.

Anandipeza ndi khansa ya m'mimba mu July 2004 ndili ndi pakati ndi miyezi iwiri ya mwana wanga. "Mngelo wondisamalira," mnzanga Lori, adandikakamiza kuti ndikaonane ndi dermatologist nditawona mole yosakhazikika kudzanja langa lamanja. Ndinali ndi vuto ili kwa nthawi yayitali momwe ndikukumbukira. Ndinalitcha kuti "gulugufe" wanga, chifukwa anali ngati gulugufe wamng'ono. Zinali zakuda pang'ono kuposa khungu langa, ndipo sizinawoneke ngati zithunzi zomwe ndawonapo za melanoma. Panthaŵi yomwe anandipeza ndi matenda anga, ine ndi Lori tinali ndi ana aakazi azaka 4 m'kalasi limodzi lovina. Tinkakhala m’chipinda cholandirira alendo n’kumacheza m’kalasi lawo. Tsiku lina m’maŵa, Lori anandifunsa za kansalu kamene kanali pamkono wanga, ponena kuti anapezeka ndi melanoma zaka zingapo m’mbuyomo. Ndinavomereza kuti sindinayesedwe ndipo anandiuza kuti ndimuimbire dokotala mwamsanga. Sabata yotsatira, adandifunsa ngati ndidayimbira dermatologist. Panthawiyo ndinali ndi pakati miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, ndipo sindinkafuna kuti ndizivutika ndikufunsidwanso. M'masabata otsatira adandipatsa khadi la adotolo, ndipo adandifunsanso kuti ndipangane. Sabata yotsatira, nditamuwuza kuti sindinaimbebe foni, adayimba foniyo ndikundipatsa wolandila! Pomwe ndidasankhidwa, dermatologist idayitanitsa OB wanga kuti andilole kuti ndichotse mole - patadutsa sabata imodzi ndidalandira uthenga woti ndili ndi khansa yapakhungu yoyipa ndipo ndikufunika kuchitidwa opareshoni yowonjezerapo kuti ndionetsetse kuchepa kwa maselo onse a khansa. Kumeneko ndinali, ndili ndi pakati pa miyezi isanu ndi iwiri ndikuuzidwa kuti ndinali ndi khansa. Kuyang'ana m'mbuyo, sizosadabwitsa. Ndinali mulungu wa dzuŵa amene nthaŵi zambiri za unyamata wanga ndinkakhala m’mphepete mwa nyanja ataphimbidwa ndi mafuta a ana kapena kupita ku bedi lotenthetsa khungu. Tsopano ndimawona oncologist wanga ndi dermatologist pafupipafupi ndipo ndimakhala ndi ma x-ray pachifuwa chaka chilichonse kuti ndizibweranso molawirira. Ndili wokondwa kwambiri chifukwa cha mngelo wanga "wankhanza" - ayenera kuti adapulumutsa moyo wanga.

Kimberly Arzberger, Puyallup, Wash.

Ndikufuna kugawana nawo nkhani yolimbikitsa ya khansa yapakhungu ya mwana wathu wamkazi Kim. Pa Khrisimasi mu 1997 iye ndi banja lake anabwera kudzationa kuchokera ku Seattle, Wash. Tsiku lina m'mawa ine ndi Kim tinkakambirana zinthu zina pamene ananena mongoyembekezera kuti akufuna kundionetsa kachidutswa kakang'ono pamsana pake. Ndinakhumudwitsidwa ndimomwe zimawonekera zakuda komanso zoyipa, ndipo ngakhale sindimadziwa zambiri zazing'ono kapena khansa yapakhungu, zake sizinkawoneka bwino kwa ine. Anandiuza kuti adotolo ake ku Seattle adaziyang'ana ndikuganiza kuti sichinthu chodetsa nkhawa, koma ndidamuuza Kim kuti ndichichotsabe chifukwa zidakwezedwa ndipo ndimatha kuvala zovala zake. Atabwerera ku Seattle, Kim sanapange nthawi yokumana ndi dermatologist mpaka OB/GYN wake atawona mole ndikumuuza kuti awonane ndi dermatologist nthawi yomweyo. Kim anapezeka ndi melanoma, ndipo mayesero enanso anasonyeza kuti anali mu gawo III. Mu Epulo wa 1998 adachotsedwa ma lymph node kumanja kwake. Tinalipo pomwe anachitidwa opaleshoni, ndipo ndipamene ine ndi amuna anga tinazindikira kuti khansa ya khansa inali yayikulu bwanji. Sitinadziwe kuti mutha kufa ndi khansa yapakhungu. Inali nthawi yovuta kwambiri kubanja lathu. Atalandira chithandizo chamankhwala ena, adachira ndipo adatha kubwerera kuntchito. Amamuwona dermatologist pafupipafupi, ndipo zakhala zaka zisanu ndi zinayi kuyambira pomwe amupeza ndipo sanabadwenso. Timamva kuti Mulungu wamudalitsa ndikumuchiritsa thupi. Amamuthokoza tsiku lililonse kuti ali moyo ndipo amatha kusangalala ndi moyo wake komanso banja lake.

Tina Scozzaro, West Hills, California.

Mwana wanga wamkazi wazaka 20, Shawna, anapulumutsa moyo wanga. Tinali kupumula, miyendo yanga idadutsa pamwendo pake, pomwe adawona mole pamiyendo panga. Iye anati, "Mole iyo siikuwoneka bwino, iwe uyenera kuyang'anitsitsa iyo, Amayi." Pafupifupi mwezi umodzi pambuyo pake adandifunsa ngati ndinapangana (zomwe sindinali nazo). Anakwiya ndipo anandiuza kuti ndipange chimodzi tsiku limenelo. Pamapeto pake ndinatero, ndipo anandipeza ndi khansa ya pakhungu ndili ndi zaka 41. Ndinafunika kuchitidwa opareshoni yochekera kwambiri, yomwe inali ndi kulumikiza khungu kowawa kwambiri, komanso chidutswa chazomwe ndimamva m'mimba mwanga. Panopa ndili ndi 2" chilonda chonga crater pa mwendo wanga wakumunsi komanso chilonda cha pakhungu, koma ndi mtengo wochepa wolipirira moyo wanga. Ndili moyo lero chifukwa Shawna anali wolimbikira ndipo anandipangitsa kuti ndipite kwa dokotala. khanda!

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