Momwe Kukhala Wothamanga wa Olimpiki Kunandikonzekeretsa Kulimbana ndi Khansa ya Ovarian

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• Kupezeka ndi Khansa ya Ovarian
• Momwe Zomwe Ndinaphunzirira Monga Mpikisano Zandithandizira Kuchira
• Kulimbana ndi Zotsatira za Khansa
• Momwe Ndikuyembekeza Kupatsa Mphamvu Ena Opulumuka Khansa
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Munali 2011 ndipo ndinali ndi tsiku limodzi lomwe ngakhale khofi wanga amafunikira khofi. Pakati pa kupsinjika ndi ntchito ndi kuyang'anira mwana wanga wa chaka chimodzi, ndinkaona ngati palibe njira yomwe ndingapezere nthawi yanga ya pachaka ya ob-gyn yomwe inakonzedwa pambuyo pake sabata. Osanenapo, ndinamva bwino. Ndinali katswiri wochita masewera olimbitsa thupi amene anapambana pa Olympic amene anapambana pa ntchito, ndinkachita masewera olimbitsa thupi nthawi zonse, ndipo sindinkaona kuti vuto langa linali vuto lililonse.

Chifukwa chake, ndidayimbira ofesi ya adokotala ndikuyembekeza kukonzanso nthawi yomwe ndidzasungidwe. Kudziona kuti ndine wolakwa mwadzidzidzi kunandigwera ndipo wolandirayo atabwerera pafoni, m'malo mongokakamiza kuti abwerere, ndinamufunsa ngati ndingatenge nthawi yoyamba kupezeka. Unali m’maŵa womwewo, motero ndikuyembekeza kuti zikanandithandiza kuti ndisayambe sabata yanga, ndinakwera m’galimoto yanga n’kulingalira zochotsa cheke.

Kupezeka ndi Khansa ya Ovarian

Tsiku lomwelo, dokotala wanga adapeza kansalu kakang'ono ka baseball pachimodzi mwa mazira anga. Sindinakhulupirire chifukwa ndimakhala wathanzi labwino. Ndikayang'ana m'mbuyo, ndidazindikira kuti ndidachepetsa mwadzidzidzi, koma ndidati chifukwa choti ndidasiya kuyamwitsa mwana wanga. Ndikadakhalanso ndi zilonda zam'mimba ndimatumbo, koma palibe chomwe chimamvanso nkhawa.

Kusokonezeka koyambirira kutangotha, ndinayenera kuyamba kufufuza. (Zokhudzana: Mkazi Uyu Adazindikira Kuti Ali Ndi Khansa ya Ovarian Pomwe Akuyesera Kukhala Ndi Pakati)

Kwa milungu ingapo yotsatira, ndidalowa mwadzidzidzi mayesedwe ndi ma scan. Ngakhale palibe mayeso enieni a khansa ya ovarian dokotala wanga amayesa kuchepetsa vutoli. Za ine, zinalibe kanthu… ndinkangokhala wamantha. Gawo loyambirira "dikirani ndikuwonetsetsa" laulendo wanga linali limodzi mwamavuto kwambiri (ngakhale zonse ndizovuta).

Kumeneku ndinakhala katswiri wothamanga kwa mbali yabwino ya moyo wanga. Ndinali nditagwiritsa ntchito thupi langa ngati chida kuti ndikhale wopambana padziko lonse lapansi, komabe sindimadziwa kuti izi zikuchitika? Ndikanadziwa bwanji kuti pali vuto? Mwadzidzidzi ndinamva kulephera kwa ulamuliro kumene kunandipangitsa kudzimva wopanda thandizo ndi wogonjetsedwa

Momwe Zomwe Ndinaphunzirira Monga Mpikisano Zandithandizira Kuchira

Pambuyo pa pafupifupi milungu inayi yakuyezetsa, ndinatumizidwa kwa dokotala wa oncologist yemwe anayang'ana ultrasound yanga ndipo nthawi yomweyo anandikonzera opaleshoni kuti ndichotse chotupacho. Ndimakumbukira bwino lomwe ndikupita kuchipatala osadziwa kuti ndidzadzuka kuti. Zinali zabwino? Zankhanza? Kodi mwana wanga adzakhala ndi amayi? Zinali zochuluka kwambiri kuti zitheke.

Ndinadzuka ndi nkhani zosakanikirana. Inde, inali khansa, khansa yosawerengeka kwambiri. Nkhani yabwino; iwo anali atazigwira izo molawirira.

Nditachira paopareshoni, gawo lawo lotsatira la mankhwala anga linayamba. Chemotherapy. Ndikuganiza nthawi imeneyo china chake m'malingaliro chidasintha. Mwadzidzidzi ndinachoka kumalingaliro anga ozunzidwa kupita komwe zonse zinkandichitikira, kubwerera ku malingaliro ampikisano omwe ndinkadziwa bwino monga wothamanga. Tsopano ndinali ndi cholinga. Sindingathe kudziwa komwe ndingapite koma ndimadziwa zomwe ndingadzuke ndikuyang'ana tsiku lililonse. Osachepera ndinadziwa chomwe chinali mtsogolo, ndinadziuza ndekha. (Zogwirizana: Chifukwa Palibe Womwe Akukamba Za Khansa ya Ovarian)

Moyo wanga unayesedwanso pamene chemotherapy idayamba. Chotupa changa chinali chowopsa kwambiri kuposa momwe amaganizira poyamba. Kungakhale mtundu wovuta kwambiri wa chemotherapy. Wanga oncologist adazitcha, 'hit it hard, hit it mwachangu'

Chithandizocho chinaperekedwa masiku asanu sabata yoyamba, kamodzi kamodzi pa sabata pazaka ziwiri zotsatira kwa magawo atatu. Zonsezi, ndinalandira chithandizo chamankhwala katatu mkati mwa milungu isanu ndi inayi. Imeneyi inali njira yovuta kwenikweni ndi maakaunti onse.

Tsiku lililonse ndimadzuka ndikudzilankhulira, ndikudzikumbutsa kuti ndinali ndi mphamvu zokwanira kuthana ndi izi. Ndiwo malingaliro olankhula a m'chipinda cha locker. Thupi langa limatha kuchita zinthu zazikulu” “Mutha kuchita izi” “Muyenera kuchita izi”. Panali nthawi ina m’moyo wanga pamene ndinali kugwira ntchito maola 30-40 pamlungu, ndikuphunzitsidwa kuimira dziko langa pa Masewera a Olimpiki. Koma ngakhale pamenepo, sindinamve kukhala wokonzeka kuthana ndi vuto lomwe linali chemo. Ndidakwanitsa sabata yoyamba kulandira chithandizo, ndipo chinali chinthu chovuta kwambiri chomwe ndidachitapo m'moyo wanga. (Zokhudzana: Mwana Wazaka 2 Uyu Anapezeka Ndi Mtundu Wosowa wa Khansa ya Ovarian)

Sindinathe kusunga chakudya kapena madzi. Ndinalibe mphamvu. Posakhalitsa, chifukwa cha matenda a mitsempha m'manja mwanga, sindinathe ngakhale kutsegula botolo lamadzi ndekha. Kuyambira kukhala pamipiringidzo yolingana m'moyo wanga wabwino, kuyesetsa kupotokola chipewa, zidandikhuza kwambiri m'maganizo ndipo zidandikakamiza kuti ndidziwe zenizeni zanga.

Nthawi zonse ndimayang'ana momwe ndimakhalira. Ndidabwereranso ku maphunziro ambiri omwe ndidaphunzira pa masewera olimbitsa thupi, chofunikira kwambiri kukhala lingaliro logwirira ntchito limodzi. Ndinali ndi gulu lachipatala lodabwitsa ili, abale, ndi anzanga akundithandiza, kotero ndimayenera kugwiritsa ntchito gululo komanso kukhala nawo. Izi zikutanthauza kuchita chinthu chomwe chinali chovuta kwambiri kwa ine komanso chovuta kwa amayi ambiri: kuvomereza ndi kupempha thandizo. (Zokhudzana: Mavuto a Gynecological 4 Simukuyenera Kuwanyalanyaza)

Chotsatira, ndinayenera kukhazikitsa zolinga-zolinga zomwe sizinali zazikulu. Sikuti cholinga chilichonse chiyenera kukhala chachikulu ngati Olimpiki. Zolinga zanga pa chemo zinali zosiyana kwambiri, komabe zinali zolinga zolimba. Masiku ena, kupambana kwanga patsikuli kunali kungoyenda mozungulira tebulo langa lodyera… kawiri. Masiku ena anali kusunga kapu imodzi yamadzi kapena kuvala. Kukhazikitsa zolinga zosavuta, zofikirika zimenezo kunakhala maziko a kuchira kwanga. (Zokhudzana: Kusintha Kwamatenda a Cancer Survivor Ndiko Kudzoza Kokha Kumene Mukufuna)

Pomaliza, ndinayenera kuvomereza malingaliro anga momwe anali. Poganizira zonse zomwe thupi langa linkakumana nalo, ndimayenera kudzikumbutsa kuti zinali bwino ngati sindikhala ndi chiyembekezo nthawi zonse. Zinali zabwino kuchita phwando lachifundo ngati ndingafunike. Zinali bwino kulira. Koma kenako, ndinayenera kubzala mapazi anga ndikuganiza za momwe ndingapitirire patsogolo, ngakhale zitatanthauza kugwa kangapo panjira.

Kulimbana ndi Zotsatira za Khansa

Nditalandira chithandizo kwa milungu isanu ndi inayi, anandiuza kuti ndilibe khansa.

Ngakhale zovuta za chemo, ndimadziwa kuti ndinali ndi mwayi kupulumuka. Makamaka poganizira khansa ya m'mawere ndi yachisanu yomwe imayambitsa imfa ya khansa mwa amayi. Ndinadziwa kuti ndapambana ndipo ndinapita kunyumba ndikuganiza kuti ndidzuka tsiku lotsatira ndikumva bwino, ndikukhala wamphamvu komanso wokonzeka kupitiriza. Dokotala wanga anandichenjeza kuti zikananditengera miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kufikira chaka kuti ndidzimvenso ngati inenso. Komabe, ine pokhala ine, ndinaganiza, “O, ine ndikhoza kufika kumeneko mu miyezi itatu.” Mosafunikira kunena, ndinali kulakwitsa. (Zokhudzana: Influencer Elly Mayday Amwalira ndi Ovarian Cancer-Madokotala Atangomuchotsa Zizindikiro Zake)

Pali malingaliro olakwika akuluwa, obweretsedwa ndi anthu ndi ife eni, kuti mukakhala mukukhululukidwa kapena 'opanda khansa' moyo upitilira mwachangu monga zidalili matendawa asanachitike, koma sichoncho. Nthawi zambiri mumapita kunyumba mutalandira chithandizo, mutakhala ndi gulu lonse la anthu, pomwepo nanu pomwe mumamenya nkhondo yotopetsa iyi, kuti chichirikizo chiwonongeke pafupifupi usiku wonse. Ndimamva ngati ndiyenera kukhala 100%, ngati si ine, ndiye kwa ena. Iwo anali akulimbana ndi ine. Mwadzidzidzi ndinayamba kumva kuti ndili ndekha, mofanana ndi mmene ndinkamvera ndikapuma pa masewera olimbitsa thupi. Mwadzidzidzi sindinapite kumasewera anga okhazikika, sindinakhale ndi gulu langa nthawi zonse - zitha kukhala zodzipatula.

Zinanditengera chaka chathunthu kuti ndidutse tsiku lonse osachita nseru kapena kutopa kwambiri. Ndimalongosola kuti ndikudzuka kumverera ngati chiwalo chilichonse chimalemera 1000 lbs. Mumagona pamenepo mukuyesa kudziwa momwe mungakhalire ndi mphamvu zoyimirira. Kukhala wothamanga kunandiphunzitsa momwe ndingagwirizanitse ndi thupi langa, ndipo nkhondo yanga ndi khansa inangowonjezera kumvetsetsa kumeneko. Ngakhale kuti thanzi linali lofunika kwambiri kwa ine nthaŵi zonse, chaka chotsatira chithandizo chinapangitsa kuti thanzi langa likhale lofunika kwambiri.

Ndinazindikira kuti ngati sindinadzisamalire ndekha; ndikanapanda kusamalitsa thupi langa m’njira zoyenerera, sindikanatha kukhala ndi banja langa, ana anga, ndi onse amene amadalira ine. Izi zisanatanthauze kuti ndizikhala ndikupita ndikukankhira thupi langa kumapeto, koma tsopano, izi zidatanthauza kupuma ndikupuma. (Zogwirizana: Ndine Wopulumuka Khansa Kane-Nthawi komanso Wothamanga ku United States)

Ndinaphunzira kuti ngati ndiyenera kupuma moyo wanga kuti ndigone, ndi zomwe ndiyenera kuchita. Ndikadapanda mphamvu zodutsa maimelo miliyoni kapena kuchapandipo mbale, ndiye zonse zinali kuyembekezera mpaka tsiku lotsatira-ndipo zinali bwino.

Kukhala wothamanga wapadziko lonse lapansi sikumakulepheretsani kukumana ndi zovuta pamasewera. Koma ndinadziwanso kuti kungoti sindimaphunzitsa golide, sizitanthauza kuti sindimaphunzitsa. M'malo mwake, ndinali ndikuphunzira moyo wanga wonse! Nditatha khansa, sindinadziwe kuti thanzi langa ndi lofunika kwambiri komanso kuti kumvera thupi langa kunali kofunika kwambiri. Ndilidziwa bwino thupi langa kuposa wina aliyense. Chifukwa chake ndikamva kuti china chake sichili bwino ndiyenera kukhala ndichidaliro kuvomereza izi osadzimva kukhala wofooka kapena kuti ndikudandaula.

Momwe Ndikuyembekeza Kupatsa Mphamvu Ena Opulumuka Khansa

Kusintha ku 'dziko lenileni' potsatira chithandizo chinali vuto lomwe sindinalikonzekere-ndipo ndinazindikira kuti izi ndizowona kwa anthu ena omwe adapulumuka khansa. Ndizomwe zidandilimbikitsa kuti ndikhale wochirikiza khansa ya ovari kudzera mu pulogalamu yathu ya Way Way Forward, yomwe imathandizira amayi ena kudziwa zambiri zamatenda awo ndi zomwe angasankhe akamalandira chithandizo, kukhululukidwa, ndikupeza zachilendo zawo.

Ndimalankhula ndi opulumuka ambiri mdziko lonseli, ndipo gawo lotsatira chithandizo chokhala ndi khansa ndi lomwe amalimbana nalo kwambiri. Tiyenera kukhala ndi zochulukirapo zakulankhulana, kukambirana, ndi kumverera kwa anthu ammudzi pamene tikubwerera m'miyoyo yathu kuti tidziwe kuti sitiri tokha. Kupanga izi zaubale zomwe takumana nazo kudzera mu Njira Yathu Yopita patsogolo zathandiza amayi ambiri kuchita nawo ndikuphunzira kuchokera kwa wina ndi mnzake. (Zokhudzana: Amayi Akutembenukira Ku Zolimbitsa Thupi Kuti Athandizenso Kubwezeretsa Matupi Awo Atatha Khansa)

Ngakhale kuti nkhondo ndi khansa ndi yakuthupi, nthawi zambiri, mbali yake yamaganizo imafooka. Pamwamba pakuphunzira kusintha kuti mukhale ndi moyo pambuyo pa khansa, mantha obwerezabwereza ndiwopanikizika kwenikweni komwe sikumakambidwa pafupipafupi. Monga wopulumuka khansa, moyo wanu wonse mumathera kubwerera ku ofesi ya adokotala kukalandilidwa ndikukawunika-ndipo nthawi iliyonse, simungachitire mwina koma kuda nkhawa kuti: "Bwanji ngati yabwerera?" Kukhala wokhoza kulankhula za manthawo ndi ena omwe amafotokoza ayenera kukhala gawo lofunikira kwambiri paulendo wa wopulumuka khansa.

Pokhala poyera za nkhani yanga, ndikuyembekeza kuti akazi adzawona kuti ziribe kanthu kuti ndinu ndani, mukuchokera kuti, ndi mendulo zingati za golidi zomwe mwapambana-khansa sichisamala. Ndikukulimbikitsani kuti muyike patsogolo thanzi lanu, kupita kukayezetsa thanzi lanu, kumvetsera thupi lanu osadzimva kuti ndinu olakwa. Palibe cholakwika ndikupanga thanzi lanu kukhala patsogolo ndikukhala wothandizira wanu chifukwa, kumapeto kwa tsiku, palibe amene angachite bwino!

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