E Kii

"Ua mālama ʻo Bob Dole i koʻu ola."

ʻO ia nā ʻōlelo a koʻu kupuna kāne i ʻōlelo pinepine ai i ka makahiki '90. ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole kēia i manaʻo ʻia he pou kālaiʻāina. Noho ko'u kupunakane ma ke kuaaina o Kansas a lohe i ka ʻōlelo a Bob Dole e haʻi nei i nā kāne: e nānā i kāu prostate.

Lawe koʻu kupuna kāne i kāna ʻōlelo aʻo a hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa me kāna kauka. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu i nā kikoʻī āpau (i kēlā makahiki, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu i nā nuances o nā maʻi a me ke kumu o ia mea), akā ʻo ka mea nui, ua nānā koʻu kupuna kāne i kāna prostate, a ʻike ʻo ia he kiʻekiʻe kona pae PSA. . Ua alakaʻi ʻia kēia ma hope aku i ka lono ua loaʻa koʻu kupuna kāne i ka maʻi prostate.

Ke lohe au i ka PSA, manaʻo wau i ka hoʻolaha lawelawe aupuni. Akā ʻaʻole ia ka PSA a mākou e kamaʻilio nei ma aneʻi. Wahi a cancer.gov, PSA, a i ʻole prostate-specific antigen, he protein i hana ʻia e nā sela maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole o ka prostate. Ana ʻia ka pae ma o ka hoʻāʻo koko maʻalahi, a ʻo ka helu kiʻekiʻe ma waena o 4 a me 10 hiki ke manaʻo he pilikia. He mea liʻiliʻi paha kēia e like me ka prostate nui a i ʻole ka nui e like me ka maʻi prostate. ʻAʻole like nā helu kiʻekiʻe i ka maʻi kanesa, akā manaʻo lākou he pilikia paha. Pono kēia e mālama hou a kūkākūkā me kāu kauka. Ua hele koʻu kupuna kāne i kēlā ala a loaʻa koke ka lāʻau lapaʻau.

Mahalo i ka poʻe e like me Bob Dole nāna i hoʻohana i kona kūlana ma Kansas e hoʻolaha i ka ʻōlelo no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana a kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā pilikia olakino o nā kāne, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāne (a me nā wahine) i lohe i kekahi mea a lākou i lohe ʻole ai a hiki i ka wā lōʻihi. No laila, e hoʻolaha kākou a pau a nānā!

E hoʻomaopopo ':

https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/psa-fact-sheet