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Usuku lweHlabathi loPhando ngoMhlaza wamabele

Ngomhla we-18 ka-Agasti Usuku lweHlabathi loPhando ngoMhlaza wamabele. Ngomhla we-18 ka-Agasti lusuku olumiselweyo ngenxa ye-1 kwabasetyhini be-8 kunye ne-1 kumadoda angama-833 abaza kufunyanwa benomdlavuza webele ebomini babo. I-12% eyothusayo yazo zonke iimeko kwihlabathi jikelele bafunyaniswa njengomhlaza wamabele. Ngokutsho kwe-American Cancer Society, i-akhawunti yomhlaza webele I-30% yazo zonke ii-cancer ezintsha zabasetyhini ngonyaka eUnited States. Kumadoda, bayaqikelela ukuba Ngama-2,800 amatyala amatsha omhlaza webele ohlaselayo ziya kufunyaniswa.

Namhlanje lusuku olubalulekileyo kum kuba ekupheleni kuka-1999, eneminyaka engama-35 ubudala, umama wam kwafunyaniswa ukuba unomhlaza webele weSigaba sesi-2016. Ndandingumntwana oneminyaka emithandathu ubudala owayengawuqondi wonke umda wezinto ezaziqhubeka kodwa kungekho mfuneko yokuba ndithethe; yayilidabi elinzima. Umama wam waphumelela umlo wakhe, kwaye ngelixa uninzi lwethu luyibalula ukuba ligorha elibalaseleyo, wathi lo nto yabangelwa kukufikelela kulingo lwezonyango ngelo xesha. Ngelishwa, ngo-2017 kwafunyaniswa ukuba unomhlaza we-ovarian, kwaye ngo-26, wawusele une-metastasized kuninzi lomzimba wakhe, kwaye ngoJanuwari 2018, 17, wasweleka. Nokuba ngeso sandla sibi kakhulu ebesenziwa, ebeya kuhlala engowokuqala ukuthetha ukuba uphando ngomhlaza, ngakumbi umhlaza wamabele, yinto ekufuneka siyibulele kwaye inyathelo ngalinye lophando kufuneka silibhiyozele. Ukuba bekungelulo uphando olwenziwayo ukuphuhlisa iimvavanyo zeklinikhi ebekwazile ukuzizama, ebengaqinisekanga ukuba umhlaza webele ebeya kuxola kwaye abe nethuba lokuphila eminye iminyaka eli-XNUMX nomhlaza uxolile. .

Ulingo lwezonyango umama akwaziyo ukuba yinxalenye yalo yayiyirejimeni eyayisetyenziswa carboplatin, iyeza elifunyenwe ngeminyaka yee-1970 kwaye lavunywa okokuqala yi-FDA ngo-1989. Ukubonisa indlela uphando olukhawulezayo olunokwenza ngayo umahluko, iminyaka elishumi emva kokuba ivunywe yi-FDA, umama wayeyinxalenye yolingo lwezonyango elisebenzisa. ICarboplatin iseyinxalenye ye zilingo ze kliniki namhlanje, elibonelela ngamathuba ophando kwabo bakhetha unyango olusebenzisa izilingo zonyango. Kukho zombini izinto ezilungileyo kunye nezingalunganga zokuthatha inxaxheba kolu vavanyo olufanele ukuqwalaselwa. Nangona kunjalo, banikezela ngesakhono sokuba uphando lwenziwe kunye nezinto ezintsha kunyango ziqhubele phambili.

Umhlaza wamabele ubusoloko ukho kwaye unokubonwa kude kube yi-3000 BC kwiminikelo eyenziwa ngabantu baseGrisi yakudala ngendlela yamabele ku-Asclepius, uthixo weyeza. Hippocrates, obonwa njengoyise wamayeza aseNtshona, wacebisa ukuba sisifo senkqubo, kwaye ingcamango yakhe yahlala de kwaphakathi kwiminyaka yee-1700 xa uHenri Le Dran, ugqirha ongumFrentshi, wacebisa ukuba ukususwa ngotyando kunokunyanga umhlaza wamabele. Uluvo olungazange luvavanywe de kwasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1800 xa kwenziwa i-mastectomy yokuqala, kwaye ngelixa isebenza ngokuphakathi, yashiya izigulane ezinomgangatho ophantsi wobomi. Ngowe-1898 uMarie noPierre Curie bafumanisa iradioactive element radium, yaye kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, yayisetyenziselwa ukunyanga umhlaza, isandulela sechemotherapy yale mihla. Malunga neminyaka engama-50 kamva, ngeminyaka yee-1930, unyango lwaba nobuchule ngakumbi, yaye oogqirha baqalisa ukusebenzisa imitha yemitha ekujoliswe kuyo zidityaniswe notyando ukunceda ukunika abaguli ubomi obungcono. Inkqubela phambili iqhubekile ukusuka apho yakhokelela kunyango olujolise ngakumbi kunye noluntsokothileyo esinalo namhlanje, olufana nemitha, ichemotherapy, kwaye iqhelekile, emithanjeni kunye nefomu yepilisi.

Kule mihla, enye yeendlela eziqhelekileyo kwabo banembali yosapho lomhlaza wamabele kuvavanyo lwemfuzo ukubona ukuba kukho utshintsho oluthile lwemfuzo kuwe. Ezi zofuzo ngumhlaza webele 1 (BRCA1) kunye nomhlaza wamabele 2 (BRCA2), nto leyo enceda ngokubanzi ekuthinteleni ekubeni ufumane imihlaza ethile. Nangona kunjalo, xa benoguquko olubagcina kuqhaqho oluqhelekileyo, basemngciphekweni wokufumana umhlaza othile, umhlaza webele kunye nomhlaza wesibeleko. Ukujonga emva kuhambo lukamama kunye nalo, wayengomnye wabantu abangenathamsanqa abangazange babonakalise utshintsho kuvavanyo lwakhe lwemfuza, eyayibuhlungu ngokwazi ukuba akukho zimpawu zento emenze wachaphazeleka kakhulu kumhlaza webele kunye nowomhlaza wesibeleko. . Ngandlel’ ithile, wafumana ithemba, nangona kunjalo, ubukhulu becala kuba oko kwakuthetha ukuba sobabini nomntakwethu sasisengozini encinane yokuluthwala ngokwethu olu tshintsho.

Enoba uyindoda okanye ulibhinqa, kubalulekile ukuzazi iingozi ezibangelwa ngumhlaza wamabele, yaye elona cebiso libalulekileyo kukuba ungatsibi ukuya kuxilongo; ukuba kukho into engalunganga, thetha nogqirha wakho ngayo. Uphando lomhlaza luhlala luvela, kodwa kufanelekile ukukhumbula ukuba senze inkqubela ngexesha elifutshane. Umhlaza wamabele kusenokwenzeka ukuba uchaphazele uninzi lwethu ngokuthe ngqo ngokufunyaniswa, ilungu losapho ngokufunyaniswa, abanye abantu esibathandayo, okanye abahlobo. Into endincedayo xa ndicinga ngomhlaza wamabele kukuba kusoloko kukho into enokuba nethemba ngayo. Uphando lwenze inkqubela phambili kakhulu apho lukhoyo ngoku. Ayiyi kumka ngokwayo. Ngethamsanqa, siphila kwixesha leengqondo ezikrelekrele kunye nenkqubela phambili yetekhnoloji evumela uphando ukuba lwenze amanyathelo abalulekileyo, njengoko luhlala luxhaswa ngemali kuluntu. Cinga ngokufumana unobangela ohambelana nawe ukuba unikele kuwo.

Umama wayesoloko ebhiyozela ukuba lixhoba lomhlaza webele. Nangona umhlaza wakhe wesibeleko wawungoyena wayengenako ukuwoyisa, ndisakhetha ukumbona ngolo hlobo. Kungekudala emva kokuba ndineminyaka eli-18 ubudala, ndafumana umvambo esihlahleni sam ukubhiyozela uloyiso lwakhe, kwaye ngelixa ehambile ngoku, ndisakhetha ukujonga le tattoo kwaye ndibhiyozele ixesha elongezelelweyo esinalo lokwenza iinkumbulo kwaye ndiqinisekise ukuba ndiyamzukisa umntu yaba.