Ibafundi 'Amabali Omhlaza Wolusu

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Sue Stigler, eLas Vegas, eNev.

Ndafunyaniswa ndine-melanoma ngoJulayi 2004 xa ndandineenyanga ezisixhenxe ndikhulelwe unyana wam. "Ingelosi yam engumgcini," umhlobo wam uLori, wandinyanzela ukuba ndibone ugqirha wesikhumba emva kokubona imolekyuli engaqhelekanga kwingalo yam yasekunene. Ndandinayo le ntuku ixesha elide ndikhumbula. Ndayibiza ngokuba "yi-butterfly mole," kuba yayifana nebhabhathane elincinci. Bekumnyama nje kancinci kunolusu lwam, kwaye ibingajongi njengemifanekiso endiyibonileyo yemelanomas. Ngexesha lokuxilongwa kwam, mna noLori sasineentombi ezine-4 ubudala kwiklasi enye yomdaniso. Sasihlala kwigumbi lokungenisa kwaye sincokole ngexesha leklasi yabo. Ngenye intsasa, uLori wabuza ngentuku engalweni yam, esithi wafunyaniswa ukuba unemelanoma kwiminyaka embalwa ngaphambili. Ndavuma ukuba khange ndiyihlolisise kwaye wacebisa ukuba ndibize ugqirha wam ngokukhawuleza. Kwiveki elandelayo, wabuza ukuba ndibize ugqirha wesikhumba. Ngeli xesha ndandineenyanga ezintandathu ndikhulelwe, kwaye ndingafuni ukuzihlupha ngolunye uhlolo. Kwiiveki ezizayo wandinika ikhadi likagqirha, waphinda wandicela ukuba ndenze idinga. Kwiveki elandelayo, ndathi ndakumxelela ukuba andikafowuni, wanditsalela umnxeba kwiselfowuni yakhe wandinika eyamkelayo! Ngexesha lokuqeshwa kwam, ugqirha wesikhumba wabiza i-OB yam imvume yokususa i-mole-kanye kwiveki enye kamva ndafumana iindaba zokuba ndine-melanoma enobungozi kwaye ndiza kufuna utyando olongezelelweyo ukuqinisekisa imida ecacileyo kunye nokususwa kwazo zonke iiseli zomhlaza. Apho ndandikho, ndineenyanga ezisixhenxe ndikhulelwe kwaye ndixelelwa ukuba ndinomhlaza. Ukujonga emva, akumangalisi. Ndandinguthixokazi welanga owachitha ixesha elininzi lehlobo lam lokufikisa ndilele elunxwemeni ndigqunywe ngeoli yomntwana okanye ndisiya kumandlalo osukiweyo. Ngoku ndibona i-oncologist yam kunye nedermatologist rhoqo kwaye ndifumana i-x-reyi yesifuba rhoqo ngonyaka ukuze ndifumane ukuphindaphinda kwangoko. Ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngengelosi yam engumgcini-"pushy"-inokwenzeka ukuba ubusindise ubomi bam.

UKimberly Arzberger, uPuyallup, Hlamba.

Ndingathanda ukwabelana ngebali lomhlaza wolusu intombi yethu uKim. NgeKrisimesi ka-1997 yena nosapho lwakhe beza kusityelela bevela eSeattle, eWash. Ngenye intsasa uKim kunye nam sasibamba izinto xa wayesithi angathanda ukundibonisa imvukuzane emqolo. Ndothuswe bubumnyama kwaye bubukeka bubi, kwaye nangona ndingazi okuninzi malunga ne-moles engaqhelekanga okanye umhlaza wolusu, eyakhe khange ibonakale intle kum. Undixelele ugqirha wakhe eSeattle ukuba wayijonga kwaye wacinga ukuba ayonto ikhathazayo, kodwa ndixelele uKim ukuba ndiza kuyikhupha ngoba iyaphakanyiswa kwaye ingabamba iimpahla zakhe. Emva kokuba ebuyele eSeattle, uKim akazange enze idinga lokubonana nogqirha wesikhumba de u-OB / GYN wambona umole kwaye wamxelela ukuba kufuneka abone ugqirha wesikhumba kwangoko. UKim wafunyaniswa ukuba unemelanoma, yaye ezinye iimvavanyo zabonisa ukuba yayikwinqanaba le-III. NgoAprili ka-1998 wakhutshwa iilymph nodes phantsi kwengalo yakhe. Sasikhona xa wayesenziwa utyando, yaye kulapho mna nomyeni wam safumanisa ngokwenene indlela imelanoma eyingozi ngayo. Besingazi ukuba ungabulawa ngumhlaza wolusu. Kwakulixesha elinzima kakhulu kusapho lwethu. Emva konyango kunye nolunye unyango, wabuya wachacha kwaye wakwazi ukubuyela emsebenzini. Ubona i-dermatologist yakhe rhoqo, kwaye sele kuyiminyaka esithoba efumanekile kwaye khange aphinde aphindaphinde. Siva ukuba uThixo umsikelele kwaye waphilisa umzimba wakhe. Uyambulela yonke imihla ukuba uyaphila kwaye usenako ukonwabela ubomi bakhe kunye nosapho.

UTina Scozzaro, kwiinduli zentshona, Calif.

Intombi yam eneminyaka engama-20 ubudala, uShawna, yabusindisa ubomi bam. Sasizipholele, imilenze yam yawela emathangeni akhe, xa wabona i-mole emlenzeni wam. Uye wathi, "Le mole ayibonakali ilungile, kuya kufuneka uhlolwe oko, Mama." Malunga nenyanga kamva landibuza ukuba ndenze idinga kusini na (nto leyo endandingazange ndiyenze). Wacaphuka wathi mandiyenze ngenye imini. Ekugqibeleni ndenjenjalo, yaye kwafunyaniswa ukuba ndinemelanoma xa ndandineminyaka engama-41 ubudala. Kwafuneka ndenze utyando olukhulu, olwaluquka ukuxhunyelelwa eluswini olubuhlungu kakhulu, kunye nokuxilongwa kwenode kwinqevu yam. Ngoku ndine "2" crater-like crater on my lower scar and skin graft scar, but it is a little price to pay for my life. Ndiyaphila namhlanje ngoba uShawna ebengagungqi futhi wandenza ndaya kwagqirha. Enkosi, usana!

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