Makore matanhatu apfuura munguva yekushanyira chirwere changu chechifuva shure kwekuvhiyiwa kwangu, ini hafu ndakabvunzwa, hafu yakanzi, "Hazvisirizve mammograms, chakanaka?" Akanyemwerera ndokupindura, "Hapana mazamu, kwete mammograms." Ndakafunga pamusoro pazvo kwechinguva, ndokubva abvunza kuti, "Ndorudzii rwekuongorora gore negore? Ndinowana MRI here? "Iye akapindura," Kwete; iwe unondiona kuti ndinoongorora mwedzi mitanhatu yese kwemakore maviri ekutanga, uye kamwe kamwe gore shure kweizvozvo.
Kana ndikaona kana kunzwa chimwe chinhu, ndichakutumira kune miedzo yakawedzerwa, iyo inogona kusanganisira MRI. "Ndakanga ndisati ndagutsikana; Ndaifanira kuziva zvakanyatsoitwa nekuongorora uku. Chiremba wangu chiremba mukadzi ane chirwere; iye akapa rundown yakazara pane zvandaitarisira.
"Ndichaita cheki chepanyama chenzvimbo yose apo mazamu ako akashandiswa kuve, nzvimbo yako yechipfuva, nzvimbo dziri pedyo nemakumbo ako," akadaro. "Zvinongotora maminetsi mashomanana." Aive akarurama. Ndakatora mimwe mimwe miedzo iyi, uye inongotora maminetsi mashomanana asina kurwadza.
Uyezve chiremba akatsanangura kuti kana mukadzi aine chikwata, kana kuti radical modified, kana kuti mastectomi yakakura yaisanganisira kubviswa kwezvese zvemazamu, uye chirairo uye anola, aisazodikanwa mammogram anowanzoitwa gore negore, asi chete iro rakasara. Kana zvakadaro, iye aive nekuita mastectyusi kubvisa mafupa emvere, asi achisiya muto uye anorosa akanyatsogadzirisa, aizoramba achida kuramba achiine mammogram wegore negore rezamu aiva nekenza, pamwe necheche dzisina kubatwa.
Kusiya mutsara uye inorovera mushure mekuita mastectomy inosara zvakakwana zvimedu zvechifuva kunyoresa mammograms egore negore.
Sezvo ndakanga ndakasarudza kusavazve nekuvakazve, ndaigona kunzwisisa kuti mavhinga kana zvibhakera zvaigona kuonekwa nyore nyore kana kunzwa pamusoro pangu, asi zvakadini nevakadzi vaivakazve; iyo yakarongedzwa sei kuti idzoke zvakare kana yechipiri inokosha mune imwechete yemazamu yaiva nekenza?
Chiremba wangu akagovera kuti mammogram egore negore haawanzoitike pazamu inovakwazve nemishonga, maviri kana kusanganiswa kwemaviri. Chifuva chebonde chakabviswa, uye mammamiri haagoni kuona zvisikwa zvinovhara shure kwekuiswa. Zvisinei, kana kliniki yekuongorora inoratidzira zvinogona kunetseka, mamamiro angagadzirwa nemamwe maonero.
Kuva nemamaramiro hazviwanzodikanwa kutevera kushandiswa kwemaviri kuburikidza uchishandisa mhuka yemukadzi kubva pane imwe chikamu chemuviri wake, kazhinji kubva pamimba kana kumashure, kuti adzokere zvakare pachipfuva chake. Mimwe mamiriro ezvinhu angaratidza kuti kudiwa kwemamamamiro kunosanganisira: vakadzi vari pangozi yakakura yekudzokazve, vakadzi vane mazamu akawanda kwazvo kana mazamu avo zvakaoma kuongorora, uye chero mukadzi ane chifuva chisina kuchena.
Ndakarangarira kumashure kwangu kenza yangu yepakutanga, makore gumi apfuura. Ndakanga ndine lumpectomi uye 36 mishonga yakabuda kunze kwemazamu. Mhuka yangu yokutanga yezvifuva zvose yaiva mwedzi mitanhatu mushure mekuvhiyiwa, uye kupera kwemaawa angu ekurapa. Munguva yemammography, pakanga pasina kuora mwoyo muzamu yakanga ine kenza kupfuura kusati kwaitwa chirwere chinonzi lumpectomy.
Zvinetso zvandakasangana nemammograms mushure meLumpectommy yangu, yakabva pane kuchinja muhutachifu mangu semugumisiro wehutachiona hwemasaisai.
Kuchinja kunogona kuratidzira pane mammamiro, zvichiita kuti zvive zvakaoma kuverenga. Mune mammograms anoverengeka, pamusoro pemakore gumi pakati pevana vangu vaviri vemukondombera, vakanonga zvinhu zvaifanira kuongororwa kuburikidza nemedzidzo yakawedzerwa, kusanganisira: ultrasound, yakanaka-sindano aspiration, uye chirwere chokuvhiya. Miedzo yose yakanga isina kunaka kwekenza yemvere, asi yakakonzera kushushikana uye kusagadzikana.
Pasinei nekuvhiyiwa kwake kwekenza yemazamu, kana kuti mukadzi haafaniri kutora mammogram gore negore, achiri kudiwa kuteverwa nachiremba wake, maharaire uye / kana kuti chirwere chezvechirwere nguva dzose.
Jean Campbell muchengeti wekamu we 2x wekamu uye mukuru wekutanga wekuAmerican Cancer Society New York City Patient Navigator Program muzvigaro zvehurumende zvehurumende nehurumende. Iye ndiye mutungamiri mukuru wesangano risina ribatsiro anopa tsvakurudzo uye ruzivo ruzivo uye rubatsiro kuvakadzi nevarume achangobva kuongororwa nekenza yemazamu.