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Sandi Johnson akaenda kundoona mammogram uye akabuda aine hutano hweKubata Kwepabonde Kenza. Akatsungirira mishonga yakasiyana-siyana: chemotherapy, chirwere, radiation. Ane gym uye akakodzera, uye akashanda semutungamiri wesangano rake rechikoro. Sandi uye network yake yekutsigira yakaiita kuburikidza nedambudziko, uye iye zvino anoramba akasimba. Heino Sandi Johnson anopinda mucheche wekenza yemazamu nyaya.

Kurarama Kuchipukisa Chirwere Chepabonde

Sandi Johnson. Mufananidzo © District Harlem School, Machesney Park, IL

Sandi Johnson akatarisana neshandiso-nyundo yekuongorora chirwere cheKuberekwa kwekenza yepabonde . Nekutsigirwa kwemhuri yake neshamwari, nhengo dzepachikoro chechikoro, uye nhengo yehutano yehutano, iye akapona marwadzo akaoma, uyewo chiitiko chemasastasis. Nezvose izvi, akachengetedza bhuku, uye akaramba achitsungirira uye akanaka. Nyaya yake inotanga nemumwe nyanzvi ane tsitsi uye ane hanya nemammogram , uyo akatsigira Sandi ndokutanga bhora richivhuvhuta.

Sandi akaroorwa nemurume wake Gary ane vanakomana vaviri, Jake naJordan. Sandi naGary pachavo uye vanoshandisa iyo Asylum Gym muMachesney Park, Illinois, uye Sandi ave Mutungamiri weBhodhi yeChikoro chekugara kwemakore gumi apfuura. Rwendo rwake runogara rusingawaniki paIndaneti yeCaling Bridge.

Sandi's Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Sandi Johnson uye Zometa. Zometa Infusion, Photo © Dr. Hoskins
Zera paanoongororwa: 50
Rudzi rwekenza yemazamu: Inflammatory Breast Cancer (3 "ne 5" nest / sheet) uye Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma (3 matumbo = 2 0-yakakura anenge 3 cm)
Lymph node mamiriro: 5 kubva pa12 node yakanaka
Tumhanyo Tsanangudzo: Chikamu IV, Gwaro 3
Kuvhiya: Bilateral radical mastectomy uye sentinel lymph node biopsy
Mishonga: Chemotherapy na ACT ( Adriamycin , Cytoxan , Taxotere), injection yeNeulasta - mwedzi mitanhatu. Mazairo ekuvhiya nzvimbo - mavhiki manomwe.
Kutevera-up therapy hormone : Femara .
Kurapa Kwekupedzisira Metastasis: Mazai - mamwe mavhiki masere, mwedzi wevhiki weZometa wakapiwa muchero (ona mufananidzo).
Akawanikwa pa: August 13, 2007
Mhuri Nhoroondo yeBrachi Cancer: Hapana

Chimwe Chinhu Chakatyoka uye Chimwe Chinhu Chakaipa

Ndaiziva chimwe chinhu chakanga chisina kururama. Ndakanga ndava nemapfupa akavhuniwa (saline filled filled) ayo ndaida kuita, pakupedzisira pandaiva nenguva, ndakatsiva. Munguva iyi, ndaigona kutaura zvishoma nezvishoma, kuti chimwe chinhu chakanga chisiri chakanaka kunze kwekuputsa. Zvinosuruvarisa, kana vanachiremba vaona kuti vakaputsika, vakangova vasina hanya pakuongorora zvakare. Chikumbiro changu cheMRI chakarambidzwa nekambani yveshuwarisi yangu, ndinotenda, nokuti vaifunga kuti ndinogona kunge ndichiedza kuvhundutsa nekuita kuti mishonga yangu yakaputsika ishandiswe panzvimbo yavo. Ndakanga ndisingakwanisi kuwana rubatsiro panguva dzose uye zvakanga zvichitsamwisa.

Mutemo Unoshamisa

Pakupedzisira, nenguva iyo mamamamiro angu gore negore akauya, muongorori anogona kutaura nekuona kuti ndakanga ndichirwara zvakanyanya. Maawa masere gumi nemana, ndakanga ndiri patafura ye biopsy ine imba yakazara nevanhu vakanga vari, zviri pachena, vachiona chimwe chinhu chakanga chisati chaonekwa kune mumwe wavo kare. Yakanga iri nguva inotyisa kwandiri. Kubva ipapo, ndakaputirwa muchamupupuri chekuongororwa, vanachiremba, kuongororwa, uye kushushikana. Yakanga yakagadzirirwa kuti ndine Inflammatory Breast Cancer pamwe nemunda wako zvakasiyana-siyana Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma ine lymph node kupinda. Kenza yangu yakanga yatopararira kumubvu wangu wechishanu uye wechitanhatu kuruoko rwangu rworuboshwe, chiuno changu chokurudyi nemapanga, my thoracic, cervical uye lumbar spine. Uyu waiva muchengeti weChitatu IV.

Yakabviswa

Sandi Johnson's First Chemo. Chemo Chekutanga, Photo © Clinic Staff

Nzira yekurapa kwangu yakaitwa nekunzwa kwekukurumidzira kukuru nekukurumidza. Ndakatanga mwedzi mitatu yekurapa chemotherapy, uyezve maitiro ehutano, akazotevera mavhiki manomwe emishonga inonzi radiation. Kuvhiyiwa kubvisa mazamu uye kenza zvinondichengetedza kuchipatara kwemazuva gumi nemana. Asi ini ndakapotsa ndakarasikirwa noupenyu hwangu pane dzimwe nguva mbiri mumwedzi wechiviri. Ndakapfigirwa muchipatara kwemazuva matanhatu ndine chirwere chinonzi neutropenia umo ropa rangu rekuyera rakange rawira pasi zvisinganzwisisiki rakaita kuti ndinzwe zvirwere zvose zvingafungidzirwa. Ndakanga ndasarudzwa mune imwe nzvimbo muchipatara uko ndakanga ndisingakwanisi kuona ani zvake kunze kwevanamukoti navanachiremba vakange vakakodzera mune izvo zvakaenzana nenguva yakatarisa zvipfeko.

Ropa rinovhara

Imwe nguva yandakanga ndava kuda kufa ndiyo pandakatanga chirwere cheropa mumutsipa wangu. Ndakanga ndiri muchipatara musi waDecember 23, 24, 25, 26 uye 27. Krisimasi yakanga isina. Izvi zvaityisa ... isinganzwisisi hero. Kazhinji ndainzwa kuti kufa kwaive kuri nyore. Ndakapedza mwedzi mitanhatu mune imwe nguva, nguva yakawanda, kusagadzikana kwezvinodhaka zvakaoma kurwisa kenza pamwe chete nemigumisiro yaro.

Yakapiwa Mutsara Mutsva

Ndinonzwisisa kuti kuponeswa kweBC panguva ino ndeye 25% kuchiita kwemakore mashanu. Ndakanga ndatanga kuvaka ushamwari nevamwe vakadzi vatatu vane IBC avo vakatofa kubva panguva yandakawana. Ini, ini, ndakaudzwa kuti ndinogona kutarisira kurarama kune imwechete mwedzi 6. Mwedzi mitanhatu! Izvi hazvigoni kuitika! Ini ndiri munhu ane simba, ndine hutano, ini ndakakodzera ... ndingarwara sei? Ndingatarisa sei mugirazi uye ndoona mukadzi anotarisa hutano ... pane imwe nguva ari sexy ... iyeye mukadzi uyo vanachiremba vanoti havasisirizve kufamba pakati pevapenyu mumazuva 180 chete. Haingakwanisi kuitika. Ndinoramba kutenda ...

Kuenda Kunoshanyira Wizard

Ini ndinounganidza mhuri yangu uye tinoenda kuYunivhesiti yeWisconsin paBreat Cancer Clinic kuMadison, Wisconsin. Iyo nyanzvi ... kana kuti pane tariro yangu, kuzvininipisa, Wizard yeOz. Vachazondiudza bhizimisi iri rekuve nemwedzi mitanhatu yakasara muupenyu hwangu ichinhu chisina maturo. Vachazondigadzirisa. Pashure pemaawa maviri neboka reongorori kuWW / Madison, ndinotumirwa kumba ndichikumbira ruregerero ... vaisagona kuita chinhu kwandiri. Imba yemotokari yemaminitsi 45 yakanga yakaipisisa kwazvo sezvo kufamba kwaive kwaive kuri kutarisira tariro.

Kuchinja Point - Chisarudzo Nguva

Parwendo irwo kumba, ndakasarudza kudzokera kumusha kuReadford, kune imwe yakanyanya kufungidzira oncologist yandakaonana nayo. Pachava pasina zvakare kutsvaga pfungwa yechipiri kana yechitatu ... mweya wangu unogona kuputsa kana ndikawana rimwe ruregerero ruregerero. Zvinotyisa! Ndinonyora, kubva pakutanga kwezvinotambudza izvi, mumutambo wepadhiari pawebhu yangu yeCaring Bridge zuva rega rega iro rinopa vanhu vanonditarisira maonero ehupenyu hwangu sehutano hwekenza. Ndakataurirwa izvo zvakanzi ini "mbiru, muchiso chako, chokwadi" mukunyora kwangu. Ndinozvikudza pamusoro peizvi. My Caring Bridge website yakagamuchira vanenge 190 000 inopera mumwedzi gumi nematanhatu.

Support Network

Jake, Sandi, uye Jordan Jordanson. Mufananidzo © Gary Johnson
Rutsigiro rwandakave narwo kubva kumhuri neshamwari (uye nharaunda yose) rave richifambisa zvikuru uye chimwe chinhu chandingadai ndisina kupona kusvikira panguva iyi pasina. Ndine murume, Gary, uye vanakomana vaviri (Jake, 21 naJoridhani, 17) avo vakave vasingaverengeki; ivo vakaitawo mugove wavo wekutambudzika pamwe chete. Ini naGary tine gym, kunyange ini ndichimhanya paanenge achiita mabasa muhutungamiri weBlue Cross Blue Shield, uyewo hutano hwangu hwehutano inshuwaridzi. (Yikes!) Zvave zvakaoma. Ndakanga ndiri mutungamiri wepachikoro weharaunda yedu yechikoro chekugara kwemakore gumi apfuura uye ndakaita shamwari dzakawanda dzakabuda kuzotsigira ini.

Iva Wako Mutevereri Mukuru

Handigone kunyanya kukoshesa kukosha kwekuongorora chirwere. Zvinonyanya kukosha, ivai vatsigiri venyu vakanaka. Kana iwe uchiona chimwe chinhu chakashata, unoda PUSH nzira yako yekupindura. Kana ndikakwanisa kudzoka shure, ndingadai ndisina kugadzirisa kuvakadzi 'kuvimbiswa' zvose zvaive zvakanaka 'nekuda kwekuti vakachenjera pane ini ... vane dzidzo yakawanda - vanofanira kuziva zvavari kutaura pamusoro ... vanofanira kuziva zviri nani pane ini ita. Kana iwe usingafari, ramba uchienda, ramba uchitsungirira. Une kodzero yekuita mamamamiro, kunyange kana isiri nguva yegore rako rose. Kana iwe uchiri kunetseka, bvunza ultrasound. Kana uchiri kunetseka, bvunza MRI. Kana kukumbira kusashanda, BASA. Iwe une kodzero yekugutsikana nemhinduro dzaunowana kubva kuvarapi vako.

A Metastatic Zvakazarurwa

Mwedzi mina mushure mokunge maronda angu okutanga erapa apera, yakaonekwa kuti kenza yangu yainge yapararira kumucheka wangu nemapanga kurutivi rworudyi. Manzwiro angu ndeokuti ndakanga ndaparadzwa zvechokwadi. Kupararira? Kakato? Ndakafamba-famba muzhizha kwemazuva mashomanana ndisati ndaona, pakupedzisira, ini ndiri muhondo yehupenyu hwangu. Ndinoda kurarama. Ndinoda kuona wangu wegumi nematatu akadzidza kubva kuchikoro chesekondari. Handina kugadzirira kupedza ukama hwandinahwo nevana vangu vaviri nekuda kwekenza. Zvose zvandaifunga, simba rangu rose ... zvose zvangu zvose zvingazoenda zvino kune chero zvaidiwa zvaidiwa, zvisinei nekuzvidira, kurarama. Icho chaiva chizaruro chechokwadi.

Kubata Steady

Sandi Johnson muRadioation. Mufananidzo © Clinic Staff
Mwedzi mishanu yapfuura, ndakapedza kukomba kwemaawa anodikanwa kukwanisa kutarisa mitsva iyi mitsva yekenza. Kubva ipapo, zvirwere zvekuongororwa zvakaratidzwa apo ini ndichiri nekenza yakasimba mumakwenzi angu e5 uye nhamba matanhatu ekuruboshwe rwangu, my thoracic, lumbar uye cervical spine, makumbo nemaoko akasara uye hafu, haisi kufamba kwenguva. Ndinofunga izvi sehondo yekuda ... chii icho chirwere chebhepati chichifunga zvino? ... chii chiri kuronga mberi? Ndinofanira kugara nhanho mberi ... muupenyu huri mberi.

New Implants

Ndakapedza mwedzi ina inotevera ndichiwana injini ye saline vhiki nhatu dzose mumapapu ezvinyuchi zvekuwedzera zvakaiswa munguva yekuvhiyiwa kwangu. Aya mavhapiti anonamatira kune "ganda rinoputika" iro, zvechokwadi, rinotambanudza ganda rangu rakaoma pamapfupa angu kuitira kuti tive nechivimbo, nzvimbo yakakwana inogona kugadzirwa kuti igare nehutachiona.

New Challenge: Lymphedema

Munguva ino, ndakava nemamiriro ezvinhu asingagoni kurapwa anozivikanwa se lymphedema . Nekuvhiringidzika kweropa rangu, ruoko rwangu rworuboshwe rwakashaya simba raro rokugadzira mvura. Hapana munhu aigona kundigadzirira kuti kuve kwehutano hwechirwere ichi uye kuora kwakabatana nayo. Pane dzimwe nguva, ruoko rwangu rworuboshwe runosvika 7 kusvika ku 8 masendimita makuru kupfuura ruoko rwangu rworudyi. Ini ndinowanzoona sechimiro chepanyama uye munguva dzekuzvidzora, ndinozviti ini sepamuchinjikwa pakati pePapaye naFrankenstein.

Kuvhiyiwa Kwakawanda, Kurapa Kwakawanda

Svondo rapera, ndakavhiyiwa iyo yaisanganisira 1) kubvisa zvigadziriro zvakatakurwa mubasa rekuvhiya, 2) kubvisa mukati mutsvuku mutsvuku, 3) mukati mekunze mazamu / mutsvuku, 4) kuisa gel implants uye 5) kubvisa 2 "ne8" chivara cheganda kumusana wangu chakanga chaporeswa nenzira isina kunaka kubva pakuberekwa kwepakutanga kunosanganisira ganda rekugadzira. Ndiri kumirirawo inshuwarisi yangu kuti ndibvumire kubhadhara $ 8,000 pamutambo we lymphedema iyo inobatsira kuchengeta kupfugama pasi muruoko rwangu.

Mazano Pamusoro Pehutano Inishuwarenzi

Cancer. Yakandibata zvachose mumuviri uye mupfungwa, kwete kutaura, mari. Upenyu hwakaoma zvikuru mune zvemari kupfuura ini ndingadai ndakambotarisira ... kunyanya kuva neinishuwarenzi yakanaka. Ndinofunga kuti hazvina kururama kuti varwere vanorwara nekenza vanofanira kutambura mune izvozvi zvakare. Asi ... Ndichatora mararamiro mune chero mamiriro ezvinhu emari, pane kuti ndisararame zvachose. Zvechokwadi, regai ndive murombo, regai ndirege kurarama. Iro zano randingazopa kune vose vari kutengesa inshuwarhu yehutano inshumo ndekuzvibvunza mubvunzo mumwechete wakajeka: Ndiyo iyo inshurensi yandingadi kuva nayo, kana ndaiva nekenza here?

Ndiri Pano, Kupona

Sandi Johnson ane mwanakomana Jake. Mufananidzo © Jordan Johnson
Ndatevera rwendo rwevarwere veIgC 15 kubvira pandakatanga rwendo rwangu. Sezvo vhiki yapfuura, zvinosuruvarisa asi zvishamiso, ndini ndoga wevaya vachiri kurarama. Ndinotenda Mwari zuva rimwe nerimwe nokuti ndinoziva kuti umwe neumwe chipo chaicho zvechokwadi. Ndinozvibvunza ini, "Sei?" Sei ndichiri kuramba ndichirarama panguva dzakawanda zvakadaro, vamwe vakawanda havaiti.Ipapo ndinoyeuchidzwa: "Nesu hatifaniri kushamisika nei ..."

Ndinofara, Kutarisa mberi

Sandi naGary Johnson. Mufananidzo © Jake Johnson
Pakupedzisira, 2008 iri kumashure kwedu uye 2009 yakangotanga nehutsva hwezuva rezuva rekare) nguva yekutsvaga zvinhu zvakanaka izvo upenyu hunofanira kupa. Ndiri kufara kuva mupenyu. Upenyu hwakashandurwa zvachose nehana yangu yechirwere asi ini ndinoonga zvakafanana. Ndinotenda Mwari, uye mhuri yangu neshamwari ... kunyanya avo vose vakandipa rutsigiro rwakanyanya munguva iyi yakareba, yakaoma mumigwagwa ndave ndichifamba ... ndichiita kuti zvive nyore kwazvo kutakura.