Hlangana Nowesifazane Ongemuva kwe-#SelfExamGram, umnyakazo okhuthaza abesifazane ukuthi benze izivivinyo zamabele zanyanga zonke

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U-Allyn Rose wayeneminyaka engu-26 kuphela lapho ehlinzwa i-mastectomy ephindwe kabili nokwakhiwa kabusha kwebele. Kodwa akazange akhethe lezi zinqubo ngenxa yokuxilongwa komdlavuza webele. Wabakhetha njengesinyathelo sokuvimbela ngemuva kokulahlekelwa ngumama wakhe, ugogo, futhi umalumekazi omkhulu wesifo. Lokhu bekuyisiqalo sohambo lwakhe lokukhuthaza umdlavuza webele.

"Uqale ngoDisemba wangonyaka odlule," kusho u-Allyn Umumo. "Bengihleli ngedwa ekhaya futhi ngicabanga, 'Yini engingayenza ukugqugquzela abantu abasha ukuthi basebenze kahle ekunakekelweni kwezempilo?'"

Manje, ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga ngayinye, u-Allyn ungena ku-Instagram ephethe isithombe ozishuthe sona kanye ne-hashtag: #SelfExamGram. Okuthunyelwe ngakunye kusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sanyanga zonke kwabesifazane ngokubaluleka kokuzivivinya amabele nokwazi ukuthi yini "ejwayelekile" emzimbeni wakho.

Intshisekelo ka-Allyn ekumeleleni ezempilo ivela ikakhulu kunina ongasekho, ukuzinikela kukaJudy ukuze aphile impilo enamandla, enempilo. Ngemuva kokulahlekelwa nguJudy ngenxa yomdlavuza webele lapho u-Allyn eneminyaka engu-16, u-Allyn wayezimisele ukuqhubeka nentando kanina.

U-Allyn uthi: “Umama wayehlale ekhuthele ngempilo yakhe. “[Ngaphambi kokuba kutholakale ukuthi unomdlavuza webele,] wayelokhu eya kudokotela ethi, ‘Kukhona okungahambi kahle.’ Wayengumgijimi we-marathon, futhi wayezizwa ephansi impela, wayengalulami ngendlela ayekade enza ngayo ngaphambili. Futhi udokotela wathi, 'Umncane kakhulu ukuthi ungaba nomdlavuza. Buya uzosibona ezinyangeni eziyisithupha . '"(Okuhlobene: Ungawuthola Kangakanani Umdlavuza Webele?)

Ngesikhathi uJudy ebuyela kudokotela, wayeneqhubu "elilingana nebhola legalufu" esifubeni sakhe. Watholwa enomdlavuza webele wesigaba sesithathu eneminyaka engama-27.

"Uxoshe lonke iqembu lakhe lodokotela, waya emtatsheni wezokwelapha ekolishi lakhe, wafunda, wabuyela kudokotela wathi," Ngifuna lokhu, lokhu nalokhu. Nalu uhlelo lwami lokuhlasela, "kusho u-Allyn. "Futhi uwushayile lo mdlavuza webele onolaka ngempela."

Ngeshwa, umdlavuza webele kaJudy wabuya ngemva kweminyaka lapho u-Allyn esemusha. "Nakulokhu, waba nomdlavuza webele wesigaba sesithathu. Waqhubeka, walahlekelwa nempilo," kusho u-Allyn.

Lapho u-Allyn eneminyaka engu-18 ubudala, uyise waveza umqondo wokuvimbela isibeletho esiphindwe kabili sokuhlinzwa. "Ngivele ngavela emzimbeni enginawo. Ngacabanga, 'Kungani isihogo ngenza into enjengale? Ngineminyaka engu-18 kuphela ubudala.' Kepha ubaba wangibuka ngqo ebusweni wathi, 'Uzogcina ufile njengomama wakho. Udinga ukubambelela kulokhu ngoba akusiye umuntu oyedwa; akusibo abantu ababili; ngabantu abaningi emndenini wakho , futhi lokhu kuyishwa lakho elingokoqobo.'

Yize u-Allyn namalungu omndeni wakhe behlolwe ukuthi akanalo ushintsho lwezakhi zofuzo lwe-BRCA (okuyingozi ejwayelekile yomdlavuza webele), udokotela wakhe usamkhuthaza ukuthi acabangele i-mastectomy yokuvimbela ephindwe kabili. "Udokotela wami uthe, 'Awunakho ukuguqulwa kofuzo lwe-BRCA, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi unokuthile esingeke sikuhlole okwamanje,'" kuchaza u-Allyn. Uthathe iminyaka eminingana ukucabanga ngempela ngalesi sinqumo, kepha wanikeza umlando wezempilo yomndeni wakhe, iqiniso lokuthi umama wakhe watholakala enomdlavuza webele esemncane, kanye nesikhuthazo sikadokotela wakhe, u-Allyn uthi ekugcineni wazenzela isinqumo esifanele. “Ngahlinzwa futhi angikaze ngibheke emuva,” usho kanje.

Vele, wonke umuntu wehlukile. Nakuba isinqumo sika-Allyn kungenzeka samyisa endaweni engajwayelekile, inkambo evamile evamile iwukulandela iziqondiso zokuhlola umdlavuza webele futhi uthintane nodokotela mayelana nezindlela ezingcono kakhulu ongakhetha kuzo.

U-Allyn, owayengenele uMiss America, uyavuma ukuthi uthole ukugxekwa ngesinqumo sakhe sokuhlinzwa. "Abantu [emphakathini womncintiswano wonobuhle] bakhubeke kakhulu ngokuthi ngizohlinzwa kanjena," usho kanje. "Futhi amadoda ayengibhalela ethi, 'Ungasilima kanjani isidumbu sakho?'"

Kodwa-ke, uthi ubuhle buye babudlula kude ububi. "Nsuku zonke, ngithola omunye umlayezo ovela kumuntu othi, 'Ngimncane, bengingazi ukuthi ngingathola [i-mastectomy yokuvimbela],' noma, 'Ngimdala, futhi angizange ngibe isibindi sokukwenza; unginika ugqozi ngempela,'” esho. "Ngibona sengathi kungumsebenzi wami ukwaba lo myalezo."

Kulezi zinsuku, u-Allyn usabalalisa lowo mlayezo ngezindlela eziningi. Ngomnyakazo wakhe we-#SelfExamGram, usiza abesifazane bazizwe belondeke kakhudlwana ekuzihloleleni amabele njalo. "[Ukuzivivinya kwamabele] kubonakala kulula, kodwa futhi kuwumbuzo onzima ukuwuphendula: Ngizihlola kanjani? Yebo, uyathinta amabele akho. Kepha akekho owazi ngempela ukuthi yiziphi izinyathelo, yini okufanele uzenze bheka, futhi uma uthola isigaxa, wenzani?" Uyachaza. (Kuhlobene: Izimpawu eziyi-11 Zomdlavuza Webele Wonke Umuntu Owesifazane Okufanele Azazi Ngazo)

Ngaphezu kokuthunyelwe kwakhe nyangazonke, u-Allyn ubuye abe nokugqamisa kwe-Instagram Story ngesifundo sevidiyo sokuzihlola amabele, kanye nezithombe-skrini zabesifazane abaningi agqugquzelwe ukuthi balandele ukuhola kwakhe futhi babelane ngokuthunyelwe kwabo kwe- # Selfelfxam. "Nginabantu abangibhalela njengokuthi, 'Kulungile, sengikubonile okuthunyelwe kwakho njengezikhathi eziyisihlanu manje, ngakho-ke nami ngizokwenza kanjalo.' Futhi lelo yiqiniso ngokuphelele, "kusho u-Allyn. (I-BTW, nayi isifundo sethu sendlela yokwenza ukuzihlola kwesifuba.)

Inhloso ka-Allyn ukuhlinzeka abantu besifazane ngezinsizakusebenza ayefisa ukuba nazo ngenkathi enza i-mastectomy yakhe nokwakhiwa kabusha kwamabele. “Ngicabanga ukuthi kunezinhlangano eziningi laphaya zabesifazane [abadala] abalwa nomdlavuza webele,” uyachaza. "Kodwa [azikho izinsiza eziningi kangako] zomuntu oseminyakeni yama-20 futhi odlula kukho." (Okuhlobene: Engifisa Ukuthi Ngikwazi Ngomdlavuza Webele Eminyakeni Yami engama-20)

Ukufeza leyo njongo, u-Allyn manje usebenza ne-AiRS Foundation, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ebambisana nodokotela, abahlinzeki bezokunakekelwa kwezempilo, kanye nezikhungo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ukuze banikeze abantu ukwesekwa, ulwazi kanye nezinsizakusebenza (zombili ezezimali nezemfundo) ukuze kuthunyelwe- ukwakhiwa kabusha kwebele le-mastectomy. (Kuhlobene: Umdlavuza Webele Uwusongo Lwezezimali Akekho Okhuluma Ngayo)

U-Allyn futhi usanda kwethula iwebhusayithi ebizwa ngokuthi i-Previvor, insiza ephelele esekela abesifazane nokukhetha kwabo ukwakha kabusha amabele. Le webhusayithi inikezela ngezinsizakusebenza zesimanje, ezifinyelelekayo zabesifazane abasebasha abafuna ukwakhiwa kabusha kwamabele ngemuva kokubeletha, kufaka phakathi i-infographics echaza izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zezinqubo zokwakhiwa kabusha kwe-mastectomy kanye nokwakhiwa kwamabele, imininingwane efinyelelekayo mayelana nokuguqulwa kwezakhi zofuzo ze-BRCA nokuhlolwa kofuzo, kanye nehabhu yomphakathi ekhuthaza abesifazane ukuthi "bathole isizwe sabo "phakathi kwezinye izinhlangano zokuqwashisa ngomdlavuza webele.

"Bengifuna ukwenza iPrevivor into ezosiza abantu abanakho lokho, 'Hawu ndoda angikwazi ukwenza lokhu, lokhu kuzokona impilo yami' [mayelana nesisu nokwakhiwa kabusha kwamabele]," kusho u-Allyn. "Ngifuna bahambe bathole ulwazi futhi bahambe kancane bangene emaqinisweni okuhlinzwa."

Futhi uma ungumuntu ofuna ukufunda nje ukuthi ungazihlola kanjani ibele, u-Allyn unomyalezo kuwe, futhi: "Ungesabi ukushibilika ungene kuma-DM ami."

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