Unyaka Wami WeChemo: Ukusuka Ekulahlekelweni Izinwele Zami Kuya Ekushayweni Komdlavuza

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• Idayari kaCheyann chemo
• Agasti 3, 2016
• Agasti 23, 2016
• Septhemba 22, 2016
• Novemba 5, 2016
• Januwari 12, 2017
• Mashi 22, 2017
• Novemba 3, 2017
• Ephreli 5, 2018

Ngabelana ngedayari yami uqobo ye-chemo ukuze ngisize abantu abelashwa. Ngikhuluma ngemiphumela emibi ye-Doxil ne-Avastin, isikhwama sami se-ileostomy, ukulahleka kwezinwele nokukhathala.

Impilo nokuphila kahle kuthinta ngamunye wethu ngokuhlukile. Le yindaba yomuntu oyedwa.

“Unomdlavuza.” Akekho owake wafuna ukuzwa lawo mazwi. Ikakhulukazi uma uneminyaka engama-23.

Kodwa yilokho udokotela wami angitshele khona lapho ngithola ukuxilongwa komdlavuza wesibeletho esisezingeni eliphakeme lesithathu. Ngingadinga ukuqala i-chemotherapy ngokushesha futhi ngithole ukwelashwa kanye ngesonto, njalo ngesonto.

Ngangazi lutho nge-chemo lapho ngithola ukuthi ngitholakele.

Ngenkathi ngisondela emzuliswaneni wami wokuqala we-chemo - cishe amasonto amabili ngemuva kokutholakala kwami ​​- ngaqala ukuzwa izindaba ezethusayo ngabantu abagula kakhulu belashwa. Iqala ukusetha kuleyo chemo ingaba nzima ngempela emzimbeni wakho.

Ukusho ukuthi ngangethukile kungaba yinto encane. Ngicabanga ukuthi cishe yonke imizwa eyodwa ingishaye evikini lomjikelezo wami wokuqala we-chemo.

Ngikhumbula ngingena esikhungweni sokumnika ukwelashwa kwami ​​kokuqala futhi ngizwa ukukhathazeka okukhulu kuthatha. Kwangimangaza ukuthi ngazizwa nginovalo ngokungazelelwe, ngoba kulo lonke uhambo lwemoto eya e-chemo, ngangizizwa ngithembekile futhi ngiqinile. Kepha ngomzuzu izinyawo zami zishaya umgwaqo, lokho kwesaba nokukhathazeka kwageza kimi.

Phakathi nemijikelezo yami eminingi ye-chemo, ngagcina iphephabhuku ukulandelela ukuthi ngangizizwa kanjani nokuthi umzimba wami wawukuphatha kanjani konke.

Noma wonke umuntu ehlangabezana ne-chemo ngokuhlukile, ngiyethemba lokhu okufakiwe kukusiza uzizwe usekelwa njengoba ulwa nomdlavuza.

Idayari kaCheyann chemo

Agasti 3, 2016

Ngisanda kutholakala ukuthi nginomdlavuza wesigaba sesi-3 ovarian. Angikukholwa lokhu! Nginomdlavuza kanjani emhlabeni? Nginempilo futhi ngina-23 kuphela!

Ngiyesaba, kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi ngizoba kahle. Ngizwe ukuthi lokhu kugeza kungigubuzela lapho u-OB-GYN wami engitshela izindaba. Ngisenokwesaba, kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi ngizodlula kulokhu, ngoba ukuphela kwento enginayo.

Agasti 23, 2016

Namuhla bekungumjikelezo wami wokuqala we-chemo. Kwakuwusuku olude kakhulu, ngakho sengikhathele. Umzimba wami ukhathele ngokomzimba, kepha ingqondo yami iphapheme. Umhlengikazi uthe kungenxa ye-steroid abanginika yona ngaphambi kwe-chemo… Ngicabanga ukuthi ngingavuka amahora angama-72. Lokhu kufanele kuthakazelise.

Ngizovuma ukuthi ngangiyingozi ngaphambi kwe-chemo. Ngangingazi ukuthi ngilindeleni. Kukho konke ebengikwazi, bengizobe ngihleli entweni ebukeka njengomkhumbi-mkhathi futhi bengizokhishwa ngithole i-chemo. Bengicabanga ukuthi kuzolimaza noma kushe.

Lapho ngihlala esihlalweni se-chemo (okwakungeyona i-spaceship), ngokushesha ngaqala ukukhala. Ngangesaba kakhulu, ngaba novalo, ngathukuthela kakhulu, futhi angikwazanga ukuyeka ukuqhaqhazela.

Umhlengikazi wami wenza isiqiniseko sokuthi ngiphilile wabe esephuma wayongitholela uKaleb, umyeni wami. Besingazi ukuthi angaba nami ngesikhathi sokufakwa. Lapho esebuyile lapho nami, ngangikahle.

Ngikholwa ukuthi ukwelashwa kudonse cishe amahora ayisikhombisa. Bathe kuzoba isikhathi eside kangaka kanye ngenyanga, lapho ngithola imithamo ephindwe kabili ye-chemo.

Sekukonke, usuku lwami lokuqala lwe-chemo lwalungesabisa ngendlela engangicabanga ngayo. Angikabi nayo imiphumela emibi okwamanje ngaphandle kokukhathala, kodwa ngokusobala ngizoqala ukubona imiphumela emibi uqobo evela emithini cishe emasontweni amabili ngaphezulu.

Septhemba 22, 2016

NgiseSeattle manje futhi ngizohlala lapha ’kuze kuphele lo mdlavuza. Umndeni wami ucabange ukuthi kungakuhle uma nginyukela lapha ukuthola umbono wesibili futhi nokusiza mina noKaleb ngenkathi sibhekene nalokhu.

Ngihlangane nodokotela wami omusha namuhla, futhi ngiyamthanda kakhulu! Akangenzi ngizizwe njengesinye isiguli, kodwa njengelungu lomndeni. Ngiqala ukukhohlisa lapha, kodwa sazisiwe ukuthi uhlobo lomdlavuza engilwelayo lusezingeni eliphansi le-serous ovarian, nokuyinto engajwayelekile ngeminyaka yami. Ngeshwa, ibuye imelane ne-chemo.

Akakaze athi ayelapheki, kodwa kungaba nzima kakhulu.

Sengivele ngilahlekelwe yisibalo senani lokwelashwa kwe-chemo engikutholile, kodwa ngenhlanhla ukuphela komphumela engibe nawo ngukulahlekelwa izinwele.

Ngagunda ikhanda lami emasontweni ambalwa edlule, futhi empeleni kuhle ukuba nempandla. Manje akudingeki ngenze izinwele zami ngaso sonke isikhathi!

Ngisazizwa njengami, yize ngehlisa isisindo esivela ku-chemo, esincelayo. Kodwa kungaba kubi kakhulu, futhi ngiyabonga ukuthi izinwele nokuncipha kwesisindo ukuphela kwemiphumela emibi engibhekene nayo kuze kube manje.

Novemba 5, 2016

Cishe sekuyizinsuku ezinhlanu ngemuva kokuhlinzwa kwami ​​okukhulu komdlavuza okwehlisa umdlavuza ebenginakho nge-Halloween. Ngibuhlungu kakhulu.

Kubuhlungu ukukhwehlela, kubuhlungu nokunyakaza, kubuhlungu nokuphefumula kwesinye isikhathi.

Ukuhlinzwa bekufanele kudonse amahora amahlanu kuphela, kepha ngikholwa ukuthi kuphele ngamahora ayi-6 1/2. Ngakhishwa isisu ngokugcwele futhi ngathola ubende, isithasiselo, inyongo, ingxenye yesinye, kwasuswa izicubu ezinhlanu. Isimila esisodwa sasilingana nebhola lolwandle futhi sasinesisindo esingamakhilogremu ama-5.

Ngasusa nengxenye yekoloni yami, okwadala ukuthi kufakwe isikhwama se-ileostomy sesikhashana.

Kusenzima ukuthi ngibuke le nto. Isikhwama sihlangana kuze kuvuleke esiswini sami, esibizwa nge-stoma, okuyindlela engizopoposha ngayo isikhashana. Lokhu kuhlanya futhi kupholile ngasikhathi sinye. Umzimba womuntu uyinto yasendle!

Ngizoyeka i-chemo cishe izinyanga ezimbili ukuze umzimba wami ululame futhi welapheke ekuhlinzweni.

Udokotela wami ulahle izindaba ezethusayo. Wakwazi ukukhipha wonke umdlavuza awubonayo ngesikhathi sokuhlinzwa, kodwa ama-lymph node kanye nobende bami babenomdlavuza kuzo, futhi akanaso isiqiniseko sokuthi zizolapheka yini.

Ngibhekwa njengesigaba 4 manje. Kwakunzima ukukuzwa lokho.

Kodwa lowo muzwa ofudumele wageza kimi futhi, futhi into elandelayo engangiyazi, ngiyamamatheka ngibona udokotela wami futhi ngamtshela ukuthi "Ngizophila, buka nje."

Vele ngiyesaba, kepha ngeke ngikuvumele lokho kunganaki kugcwalise ingqondo yami. Lo mdlavuza ungashaywa futhi UZOSHAYWA!

Januwari 12, 2017

Angikholwa ukuthi sekuvele kungu-2017! Ngiqale umthamo omusha we-chemo namuhla, okuyi-Doxil-Avastin. UDoxil ngokusobala waziwa njengo “sathane obomvu” futhi ulukhuni ngokweqile.

Le Doxil akuyona ihlaya! Angikwazi ukuzivocavoca izinsuku ezinhlanu, kufanele ngithathe imvula esivivi, ngisebenzise amanzi asivivi kukho konke, ngigqoke izingubo ezingakulingani, futhi angikwazi ukushisa kakhulu, uma kungenjalo ngingathola i-hand and foot syndrome, lapho izinyawo ziqala ukuqhuma futhi ziyaxobuka. Impela lokho ngizobe ngizama ukukugwema!

Ukuvuselelwa: Kungo-1 ekuseni ngakusasa ekuseni. Ngiphapheme kakhulu ngenxa ye-steroid, kepha kuze kube manje akukho okuzwakala kwehlukile kumarandi wokugcina we-chemo.

Ngibonile ukuthi ukuphuza itiye eliluhlaza ngaphambi kokulala kungisiza ngikwazi ukulala… amahora ambalwa. Ngingathola mhlawumbe amahora amane okulala ngaphambi kokuba ngiphapheme futhi, okungcono kunokungalali, njengakuqala. Itiye eliluhlaza elishisayo lokuwina!

Mashi 22, 2017

Ngisanda kususa isikhwama sami se-ileostomy! Angikholwa ukuthi ekugcineni ihambile. Kube mnandi ukuphuma kwi-chemo futhi.

Ngaphambi kokuhlinzwa ngakunye, udokotela wami ususa i-chemo cishe inyanga ngaphambi kwalokho angigcine ngiyeke chemo cishe izinyanga ezimbili ngemuva kwalokho.

I-Doxil ukuphela kwendlela ye-chemo engibe nomthelela ohlangothini ngaphandle kokulahleka kwezinwele okujwayelekile, ukwehla kwesisindo nokukhathala. Bengingeke ngithole amabhamuza ezandleni noma ezinyaweni, kodwa bengizothola amabhamuza olimini lwami! Ikakhulu uma ngidla ukudla obekune-asidi eningi kubo, njengezithelo. Amabhamuza ayemabi kakhulu okokuqala ukuthi ngangingakwazi ukudla noma ukukhuluma izinsuku ezinhlanu.

Amazinyo ami angawashisa amabhamuza uma engawathinta. Kwakunzima. Udokotela wami wanginikeza ukugeza imilomo okweqa umlomo wonke futhi kwasiza kakhulu.

Mina nodokotela wami sathola uhlelo lomdlalo omusha ndawonye. Ngizothola i-scan ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ukubona ukuthi ngabe ukwelashwa kwe-Doxil-Avastin kuyasebenza yini.

Novemba 3, 2017

Ngisanda kuthola ucingo. Bengine-PET scan ngolunye usuku, futhi udokotela wami uvele wangibiza ngemiphumela. Abukho ubufakazi besifo!

Akukho lutho olwalukhanyisa ukuskena, ngisho nama-lymph node ami! Ngibe novalo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokugcina ngilinde le kholi, nezinsuku eziholela ekuskenini kwami, bengingumvimbi wovalo nje!

Udokotela wami ufuna ukungigcina ku-Avastin, okuluhlobo lwe-chemo yesondlo, futhi angisuse ku-Doxil, ngoba akacabangi ukuthi iDoxil empeleni ingenzela noma yini. Ingxenye engcono kakhulu ukuthi ukwelashwa kwe-Avastin kuhlala kuphela imizuzu engama-30 njalo emavikini amathathu.

Ngithatha ne-letrozole, okuwuhlobo lomlomo lwe-chemo, futhi udokotela wami uyangifuna kulokho impilo yami yonke.

Ephreli 5, 2018

Ngilahlekelwe ukubala ukuthi ngithole ama-chemo amangaki. Kuzwakala kuyindilinga engu-500, kepha lokho kungaba ihaba.

Nginezindaba ezinhle kakhulu namhlanje. Bengicabanga ukuthi ngizoba se-Avastin impilo yami yonke, kepha kubukeka sengathi u-Ephreli 27, 2018 kuzoba umzuliswano wami wokugcina we-chemo !! Angikaze ngicabange ukuthi lolu suku luzofika!

Ngikhungathekile kakhulu ngemizwa eminingi emangalisayo. Angikwazi ukuyeka ukukhala - izinyembezi zenjabulo, kunjalo. Ngizwa sengathi kususwe umthwalo omkhulu emahlombe ami. U-Ephreli 27 akakwazi ukuza ngokushesha ngokwanele!

Ukubheka emuva futhi ngizibone ngihlala kuleso sihlalo se-chemo okokuqala ngo-2016 futhi ngicabanga ngokuhlala kuleso sihlalo se-chemo okokugcina ngomhla ka-27 kubuyisa imizwa eminingi nezinyembezi eziningi.

Angikaze ngazi ukuthi nginamandla kangakanani kuze kube yilapho umzimba wami udonswa emikhawulweni yawo. Angikaze ngazi ukuthi ngiqine kangakanani ngokwengqondo, kuze kube yilapho ingqondo yami idudulelwa phambili kunalokho engangicabanga ukuthi ingafakwa kuyo.

Ngifundile ukuthi usuku ngalunye ngeke luhlale lusuku lwakho oluhle kakhulu, kepha ungahlala uguqula usuku lwakho olubi kakhulu lube usuku oluhle ngokumane uguqule isimo sakho sengqondo.

Ngiyakholelwa ukuthi isimo sami sengqondo esihle, hhayi kuphela ngesikhathi somdlavuza, kepha ngenkathi ngilashwa nge-chemo, sangisiza ukuphatha impilo yansuku zonke, noma ngabe zazinzima kangakanani izinto.

Isekelwe eSeattle, eWashington, uCheyann ungumgqugquzeli wezokuxhumana nabantu futhi ungumqambi we-akhawunti ethandwayo ye-Instagram @ukhozi_fm nesiteshi se-YouTube UCheyann Shaw. Lapho eneminyaka engama-23 ubudala, watholakala enesifo somdlavuza we-serous ovarian esisesigabeni esiphansi, futhi waguqula izindawo zakhe zokuxhumana zaba iziteshi zamandla, zokuzinika amandla nokuzithanda. UCheyann manje uneminyaka engama-25, futhi abukho ubufakazi besifo. UCheyann ukhombisile umhlaba ukuthi noma ngabe ubhekene nasiphi isivunguvungu, ungakwazi futhi uzodlula kuso.