Lo wesifazane Onika Amandla Wembesa Izibazi Zakhe Zokucasula Umkhankaso Omusha Wokukhangisa we-Equinox

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Unyaka omusha usufikile, okusho ukuthi asisenazo izaba zokuzitika ngokweqile futhi seqe ukuya ejimini. Nakuba izinkampani eziningi zokufaneleka zikhetha ukusebenzisa lokhu okuhle-zisikhuthaza ukuba sifeze izinqumo zethu zikaNcibijane-umkhankaso wesikhangiso omusha we-Equinox wehluke kancane, kodwa ukhuthaza ngokufanayo.

NgoLwesibili, iqhawe lokuzivocavoca lidalule umkhankaso omusha obizwa nge- "Commit to Something" -ukukhangisa ngesikhangisi uSamantha Paige ovimba izibazi zakhe ze-mastectomy.

Enkulumweni ne ABANTU, UPaige uveze ukuthi wayesevele ewunqobile umdlavuza we-thyroid ngenkathi ethola ukuthi unegciwane elitholwe ngofuzo kuhlobo lwakhe lwe-BRCA1. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ubungozi bakhe bomdlavuza webele nowamaqanda buphezulu, kumphoqa ukuthi enze isinqumo esibaluleke kakhulu. (Funda: Izindaba ezikhuthazayo ezivela kwabasi-8 abasinda emdlavuza)

"Ngesikhathi indodakazi yami inezinyanga ezingu-7 ubudala, ukuzimisela kwami ​​ukuba nempilo enganeni yami bekunamandla kakhulu ngaze ngathatha isinqumo sokuthi bekuyisikhathi esifanele sokuthi ngibe ne-mastectomy ephindwe kabili," kusho uPaige. "Ngangingafuni ukuqhubeka ngithola ama-MRIs kanye nama-mammograms njalo ezinyangeni ezintathu kuya kweziyisithupha - kwakungethusa kakhulu, futhi ingozi yayibonakala inkulu kakhulu."

Ngakho-ke, ukuze ingqondo yakhe ikhululeke, umama osemusha wenza le nqubo futhi wakhetha ukuvuselelwa kabusha kokuhlinzwa kwamabele. Ngeshwa, isikhashana nje kamuva, u-Paige wahlushwa isifo se-staph esahlala naye izinyanga. Ngokunikeza ukugula kwakhe ezintweni zakhe ezifakwe nge-silicon, uthathe isinqumo sokususa okufakelwe kwakhe njengoba bengakaze bazizwe kahle kwasekuqaleni.

"Ngesikhathi ngikhipha okufakiwe, ngabona ukuthi sonke siyazi ukuthi yini ebaluleke kakhulu kithi, futhi isinyathelo esilandelayo yisinyathelo esisithathayo ukumela leyo mibono kanye nalezo zinkolelo nalezo zimiso," usho kanje. "Umlayezo we-Equinox othi 'Zibophezele Kokuthize' umayelana nokukwazi ukuzibuka esibukweni futhi uqaphele ukuthi ungubani futhi umelane nalawo magugu. Ihlanganisa nje nalokho engikholelwa kukho."

Ngaphezu kwanoma yini, u-Paige uthemba ukuthi lo mkhankaso uzogqugquzela abanye ukuba bamukele amaphutha abo futhi babe nokuzethemba okwengeziwe kule nqubo.

"Ngiyathemba ukuthi abantu bazosibuka lesi sithombe bese behamba bathi, 'Hawu, akumangalisi ukuthi lowo wesifazane uzizwa ekhululekile esikhunjeni sakhe," esho. "Ngemuva kokufika kule ndawo yokuthanda umzimba wami nazo zonke izibazi, inhloso yami ukuthonya, okokuqala, ukuthi indodakazi yami izizwa kanjani ngomzimba wayo njengowesifazane okhulayo, futhi uma ingaba nomthelela komunye umuntu ukuba enze okufanayo, ngizizwa kube sengathi ngenze into enhle. "

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