Impi ka-Arnold Palmer ne-Cancer Prostate

Indlela Ijaji LeGalofu Laba Ngummeli Womdlavuza Womdlavuza

U-Arnold Palmer uyaziwa kakhulu ngokuba yi-golf golfer yezobuchwepheshe emhlabeni wonke owathola isihloko esithi "Umdlali WezeMinyaka" eminyakeni yama-1960 yi-Associated Press.

Esikhathini seminyaka engu-50 ubudala, uPalmer wathola iziqu eziningi ze-PGA futhi waba isikhulumi sesikhathi eside sabezinhlangano ezinomusa njengoMashi weDeses kanye ne-Eisenhower Medical Centre Foundation (owayenobungane obuseduze nobungane bakhe Dwight Eisenhower).

Ngokubaluleke kakhulu, uPalmer (owashona isifo senhliziyo ngo-2016 eneminyaka engu-87 ubudala) waba ummeli ohola ukuqwashisa komdlavuza we-prostate ngemuva kokubona lesi sifo ngokuzibonela.

I-Palmer's Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

U-Palmer watholakala enesifo somdlavuza we-prostate ngo-1997. Nakuba wayengenalo izibonakaliso zomzimba zesifo, ubelokhu ehlola izivivinyo ngokomzimba kuhlanganise nezivivinyo ezivamile ze- prostate-specific antigen (PSA) .

Ngenkathi i-PSA kaPalmer yayikhula unyaka ngonyaka (ephakamisa ukukhuliswa kwesisu ), yayifinyelele iphuzu maphakathi nawo-1990 lapho i- biopsy ibonakala ilungile. Ngesikhathi izivivinyo zokuqala zingekho izibonakaliso zomdlavuza, ukukhuphuka okulandelayo ku-PSA yakhe kwaqinisekisa ukubukeka kwesibili. Yingaleso sikhathi leso sifo somdlavuza osenesikhathi esifundazwe saqinisekiswa odokotela bakhe eMayo Clinic.

U-Palmer wakhetha ukuhlinzwa ukuze asuse yonke ingubo (eyaziwa njenge- prostatectomy ekhululekile ). Walandela lokhu nge- radiation therapy yamaviki ayisikhombisa lapho athola khona ukukhululwa okuqhubekayo isikhathi eside sokuphila kwakhe.

Kungakapheli amasonto ayisishiyagalolunye ukwelashwa kwakhe, uPalmer ubuyele emuva ku-Senior PGA Tour. Naphezu kokuqedwa komdlavuza, uPalmer wabika ukuthi ubuthakathaka futhi unesidingo isikhathi eside sokutakula ngemuva komkhuba. Naphezu kwalokhu, uPalmer waqhubeka edlala iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye eyedlule, ekupheleni komhlalaphansi wakhe emdlalweni ngo-2006.

Iminikelo kaPalerta ku-Cancer

Ngemuva kokwelashwa kwakhe ngo-1997, uPalmer wathatha isikhungo esisezingeni eliphezulu emkhankasweni wokuqwashisa umdlavuza we-prostate, ekhuthaza amadoda ukuba angalindeli kuze kube yilapho ama-50 azohlolwa, Ngesikhathi isikhundla singavunyelwe izikhulu zempilo yomphakathi (unikezwe izinga eliphezulu lemiphumela emibi ), kwaqokomisa isidingo sokuqapha okukhulu emadodeni ngokuvamile azinaki ingozi yomdlavuza we-prostate.

U-Palmer wenza imizamo yakhe ngokuqhubekayo ngokusiza ukuthola i-Arnold Palmer Prostate Centre ngaphakathi kwe-Eisenhower Medical Center eduze nePalm Springs, eCalifornia. Isikhungo esingenzi inzuzo namuhla sinikeza imithi yokwelashwa yomdlavuza we-state-of-the-art kuhlanganise nemisebe ye-proton kanye ne-chemotherapy.

Iphupho likaPalmer lokuvula isikhungo sokucwaninga umdlavuza eduze kwedolobha lakubo laseLatrobe, ePennsylvania ekugcineni kwaqaphela ngo-2003 lapho iNyuvesi yasePittsburgh Medical Center yembulwa i-Arnold Palmer Pavilion (kusukela ehlala i-Arnold Palmer Cancer Center). Iyunithi engama-30,000-square-foot inikeza ukuhlolwa kwe-oncology okuphelele nokuhlolwa kokuhlola.

Ezinye Iminikelo Yempilo

Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe, uPalmer wayevame ukubhema ugwayi futhi elwa nomlutha we-nicotine iminyaka eminingi. Ngesinye isikhathi, wavuma ngisho nogwayi u-Lucky Strike ochungechungeni lwezikhangiso ze-TV.

Nokho, ngo-1978, uPalmer wenza okuphelele-ubuso futhi akazange ayeke ukubhema kodwa waba ngummeli ophikisana nokubhema. Uze wavuma ukuthi ukubhema kulimala cishe zonke izidumbu emzimbeni wakhe futhi kungenzeka ukuthi kunegalelo ekuthuthukiseni umdlavuza wakhe ngo-1997.

Umsebenzi wezinsiza zikaPalmer wawuhlanganisa ukusekelwa kweSibhedlela sase-Arnold Palmer zezingane e-Orlando, Florida kanye neSibhedlela saseWinnie Palmer saBesifazane nabantwana, esabizwa ngumkakhe uWinnie Walzer Palmer.

> Umthombo:

> I-US Preventive Services Task Force. "I-Cancer ye-Prostate: Ukuhlolwa." I-Rockville, e-Maryland; ibuyekeziwe ngoMeyi 2012.