Uma umama wakho enomdlavuza webele, ungase uzibuze ukuthi uzothola uhlobo olufanayo lomdlavuza webele. Kungenzeka ukhathazeke ekuhlolweni kwesinye nesinye isikhathi lapho uphendula imibuzo ejwayelekile ngomlando wezempilo wabazali bakho kanye nabantakwethu. Kubaluleke kangakanani ukwazi ukuthi unjani umdlavuza webele? Lokhu kungaba nzima ukwazi ukuthi ufe eminyakeni eminingi edlule.
Kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi umama wakho unomdlavuza webele. Uma umama wakho nonina (umama wakho omama) benomdlavuza wesifuba, noma uma amanye amalungu omndeni enomdlavuza webele noma we-ovari , kungase kusho ukuthi unengozi eyengeziwe. Kungaba yisibonakaliso sokuthi ukuguquguquka kwe-BRCA kungase kusebenze emndenini wakho futhi, uma kwenzeka, ungase ucabange ukuhlolwa kofuzo. Qinisekisa ukuthi udokotela wakho uyazi le ngxenye yomlando wakho wezempilo.
Akukhona njalo ukuhlala komndeni
Abomama namadodakazi bangahlakulela izinhlobo ezahlukene zesifo somdlavuza webele , ngakho-ke ukwazi ukuthi ukuxilongwa ngokuqondile akuyona imininingwane ebaluleke kakhulu. Uma ebulawa ngomdlavuza webele eminyakeni engamashumi eminyaka eyedlule, kungenzeka ukuthi utholakale esesiteji sekwephuzile somdlavuza, noma kungenzeka ukuthi lesi sifo sinobudlova. Khumbula ukuthi izimo eziningi zesifo somdlavuza webele asinalo ifa. Futhi khumbula ukuthi ukutholakala kanye nokwelashwa sekuthuthukile kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva.
Ukubuka Esikhathini Esidlule
Uma umama wakho esaphila, cela umnike imininingwane evela kumarekhodi akhe ezokwelapha.
Uma edlulile, amarekhodi akhe ezokwelapha avikelwe yizimiso zobumfihlo ze-HIPAA futhi uzothola kuphela lokho angase agcine ekhaya. Bheka ukuthi umlingani wakhe noma izingane zakubo banezincwadi zakhe zokwelashwa.
Uma kungekho amarekhodi ephepha ukuze uxoxe, zama ukucela amalungu omndeni lokho abakhumbulayo.
Qala ngezihlobo eziseduze-izingane zakini, umzala wakhe wokuqala, nohlangothi lukayise womndeni. Uma kunokwenzeka, cela umlingani womama wakho ngezikhumbuzo zaleso sikhathi. Izihlobo zingase zikhumbule imininingwane ethile mayelana necala lakhe, njengesiteji, ukuxilongwa, ukwelashwa, noma ukuhlinzwa. Ungase uzame ukucela igama lodokotela wakhe, futhi ubone ukuthi ungathola yini izinkomba ngaleyo ndlela.
Phila impilo ephephile manje
Okubaluleke kakhulu ngokuphathelene nempilo yakho yilokhu: Hlalani niqaphile. Thatha futhi ubeke phansi ingozi yakho. Qinisekisa ukuthi ithimba lakho lokunakekelwa kwezempilo liyazi ukuthi umama wakho unalo lesi sifo. Ungaphindi ukuhlolwa kwonyaka. Phila njengompilo onempilo njengoba ungaphatha. Jabulela usuku ngalunye ukuthi uzizwa kahle futhi uhamba kahle. Yeka ukuhlala ngokwesaba. Abantu abaningi bayaphila lesi sifo, bekutholile ekuqaleni, futhi bayiphatha ngokuphumelelayo. Ungazichazi ngomlando wakho wezempilo noma imiphumela yakho ye-mammogram. Ukhulu kakhulu kunalokho.
Ukunciphisa Ukwesaba Kwakho Amammograms
Ngokugcina okwamanje ekuhlolweni, kunamathuba ukuthi uma kukhona okubonisa, umphumela omuhle "ngeke ube nomdlavuza ." Uma kutholakala inhlama, kuyoba encane futhi ingaphathwa ngempumelelo. Yibonga ngonyaka ngamunye uphile kahle. Intuthuko ekwelapheni umdlavuza wamabele manje kusho ukuthi cishe amaphesenti angama-90 eziguli ezitholwe ukuthi zizosinda iminyaka emihlanu, kanti uma zibona njengesifo sofuba, unamathuba amaphesenti angu-98.7 okusinda.
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