Ukuxoxa Ngomdlavuza Wesifo Sezinsana UDeveli Becker Krasnick

Ukushaya i-Breast Cancer Ngokholo, Umndeni, Abangane Nokuzijabulisa

U-Diane Becker Krasnick watholakala ngo-2001 nge- HER2 umdlavuza webele we- HER2 , wajoyina isilingo somtholampilo sika-Herceptin. Wayephila ngokugcwele, esebenza njengeCantorial Soloist nomfundisi weBat Mitzvah, ekhulisa amadodakazi amabili, futhi esekela umyeni wakhe. UDiane akazange aphuze ngesikhathi sokunakekelwa. UDiane utshela indaba yakhe yasinda umdlavuza webele.

Ukuhlangabezana noDiane ongenakuqhathaniswa

Mina noDiane sahlangana kwi-Forum yami engxoxweni nge-movie ethi "Ukuphila Okuphilayo" mayelana noDkt. Dennis Slamon, udokotela owenza izilingo zokwelashwa noHerceptin. Wayefuna ikhophi ye-DVD ye-movie, ngoba ngonyaka ka-2001, wayengomunye wabesifazane abangu-1 000 abafakwe esilingo somtholampilo ku-Herceptin. Njengoba sasixoxa, uDiane wavuma ukuxoxa naye indaba yakhe sonke. Njengoba uzobona, unamandla kakhulu!

UDieve Becker Krasnick ushada nomngani wakhe omkhulu uMarc iminyaka engu-37. Banamadodakazi amabili adumile, uJessica noMeredith. UDiane noMarc bahlala eSt. Thomas eSouth Virgin Islands, lapho uDiane engumGadli we-Cantorial Soloist futhi ephethe ilayisensi yomshado.

I-Diabetes kaDever's Breast diagnosis

Q: Ukhule uhlabelela? I-bio yakho igcwele izindaba zokucula ngezikhathi.

A: Yebo, ngigxile kuVocal Music Performance eNyuvesi yaseWisconsin-Madison. Ngihlabelele noMadison Symphony Chorus, emishadweni, futhi nginomuntu oyingoma ye-choir eThekwini Beth El-Madison. Ngidlale isiginci futhi ngihlabelela ngezinsizakalo zeBar kanye neBat Mitzvah, imihlangano ye-Friday Shabbat, futhi ngenza umngcwabo kanye nezinsizakalo zeShiva kumaJuda angabonakali nebandla lami.

Ngo-2000, ngaphambi kokuba ngitholwe, ngaqala ukukhonza njenge-High Holiday Cantorial Soloist yeBandla iBandla lase-North Adams, iMiseni. Njengamanje, ngikhonza njengowokuqala we-Cantorial Soloist / Umfundisi weBandla lesiHeberu likaSt. Thomas e-Virgin Islands yase-US, umsebenzi wami wephupho, futhi nami ngingumshado ovunyelwe umshado ku-USVI.

Q: Ngitshele kancane mayelana nokuxilongwa kwakho kanye nokwelapha.

ukwelashwa umdlavuza webele. U-Justin Sullivan / Abasebenzi / i-Getty Izithombe

A: Ngitholwe ukuthi nginesifo somdlavuza wesifuba ngo-2001. Ngenxa yomdlavuza webele wesifuba - isigaba se-3 B esihlasela i-ductal carcinoma, eminyakeni eyisikhombisa eyedlule nginezinqubo eziningi zokuhlinza umdlavuza, kufaka phakathi i-mastectomy yomhlaba wonke, i-oopherectomy yamazwe amabili, ahlukene amathathu izinhlobo ze- chemotherapy ezingaphezu kwamasonto angu-64, amasonto amahlanu emisakazo yansuku zonke, i- lymphedema , kanye nezinqwaba eziningi ze- cellulitis , isifo sokusongela ukuphila.

Naphezu kokungabhekana nami, ngiye ngazi ukuthi ngingaphila usuku ngalunye njengokungathi ngikugcina.

UMB: Ubonakala sengathi uyabuhlungu kakhulu futhi ujabule. Ngakho iyini imfihlo yakho yokutakula?

A: Uma ngibheka emuva, ngithi izakhi eziningi zadlala ingxenye emgwaqweni wami wokuthola kabusha - umyeni wami onothando, uMarc, umndeni wakithi, amakhulu abangani, kodwa nokuqina kwami ​​ngokomoya nokukholelwa kuNkulunkulu okwangenza ngisinda, okuyinto edabukisayo, kubantu abaningi abanalesi sifo esiphezulu, ngokuvamile akusiyo umphumela. Ngagcizelela ukuthi umculo owenziwe ngomoya nomoya wokuphulukiswa udlalwa ngenkathi ngisehlinzwa. Noma nini lapho ngisehla, ngizohlabelela imithandazo yami eyintandokazi nenenjongo kakhulu, eyangenza ngingaqhubeki nje kuphela, kodwa futhi ngithole amandla amaningi kunanini ngaphambili.

Q: Indoda yakho ingumdlavuza. Wayebhekana kanjani futhi wakusekela?

A: UMarc wabhala uchungechunge lwezibuyekezo ze-e-mail, ngakho-ke amakhulu ezinkulungwane namalungu omndeni angahle "agcinwe e-loop" ngemva kokuthola ukuthi unomdlavuza ngo-2001. Ama-imeyili ayindlela yokubhekana nobuhlungu bakhe. Izimpendulo ezivela kubafundi abaningi beziwumthombo oqhubekayo wamandla kaMarc nami phakathi nalesi sikhathi esinzima kakhulu. Waqoqa la ma-imeyili encwadini ethi "... nguDiane kuphela," okuyinto indaba yethu yothando.

Q: Uyancoma inethiwekhi yokusekela i-imeyili?

A: Yebo ngiyakwenza. Ngemuva kokuzwa ngaleli "mbono weqembu lezokusekela nge-cyber" abanye baye baqala ukusebenzisa le ndlela ngesikhathi izinselele zabo zokuphila ezingabasizi kuphela, kodwa futhi kusiza umndeni wabo nabangane bahlale benolwazi futhi beboshwe nalabo abadinga uthando lwabo nemithandazo kunanini ngaphambili.

Q: Uhlinzeka kanjani ukusekela kwabanye kulezi zinsuku?

amathrekhi omdlavuza webele. UJason Kempin / Abasebenzi / i-Getty Izithombe

A: Ngikholelwa ukuthi nsuku zonke isipho futhi ngizama ukubuyisela kwabanye njalo. Ngiyakuthanda ukutshela indaba yami, engabandakanyi ukubaluleka kokholo nomkhuleko kuphela, kodwa futhi nolwazi olubalulekile ekuguqulweni kwe-BRCA , isifo sofuzo esivame kakhulu phakathi kwamakhosikazi angamaJuda ase-Ashkenazic. Ngibhale isahluko sencwadi entsha ehlelwe nguRabi Doug Kohn futhi enyatheliswa yi-URJ Press "Life, Faith, and Cancer ... ..". lapho ngitshela khona ngomcimbi okhethekile futhi oyingqayizivele engangiwuphethe ekuphelelweni kokwelashwa kwami ​​kwe-chemo.

Q: Ucabanga ukuthi yiziphi izinsimbi zokuphulukisa kakhulu?

A: I-"Four" F "- Ukholo, Umndeni, Abangane Nokuzijabulisa! UMarc ubuye abize ngokuthi uthando, ukuhleka, ukukholwa nethemba.

Siyabonga!

Siyabonga kakhulu kuDiane noMarc, ngenxa yezintambo ezimnandi zokwabelana ngendaba yakho nesikhuthazo kwabanye. Ukutshela ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakho kusiza ukufundisa abanye futhi kungakhuthaza abesifazane ukuba bahlale emgqeni ngamammograms wonyaka, izivivinyo zemitholampilo, nezimo zengqondo ezinhle.