Indlela iNgcali yeGalofu yaba yiNtloko yeCancer Advocate
U-Arnold Palmer uyaziwa ngokuba ngumfundi we-golfer we-classist we-world-class golfer owawunesihloko esithi "Umdlali we-Athlete of Decade" kuma-1960s yi-Associated Press.
Ngethuba lomsebenzi wakhe weminyaka engama-50, uPalmer wazuza ezininzi izikhundla ze-PGA kwaye waba ngumkhulumeli wexesha elide loo mibutho yokunceda njengoMatshi weDeses kunye ne-Eisenhower Medical Centre Foundation (kunye naye owayenomhlobo obusondeleyo kubuhlobo bakhe Dwight Eisenhower).
Kanye ngokubalulekayo, i-Palmer (eyafa isifo senhliziyo ngo-2016 kwiminyaka eyi-87) yaba ngumkhokeli okhokelayo wesaziso somhlaza wesifo sengqondo emva kokufumana isifo ngokwaso.
I-Palmer's Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
I-Palmer yafumanisa ukuba yayinomdlavuza wesi-prostate ngo-1997. Nangona wayengenayo impawu yesifo, wayesebenzisa iimvavanyo eziqhelekileyo eziquka iimvavanyo ze-prostate-specific antigen (PSA) eziqhelekileyo.
Nangona i-PSA yePalmer yayikhuphuke ngonyaka ngonyaka (iphakamisa ukukhulisa i-prostate ), yayifinyelele kwindawo ephakathi kwe-1990 apho i- biopsy ibonakala ilungile. Ngelixa iimvavanyo zokuqala zingabonakali zibonakaliso zomhlaza, ukunyuka okulandelayo kwi-PSA yakhe kwakuvumelekile ukubukeka kwe sibini. Kwakuloo ndlela loo mhlaza wesantya waqala ukuqinisekiswa ngogqirha eMayo Clinic.
U-Palmer wakhetha ukuhlinzwa ukuze asuse yonke i-gland (eyaziwa njenge- prostatectomy enkulu ). Walandela le ngonyango yamayeza eveki ezisixhenxe apho wafumana ukuxolelwa okuqhubekayo ngexesha lobomi bakhe.
Kwiiveki ezisibhozo zonyango lwakhe, uPalmer ubuyele kwi-PGA Tour. Nangona ukupheliswa komhlaza, uPalmer wabika ukuba unobuthakathaka kwaye ufuna ixesha elide lokuphucula emva kokusebenza. Nangona kunjalo, uPalmer waqhubeka edlala iminyaka e-9 ezayo, ekugqibeleni ngokuthatha umhlalaphantsi wakhe kwimidlalo ngo-2006.
Igalelo lePalerta kwiCarcer
Emva kokunyanga kwakhe ngo-1997, uPalmer wathatha isigaba sokuqala kwisikhankaso sokwazisa umdlavuza wesiqhwala, ukukhuthaza amadoda ukuba angalindelanga ukuba ama-50s ahlolwe, ngelixa i-position ayivunyelwanga ngamagosa ezempilo karhulumente (unikwe umgangatho ophezulu weziphumo ezingamanga ), yagqamisa imfuneko yokuqwalaselwa ngokubanzi kumadoda ahlala eshoywa ingozi yomdlavuza wesibeletho.
I-Palmer ithatha inyathelo elongezelelweyo ngokuncedisa i-Arnold Palmer Isikhungo seProstate kwi-Eisenhower Medical Centre kufuphi nePalm Springs, eCalifornia. Isibonelelo esingenanzuzo namhlanje sinikeza unyango lomhlaza we-state-of-art kuquka i- proton rayation kunye ne-chemotherapy.
Iphupha likaPalmer lokuvula isikhungo sophando lomhlaza kufuphi nomzi wakubo waseLatrobe, ePennsylvania yagqitywa ngowama-2003 xa iYunivesithi yasePittsburgh yeZiko lezoPhilo liveze i-Arnold Palmer Pavilion (ekubeni ihlala i-Arnold Palmer Cancer Centre). Unyunithi engama-30,000-square-foot-unit iqukethe i-oncology epheleleyo yokugula kunye novavanyo lokuhlola.
Ezinye Imirhumo yezeMpilo
Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe, i-Palmer yayitshisa rhoqo i-cigarettes kwaye yalwa ne-nicotine iminyaka emininzi. Kwesinye isigaba, wavuma nokubhema i-Lucky Strike i-cigarette kwisiqulatho seentengiso zeTV.
Ngowe-1978, nangona kunjalo, uPalmer wenza iphelele-ubuso kwaye akayekanga ukuyeka ukutshaya kodwa waba ngummeli ochasayo. Waye wavuma ukuba ukutshaya ukulimala phantse zonke iziko emzimbeni wakhe kwaye mhlawumbi uye wanceda ekuveliseni umdla wakhe ngo-1997.
Umsebenzi we-Palmer wawubandakanya ukusekwa kweSibhedlele sase-Arnold Palmer kubantwana base-Orlando, eFlorida kunye neSibhedlele saseWinnie Palmer seBhinqa neBantwana, esabizwa ngumfazi wakhe uWinnie Walzer Palmer.
> Umthombo:
> I-US Preventive Services Task Force. "I-prostate Cancer: Ukucoca." Rockville, Maryland; hlaziywa ngoMeyi 2012.