Sandi's Survivor Story of Conquering Inflammatory Cancer Breast

Vumela izinto ezincinci zihambe, ubaxelele ukuba uyabathanda!

USandi Johnson waya kwi-mammogram waza waphuma ngokuxilongwa ngeCreater Breast Cancer. Wanyamezela uluhlu lwezonyango: i-chemotherapy, ukuhlinzwa, i-radiation. Unomzimba wokuzivocavoca kwaye ufanelekile, kwaye usebenze njengomongameli webhodi yakhe yesikolo. U-Sandi kunye nenethiwekhi yakhe yenkxaso yenze loo ngxaki, kwaye ngoku uhlale ehleli. Nantsi ibali likaSandi Johnson lomdlavuza webele.

Ukusinda kweCarcer Breast Inflammatory

Sandi Johnson. Ifoto © ISithili seSikolo saseHarlem, iMachesney Park, IL

U-Sandi Johnson uye wabhekana nokuxilongwa kwe- smer -hammer ye- Inflammatory Cancer Cancer . Ngenkxaso yentsapho kunye nabahlobo bakhe, amalungu ebhodi yezikole, kunye neqela lezononophelo lwezempilo, uye wasinda kwizonyango ezinzima, kunye nesiganeko semetastasis. Ngalo lonke, wagcina iphepha lokubhala, kwaye wahlala ephikelela kwaye enomdla. Ibali lakhe liqala ngophwenkethi onomfesane kunye noxhalabileyo , owakhuthaza uSandi waza waqalisa ibhola.

USandi utshatile nomyeni wakhe uGary kunye noonyana ababini, uJake noJordan. Sandi noGary kunye kwaye basebenzise i-Asylum Gym eMachesney Park, e-Illinois, kwaye uSandi ube nguMongameli weBhodi yeSikolo yeeNgingqi iminyaka eli-10 edlulileyo. Uhambo lwakhe lugcinwa kwi-intanethi kwiwebhusayithi yakhe yeCaring Bridge.

I-Sister Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Sandi Johnson kunye neZometa. Ukunyuswa kwamaZometa, ifoto © uDkt Hoskins
Ubudala ekuxilongweni: 50
Uhlobo lwesifo somhlaza wesifuba: Ukuvutha komhlaza webele (3 "nge-5" isidleke / ishidi) kunye ne- Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma (3 izicubu = 2 0-ubukhulu malunga ne-3 cm)
Isimo se-lymph node: 5 kwezi-12 ezilungileyo
Inkcazo yokuSichazela: Isigaba IV, iBanga lesi-3
Ugqirha: I -mastectomy ye-bilateral kunye ne- sentinel lymph node biopsy
Unyango: I-Chemotherapy kunye neMTHETHO (i- Adriamycin , i- Cytoxan , i-Taxotere), iinjongo ze-Neulasta - iinyanga ezi-5. Ukuphuphuma kwendawo yokuhlinzwa - iiveki ezi-7.
Ukulandela unyango lweHormone : Femara .
Ukwelashwa kweMetastasis kamva: Izaphulo - iiveki ezi-5 ezongezelelweyo, i-dose yenyanga nganye yeZometa enikezwe ngaphakathi (bona isithombe).
Kufunyanwe ngo- Agasti 13, 2007
Imbali Yentsapho Yomhlaza Webele: Akukho

Into ephukile kunye Nento engalunganga

Ndazi ukuba into ephosakeleyo. Ndandifake isifuba (i-saline fill filled) ebendifuna ukuba, ekugqibeleni xa ndibe nexesha, ndatshintshile. Okwangoku, ndiyakwazi ukuthetha ngokuthe gqolo, ukuba into ethile yayingalunganga ngaphandle kwekhefu. Ngelishwa, xa oogqirha befumene ukuba i-implant implantation, abazange banomdla wokuphanda. Isicelo sam MRI samkelwa yinkampani yam inshorensi, ndiyakholwa, kuba beziva ukuba ndizama ukuzitshatyalalisa ngokufumana ukufakelwa kwam okutshintshileyo endaweni yeendleko zabo. Andizange ndikwazi ukufumana uncedo kuwo onke amaxesha kwaye kwakucasula.

Mammogram ejongayo

Ekugqibeleni, ngexesha elifanelekileyo lokuzalwa kwindoda yaminyaka yonke, i-technician ingatsho nje ngokujonga ukuba ndigula kakhulu. Kwiiyure ezingama-16, ndandidla etafileni ye- biopsy inegumbi elizele abantu abaye, ngokucacileyo, bebona into eyayingabonwa ngabanye ngaphambili. Kwakuyinto embi kum. Ukusuka apho, ndatshitshiswa kwisivunguvungu sokuxilonga, oogqirha, ukuxilonga kunye nokuphelelwa yithemba. Kwakunqwenele ukuba ndibe neCreater Breast Cancer kunye neentlobo zegadi zakho. Umhlaza wam sele usasazeke kwinqaba yam 5 no-6 kwinqanaba lam, Lo ube ngumhlaza wesigaba se-St.

Utshayelwe waya ngaphandle

Sandi Johnson's First Chemo. I-Chemo yokuqala, ifoto © I-Clinic Staff

Indlela yokwenza unyango lwam lwenziwe ngento yokuphuthuma okukhulu kunye nekhawulezi. Ndaqalisa inyanga ezi-5 zonyango lwama-chemotherapy, kwaye emva koko ilandelelanisa iiveki ezi-7 zonyango. Utyando lokususa amabele kunye neekhensi zandibeka esibhedlele iintsuku eziyi-11. Kodwa ndiphantse ndilahlekelwa ubomi bam ngezinye izihlandlo ezimbini ngeenyanga ezi-2. Ndibhedlele kwiintsuku ezili-6 kunye nemeko ebizwa ngokuba yi- neutropenia apho inani lam igazi elimhlophe liye lawa phantsi kwingozi ngenza ukuba ndiphethwe yilo lonke ugula olunokucinga. Ndaye ndalelwa kwindawo ebhedlele apho ndingenakubona umntu ngaphandle koongikazi kunye noogqirha ababefanelekile kwizinto ezifakwe kwi-suit-looking outfit.

I-Blood Clot

Ngenye ixesha ndiphantse ndifeka xa ndivelise i-clot yegazi kwintlambo yam. Ndibhedlele kwiDisemba 23, 24, 25, 26 no-27. IKrismesi yayingekho. Oku bekuyikrakra ... isihogo esingachazeki. Ngamaxesha amaninzi ndaziva ukuba ukufa bekube yinto elula. Ndichitha iinyanga ezintandathu kwixesha elithile, ixesha elininzi, ingxaki engeyiyo yonke into yokuzama ukulwa nomhlaza kunye nemiphumo yonyango.

Ukunikezelwa kwesigwebo esifutshane

Ndiyaqonda ukuba izinga lokusinda kwi-IBC ngeli nqanaba li-25% eyenza iminyaka emi-5. Ndandiqalise ukwakha ubungane kunye nabanye abafazi abathathu abane-IBC abasele bafa ukususela ngexesha ndifunyanwe. Mna, mna, ndixelelwe ukuba ndikulindele ukuba ndihlale kunye neenyanga ezili-6. Iinyanga ezintandathu! Oku akunakwenzeka! Ndivulekile, ndiphilile, ndilungele ... ndingagula njani? Ndingayibona njani kwisibuko ndize ndibone ibhinqa elijongene nempilo ... ngamanye amaxesha litshatile ... loo ntokazikazi oogqirha bathi bangasayi kubahamba phakathi kweentsuku ezili-180 nje. Akunakwenzeka. Andifuni ukukholelwa ...

Ukuya Kuvakashela iWebhu

Ndibutha intsapho yam kwaye siya kwiYunivesithi yaseWisconsin kwisiKliniki seCataltic Breast eMadison, eWisconsin. Iingcali ... okanye kunoko ngethemba, ukuthobeka, i-Wizard ye-Oz. Baya kundixelela eli shishini lokuba neenyanga ezi-6 eziseleyo ebomini bam bubuqili. Baya kundilungisa. Emva kweeyure ezingama-2 kunye neqela leengcali e-UW / Madison, ndithunyelwa ekhaya ngokuxolisa ... abanakwenza nto kum. Imoto yokuhamba ngomzuzu wama-45 yayibuhlungu ngokugqithiseleyo njengoko ukuqhuba kuyo kwakukho ithemba elithembisayo.

Ukuguquka kweNdawo - Isigqibo sexesha

Ngaloo hambo ekhaya, ndagqiba ekubeni ndibuyele ekhaya e-Rockford, ukuya kwelinye liye licinga kakhulu kwi-oncologist edibene nayo. Akuyi kuphinda ifune imbono yesibini okanye yesithathu ... umoya wam uya kuphuka xa ndifumene esinye isenzo sokuxolisa. Kuyikeka! Ndiyabhala, ukususela ekuqaleni kwalolu daba, kwifayili yedayari kwiwebhusayithi yam yeCaring Bridge nsuku zonke ebonelela abantu abanandinyamekelayo ngombono wam ebomini njengomgulane wesifo. Ndiye ndatshitshiswa kwinto ebizwa ngokuba "yinto eluhlaza, ebusweni bakho, inyaniso" ekubhaliseni kwam. Ndiyaziqhenya ngale nto. I-website ye-Caring Bridge ibone ama-190,000 ama-hits kwiinyanga ezili-16.

Inethiwekhi Yenkxaso

UJake, uSandi, noJordan Johnson. Ifoto © Gary Johnson
Inkxaso endiyenayo kwintsapho kunye nabahlobo (kunye noluntu lonke) luye lwafuduka kakhulu kwaye into endikwazi ukuyiphila kule ndawo ngaphandle. Ndinomyeni, uGary, kunye noonyana ababini (uJake, 21 kunye neYordan, 17) abaye bangenangqondo; baye benza isabelo sabo sokuhlupheka. UGary kwaye ndiba ne-gym, nangona ndigijima ngelixa esebenza kwi-Blue Cross Blue Shield, kunye nomboneleli wam inshorensi. (Yikes!) Kunzima. Ndibe ngumongameli webhodi yesikolo kwisithili sethu sasekuhlaleni kwiminyaka eyi-10 edlulileyo kwaye ndenze abahlobo abaninzi abaye bevela kum inkxaso.

Yiba nguMmeli Wakho Omhle

Andikwazi ukugxininisa ngokwaneleyo ukubaluleka kokuxilongwa kwangaphambili. Okubaluleke ngakumbi, yiba ngummeli wakho. Ukuba uziva into engalunganga, kufuneka u-PUSH indlela yakho ukuze uphendule. Ukuba ndiyakwazi ukubuyela emva, ndingenakuhlala ngokuqinisekiswa koogqirha ukuba 'konke kulungile' ngenxa yokuba banobuqili kunami ... banemfundo emininzi - kufuneka bazi ukuba baxoxa ngani ... bafanele bazi kangcono kunokuba kuyenza. Ukuba awuhlali uvuyo, qhubela phambili, qhubeka uqhubezela. Unelungelo lomzimba, nangona akusiyo ixesha lonyaka wakho. Ukuba uziva ukhululekile, cela i-ultrasound. Ukuba uziva ukhululekile, cela iMRI. Ukuba ukubuza akusebenzi, THOLA. Unelungelo lokwaneliswa iimpendulo ozifumanayo oogqirha bakho.

Isityhilelo seMetastatic

Kwiinyanga ezine emva kokuqala kwangeyaluyalulo lwangonyango, kwafumanisa ukuba umhlaza wam usasazeke kwinqumle yam nekhanda ngaselunxwemeni. Ndandivakalelwa kukuba ndatshatyalaliswa ngokwenene. Ukusasazeka? Sele sele Ndihamba ngeenxa zonke kwimihla yeentsuku ngaphambi kokuba ndiqaphele, ekugqibeleni, ndiza kukulwa kwam ebomini bam. Ndifuna ukuhlala. Ndifuna ukubona umfundi weshumi elinesibini esikolweni samabanga aphakamileyo. Andikulungele ukususa ubudlelwane bam nabantwana bam babini ngenxa yomhlaza. Zonke iingcamango zam, onke am amandla ... yonke into endiya kuhamba ngayo nayiphi na into eyayimfuneko, nangona kunjalo, ngokuzingca, ukuhlala. Kwakuyityhilelo yesinyaniso.

Ukubambelela

Sandi Johnson kwi Radiyo. Ifoto © Iikliniki yabasebenzi
Kwiinyanga ezintlanu ezedlulileyo, ndagqiba ukujikeleza kwemimiselo efunekayo ukujongana nale mihlaba yomhlaza omtsha. Ukususela ngoko, iimvavanyo zokuxilonga ziye zityhila ngelixa ndisenomhlaza osebenzayo kumabhokhwe am 5 no-6 kwinqanaba lam, Ndicinga ngale nto njengemfazwe yentando ... yintoni na loo mdlavuza wesigqabi ukucinga ngoku? Ndimele ndihlale inyathelo elizayo ... ubomi obuzayo.

IziMpawu ezintsha

Ndichitha iinyanga ezine ezizayo ndifumana ii-injection injections rhoqo kwiiveki ezintathu kwiimvenge zezityalo ezikhulayo ezazisungulwa ngexesha lotyando lwami lwe-mastectomy. Ezi zivalo zifakwe kwi "stretchers" eziya kuthi, ngokucacileyo, zolule isikhumba sam esicatsheni esifubeni ukuze ngithembele ukuba indawo eyaneleyo ingadalwa ukulungiselela izilwanyana zesifuba.

Umngeni omtsha: iLymphedema

Ngeli xesha, ndaphinda ndihlakulele imeko ephilileyo ebizwa ngokuba yi- lymphedema . Ngokuphazamiseka kwenkqubo yam lymphatic, ingalo yam engasekho yalahlekelwa amandla ayo okucoca amanzi. Akukho mntu unokundilungisela ubunzulu beli sifo kunye nokukhubazeka okunxulumene nayo. Ngamanye amaxesha, ingalo yam ekhohlo i-7 ukuya kwi-8 intshi ezinkulu kunengalo yam yangasese. Ndisoloko ndivakalelwa njengento engumzimba kunye nexesha lokuzichukumisa, ndibhekiselele kum nguphambano phakathi kukaPapa noFrankenstein.

Uphando olungakumbi, unyango olungakumbi

Iveki eledlule, ndayiphakanyiswa oko kwakubandakanya 1) ukususa izixhobo ezisezantsi ekutyunjweni kwangaphambili, 2) ukususa iishukela zangaphakathi zangaphakathi, 3) ezixhambileyo zangaphakathi zesifuba / isisu, 4) ukufaka i-gel implants kunye no-5) ukususa i-2 "nge-8" isikhumba esikhankanyeni sam esasiphulule ngokungalunganga kwindlela yokuhlinzwa yangaphambili ebandakanya ukuhlanganiswa kwesikhumba. Ndikulindele i-inshurensi yam ukuba ndivume ukuhlawula i-$ 8,000 kwi-lymphedema yomshishini oyeza kunceda ukugcina ukuvuvukala engalo yam.

Iingcebiso Ngomshuwalense Wezempilo

Cancer. Kuye kwaphazamiseka ngonaphakade kumzimba nangokwengqondo, ngokungathethi, ngokwezimali. Ubomi bunzima kakhulu kunokuba ndibe ndalindela ... ikakhulukazi ine-inshuwalense enhle. Ndicinga ukuba akunakulungi ukuba izigulane zomhlaza kufuneka zihlupheke kuloo mbandela. KANYE ... Ndiya kuthatha ukuphila kuyo nayiphina imeko yezemali, kunokungabi nhlobo. Enyanisweni, ndivumele ukuba ndihlupheke, ndivumele nje ndiphile. Iingcebiso endazinika bonke abathengayo kwi-inshurensi yezempilo kukuba uzibuze umbuzo owodwa olula: Ngaba le inshuwalense endifuna ukuyifumana, ukuba ndibe nomhlaza?

Kukho Lapha, Uphila

USandi Johnson kunye nendodana kaJake. Ifoto © Jordan Johnson
Ndilandele uhambo lwezigulane ezili-15 ze-IBC ekubeni ndiqalise uhambo lwam. Ngeveki ephelileyo, ngokudabukisayo kodwa ngokumangalisayo, mna ndedwa kuphela wabo bahlalayo. Ndiyabulela uThixo imihla ngemihla kuba ndiyazi ukuba nganye isipho. Ndiyazibuza ukuba, "kutheni na?" Kutheni ndiqhubeka ndiphila ngelixa kuninzi, abanye abaninzi abayithandi. Emva koko ndiyakhunjuzwa: "Akunakuzibuza ukuba kutheni ..."

Ngombulelo, Ukujonga phambili

Sandi noGary Johnson. Ifoto © Jake Johnson
Ekugqibeleni, u-2008 usemva kwethu kwaye u-2009 usanda kuqalisa ngokutsha kolu suku olutsha olutsha ... ixesha lokukhangela phambili izinto ezilungileyo ezizobomi. Ndivuyiswa kukuba ndiphila. Ubomi buye buguqulwa ngonaphakade kunye nomhlaza wesifo somhlaza kodwa ndiyabulela ngokufanayo. Ndiyabulela uThixo, kunye nosapho lwam kunye nabahlobo ... ngokukodwa bonke abo bandinike inkxaso eninzi ngale ndlela ende, enzima ndihamba ngayo ... okwenza kube lula kakhulu ukuthwala.