Uxubusha Ngomdlavuza Wentsholongwane KaDeve Becker Krasnick

Ukubetha I-Cancer Breast Ngokholo, Intsapho, Abahlobo kunye Nolonwabo

UDiane Becker uKrasnick wafunyaniswa ngo-2001 kunye nomhlaza webele we- HER2 , kwaye wajoyina ilingo lekliniki likaHerceptin. Wayephila ngokugcwele ubomi, ekhonza njengo-Cantorial Soloist kunye noTat Mitzvah utitshala, ephakamisa iintombi ezimbini kunye nokuxhasa umyeni wakhe. UDiane akazange anciphise ngexesha lokunyanga. UDiane utshela ibali lakhe lokuswela umdlavuza webele.

Ukudibana noDiane ongenakwenzeka

UDiane kunye nathi ndidibana kwi-Forum yami kwingxoxo malunga ne-movie ethi "Ubungqina Bokuphila" malunga noDkt Dennis Slamon, ugqirha owenza izilingo ze-Clinic kunye noHerceptin. Wayefuna i-DVD ikopi ye-movie, kuba ngo-2001, wayengomnye wabafazi aba-1 000 abandakanywa kwilingo lekliniki likaHerceptin. Njengoko sathetha, uDiane wavuma ukuxelela ibali lakhe nathi sonke. Njengoko uza kubona, uhlala ekhululekile!

UDiane Becker uKrasnick utshatile umhlobo wakhe omhle uMarc iminyaka engama-37. Zineentombi ezimbini ezithandekayo, uJessica noMeredith. UDiane noMarc ngoku bahlala eSt. Thomas eZiqithi zase-Virgin zase-US, apho uDiane ngu-Cantorial Soloist kunye nomtshato osemthethweni.

I-Diagnosis kaDever's Breast Diagnosis

Umbuzo: Ngaba ukhule ucula? I-bio yakho igcwele iindaba zokucula izihlandlo.

A: Ewe, ndixhaswe kwiVocal Music Performance kwiYunivesithi yaseWisconsin-Madison. Ndihlabelele kunye noMadison Symphony Chorus, emitshatweni, kunye nomntu oyedwa kwi-choir eThekwini eBet El-Madison. Ndiyidlale igitare kwaye ndihlabelela kwiiNkonzo zeBar kunye neBat Mitzvah, iintlanganiso zeSihlanu ze-Shabbat, kwaye ndenza umngcwabo kunye neenkonzo zakwaShiva kumaYuda angabonakaliyo nebandla lam.

Ngo-2000, ngaphambi kokuba ndifumaniswe, ndaqala ukukhonza njenge-High Holiday Cantorial Soloist kwi-Beth Beth Israel kwi-North Adams, iMisa. Okwangoku, ndikhonza njengomnyaka wokuqala we-Cantorial Soloist / Utitshala kwiBandla lesiHeberu likaSt. Thomas kwiiVirgin Islands zaseUnited States, umsebenzi wam uphupha, kwaye ndiyimvume yomtshato osemthethweni kwi-USVI.

Umbuzo: Thetha kum ncinane malunga nokuxilongwa kwakho kunye nonyango.

unyango lwebele. UJustin Sullivan / abasebenzi / i-Getty Izithombe

A: Ndifumene i-cancer yesifuba ngonyaka ka-2001. Ngenxa yesifo somhlaza wesifuba se-breast- grade 3 B enomdlavuza we-ductal carcinoma, kwiminyaka eyisibhozo eyadlulayo ndibenomdlavuza ongakumbi, kubandakanywa i-mastectomy ephakathi kwamanye amazwe, i-oopherectomy ehlukeneyo, emithathu iintlobo ze- chemotherapy ngaphezu kweeveki ezingama-64, iiveki ezintlanu zemizi ngemihla, i- lymphedema , kunye neembalo ezininzi ze- cellulitis , isifo sobungozi bokuphila.

Nangona iimeko ezichasene nam, ndiyazi indlela yokuphila imihla ngemihla njengokungathi yam yokugqibela.

Umbuzo: Ubonakala unomdla kwaye ujabule. Ngoko yintoni imfihlo yakho yokubuyisela?

A: Ukujonga ngasemva, ndiza kuthetha izinto ezininzi ezidlala indima endleleni endinokuyifumana - umyeni wam onothando, uMarc, usapho lwam, amaninzi abahlobo, kodwa kunye nokomoya lwam nokholo kuThixo kwandenza ukuba ndibe ngumsindisi, okudabukisayo, kuba abaninzi abanezifo eziphambili, ayisoloko isiphumo. Ndagxininisa ukuba umculo wokomoya wokomoya kunye nokuphulukisa udlalwa ngelixa ndisebenza ngophando. Nanini naxa ndihla, ndiza kucula imithandazo endiyithandayo kwaye inentsingiselo, endibangela ukuba ndiqhubeke ndiqhubeka, kodwa ndifumana amandla amaninzi kunanini ngaphambili.

Umbuzo: Umyeni wakho ngumntu osasazeka ngumhlaza. Wayejamelana njani kwaye unokuxhasa?

A: UMarc wabhala uchungechunge lwee-imeyile ukuhlaziywa, ngoko ke amaninzi eenhlobo kunye namalungu entsapho "angagcinwa e-loop" emva kokuba ndifumene umhlaza ngo-2001. I-imeyile yayindlela yokujamelana nentlungu yakhe. Iimpendulo ezivela kubafundi bakhe abaninzi beziyimithombo eqhubekayo yamandla kuMarc kunye nam ngeli xesha elinzima. Uqokelele ii-imeyile kwifom yeencwadi ngokuthi "... nguDiane kuphela," yinto yam uthando.

Umbuzo: Ngaba ucebisa unxibelelwano lwe-imeyile?

A: Ewe ndenza. Emva kokuva malunga nale nkcazo ' yeqela lexhasi lokuxhasa abantu ' baye baqalisa ukusebenzisa le ndlela ngexesha leengxaki zabo zobomi ezingabancedisi nje kuphela, kodwa banceda unqulo lwabo kunye nabahlobo bahlale bekwaziswa kunye banxulumene nabo bafuna uthando lwabo nemithandazo kunanini ngaphambili.

Umbuzo: Unika njani inkxaso kunabanye kule mihla?

iidrabhu zebele zombele. UJason Kempin / abasebenzi / i-Getty Izithombe

A: Ndiyakholwa ukuba yonke imihla isipho kwaye ndizama ukubuyisela kwabanye rhoqo. Ndiyakuthanda ukuxelela ibali lam, elingabandakanyi ukubaluleka kokholo nomthandazo, kodwa nolwazi olubalulekileyo malunga nokuguqulwa kwe-BRCA , isifo esiyimfuyo esinoqhelekileyo phakathi kwabesifazane abangamaYuda base-Ashkenazic. Ndibhalile isahluko sencwadi entsha ehleliwe nguRabbi Doug Kohn kwaye ipapashwe yi-URJ Press "Ubomi, Ukholo, kunye neCarcer ... ..". endiyithethayo malunga nomcimbi okhethekileyo kunye neyodwa ebendiyifumene nayo ekuphelelweni kwonyango lwama-chemo.

Umbuzo: Ucinga ukuba ziphi izixhobo zokuphulukisa kakhulu?

A: Iine "F" - Ukholo, intsapho, abahlobo kunye nokuzonwabisa! UMarc ubizwa ngokuba ngumthando, ukuhlekisa, ukholo kunye nethemba.

Enkosi!

Unombulelo olunzulu kuDiane noMarc, ngenxa ye-mitzvah emangalisayo yokuxelela ibali lakho kunye nokukhuthaza abanye. Ukuxelela malunga namava akho kukunceda abanye kwaye kungakhuthaza abafazi ukuba bahlale kwindlela kunye neeminyamakazi zonyaka, iimviwo zeclini kunye nezimo zengqondo ezilungileyo.