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He lapaʻau maʻi ʻaʻai ke kemoterapi e hoʻohana ana i nā lāʻau ikaika e luku i nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai ma kou kino. Hana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā pūnaewele e ulu a māhele wikiwiki, he ʻano nui ia o nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai. ʻOiai paha e manaʻo ʻoe he mea nui ka huaʻōlelo "kemoterapi", hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāna mea e pili ana ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mākaukau a ʻike e pili ana i kēia koho lapaʻau nui.
He lapaʻau ʻōnaehana ke kemoterapi e hoʻohana ana i nā lāʻau anti-cancer e hakakā i nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai ma nā wahi a lākou e noho ai i kou kino. ʻAʻole like me ke ʻoki a i ʻole ka radiation e kuhikuhi ana i nā wahi kikoʻī, hele ke kemoterapi ma kou kahe koko e hiki aku i nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai i laha a i ʻole e laha i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o kou kino.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻohana ʻia i ke kemoterapi i kapa ʻia he mau lāʻau cytotoxic, ʻo ia hoʻi ua hoʻolālā ʻia lākou e hōʻino a pepehi paha i nā pūnaewele. He kūpono loa kēia mau lāʻau i nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai no ka mea e māhele wikiwiki nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā pūnaewele maʻamau i kou kino. Eia naʻe, hiki ke hoʻopilikia ʻia kekahi mau pūnaewele olakino e māhele wikiwiki ana, ʻo ia ke kumu e loaʻa ai nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Aia ma luna o 100 mau lāʻau kemoterapi like ʻole i loaʻa i kēia lā. E koho kāu oncologist i ka hui kikoʻī e hana maikaʻi loa no kāu ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai, kou olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me kāu mau pahuhopu lapaʻau. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe hoʻokahi lāʻau, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e loaʻa i ka hui pū ʻana o kekahi mau lāʻau.
He nui nā kumu nui o ke kemoterapi i ka lapaʻau maʻi ʻaʻai, a e ʻōlelo kāu kauka iā ia e pili ana i kāu kūlana kikoʻī. ʻO ka pahuhopu nui e hāʻawi mau iā ʻoe i ka hopena maikaʻi loa me ka mālama ʻana i kou maikaʻi o ke ola.
Hiki i kāu kauka oncologist ke ʻōlelo aku i ka chemotherapy e hoʻōla loa i kāu maʻi kanesa. ʻO kēia ala, i kapa ʻia ʻo curative chemotherapy, e manaʻo ana e hoʻopau i nā pūnaewele maʻi kanesa a pau mai kou kino. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ia i ka wā e ʻike mua ʻia ai ka maʻi kanesa a i ʻole ke pane maikaʻi ʻana i ka lāʻau.
I kekahi manawa hoʻohana ʻia ka chemotherapy e kāohi i ka ulu ʻana a me ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa. ʻO kēia ala, i ʻike ʻia ʻo palliative chemotherapy, e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona a hiki ke hoʻolōʻihi i kou ola ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻōla piha. Nui ka poʻe e ola ana i nā ola e hoʻokō nei no nā makahiki me kēia ʻano lapaʻau.
Hiki nō hoʻi i ka chemotherapy ke hōʻemi i nā ʻōpū ma mua o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia ala neoadjuvant e maʻalahi ai ke ʻoki a i ʻole e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka radiation. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hāʻawi ʻia ka adjuvant chemotherapy ma hope o ke ʻoki a i ʻole ka radiation e hoʻopau i nā pūnaewele maʻi kanesa i koe i ʻike ʻole ʻia.
Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ka chemotherapy ma nā ʻano like ʻole, a na kāu hui lapaʻau e koho i ke ʻano e hana maikaʻi loa ai no kāu lāʻau lapaʻau a me ke kūlana. Loaʻa ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ka chemotherapy ma ke ʻano he lapaʻau outpatient, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻi i ka home i ka lā like.
ʻO ke ʻano maʻamau ʻo intravenous (IV) chemotherapy, kahi e kahe pololei ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou kahe koko ma kahi paipu lahilahi. Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia kēia ma o kahi IV manawaleʻa i kou lima a i ʻole ma o kahi mea paʻa mau e like me ke awa, he diski liʻiliʻi i waiho ʻia ma lalo o kou ʻili me kahi paipu e alakaʻi ana i kahi vein nui kokoke i kou puʻuwai.
Hele mai kekahi mau lāʻau chemotherapy ma ke ʻano he mau pila a i ʻole nā capsules āu e lawe ai ma ka home. He mana nui kēia chemotherapy waha e like me ka lapaʻau IV a pono e nānā pono i ka manawa a me ka dosage. E hāʻawi kāu hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka hui lapaʻau i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i ka manawa a me ke ʻano e lawe ai i kēia mau lāʻau.
ʻO nā hana maʻamau ʻole e komo pū ana me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i loko o nā ʻiʻo, ma lalo o ka ʻili, a i ʻole pololei i nā wahi kikoʻī o ke kino e like me ka wai spinal a i ʻole ka ʻōpū. E wehewehe pono kāu oncologist i ke ʻano o ka hana āu e loaʻa ai a no ke aha ia ka koho maikaʻi loa no kāu mālama ʻana.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka chemotherapy e pili ana i nā hana kūpono a me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka naʻau. E alakaʻi kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe ma nā mea a pau āu e pono ai e ʻike, akā ʻo ka lawe ʻana i kahi hana ikaika i kāu hoʻomākaukau ʻana hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻoʻiʻo a mākaukau.
Ma mua o kāu mālama mua ʻana, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau manawa a me nā hoʻokolohua. E kauoha kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua koko e nānā i kāu hana ʻōkana, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou ate a me nā puʻupaʻa, no ka mea, e hana lākou i nā lāʻau chemotherapy. Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā hoʻokolohua puʻuwai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kou puʻuwai.
E kūkākūkā kāu hui lapaʻau i nā hopena ʻaoʻao a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana iā lākou. E loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lāʻau anti-nausea e lawe ma mua a ma hope o ka mālama ʻana, a hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kākoʻo ʻē aʻe. E hoʻopaʻa i kēia mau mea ma ka home ma mua o kāu mālama mua ʻana.
E noʻonoʻo i nā hoʻomākaukau kūpono e hiki ke maʻalahi i kāu mau lā lapaʻau. E hoʻonohonoho i kekahi e hoʻokele iā ʻoe i a mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoiai no nā kau mua a hiki i kou ʻike ʻana i kou manaʻo. E hoʻomākaukau i nā lole ʻoluʻolu, nā mea ʻai, nā mea leʻaleʻa e like me nā puke a i ʻole nā papa, a me ka ʻōmole wai no nā lā lapaʻau.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama ʻana hiki ke kōkua i kou kino e mālama maikaʻi i ka chemotherapy. E ʻai i nā meaʻai momona, e hoʻomaha pono, a e noho hydrated. Inā he pilikia niho kou, e hoʻoponopono iā lākou ma mua o ka mālama ʻana no ka mea hiki i ka chemotherapy ke hoʻopilikia i kou waha a hana i nā hana niho i ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī.
Ke ana ʻia nei kou pane ʻana i ka chemotherapy ma o nā hoʻokolohua a me nā scans like ʻole ma mua o kahi helu hoʻokahi a i ʻole hopena. E hoʻohana ana kāu oncologist i nā ʻano hana like ʻole e hoʻoholo ai i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o kāu lapaʻau, a alakaʻi kēia mau hopena i nā hoʻoholo e pili ana i ka hoʻomau ʻana, ka hoʻololi ʻana, a i ʻole ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka lapaʻau.
Hāʻawi nā hoʻokolohua koko i ka ʻike waiwai e pili ana i kāu pane ʻana i ka lapaʻau. ʻO nā mākaʻi tumora he mau protein i hana ʻia e kekahi mau maʻi ʻaʻai, a ʻo ka emi ʻana o nā pae e hōʻike pinepine ana e hana ana ka lapaʻau. Hōʻike kāu helu koko piha i ka hopena o ka chemotherapy i kou iwi iwi, e hana ana i kāu mau keena koko.
Hōʻike nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi e like me nā scans CT, MRIs, a i ʻole PET scans i nā loli kino i kāu mau tumora. E hoʻohālikelike kāu kauka i kēia mau kiʻi me nā scans i lawe ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lapaʻau. ʻO ka emi ʻana o nā tumora a i ʻole ka maʻi paʻa (ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole e ulu ana nā tumora) he mau hōʻailona maikaʻi e hana ana ka lapaʻau.
E loiloi pū ana kāu oncologist i ke ʻano o kou manaʻo a me ka hana ʻana. Hiki i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻeha, ka luhi, a i ʻole nā pilikia hanu ke hōʻike i ke kōkua ʻana o ka lapaʻau. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kēia mau mea a pau me ka hilinaʻi ʻole i kekahi hopena hoʻokolohua hoʻokahi.
ʻO ke pane piha ʻana ʻaʻole ia he hōʻike o ka maʻi ʻaʻai i hiki ke ʻike ʻia i nā hoʻokolohua a me nā scans. Hōʻike ka pane hapa i ka emi nui ʻana o ka tumora, ma ka liʻiliʻi he 30%. ʻO ke ʻano paʻa o ka maʻi ʻaʻole ia i ulu a emi nui paha nā tumora, ʻoiai ʻo ka maʻi holomua ʻo ia ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi ʻaʻai me ka nānā ʻole i ka lapaʻau.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao chemotherapy he ʻāpana nui ia o kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau, a he nui nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi a kāu hui mālama ola e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu e like me ka hiki. He ʻokoʻa ka ʻike o kēlā me kēia kanaka, a nui ka poʻe e ʻae i ka chemotherapy ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia.
ʻO ka luaʻau a me ka luaʻi kekahi o nā pilikia maʻamau, akā he mea maikaʻi loa nā lāʻau anti-nausea o kēia wā. E kauoha kāu kauka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e lawe ma mua, i ka wā, a ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki nō hoʻi ke kōkua i ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai liʻiliʻi, pinepine a me ka pale ʻana i nā ʻala ikaika. Hāʻawi ke kī ginger a i ʻole nā kāleka ginger i ke kōkua kūlohelohe no kekahi poʻe.
ʻO ka luhi kekahi hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e hiki ke hele mai ka luhi māmā a i ka pau ʻana. E hoʻolohe i kou kino a hoʻomaha i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe, akā hiki i ka hoʻoikaika kino mālie e like me nā hele wāwae pōkole ke kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kou pae ikehu. E hoʻolālā i kāu mau hana no nā manawa e manaʻo maikaʻi ai ʻoe, pinepine i ke kakahiaka.
Hiki mai ka lauoho me nā lāʻau chemotherapy he nui, ʻaʻole naʻe i nā mea a pau. Inā makemake ʻoe e nalowale kou lauoho, e noʻonoʻo e ʻoki pōkole ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama ʻana. Koho kekahi poʻe i nā wigs, nā ʻaʻahu, a i ʻole nā pāpale, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e ʻapo i ko lākou poʻo ʻōhule. E ulu hou kou lauoho ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka mālama ʻana, akā he ʻano ʻokoʻa a i ʻole ke kala.
Hiki i ka chemotherapy ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kāu helu keʻokeʻo koko no ka manawa, e hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i mea maʻalahi i nā maʻi. E holoi pinepine i kou mau lima, e pale i nā lehulehu i ka hiki, a e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kuni, nā anu, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi. E nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau i kāu helu koko.
Hoʻopilikino nui ʻia ke ʻano o ka chemotherapy maikaʻi loa a pili i nā mea he nui e pili ana iā ʻoe a me kāu maʻi kanesa. ʻAʻohe
ʻO ka lapaʻau maikaʻi loa e kaulike ana i ka mana e hakakā ai i ka maʻi 'aʻai me nā hopena ʻaoʻao hiki ke mālama ʻia. I kekahi manawa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lapaʻau ʻaʻole ikaika loa i hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopau piha ma mua o kahi ala ʻoi aku ka ikaika e pono ai ke kāpae ʻia a i ʻole e hōʻemi ʻia ma muli o nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Hiki ke loli kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau i ka manawa ma muli o ke ʻano o kou pane ʻana a me ka ʻae ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E loiloi mau kāu kauka i kāu holomua a hoʻoponopono i kāu lapaʻau e like me ka mea e pono ai. ʻO kēia maʻalahi ka ikaika o ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi 'aʻai hou, e ʻae ana i kāu hui e hoʻomaikaʻi mau i kāu lapaʻau.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena ʻaoʻao nui mai ka chemotherapy. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea pilikia e kōkua i kāu hui lapaʻau e mālama i nā hana kūpono a nānā pono iā ʻoe i ka wā o ka lapaʻau.
Hiki i ka makahiki ke hoʻopili i ke ʻano o kou kino e hana ai i nā lāʻau chemotherapy. Hiki i nā mākua kahiko ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao hou aʻe a i ʻole pono e hoʻoponopono i ka mahele, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā maʻi ʻōpio i ka lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻo ka makahiki wale nō e hoʻoholo i nā hoʻoholo lapaʻau, a he nui nā mākua kahiko e hana maikaʻi me ka chemotherapy.
Hoʻopili nui kou olakino holoʻokoʻa a me ka hana ʻana o nā ʻōpū i ke ʻano o kou mālama ʻana i ka lapaʻau. Pono ka poʻe me nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa, ke ake, a i ʻole ka puʻuwai i nā mahele i hoʻololi ʻia a i ʻole ka nānā kūikawā. Hiki i nā lapaʻau maʻi 'aʻai mua ke hoʻopilikia i kou ʻae ʻana i nā lāʻau chemotherapy hou.
Hoʻonui kekahi mau maʻi lapaʻau i nā pilikia pilikia. Pono ka maʻi diabetes, ka maʻi puʻuwai, nā pilikia o ka māmā, a i ʻole nā maʻi autoimmune i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā. E hana kāu kauka me nā loea ʻē aʻe e mālama i kēia mau maʻi i ka wā o kāu lapaʻau maʻi 'aʻai.
Hoʻopilikia ka maikaʻi meaʻai i kou hiki ke ʻae i ka chemotherapy. Hiki i ka liʻiliʻi loa a i ʻole ke kaumaha nui ke hoʻopilikia i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Hiki i kāu hui mālama ola ke ʻōlelo aku e hana pū me kahi meaʻai meaʻai e hoʻomaikaʻi i kou maikaʻi meaʻai ma mua a i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
Pono e kaulike pono ʻia ka ikaika o ka chemotherapy ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī, nā pahuhopu lapaʻau, a me ka hiki ke ʻae i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ala ikaika a i ʻole nā ala mālie - pili ka koho kūpono i nā mea pilikino he nui.
Hiki i nā regimens chemotherapy ikaika ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ka pepehi ʻana i nā cella maʻi ʻaʻai a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena maikaʻi aʻe. Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia kēia mau lapaʻau ke manaʻo ʻia ka hoʻōla, ke ʻano koʻikoʻi ka maʻi ʻaʻai, a i ʻole ke ʻōpio a olakino hoʻi ʻoe e lawelawe i ka lapaʻau ikaika.
Hoʻokumu nā ala chemotherapy mālie i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai me ka mālama ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ke ola. He kūpono paha kēia ke ʻaʻole maoli ka hoʻōla, ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā maʻi olakino koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole ke ulu lohi nei kāu maʻi ʻaʻai. Nui ka poʻe e ola maikaʻi no nā makahiki me ka lapaʻau liʻiliʻi.
E ʻōlelo aku kāu oncologist i ke ala e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ke kaulike maikaʻi loa o ka pono a me ka ʻae ʻana. Ua hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kākoʻo hou ke hiki i ka nui o ka poʻe ke loaʻa i ka lapaʻau ikaika me nā hopena ʻaoʻao hiki ke mālama ʻia. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia kāu lapaʻau inā pono.
ʻOiai palekana ka chemotherapy ke mālama pono ʻia, hiki iā ia ke hana i nā pilikia like ʻole e nānā pono ai kāu hui lapaʻau. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea e nānā ai a i ka manawa e ʻimi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO ka pilikia nui loa i kēia manawa, he maʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo neutropenia, kahi e emi nui ai ka helu o nā keʻena koko keʻokeʻo. ʻO kēia ke kumu e maʻalahi ai ʻoe i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e hiki ke lilo i mea hoʻoweliweli i ke ola. ʻO nā hōʻailona e komo pū ana me ke kuni, nā anu, ka ʻeha o ka ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ka luhi ʻole. Pono kēia i ka mālama olakino koke.
Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau chemotherapy ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana o kou puʻuwai, i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana a i ʻole nā makahiki ma hope. E nānā kāu kauka i kou puʻuwai me nā hoʻokolohua ma mua a i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai inā e loaʻa ana iā ʻoe nā lāʻau i ʻike ʻia e hoʻopilikia i ka puʻuwai. ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā pilikia o ka puʻuwai, akā kōkua ka nānā ʻana i ka hopu ʻana i nā pilikia i ka wā mua.
Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hōʻeha i nā aʻalolo, i kapa ʻia ʻo peripheral neuropathy, e alakaʻi ana i ka ʻūlū, ka ʻūlū, a i ʻole ka ʻeha ma kou mau lima a me nā wāwae. Hoʻomohala maʻamau kēia a hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai e ʻike kekahi poʻe i nā loli mau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoponopono i ka mālama ʻana inā pilikia ka neuropathy.
ʻO nā pilikia liʻiliʻi akā koʻikoʻi e komo pū ana me ka pōʻino o ka puʻupaʻa, ka lohe ʻana, nā pilikia o ka māmā, a i ʻole nā maʻi maʻi lua e ulu ana i nā makahiki ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. He liʻiliʻi kēia mau pilikia i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i kāu maʻi maʻi i kēia manawa, akā e kūkākūkā kāu kauka i nā pilikia kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
Hiki ke loaʻa nā koko koko i nā kānaka e loaʻa ana i ka chemotherapy. E nānā i ka pehu ʻana o ka wāwae, ka ʻeha, a i ʻole ka ʻulaʻula, a me ka ʻeha o ka umauma a i ʻole ka pōkole o ka hanu. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau, pono kēia mau hōʻailona i ka loiloi olakino koke.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka manawa e hoʻopili ai i kāu hui mālama olakino i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana i ka chemotherapy he mea nui ia no kou palekana a me kou olakino. Makemake kāu hui lapaʻau e lohe mai iā ʻoe e pili ana i nā hopohopo ma mua o ka kali ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
E kelepona koke i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kuni o 100.4°F (38°C) a i ʻole ke kiʻekiʻe aʻe. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻike i kahi maʻi koʻikoʻi ke hoʻopilikia ʻia kāu ʻōnaehana pale e ka chemotherapy. Mai kali e ʻike inā e hele ana ke kuni ma kona iho – e kelepona koke i kāu hui oncology, ʻoiai inā ma hope o nā hola.
ʻO ka nausea koʻikoʻi a i ʻole ka luaʻi e pale iā ʻoe mai ka mālama ʻana i nā wai no nā hola ʻoi aku ma mua o 24 mau hola e pono ai ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i ka dehydration ke lilo i mea koʻikoʻi, a loaʻa i kāu kauka nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau hōʻailona.
E nānā i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi ma waho o ke kuni, me nā anu, nā hou, ka ʻū, ka ʻāʻī ʻeha, nā ʻeha waha, a i ʻole ke kuni i ka wā e mimi ai. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻeha maʻamau, ka pehu ʻana, a i ʻole ka ʻulaʻula ma kāu pūnaewele IV a i ʻole ke awa e pono ai ka nānā koke.
ʻO ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, ka maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, nā hōʻailona o ke kahe ʻana e like me ka ʻeha maʻamau a i ʻole ke koko i loko o ka ʻōpala a i ʻole ka mimi, a i ʻole nā poʻo koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka loiloi olakino koke. E hilinaʻi i kāu mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo – inā manaʻo ʻoe he hewa nui kekahi mea, mai kānalua e kelepona.
E hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe i ka ʻike pili kikoʻī no nā kūlana koʻikoʻi. Nui nā kikowaena maʻi maʻi i nā laina kelepona 24-hola i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā kahu hānai e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pono ʻoe i ka mālama koke a i ʻole hiki ke kali i kāu hopohopo a hiki i ka lā ʻoihana aʻe.
He ʻokoʻa nui ka pono o ka chemotherapy ma muli o ke ʻano a me ke kahua o ka maʻi maʻi. ʻO kekahi mau maʻi maʻi, e like me kekahi mau maʻi koko a me ka maʻi maʻi testicular, pane maikaʻi loa i ka chemotherapy a hiki ke hoʻōla pinepine ʻia me kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau wale nō. ʻO nā maʻi maʻi ʻē aʻe, e like me kekahi mau maʻi lolo a i ʻole kekahi mau ʻōpū paʻa paʻa, ʻaʻole paha e pane i ka chemotherapy.
E wehewehe ana kāu kauka oncologists i ka maikaʻi o ka pane ʻana o kāu ʻano maʻi maʻi maʻi i ka chemotherapy. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki i ka chemotherapy ke hoʻōla i ka maʻi maʻi, hiki iā ia ke hoʻolohi i kona ulu ʻana, hoʻēmi i nā ʻōpū, a hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka maikaʻi o ke ola a me ka manawa ola.
ʻAʻole nā lāʻau chemotherapy a pau e hana i ka nalowale o ka lauoho, a ʻokoʻa loa ka nui o ka nalowale o ka lauoho ma waena o nā lāʻau like ʻole a me nā kānaka. Hoʻokumu kekahi mau lāʻau i ka nalowale o ka lauoho mai ke poʻo, nā kuʻemaka, a me ke kino, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e hana wale i ka lahilahi māmā a i ʻole ka nalowale o ka lauoho.
E haʻi aku kāu kauka iā ʻoe inā e hana ana kāu regimen chemotherapy i ka nalowale o ka lauoho. Inā manaʻo ʻia ka nalowale o ka lauoho, hoʻomaka maʻamau ia i 2-3 mau pule ma hope o kāu mālama mua ʻana a he manawa pōkole – e ulu hou ana kou lauoho ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai paha he ʻano ʻokoʻa a i ʻole ke kala.
Nui ka poʻe e hoʻomau i ka hana i ka wā o ka chemotherapy, ʻoiai paha e pono ʻoe e hana i kekahi mau hoʻoponopono i kāu papa hana a i ʻole nā hoʻonohonoho hana. Aia kou hiki ke hana i nā mea e like me kāu ʻano hana, ka papa hana lapaʻau, a me ke ʻano o kou pane ʻana i ka chemotherapy.
Manaʻo kekahi poʻe ua lawa ka maikaʻi e mālama i kā lākou papa hana hana maʻamau, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e pono e hōʻemi i nā hola, hana mai ka home, a i ʻole e lawe i ka manawa hoʻomaha i nā pule lapaʻau. E kūkākūkā i kāu kūlana hana me kāu hui mālama ola – hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻolālā a puni kāu papa hana lapaʻau a mālama i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka hana.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole nui nā kapu meaʻai maoli i ka wā o ka chemotherapy, pono e pale ʻia kekahi mau meaʻai e hōʻemi i ka pilikia o ka maʻi ke hoʻopilikia ʻia kāu ʻōnaehana pale. E hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola i nā alakaʻi kikoʻī, akā ma ke ʻano maʻamau, pono ʻoe e pale i ka ʻiʻo maka a i ʻole ka ʻiʻo i hoʻomoʻa ʻole ʻia, nā huahana waiū i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia, a me nā mea kanu maka a me nā hua ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻili.
E kālele i ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai momona, i kuke maikaʻi ʻia, a me ka noho ʻana i ka wai. Inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e like me ka nausea a i ʻole nā ʻeha waha, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i nā hoʻololi meaʻai kikoʻī. Hiki i kahi meaʻai meaʻai i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i ka meaʻai maikaʻi i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
He ʻokoʻa ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana i ka chemotherapy ma muli o ke ʻano o kāu maʻi kanesa, nā pahuhopu lapaʻau, a me ka maikaʻi o kāu pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. He mau mahina wale nō kekahi mau lapaʻau, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻomau no hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻoi aku paha. Hāʻawi ʻia ka lapaʻau ma nā pōʻaiapuni, me nā manawa o ka lapaʻau a me nā manawa hoʻomaha e hiki ai i kou kino ke ola.
E wehewehe kāu oncologist i kāu manawa lapaʻau i manaʻo ʻia, ʻoiai e loli paha kēia ma muli o ke ʻano o kāu pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka ʻae ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Kōkua nā scans a me nā hoʻokolohua maʻamau i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka wā e hoʻomau ai, hoʻololi, a i ʻole e hoʻōki i ka lapaʻau.