乳がん患者の語り

乳がん患者30

インタビュー30

インタビュー時の年齢 : 57歳
診断時の年齢 : 55歳
概要 : 1999年に乳がんの診断。乳房切除術、放射線療法、化学療法。
  1. なぜ乳房切除術を自分にとって一番よい選択肢として受け入れることになったのかを説明している
  2. なぜ乳房再建術を選択しなかったかを述べている
  3. 深刻な副作用の経験と、なぜそれ以上化学療法を続けなかったのかについて述べている
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  1. なぜ乳房切除術を自分にとって一番よい選択肢として受け入れることになったのかを説明している

    So anyway, so I visited hospital and I requested the doctors. And I said, well it's better because I had cancer in the front part of my breast, very in the nipple, right. So I thought it's very easy if they just, you know, operate on that part of me. But the doctor didn't agree.

    The doctor said: "No, if we do that it may be 75% assurance, so mastectomy is the best thing."

    I wasn't happy with the mastectomy but anyway in the end I had to agree because my doctor also said it's better if you go ahead with the mastectomy. So I was very hesitant to have, you know, the whole breast removed.

    Anyway, so I had a mastectomy and I stayed in hospital I think eight to nine days.

  2. なぜ乳房再建術を選択しなかったかを述べている

    Even when I go for swimming, you know, I have to wear that costume.

    It's not the same thing, you know, as your own breast.

    And the doctor asked me if I can have you know, new breast.

    I said no, I refused because that operation is the worst.

    So that was very difficult, so I refused.

  3. 深刻な副作用の経験と、なぜそれ以上化学療法を続けなかったのかについて述べている

    Anyway I had to go ahead with chemotherapy. Chemotherapy was a very, very bad experience. Very bad experience. I used to feel sick. All the time I used to feel bloated, you know, bloated feeling.

    And even my eyesight, I started feeling blurred. My vision started becoming quite blurred.

    And in the beginning it wasn't so bad but second time, third time, it was a very painful experience anyway. And I used to have a lot of temperature and very bad side effects.

    And then I had half of my chemotherapy, then they asked me to go ahead for radiotherapy. I was pleased because chemotherapy was very painful. So then doctor told me after six months that I should have another part of chemotherapy. Then I refused.

    I said: "No doctor. Whatever happens I don't want any more chemotherapy. I'll leave to that God, okay?" So I didn't have any chemotherapy. The doctor said that: "It's okay, it's up to you."

    I said: "Is it possible, can you tell me how you can find out. Even one cell can multiply in millions, right? "So how you can be sure with more chemo?" Right?

    So doctor left it up to me. He said it's up to me: "If you don't want to go ahead with another chemo, okay." So I didn't.