Nā moʻolelo o ka ʻIli Pepa Kanaka Maʻi

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ʻO Sue Stigler, Las Vegas, Nev.

Ua ʻike ʻia wau me ka melanoma i Iulai 2004 i ka piha ʻana o ʻehiku mau mahina me kaʻu keiki kāne. ʻO kuʻu "ʻānela kiaʻi," kuʻu hoa aloha ʻo Lori, ua koi ikaika iaʻu e ʻike i kahi dermatologist ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i kahi mole kaulike ʻole ma koʻu lima ʻākau. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kēia mole no ka lōʻihi o koʻu hiki ke hoʻomanaʻo. Ua kapa au i ka'u "mole pepeke," no ka mea, ua like ia me ka pepeke liilii. Ua ʻoi aʻe ka ʻeleʻele ma mua o koʻu ʻili, a ʻaʻole like me nā kiʻi aʻu i ʻike ai no nā melanomas. I ka manawa o kaʻu kuhi, he mau kaikamahine a māua ʻo Lori he 4 mau makahiki i ka papa hula like. Noho mākou ma ka lobby a kamaʻilio i ka wā o kā lākou papa. I kekahi kakahiaka, ua nīnau ʻo Lori e pili ana i ka mole ma koʻu lima, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia me ka melanoma i kekahi mau makahiki ma mua. Ua ʻae au ʻaʻole wau i nānā ʻia a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e kelepona koke wau i kaʻu kauka. ʻO ka pule aʻe, ua noi ʻo ia inā ua kāhea wau i kahi dermatologist. I kēlā manawa he ʻeono mahina koʻu hāpai ʻana, a ʻaʻole makemake e hoʻopilikia i kahi nānā hou. I nā pule aʻe, hāʻawi ʻo ia iaʻu i kāna kāleka kauka, a noi hou mai iaʻu e hana i kahi manawa. I ka pule aʻe, ua haʻi wau iā ia ʻaʻole wau i kāhea hou, ua kāhea ʻo ia mai kāna kelepona paʻalima a hāʻawi iaʻu i ka mea loaʻa. I koʻu wā i koho ʻia ai, ua kāhea ke dermatologist i kaʻu OB no ka ʻae e hemo i ka mole hoʻokahi pule ma hope ua loaʻa iaʻu ka nūhou he maʻi maʻi ko ka maʻi maʻi a pono wau i kahi ʻoki hou e ʻike pono i ka ʻaoʻao a me ka lawe ʻana i nā hunaola maʻi āpau. Aia wau i laila, ʻehiku mau mahina e hāpai ana a haʻi ʻia ua loaʻa wau i ka maʻi ʻaʻai. Ke nānā nei i hope, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha. ʻO wau he akua wahine lā nāna i hoʻolilo ka hapa nui o kaʻu mau kauwela ʻōpio e moe ana ma kahakai i uhi ʻia i ka aila pēpē a i ʻole e hele ana i kahi moe humuhumu. ʻIke wau i kēia manawa i kaʻu oncologist a me dermatologist mau a loaʻa i nā x-ray umauma i kēlā me kēia makahiki i hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻi hou i ka wanaʻao. Mahalo nui wau i kaʻu ʻānela kiaʻi "pushy" - ua hoʻopakele ʻo ia i koʻu ola.

Kimberly Arzberger, Puyallup, holoi.

Makemake wau e kaʻana aku i kā mākou kaikamahine ʻo Kim i ka moʻolelo maʻi ʻaʻa ʻili. I ka Mele Kalikimaka 1997 ua hele mai ʻo ia a me kona ʻohana e kipa iā mākou mai Seattle, Wash. I kekahi kakahiaka ua loaʻa ʻo Kim a me aʻu i nā mea i ka wā i ʻōlelo mai ai ʻo ia e makemake e hōʻike mai iaʻu i kahi mole ma kona kua. Ua pīhoihoi wau i ka ʻeleʻele a me ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka nānā ʻana, a ʻoiai ʻaʻole wau i ʻike nui e pili ana i nā mole kūleʻa a i ʻole ka maʻi ʻaʻai ʻili, ʻaʻole maikaʻi kāna ʻano iaʻu. Ua haʻiʻo ia iaʻu ua nānā aku kāna kauka ma Seattle a manaʻo he mea ʻole ia e hopohopo ai, akā ua haʻi wau iā Kim e wehe wau no ka mea ua hānai ʻia a hiki ke hopu i kona kapa. Ma hope o kona hoʻi ʻana i Seattle, ʻaʻole ʻo Kim i hoʻopaʻa manawa me kahi dermatologist a ʻike kāna OB/GYN i ka mole a haʻi iā ia e ʻike koke i kahi dermatologist. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Kim me ka melanoma, a ua hōʻike ʻia nā hoʻokolohua hou aʻe aia ia i ka pae III. I ʻApelila o 1998 ua wehe ʻo ia i nā lymph nodes mai lalo o kona lima. Ma laila mākou i ka manawa i hana ai ʻo ia i ke ʻoki kino, a ʻo ia ka manawa a maua me kaʻu kāne i ʻike maoli ai i ke ʻano koʻikoʻi o ka melanoma. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike hiki iā ʻoe ke make i ka maʻi ʻaʻai. He manawa pilikia loa ia no ko mākou ʻohana. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me nā lāʻau hou aʻe, ua ola ʻo ia a ua hiki ke hoʻi i ka hana. ʻIke mau ʻo ia i kāna kauka dermatologist, a ʻeiwa mau makahiki mai kona ʻike ʻana a ʻaʻohe ona maʻi hou. ʻIke mākou ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ke Akua iā ia a hoʻōla i kona kino. Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia iā ia i kēlā me kēia lā no kona ola ʻana a hiki ke hauʻoli i kona ola a me kona ʻohana.

ʻO Tina Scozzaro, West Hills, Calif.

ʻO kuʻu kaikamahine he 20 mau makahiki, ʻo Shawna, i mālama i koʻu ola. Ua hoʻomaha mākou, ua hele koʻu mau wāwae ma luna o kona ʻūhā, i kona ʻike ʻana i kahi mole ma koʻu wāwae. ʻLelo ʻo ia, "ʻAʻole kūpono kēlā mole, pono ʻoe e nānā i kēlā, e Māmā." Ma kahi o hoʻokahi mahina ma hope mai ua nīnau ʻo ia inā ua koho wau i kahi manawa (ʻaʻole wau). Ua huhū ʻo ia a ua haʻi iaʻu e hana i hoʻokahi i kēlā lā. Ua hana hope au, a ua loaʻa iaʻu me ka melanoma i ka makahiki 41. Pono wau e hana i kahi ʻoki excision ākea, i komo pū me kahi ʻili ʻeha nui, a me kahi biopsy o kahi node ma koʻu ʻāʻī. I kēia manawa, he 2" like ka lua i koʻu wāwae lalo a me ka ʻili ʻili ʻili, akā, he kumu kūʻai liʻiliʻi ia e uku ai no koʻu ola. Ke ola nei au i kēia lā no ka hoʻomau ʻana o Shawna a ua hele au i ke kauka. Mahalo, pēpē!

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