{"id":17997,"date":"2022-05-11T18:48:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T18:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/becky-zoras-cancer-journey\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:58:15","slug":"becky-zoras-cancer-journey","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/becky-zoras-cancer-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Uma batalha pessoal contra o cancro da mama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Becky Zora \u00e9 uma professora de arte reformada do liceu, de 72 anos, que reside em Mattapoisett. Passa os meses mais quentes a percorrer os caminhos naturais da sua comunidade, a nadar em Buzzard's Bay e a fazer jardinagem. Gosta de iniciar projectos no seu sol\u00e1rio com anteced\u00eancia, muito antes do in\u00edcio da primavera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apanhar a doen\u00e7a cedo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Da mesma forma, Becky sempre foi proactiva em rela\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 sua sa\u00fade, \u00e0s consultas de rotina e aos rastreios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A minha sa\u00fade \u00e9 a minha prioridade e nunca deixei de lado os meus cuidados pessoais\", diz ela. \"Sempre que recebi o aviso de que estava na altura de fazer uma mamografia, nunca faltei porque sabia que o risco de cancro da mama \u00e9 real.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devido a esta dedica\u00e7\u00e3o, Becky ficou surpreendida quando, no ano passado, a sua equipa de cuidados de sa\u00fade identificou n\u00f3dulos preocupantes numa mamografia de rotina; tratava-se de cancro da mama precoce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becky foi imediatamente encaminhada para um cirurgi\u00e3o mam\u00e1rio Dr. Keren Braithwaite<\/a>, a Patient Navigator Mary Catherine e a equipa do Centro de Sa\u00fade da Mama de Southcoast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liga\u00e7\u00e3o com a sua equipa de cuidados<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gra\u00e7as \u00e0 minha equipa de cuidados, nunca houve nada que eu enfrentasse e para o qual n\u00e3o estivesse preparada\", diz Becky. \"Durante uma das minhas bi\u00f3psias, uma enfermeira simp\u00e1tica falou-me durante o procedimento, enquanto outra me massajava o ombro. Toda a gente sabia o que eu precisava naquele momento.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Este apoio estendeu-se \u00e0 sua estadia no St. Luke's Hospital, onde Becky foi submetida a uma dupla mastectomia para remover o tecido mam\u00e1rio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Com o apoio e o profissionalismo do Dr. Braithwaite, Dr. Gagnon<\/a> e Dr. Rizk,<\/a> Tomei a decis\u00e3o de fazer uma dupla mastectomia, embora s\u00f3 houvesse cancro na mama esquerda. N\u00e3o queria fazer quimioterapia nem radioterapia, devido \u00e0 fase da minha vida em que me encontrava. Fal\u00e1mos \u00edntima e profundamente sobre a minha decis\u00e3o\", diz ela. Felizmente, a decis\u00e3o de Becky de fazer uma dupla mastectomia revelou-se sensata quando foi detectado cancro na mama oposta, ap\u00f3s a realiza\u00e7\u00e3o de um exame patol\u00f3gico aprofundado ap\u00f3s o procedimento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desde o dia da sua cirurgia at\u00e9 \u00e0 sua alta, Becky sentiu-se em casa. \"Fiquei muito grata por ter podido receber este n\u00edvel de cuidados, perto de casa. Nunca hesitei na confian\u00e7a que tinha em qualquer especialista, equipa ou instala\u00e7\u00f5es de Southcoast\", afirma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ao refletir sobre o seu percurso de cancro da mama, Becky est\u00e1 grata pelas liga\u00e7\u00f5es que estabeleceu com a sua equipa de cuidados. Sentiu-se continuamente apoiada, com um plano de tratamento personalizado, repleto de chamadas informativas para responder a todas as suas perguntas e para a preparar para o que estava para vir, f\u00edsica e mentalmente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recupera\u00e7\u00e3o no Centro de Mama de Southcoast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agora em remiss\u00e3o, a Becky passou alegremente o seu check-in de seis meses e continua a monitorizar a sua sa\u00fade. \u00c0 medida que a sua resist\u00eancia regressa lentamente, ela espera retomar muitos dos seus passatempos favoritos. Mal pode esperar pelo tempo quente para mergulhar os p\u00e9s na \u00e1gua e voltar aos seus mergulhos di\u00e1rios de ver\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quando reflecte sobre a sua motiva\u00e7\u00e3o para seguir em frente, recorda a for\u00e7a de vontade da sua falecida m\u00e3e e o apoio emocional do seu falecido marido, que sempre recordou a Becky o seu valor. Agradece \u00e0 sua filha Kiah e \u00e0 sua prima Carla pela inspira\u00e7\u00e3o e pelo riso. Com os cuidados e a compaix\u00e3o da equipa da Southcoast Health, aprendeu a adaptar-se \u00e0 doen\u00e7a e \u00e0 cirurgia e tornou-se a mulher saud\u00e1vel que \u00e9 hoje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tome a sua sa\u00fade nas suas pr\u00f3prias m\u00e3os<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becky atribui o sucesso do seu tratamento \u00e0 dete\u00e7\u00e3o precoce do seu cancro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ela encoraja toda a gente a ser pioneira da sua pr\u00f3pria sa\u00fade, a fazer consultas de rotina e rastreios e a nunca falhar uma mamografia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visite www.southcoast.org\/services\/breast-center\/<\/a> ou www.southcoast.org\/services\/cancer-care\/<\/a> para saber mais e ser proactivo com os seus pr\u00f3prios planos de sa\u00fade.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6491,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-17997","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Personal Battle with Breast Cancer - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Becky credits the early detection of her cancer to her successful treatment. 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