安吉丽娜·朱莉·皮特:手术日记_时事

安吉丽娜·朱莉·皮特:手术日记

In my case, the Eastern and Western doctors I met agreed that surgery to remove my tubes and ovaries was the best option, because on top of the BRCA gene, three women in my family have died from cancer. My doctors indicated I should have preventive surgery about a decade before the earliest onset of cancer in my female relatives. My mother's ovarian cancer was diagnosed when she was 49. I'm 39.

拿我的例子来说，中西医在诊断之后，都认为摘除卵巢和输卵管是我最好的选择，因为我不仅携带突变BRCA基因，还有三位女性亲人死于癌症。我的医生们表示，相比女性亲人们最早出现癌症症状的年纪，我应该提前十年进行预防性手术。我妈在49岁时被诊断出卵巢癌，而我今年已经39岁了。

I have a little clear patch that contains bio-identical estrogen. A progesterone IUD was inserted in my uterus. It will help me maintain a hormonal balance, but more important it will help prevent uterine cancer. I chose to keep my uterus because cancer in that location is not part of my family history.

我还在身体里打了个"补丁"，里面装着替代性雌激素。而我的子宫里还有一个一个孕激素节育器，用以维持我的激素平衡，更重要的是预防子宫癌。我选择留下子宫，因为我的家族病史中并没有子宫癌。

It is not possible to remove all risk, and the fact is I remain prone to cancer. I will look for natural ways to strengthen my immune system. I feel feminine, and grounded in the choices I am making for myself and my family. I know my children will never have to say, "Mom died of ovarian cancer."