Momwe Kupulumuka Kwamtundu Wosowa wa Khansa Kunandipangira Kukhala Wothamanga Bwino

Zamkati

• Kuluma Kowopsa kwa Bug
• Chilimwe Chovuta Kwambiri
• Moyo Pambuyo pa Khansa
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Pa Juni 7, 2012, kutangotsala maola ochepa kuti ndiyambe kupita pa siteji ndikulandila dipuloma yanga yasekondale, sing'anga wa mafupa ndi amene anandiuza kuti: Sikuti ndinangokhala ndi chotupa cha khansa m'miyendo mwanga, ndipo ndinafunika kuchitidwa opaleshoni koma, koma wothamanga wothamanga yemwe anali atangomaliza kumene theka la marathon anga aposachedwa m'maola awiri ndi mphindi 11 - sakanathanso kuthamanga.

Kuluma Kowopsa kwa Bug

Pafupifupi miyezi iwiri ndi theka m'mbuyomo, ndinadwala kachilomboko kumwendo wanga wakumunsi wakumanja. Dera lomwe linali pansi pake lidawoneka ngati latupa, koma ndimangoganiza kuti zimachitika ndikuluma. Masabata adadutsa ndikuyenda kwamayendedwe 4-mile, ndinazindikira kuti bampu yakula kwambiri. Wondiphunzitsa zamasewera akusekondale ananditumiza kusukulu ya zamankhwala yakumaloko, komwe ndidandipanga MRI kuti ndiwone chomwe kukula kwa mpira wa tenisi kungakhale.

Masiku angapo otsatira panali kuchulukirachulukira kwa mafoni achangu ndi mawu owopsa monga "oncologist," "chotupa biopsy," ndi "kujambula kwa mafupa." Pa Meyi 24, 2012, kutangotsala milungu iwiri kuti ndimalize maphunziro, ndinapezeka kuti ndili ndi khansa ya mafupa 4 yotchedwa rhabdomyosarcoma. Ndipo inde, gawo 4 lili ndi chiwonetsero chazovuta kwambiri. Ndinapatsidwa mwayi wokhala ndi moyo wokwana 30 peresenti, mosasamala kanthu kuti ndinatsatira ndondomeko yoperekedwa ya opaleshoni, chemotherapy, ndi radiation.

Komabe, mwamwayi, amayi anga ankagwira ntchito ndi mayi wina yemwe mchimwene wake ndi dokotala wodziwa za sarcoma (kapena khansa yofewa) ku MD Anderson Cancer Center ku Houston. Anapezeka ali mtauni paukwati ndipo anavomera kudzakumana kuti adzatithandizenso. Tsiku lotsatira, ine ndi banja langa tinakhala pafupifupi maola anayi tikulankhula ndi Dr. Chad Pecot patebulo lapafupi la Starbucks-tebulo lathu lodzaza ndi zochuluka zamankhwala, mapanga, khofi wakuda, ndi ma latte. Ataganizira kwambiri, adaganiza kuti mwayi wanga womenya chotupacho ndi chimodzimodzi ngakhale nditadula opaleshoni, ndikuwonjezera kuti nkhonya imodzi ndi ziwiri za chemo ndi radiation zimatha kugwira ntchito chimodzimodzi. Chifukwa chake tidaganiza zodutsapo.

Chilimwe Chovuta Kwambiri

Mwezi womwewo, pomwe anzanga onse anali akuyamba chilimwe kunyumba asanapite kukoleji, ndidayamba woyamba masabata 54 olanga a chemotherapy.

Pafupifupi usiku wonse, ndimachoka kwa wothamanga wodya bwino yemwe nthawi zambiri amathamanga mamailosi 12 kumapeto kwa sabata iliyonse ndikulakalaka chakudya chamadzulo chachikulu kwa wodwala wotopa yemwe amatha masiku osadya. Chifukwa khansa yanga idasinthidwa gawo 4, mankhwala anga anali ena mwamphamvu kwambiri omwe mungapeze. Madokotala anga anali atandikonzekeretsa kuti "agwedezedwe pamapazi anga" ndi nseru, kusanza, ndi kuonda. Chozizwitsa, sindinatayepo kamodzi, ndipo ndimangotaya pafupifupi mapaundi 15, zomwe zili bwino kuposa momwe ndimayembekezera. Iwo, ndi ine, tinalemba izi mpaka kufika poti ndinali ndi thanzi labwino ndisanapimidwe. Mphamvu zomwe ndimapeza kuchokera kumasewera komanso kudya kopatsa thanzi zinkanditeteza ku mankhwala amphamvu kwambiri. (Zokhudzana: Kukhala Wokangalika Kunandithandiza Kugonjetsa Khansa Ya Pancreatic)

Kwa nthawi yoposa chaka chimodzi, ndinkakhala mpaka usiku usanu pa mlungu kuchipatala cha ana chakupha m'chipatala chomwe nthawi zonse chimandilowetsa kuti ndikaphe maselo a khansa. Abambo anga amakhala usiku uliwonse ndi ine-ndipo amakhala bwenzi langa lapamtima panthawiyi.

Nthawi yonseyi, ndimasowa zolimbitsa thupi kwambiri, koma thupi langa silimatha kuzichita. Komabe, pafupifupi miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ndikulandira chithandizo, ndinayesa kuthamangira panja. Cholinga changa: Mailo imodzi. Ndidathedwa mphamvu kuyambira pachiyambi, ndikusowa mpweya ndipo sindinathe kumaliza pasanathe mphindi 15. Koma ngakhale kuti zinkawoneka ngati zindisokoneza, zinali zolimbikitsa maganizo. Nditakhala nthawi yayitali ndikugona pabedi, kubayidwa jekeseni wamankhwala komanso kulimba mtima kuti ndipitirize, pamapeto pake ndidamva ngati ndikuchitapo kanthu. ndekha-osati pongofuna kumenya khansa. Zinandilimbikitsa kupitiliza kuyembekezera ndikumenya khansa pamapeto pake. (Zokhudzana: Zifukwa 11 Zothandizidwa ndi Sayansi Kuthamanga Ndi Zabwino Kwambiri Kwa Inu)

Moyo Pambuyo pa Khansa

Mu Disembala 2017, ndidakondwerera zaka 4 ndi theka ndiribe khansa. Ndangomaliza kumene maphunziro ku Florida State University ndi digiri yotsatsa ndipo ndili ndi ntchito yabwino yogwira ntchito ndi Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation, yomwe imathandiza mabanja omwe ali ndi ana omwe ali ndi khansa.

Pamene sindikugwira ntchito, ndimathamanga. Eeh, ndiko kulondola. Ndabwereranso mu chishalo ndipo, ndine wonyadira kunena, mofulumira kuposa kale. Ndinayamba kubwerera pang'onopang'ono, ndikulembetsa mpikisano wanga woyamba, 5K, pafupifupi chaka ndi miyezi itatu nditamaliza chemo. Ngakhale kuti ndinapeŵa opaleshoni, mbali ina ya chithandizo changa inaphatikizapo milungu isanu ndi umodzi ya ma radiation yolunjika pa mwendo wanga, umene dokotala wanga wa oncology ndi radiologist onse anandichenjeza kuti ndifooketsa fupa, kundisiya sachedwa kuthyoka mtima. "Musachite mantha ngati simungadutse ma 5 mamailosi popanda kukupwetekani kwambiri," adatero.

Koma pofika 2015, ndinali nditagwira ntchito yanga yolowera kumtunda wautali, ndikupikisana nawo pa marathon theka pa Tsiku lakuthokoza ndikumenya nthawi yanga yomaliza isanachitike khansa theka-marathon mphindi 18. Izi zidandipatsa chidaliro choyesera maphunziro a marathon athunthu. Ndipo pofika Meyi 2016, ndinali nditamaliza marathons awiri ndipo ndinakwanitsa 2017 Boston Marathon, yomwe ndinachita nawo 3: 28.31. (Zokhudzana: Wopulumuka ndi Khansa Uyu Adathamanga Half Marathon Atavala Cinderella Chifukwa Cholimbikitsa)

Sindidzaiwala kuuza katswiri wanga wa oncologist, Eric S. Sandler, MD, kuti ndiyesa Boston. "Mukuseka ?!" adatero. "Sindinakuuzeni kamodzi kuti simudzathanso kuthamanga?" Adatero, ndidatsimikiza, koma sindimamvera. "Chabwino, ndasangalala kuti simunatero," adatero. "Ndi chifukwa chake mwakhala munthu amene muli lero."

Nthawi zonse ndimanena kuti khansa ndiye chinthu choyipa kwambiri chomwe ndidakumana nacho, koma yakhalanso yabwino kwambiri. Zinasintha momwe ndimaganizira za moyo. Zinabweretsa banja langa ndi ine. Zinandipangitsa kukhala wothamanga bwino. Inde, ndili ndi chotupa chochepa chakumiyendo mwanga, koma kupatula apo, ndili ndi mphamvu kuposa kale lonse. Kaya ndikuthamanga ndi bambo anga, ndikupanga gofu ndi chibwenzi changa, kapena ndikufuna kukumba mbale ya smoothie yodzaza ndi tchipisi tating'onoting'ono, ma coconut osokonekera, batala wa almond, ndi sinamoni, ndimamwetulira nthawi zonse, chifukwa ndili pano, ine Ndine wathanzi ndipo ndili ndi zaka 23, ndakonzeka kupita kudziko lapansi.

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