Momwe Mkazi Mmodzi Anagwiritsira Ntchito Mankhwala Osiyanasiyana Kuti Agonjetse Kudalira Kwa Opioid

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• Njira (Yochedwa) Yopita Kuchira
• Kuyenda Kutali ndi Western Medicine
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Munali mchaka cha 2001, ndipo ndinali kuyang'anira bwenzi langa lodwala (yemwe, monga amuna onse, anali kudandaula za kudwala mutu). Ndinaganiza zotsegulira chophikira chatsopano kuti ndimuphikire msuzi. Tinali mnyumba yake yaying'ono ku New York City tikuwonera kanema wadziko lonse, pafupi ndi khitchini, pomwe msuzi wanga wokonzedweratu unatsala pang'ono kumaliza.

Ndinayenda kupita ku pressure cooker ndikutsegula kuti ndichotse chivundikiro pamene-BOOM! Chivundikirocho chinawuluka pa chogwiriracho, ndipo madzi, nthunzi, ndi zomwe zinali mu supu zinaphulika pamaso panga ndikuphimba chipindacho. Masamba anali paliponse, ndipo ndinali nditaviikidwa kotheratu m'madzi otentha. Chibwenzi changa chidathamangira ndipo nthawi yomweyo adandithamangira ku bafa kukadzimadzi m'madzi ozizira. Kenako kupweteka-kosapiririka, kotentha, kumverera kotentha-kunayamba kumira.

Nthawi yomweyo tinathamangira ku Chipatala cha St. Vincent, chomwe mwamwayi chinali patali pang'ono. Madotolo adandiwona nthawi yomweyo ndipo adandipatsa morphine wa ululuwo, koma adati adandisamutsira ku Cornell Burn Unit, chipinda chosamalira anthu owopsa. Pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo, ndinali mu ambulansi, ndikuuluka pamwamba. Pakadali pano, ndinali nditasokonezeka kwathunthu. Nkhope yanga inali kutupa, ndipo sindinkatha kuona. Tidafika kuchipinda choyaka moto cha ICU ndipo gulu latsopano la madotolo linali komweko kudzandichingamira ndi mfuti ina ya morphine.

Ndipo ndipamene ndidatsala pang'ono kufa.

Mtima wanga unaima. Pambuyo pake madokotala amandifotokozera kuti zidachitika chifukwa ndidapatsidwa zipolopolo ziwiri za morphine pasanathe ola limodzi - kuwunika koopsa chifukwa cholumikizana molakwika pakati pa malo awiriwa. Ndikukumbukira bwino lomwe zomwe ndidakumana nazo atamwalira: Zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri, zoyera komanso zowala. Panali kumverera kwa mzimu wawukuluwu wondiyitana. Koma ndikukumbukira ndikuyang'ana pansi thupi langa lili pabedi lachipatala, chibwenzi changa ndi banja langa atandizungulira, ndipo ndimadziwa kuti sindingachokebe. Kenako ndinadzuka.

Ndinali wamoyo, komabe ndimayenera kulimbana ndi kutentha kwa digiri yachitatu komwe kumaphimba 11 peresenti ya thupi langa ndi nkhope yanga. Posakhalitsa, ndinachitidwa opareshoni yapakhungu pomwe madokotala anandichotsa chikopa kumatako kuti nditsekere madera opsa pathupi langa. Ndinali ku ICU pafupifupi milungu itatu, nditamangiriridwa ndi mankhwala othetsa ululu nthawi yonseyi. Ndiwo okhawo amene akanatha kundichotsa mu ululu wowawa. Chosangalatsa ndichakuti, sindinatengeko mankhwala amtundu uliwonse ndili mwana; makolo anga sakanakhoza ngakhale kundipatsa ine kapena abale anga Tylenol kapena Advil kuchepetsa kutentha thupi. Nditafika potuluka m'chipatalachi, omwetsa ululu anabwera nane. (Nazi zonse zomwe muyenera kudziwa musanamwe mankhwala opweteka.)

Njira (Yochedwa) Yopita Kuchira

M’miyezi ingapo yotsatira, ndinachiritsa pang’onopang’ono thupi langa lopsa. Palibe chomwe chinali chophweka; Ndinali wokutidwa ndi nsalu zamabandeji, ndipo ngakhale chinthu chophweka, monga kugona, chinali chovuta. Udindo uliwonse udakwiyitsa tsamba lazilonda, ndipo sindinathe kukhala kwakanthawi chifukwa tsamba la omwe adandipatsa kuchokera pakhungu langa lidali laiwisi. Mankhwala ochepetsa ululu anathandiza, koma adatsika ndi kukoma kowawa. Piritsi lililonse linathetsa ululu kuti lisakhale lowononga zonse koma limandichotsera "ine". M'mankhwalawa, ndinali woseketsa komanso wopenga, wamanjenje komanso wosatetezeka. Zinandivuta kuyang'ana komanso ngakhale kupuma.

Ndinauza madokotala kuti ndikuda nkhawa kuti ndidzakhala oledzeretsa ndi Vicodin ndipo sindimakonda momwe mankhwala opioid amandithandizira, koma adanenetsa kuti ndikhala bwino chifukwa ndinalibe mbiri yoledzera. Sindinasankhe ndendende: Mafupa anga ndi zimfundo zanga zidapweteka ngati ndinali ndi zaka 80. Ndinkangomvabe kutentha m’minofu yanga, ndipo pamene mawotcha anga ankapitirizabe kuchira, minyewa ya m’mbali inayamba kukulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakulirakungoyo inali ngati kugwedezeka kwa magetsi paphewa ndi m’chuuno. (FYI, azimayi akhoza kukhala ndi mwayi waukulu kuposa amuna omwe amayamba kumwa mankhwala othetsa ululu.)

Pele ciindi cisyoonto cakankaizya, ndakatalika kwiiya kucikolo ca Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, cikolo ca Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) mu New York City. Nditachira kwa miyezi ingapo, ndidabwereranso kusukulu-koma zopweteka zokhazokha zimapangitsa ubongo wanga kumva ngati bowa. Ngakhale ndinali nditagona kale ndikuyesera kuti ndizigwira ntchito monga momwe ndinalili, sizinali zophweka. Posakhalitsa, ndinayamba kuchita mantha: m'galimoto, m'bafa, kunja kwa nyumba yanga, pamalo aliwonse oima ndikuyesa kuwoloka msewu. Bwenzi langa lidandiumiriza kuti ndipite kwa dokotala wake wamkulu, kotero ndidatero-ndipo nthawi yomweyo adandiyika Paxil, mankhwala omwe adandipatsa kuti ndida nkhawa. Patatha milungu ingapo, ndinasiya kuda nkhawa (ndipo sindinachite mantha) koma ndinasiya kumva chirichonse.

Pakadali pano, zimawoneka ngati aliyense m'moyo wanga akufuna kuti ndisachotse madokotala. Chibwenzi changa chinandifotokozera kuti ndine "chipolopolo" cha munthu wanga wakale ndipo adandipempha kuti ndiganizire zochoka ku malo ogulitsa mankhwala omwe ndimadalira tsiku lililonse. Ndidamulonjeza kuti ndiyesa kuyamwa kuyamwa. (Zogwirizana: 5 Zatsopano Zazachipatala Zomwe Zingathandize Kuchepetsa Kugwiritsa Ntchito Opioid)

M'mawa mwake, ndidadzuka, ndili pabedi, ndikuyang'ana panja pazenera lathu lanyumba yayitali- ndipo kwa nthawi yoyamba, ndinaganiza kuti ndikosavuta kungodumpha mlengalenga ndikumaliza zonse . Ndinayenda pawindo ndikulikoka. Mwamwayi, kamphepo kayaziyazi komanso kaphokoso kaphokoso zinandidabwitsa. Kodi ndinali pafupi kuchita chiyani?! Mankhwalawa anali kundipanga zombie kotero kuti kudumpha, mwanjira ina, kwakanthawi, kumawoneka ngati mwayi. Ndinapita ku bafa, n’kutenga mabotolo a mapiritsi aja m’kabati yamankhwala, n’kuponyera pansi pa kasupe wa zinyalala. Zinatha. Pambuyo pake tsiku lomwelo, ndinalowa mu dzenje lakuya ndikufufuza zoyipa zonse za ma opioid (monga Vicodin) ndi mankhwala olimbana ndi nkhawa (monga Paxil). Zimapezeka kuti, zovuta zonse zomwe ndidakumana nazo-kupuma movutikira komanso kusowa chidwi chodzipezera zodziwika zinali zofala pamankhwalawa. (Akatswiri ena amakhulupirira kuti sangathandize ngakhale kupweteka kwa nthawi yaitali.)

Kuyenda Kutali ndi Western Medicine

Ndinaganiza, panthawiyo, kusiya mankhwala a Kumadzulo ndikupita ku zomwe ndinali kuphunzira: mankhwala osagwiritsidwa ntchito. Mothandizidwa ndi aprofesa anga ndi akatswiri ena a TCM, ndidayamba kusinkhasinkha, ndikuyang'ana kudzikonda ndekha (zipsera, zopweteka, ndi zina zonse), kupita kokadula matope, kuyesa mankhwala amtundu (kungopaka utoto pazenera), ndikumagwiritsa ntchito mitundu yazitsamba yaku China yolembedwa ndi pulofesa wanga. (Kafukufuku akuwonetsanso kuti kusinkhasinkha kungakhale bwinoko pakuchepetsa ululu kuposa morphine.)

Ngakhale ndinali ndi chidwi chamankhwala achikhalidwe achi China, sindinawagwiritse ntchito pamoyo wanga - koma tsopano ndinali ndi mwayi wabwino. Panopa pali zitsamba 5,767 zomwe zikugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati mankhwala, ndipo ndinkafuna kudziwa zonse. Ndinatenga corydalis (anti-inflammatory), komanso ginger, turmeric, licorice muzu, ndi lubani. (Umu ndi momwe mungagulire mankhwala azitsamba mosamala.) Wanga wazitsamba adandipatsa zitsamba zingapo kuti ndizitenge kuti ndithandizire kuchepetsa nkhawa. (Phunzirani zambiri za ubwino wathanzi wa ma adaptogens ngati awa, ndipo dziwani zomwe zingakhale ndi mphamvu zowonjezera kulimbitsa thupi kwanu.)

Ndinayamba kuona kuti zakudya zanga ndi zofunikanso: Ndikadya zakudya zophikidwa, ndimakhala ndi ululu wowombera pomwe panali zolumikizira khungu langa.Ndinayamba kuyang'anira kugona kwanga ndi kupsinjika maganizo chifukwa zonsezi zinkakhudza kwambiri ululu wanga. Patapita nthawi, sindinafunikire kumwa zitsambazo mosalekeza. Kupweteka kwanga kunachepa. Mabala anga anayamba kuchira. Moyo-wotsiriza-unayamba kubwerera ku "wabwinobwino."

Mu 2004, ndidamaliza maphunziro anga kusukulu ya TCM ndi digiri yaukadaulo wa mphini ndi zitsamba, ndipo ndakhala ndikugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala kwazaka zopitilira khumi. Ndawonapo mankhwala azitsamba akuthandiza odwala kuchipatala cha khansa komwe ndimagwirako ntchito. Izi, kuphatikiza zokumana nazo zanga komanso kafukufuku wokhudzana ndi zovuta zamankhwala onsewa, zidandipangitsa kuganiza: Payenera kukhala njira ina yomwe ingapezeke kuti anthu asadzakhale momwemo momwe ndidalili. Koma simungangopita kukatenga mankhwala azitsamba ku sitolo ya mankhwala. Chifukwa chake ndidaganiza zopanga kampani yanga, IN: TotalWellness, yomwe imapangitsa kuti njira zochiritsira zitsamba zizipezeka kwa aliyense. Ngakhale palibe chitsimikizo kuti aliyense adzapeza zotsatira zofanana ndi mankhwala achi China monga ine ndachitira, zimanditonthoza kudziwa kuti ngati ndikufuna kuti ayese okha, tsopano ali ndi njira imeneyo.

Nthawi zambiri ndimakumbukira tsiku lomwe ndinatsala pang'ono kudzipha, ndipo zimandiwawa. Ndidzathokoza kosalekeza gulu langa la mankhwala osagwiritsidwa ntchito posandithandiza kusiya mankhwala akuchipatala. Tsopano, ndimayang'ana m'mbuyo zomwe zidachitika patsikuli mu 2001 ngati dalitso chifukwa zandipatsa mwayi wothandiza anthu ena kuwona njira zochiritsira zosagwiritsidwa ntchito masiku onse ngati njira ina.

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