Ndidayenda Ma mile 1,600 Nditapatsidwa Miyezi Itatu Yakukhala

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Ndisanandipeze ndi khansa, ndinali wodzikuza. Ndidachita yoga mwachipembedzo, ndidapita kokachita masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndimayenda, ndimadya chakudya chamoyo chokha. Koma khansara sasamala kuti kangati umakweza zolemera kapena kugwira zonona.

Mu 2007, adandipeza ndi khansa ya gawo IV yomwe idakhudza ziwalo zanga zisanu ndi zitatu ndipo ndidapatsidwa miyezi ingapo kuti ndikhale ndi moyo. Inshuwalansi ya moyo wanga idandilipira 50% ya malipiro anga mkati mwa milungu itatu; ndimomwe ndimakhalira kufa. Ndinadabwa ndi momwe thanzi langa lingakhalire - aliyense akanakhala - koma ndinkafuna kumenyera moyo wanga. Kwa zaka zoposa zisanu ndi theka ndinali ndi chemo, ma radiation amphamvu, ndi maopaleshoni anayi akuluakulu. Ndataya 60 peresenti ya chiwindi changa ndi mapapo. Ndinatsala pang'ono kufa kambirimbiri m'njira.

Nthaŵi zonse ndimakhulupirira kuti n’kofunika kusamalira thupi lanu mwakuthupi, m’maganizo, ndi mwauzimu. Moyo wanga wonse ndakhala ndikufuna kusamuka.

Nditayamba kukhululukidwa mu 2013, ndimayenera kuchita kena kake kuchiritsa mwakuthupi, mwauzimu, komanso mwamalingaliro. (Zogwirizana: Ndinayesa Machiritso Auzimu Ku India-ndipo Sikunali Zomwe Ndimayembekezera) Ndinkafuna kuti zikhale zopanda pake komanso zopenga komanso zopusa. Ndakhala ndikuyenda mbali zina za mseu wa El Camino Real pafupi ndi kwathu ku San Diego, ndipo ndinali ndi lingaliro loyesa kuyenda ma 800 mamailosi kumpoto motsatira San Diego kupita ku Sonoma. Pamene mukuyenda, moyo umachepa. Ndipo mukakhala ndi matenda owopsa, ndizomwe mukufuna. Zinanditengera masiku 55 kuti ndikafike ku Sonoma, ndikuyenda tsiku limodzi nthawi.

Nditabwerera kunyumba, ndidapeza kuti khansayo yabwerera m'mapapu anga otsala, koma sindinkafuna kusiya kuyenda. Kukumana maso ndi maso ndi kufa kwanga komwe kunandipangitsanso kuti ndikhale wofunitsitsa kutuluka ndikukhala ndi moyo - kotero ndidaganiza zopitiliza. Ndidadziwa kuti Old Mission Trail sinayambire ku San Diego; zinayambira ku Loreto, Mexico. Palibe amene adayenda mtunda wonse wamakilomita 1,600 mzaka 250, ndipo ndimafuna kuyesa.

Chifukwa chake ndidapita kumwera ndikuyenda ma 800 otsala mothandizidwa ndi vaqueros 20 (okwera pamahatchi am'deralo) omwe aliyense amadziwa gawo lina la njirayo. Gawo la California la njirayo linali lankhanza, koma theka lachiwiri linali losakhululuka kwambiri. Tinkakumana ndi zoopsa ola lililonse tsiku lililonse. Ndicho chipululu chomwe chiri: mikango yamapiri, njoka zamphongo, zikuluzikulu, ziphuphu zakutchire. Pamene tinafika mkati mwa makilomita mazana anayi kapena asanu kuchokera ku San Diego, vaqueros anali ndi nkhawa kwambiri za narcos (ogulitsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo), omwe adzakuphani pachabe. Koma ndimadziwa kuti ndikadakhala kuti ndikuyika zoopsa kutchire chakumadzulo m'malo mokhala munyumba yanga. Ndili pothana ndi mantha omwe tingathe kuwagonjetsa, ndipo ndinazindikira kuti kuli bwino ndikakhala kunjako ndikupha mankhwala osokoneza bongo kusiyana ndi khansa. (Zogwirizana: Zifukwa 4 Zoti Maulendo Aulendo Ndi Ofunika PTO Yanu)

Kuyenda njira yaumishoni ku Mexico kunandichitira kunja kwa thupi langa zomwe khansa idachita mkati. Ndinamenyedwa kwambiri. Koma kupyola mu gehena imeneyo kunandithandiza kuzindikira kuti ndinali kulamulira mantha anga. Ndinayenera kuphunzira kugonja ndikuvomera chilichonse chomwe chingabwere, podziwa kuti ndili ndi kuthekera kothana nazo. Ndaphunzira kukhala wopanda mantha sizitanthauza kuti mulibe mantha, koma kuti simukuopa kuyang'anizana nawo. Tsopano ndikabwerera ku Stanford Cancer Center miyezi itatu iliyonse, ndine wokonzeka kuthana ndi chilichonse chomwe chingachitike. Ndimayenera kufa zaka 10 zapitazo. Tsiku lililonse ndi bonasi.

Werengani nkhani ya Edie yaulendo wake wamakilomita 1,600 m'buku lake latsopanoli The Mission Walker, akupezeka pa Julayi 25.

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