Momwe Wopunduka Uyu adaphunzira Kukonda Thupi Lake Kudzera pa Rotationplasty ndi 26 Round of Chemo

Zamkati

• Pamene Mantha Anasanduka Chowonadi
• Kukonda Thupi Langa Kupyolera M'zonse
• Kukhala Paralympian
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Ndakhala ndikusewera volleyball kuyambira ndili sitandade 3. Ndidapanga gulu la varsity kukhala chaka changa chotsiriza ndipo ndinali maso anga akusewera ku koleji. Maloto angawa adakwaniritsidwa mu 2014, chaka changa chomaliza, pomwe ndidadzipereka kuti ndikasewera ku Texas Lutheran University. Ndinali mkati mwa mpikisano wanga woyamba wa koleji pamene zinthu zinafika poipa: ndinamva bondo langa likugwedezeka ndikuganiza kuti ndakoka meniscus yanga. Koma ndimapitiliza kusewera chifukwa ndinali woyamba kumene ndipo ndimamverera ngati ndiyenera kutsimikizira ndekha.

Komabe, ululuwo unapitirizabe kukula. Ndinazisunga ndekha kwa kanthawi. Koma atangofika povuta kwambiri, ndinauza makolo anga. Zimene anachita zinali zofanana ndi zanga. Ndinkasewera mpira waku koleji. Ndiyenera kungoyamwa. Poyang'ana m'mbuyo, sindinali woona mtima ndi zowawa zanga, chifukwa chake ndidapitiliza kusewera. Komabe, kuti titetezeke, tinakumana ndi dokotala wa mafupa ku San Antonio. Poyamba, adathamanga X-ray ndi MRI ndikudziwitsa kuti ndinali ndi mkazi wosweka. Koma radiologist adayang'ana pazowunikirazo ndipo sanasangalale, ndikutilimbikitsa kuti tichite mayeso ena. Kwa miyezi itatu, ndinali mu limbo, ndikuyesa mayeso atayesedwa, koma osapeza mayankho enieni.

Pamene Mantha Anasanduka Chowonadi

Pofika mwezi wa February, ululu wanga unadutsa padenga. Madokotala adaganiza kuti, panthawiyi, afunika kupanga biopsy. Zotsatirazo zitabweranso, tidadziwa zomwe zikuchitika ndipo zidatsimikizira mantha athu akulu: ndinali ndi khansa. Pa February 29, ndinapezeka kuti ndili ndi Ewing's sarcoma, matenda osowa kwambiri omwe amalimbana ndi mafupa kapena mafupa. Njira yabwino kwambiri pochita izi inali yodulidwa.

Ndikukumbukira kuti makolo anga anagwa pansi, akulira mosatonthozeka atangomva nkhaniyo. Mchimwene wanga, amene anali kutsidya kwa nyanja panthawiyo, anaitana ndipo anachita chimodzimodzi. Ndikanama ndikanati sindichita mantha, koma nthawi zonse ndimakhala ndi maganizo abwino pa moyo. Choncho ndinayang’ana kwa makolo anga tsiku limenelo ndikuwatsimikizira kuti zonse zikhala bwino. Mwanjira ina kapena imzake, ndimati ndidutse mu izi. (Zokhudzana: Kupulumuka Khansa Kunapangitsa Mayi Uyu Pofunafuna Ubwino)

TBH, chimodzi mwamaganizidwe anga atangomva nkhaniyi ndikuti mwina sindingathenso kukhala wokangalika kapena kusewera volleyball-masewera omwe anali gawo lofunikira kwambiri m'moyo wanga. Koma dokotala wanga-Valerae Lewis, dokotala wa mafupa ku University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center-sanachedwe kundipatsa mpumulo. Anabweretsa lingaliro la kupanga rotationplasty, opaleshoni momwe gawo lotsika la mwendo limasinthidwa ndikumangirizidwa kumbuyo kuti phazi ligwire ntchito ngati bondo. Zimenezi zingandithandize kuti ndizisewera mpira wa volebo komanso kuti ndisamayende bwino. Mosafunikira kunena, kupita patsogolo ndi ndondomekoyi kunali kopanda nzeru kwa ine.

Kukonda Thupi Langa Kupyolera M'zonse

Ndisanachite opareshoniyo, ndinachitidwa ma chemotherapy maulendo asanu ndi atatu kuti ndithandizire kuchepetsa chotupacho. Patatha miyezi itatu, chotupacho chinali chitamwalira. Mu Julayi wa 2016, ndidachitidwa opaleshoni ya maola 14. Nditadzuka, ndinadziwa kuti moyo wanga wasintha kwamuyaya. Koma podziwa kuti chotupacho chidatuluka mthupi langa zidandichititsa chidwi m'maganizo-ndizomwe zidandipatsa mphamvu zodutsa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yotsatira.

Thupi langa linasintha kwambiri nditachitidwa opaleshoni. Poyambira, ndimayenera kuvomereza kuti tsopano ndinali ndi bondo pa bondo ndikuti ndiyenera kuphunzira momwe ndingayendere, momwe ndingakhalire wokangalika, komanso momwe ndingakhalire woyandikira kwanthawi zonse momwe ndingathere. Koma kuyambira pomwe ndidawona mwendo wanga watsopano, ndimawakonda. Zinali chifukwa cha zomwe ndimachita kuti ndidakwaniritsa maloto anga ndikukhala moyo monga momwe ndimafunira nthawi zonse, ndipo sindinayamikire kwambiri.

Ndinafunikiranso kuchita miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yochita chemo-18 round kuti ndikhale wokhoza kumaliza mankhwalawo. Panthawiyi, ndinayamba tsitsi langa. Mwamwayi, makolo anga anandithandiza kupirira zimenezo m’njira yabwino koposa: M’malo moupanga kukhala nkhani yowopsya, anaisintha kukhala chikondwerero. Anzanga onse aku koleji anabwera ndipo adadi adandimeta mutu uku onse akusangalalira. Kumapeto kwa tsikulo, kumeta tsitsi langa kunali kongolipira kuti ndionetsetse kuti thupi langa lidzakhalanso lamphamvu komanso lathanzi.

Komabe, nditangolandira chithandizo, thupi langa linali lofooka, lotopa, ndipo silinkazindikirika kwenikweni. Kuonjezera apo, ndinayamba kumwa ma steroids nditangomaliza kumene. Ndinasiya kukhala wonenepa kwambiri mpaka wonenepa kwambiri, koma ndinayesetsa kukhalabe ndi maganizo abwino muzonsezo. (Zokhudzana: Amayi Akutembenukira Ku Zolimbitsa Thupi Kuti Athandizenso Kubwezeretsa Matupi Awo Atatha Khansa)

Izi zinayesedwa kwambiri nditakonzedwa ndi prosthetic nditamaliza mankhwala. M'malingaliro mwanga, ndimaganiza kuti ndiziyika ndikuti-zonse-zonse zibwerera momwe zidalili. Mosakayikira, sizinagwire ntchito monga choncho. Kuika kulemera kwanga konse pamiyendo yonse kunali kowawa kwambiri, kotero ndinayenera kuyamba pang'onopang'ono. Gawo lovuta kwambiri ndikulimbitsa bondo langa kuti lithe kunyamula thupi langa. Zinanditengera nthawi, koma pamapeto pake ndidazindikira. Mu Marichi wa 2017 (patadutsa chaka chimodzi nditatulutsidwa koyamba) pamapeto pake ndidayambanso kuyenda. Ndili ndi wopunduka wokongola kwambiri, koma ndimangotcha "kuyenda kwanga" ndikutsuka.

Ndikudziwa kuti kwa anthu ambiri, kukonda thupi lanu pakusintha kwakukulu kumakhala kovuta. Koma kwa ine, sizinali choncho. Kupyola zonsezi, ndinamva kuti ndikofunikira kuyamika khungu lomwe ndinalimo chifukwa limatha kulisamalira bwino kwambiri. Sindinaganize kuti kunali koyenera kukhala wolimba mthupi langa ndikuliyandikira ndikusachita bwino zitandithandizira. Ndipo ngati ndinkayembekezera kufikira komwe ndimafuna kuthupi, ndimadziwa kuti ndiyenera kudzikonda ndikukhala woyamikira chiyambi changa chatsopano.

Kukhala Paralympian

Ndisanachite opareshoni, ndinawona Bethany Lumo, wosewera mpira wa Paralympian volleyball mu Masewera Owonetsedwa, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anachita chidwi. Malingaliro amasewerawa anali ofanana, koma mumangosewera pansi. Ndidadziwa kuti ndichinthu chomwe ndingachite. Heck, ndimadziwa kuti ndikhoza kuchita bwino. Chifukwa chake nditachira pambuyo pochitidwa opareshoni, maso anga anali pa chinthu chimodzi: kukhala Paralympian. Sindinachite momwe ndingachitire, koma ndinapanga cholinga changa. (Zokhudzana: Ndine Wopunduka ndi Wophunzitsa-Koma Sindinapondapo Phazi Lolimbitsa Thupi Mpaka Ndili ndi Zaka 36)

Ndinayamba mwa kuphunzira ndi kuchita ndekha, pang'onopang'ono ndikulimbitsa mphamvu zanga. Ndidakweza zolemera, kuchita yoga, komanso kusewera ndi CrossFit. Munthawi imeneyi, ndidamva kuti m'modzi mwa azimayi a Team USA alinso ndi rotationplasty, chifukwa chake ndidamfikira kudzera pa Facebook osayembekezera kuti andimva. Sikuti adangoyankha, koma adandiwongolera momwe ndingayesere timu.

Posachedwa mpaka lero, ndipo ndili m'gulu la timu ya U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball, yomwe posachedwapa yapambana malo achiwiri mu World Paralympics. Pakadali pano, tikukonzekera kupikisana nawo pa 2020 Summer Paralympics ku Tokyo. Ndikudziwa kuti ndili ndi mwayi ndinali ndi mwayi wokwaniritsa maloto anga ndipo ndinali ndi chikondi chochuluka komanso chithandizo chondithandizira kuti ndipitirize - koma ndikudziwanso kuti pali achinyamata ena ambiri omwe sangathe kuchita chimodzimodzi. Chifukwa chake, kuti ndichite gawo langa pobwezera, ndidakhazikitsa Live n Leap, maziko omwe amathandiza odwala achinyamata komanso achikulire omwe ali ndi matenda owopsa. M'chaka chomwe takhala tikugwira, tapereka ma Leaps asanu kuphatikiza ulendo wopita ku Hawaii, maulendo awiri a Disney, komanso kompyuta, ndipo tikukonzekera ukwati wa wodwala wina.

Ndikukhulupirira kuti kudzera m'nkhani yanga, anthu amazindikira kuti mawa nthawi zonse salonjezedwa - choncho muyenera kusintha ndi nthawi yomwe muli nayo lero. Ngakhale mutakhala kuti mwasiyana thupi, mumatha kuchita zinthu zazikulu. Zolinga zilizonse zimatheka; muyenera kumenyera nkhondo.

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