Kupona Kwakaita Rare Fomu yeCancer Kwakaita Kuti Ndive Mumhanyi Ari Nani

Zvemukati

• Iyo Inotyisa Bug Bite
• Zhizha Rakaomesesa
• Hupenyu Mushure mekenza
• Ongororo ye

Musi waChikumi 7, 2012, kwasara maawa mashoma kuti ndifambe pachikuva kuti ndipiwe dhipuroma rangu rechikoro chesekondari, chiremba wemapfupa akazivisa mashoko aya: Handina kungova nebundu rekenza risingawanzoitiki pagumbo rangu, uye ndaizoda kuvhiyiwa kuti ndibvise. Izvo, asi ini-mutambi anoshingairira uyo anga achangopedza yangu yapfuura hafu yemarathon mumaawa maviri nemaminetsi gumi nerimwe-haazombokwanisa kumhanyazve.

Iyo Inotyisa Bug Bite

Inenge mwedzi miviri nehafu yapfuura, ndakarumwa netsikidzi pagumbo rangu rezasi rekurudyi. Nzvimbo iri pasi payo yairatidza kuzvimba, asi ndakangofunga kuti kwaive kuita kwekurumwa. Vhiki dzakapfuura uye pakuita 4-mamaira kumhanya, ndakaona kuti bundu rakanga rakura. Mudzidzisi wangu wezvemitambo yechikoro chepamusoro akanditumira kune imwe nzvimbo yemapfupa, uko kwandakazoitwa neMRI kuti ndione kuti bundu reTennis-size.

Mazuva mashoma akatevera kwaive kumhanyisa kwenharembozha uye mazwi anotyisa senge "oncologist," "tumor biopsy," uye "bone density scan." Musi waMay 24, 2012, vhiki mbiri ndisati ndapedza kudzidza, ndakaonekwa zviri pamutemo ndine stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, chirwere chisingawanzoitika chegomarara rezvinyoro rakange rakazvimonera rakatenderedza mapfupa nemitsipa yegumbo rangu rerudyi. Uye hongu, nhanho yechina ine fungidziro yakaipisisa. Ndakapihwa mukana we30 muzana wekurarama, zvisinei nekuti ndaitevedzera here nzira yekuvhiya, chemotherapy, uye radiation.

Serombo rakanaka, zvakadaro, amai vangu vakashanda nemumwe mukadzi ane munin'ina ari oncologist anorapa sarcoma (kana magomarara manyoro) paMD Anderson Cancer Center muHouston. Zvakaitika kuti akanga ari muguta kumuchato uye akabvumirana kusangana kuti atipe pfungwa yechipiri. Zuva rakatevera, mhuri yangu neni takapedza angangoita maawa mana tichitaura naDr. Chad Pecot pane imwe Starbucks yemuno-tafura yedu yakafukidzwa nejumble yezvinyorwa zvekurapa, zviyero, kofi nhema, uye matete. Mushure mekufungisisa kwakawanda, akafunga kuti mikana yangu yekurova bundu iri yaive yakafanana kunyangwe ndikasvetuka kuvhiyiwa, achiwedzera kuti chibhakera chimwechete-zviviri chemo yakanyanyisa uye nemwaranzi zvinogona kushanda zvakadaro. Saka takasarudza kutora nzira iyoyo.

Zhizha Rakaomesesa

Mwedzi mumwe chetewo, sezvo shamwari dzangu dzose dzakanga dzichitanga chirimo chadzo chokupedzisira pamusha pamberi pekoreji, ndakatanga yokutanga yevhiki 54 dzokuranga dzechemotherapy.

Chaizvoizvo husiku hwese, ndakaenda kubva kune mutambi anodya akachena uyo aigara achimhanya mamaira gumi nemaviri vhiki yega yega uye aishuva mabiko emabiko emabhawa kumurwere akaneta aigona kuenda mazuva asina havi. Nekuda kwekuti gomarara rangu rakaiswa giredhi 4, mishonga yangu yaive imwe yehasha dzaungawana. Vanachiremba vangu vakanga vandigadzirira “kubviswa patsoka dzangu” nokusvotwa, kurutsa, uye kuora muviri. Nechishamiso, handina kana zuva rimwe randakakanda kumusoro, uye ini ndakangorasikirwa nezve gumi nemashanu mapaundi, zvinova zviri nani kupfuura zvaitarisirwa. Ivo, uye ini, takachaya izvi kusvika kuchokwadi chekuti ini ndaive mune chimiro chakakura ndisati ndaongororwa. Simba randakavaka kubva mumitambo uye kudya zvine hutano zvakashanda senge rudzi rwechidziviriro kubva kune imwe yemishonga ine simba yakatenderedza. (Yakabatana: Kuramba Ndichishinga Zvakandibatsira Kukunda Pancreatic Cancer)

Kwerinoti pfuurei gore, ndaipedza kusvika kumashanu husiku pavhiki pachipatara chevana chekurapa-chepfu mishonga inogara ichipinzwa mandiri nechinangwa chekuuraya masero egomarara. Baba vangu vaipedza husiku hwese neni-uye vakava shamwari yangu yepamoyo mukuita izvi.

Pane zvese izvi, ndakarasikirwa nekurovedza muviri zvinotyisa, asi muviri wangu waisakwanisa kuzviita. Inenge mwedzi mitanhatu mukurapwa, zvisinei, ndakaedza kumhanyira kunze. Chinangwa changu: Maira imwe chete. Ini ndakadururwa kubva pakutanga, kunze kwekufema uye kutadza kupedzisa mune isingasviki maminetsi gumi nemashanu. Asi kunyangwe hazvo yainzwa sekunge ingangoda kundiputsa, yakashanda sekurudziro yepfungwa. Mushure mekupedza nguva yakawandisa ndakarara pamubhedha, ndichibaiwa jekiseni nemishonga uye kushevedza ushingi hwekuramba ndichienda, ndakazonzwa sekunge ndaive ndichiitira chimwe chinhu pachangu-uye kwete chete mukuedza kukunda cancer. Zvakandikurudzira kuti ndirambe ndakatarira mberi uye ndichirova kenza mukufamba kwenguva. (Yakabatana: 11 Sayenzi-Yakatsigirwa Zvikonzero Kumhanya Kwakanyatsonaka Kwauri)

Hupenyu Mushure mekenza

Muna Zvita 2017, ndakapemberera makore mana nehafu ndisina cancer. Ini ndichangopedza kudzidza kubva kuFlorida State University nedhigirii rekushambadza uye ndine basa rakanaka kushanda naTom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation, iyo inobatsira mhuri dzine vana vari kurwisana nekenza.

Pandinenge ndisiri kushanda, ndiri kumhanya. Yup, ndizvozvo. Ndadzokera muchigaro uye, ndinodada kutaura, nekukurumidza kupfuura nakare kose. Ndakatanga kudzoka zvishoma nezvishoma, ndichinyorera kurudzi rwangu rwekutanga, 5K, rinenge gore nemwedzi mitatu ndapedza chemo. Kunyange zvazvo ndakanzvenga kuvhiyiwa, kumwe kwokurapa kwangu kwaibatanidza vhiki nhanhatu dzemwaranzi yakananga pagumbo rangu, iyo nyanzvi yangu yeoncologist neradiologist vakanga vandinyevera vose kuti yaizonetesa bhonzo, zvichindisiya ndiri nyore kumanikidzika kutyoka. "Usavhunduka kana usingakwanise kupfuura mamaira mashanu pasina kukuvara zvakanyanya," vakadaro.

Asi na2015, ndanga ndashanda nzira yangu kudzokera kumatunhu marefu, ndichikwikwidza muhafu yemarathon paZuva Rekutenda uye nekurova yangu yekupedzisira pre-cancer hafu-marathon nguva nemaminetsi gumi nemasere. Izvi zvakandipa chivimbo chekuti ndiedze kudzidzira makwikwi emarathon akazara. Uye muna Chivabvu 2016, ndakanga ndapedza marathoni maviri uye ndakakwanirisa 2017 Boston Marathon, iyo yandakamhanya muna 3: 28.31. (Zvakabatana: Uyu Akapona Kenza Akamhanya Hafu Marathon Akapfeka Cinderella Nechikonzero Chinopa Simba)

Handimbofi ndakakanganwa kuudza wangu rockstar oncologist, Eric S. Sandler, MD, kuti ini ndaizoedza Boston. "Unoseka ?!" akati. "Handina kukuudza kamwe here kuti hauchazombokwanisa kumhanyazve?" Akadaro, ndakasimbisa, asi ini ndanga ndisiri kuteerera. "Zvakanaka, ndafara kuti hauna," akadaro. "Ndosaka wava munhu wauri nhasi."

Ini ndinogara ndichitaura kuti kenza yaive netariro chinhu chakaipisisa chandichazombopfuura nacho, asi zvakare chave chakanakisa. Yakashandura nzira yandinofunga nezve hupenyu. Yakaunza mhuri yangu neni padhuze. Zvakandiita mumhanyi ari nani. Hongu, ndine kabundu kenyama yakafa mugumbo rangu, asi kunze kwaizvozvo, ndakasimba kupfuura nakare kose. Kunyangwe ndiri kumhanya nababa vangu, kutamba gorufu nemukomana wangu, kana kuda kuchera mundiro ye smoothie yakaputirwa nemapainain chips, makokonati akapwanyika, almond butter, nesinamoni, ndinogara ndichinyemwerera, nekuti ndiri pano, ini Ndine hutano uye, pa23, ndakagadzirira kutora nyika.

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