Kudzidziswa Kwakaitwa Uyu Paralympian Kuda Muviri Wake Kuburikidza neRotationplasty uye makumi maviri nematatu eChemo

Zvemukati

• Kana Kutya Kwakashanduka Kuva Kwechokwadi
• Kuda Mumuviri Wangu Kuburikidza Nezvose
• Kuva Paralympian
• Ongororo ye

Ndanga ndichitamba volleyball kubva ndiri mugiredhi rechitatu. Ndakaita chikwata chevarsity gore rangu rechipiri uye maziso angu akanga akatarisa kutamba kukoreji. Kurota kwangu uku kwakazadzikiswa mu2014, gore rangu repamusoro, apo ini nemuromo ndakazvipira kutamba kuTexas Lutheran University. Ndakanga ndiri pakati pemakwikwi angu ekutanga ekukoreji apo zvinhu zvakatanga kuipa: ndakanzwa ibvi rangu richipfava ndikafunga kuti ndakanga ndadhonza meniscus yangu. Asi ndakaramba ndichitamba nekuti ndaive mutsva uye ndainzwa senge ndaifanira kuzviratidza.

Zvisinei, kurwadziwa kwacho kwakaramba kuchiwedzera. Ndakazvichengeta ndega kwekanguva. Asi pazvakangosvika pfupi pekusatsungirira, ndakaudza vabereki vangu. Kuita kwavo kwaive kwakafanana nekwangu. Ini ndaitamba bhora rekoreji. Ndinofanira kungoedza kuisveta. Ndichifunga nezvekurwadziwa kwangu, ndakanga ndisina chokwadi zvachose, saka ndakaramba ndichitamba. Kuti tigare takachengeteka, zvakadaro, takawana musangano newachiremba wemabhonzo muSan Antonio. Kuti vatange, vakashandisa X-ray neMRI uye vakaona kuti ndakanga ndatyoka femu. Asi radiologist akatarisa pakuongorora uye akanzwa kusagadzikana, uye akatikurudzira kuti tiite mimwe miedzo. Kwemwedzi ingangoita mitatu, ini ndaive mune yerudzi, ndichiita bvunzo mushure mekuyedzwa, asi ndisingawane mhinduro chaidzo.

Kana Kutya Kwakashanduka Kuva Kwechokwadi

Pakazosvika nguva yaFebruary, kurwadziwa kwangu kwakapfuura nepadenga. Vanachiremba vakasarudza kuti, panguva ino, vaifanirwa kuita biopsy. Pakangodzoka izvo zvabuda, takazoziva zvaiitika uye zvakasimbisa kutya kwedu kwakanyanya: ndaive negomarara. Musi waFebruary 29, ndakanyatsoonekwa kuti ndineEwing's sarcoma, chirwere chisingawanzoitika chinorwisa mapfupa kana majoini. Zano rakanakisa rekuita muchiitiko ichi kudimburwa.

Ndinoyeuka vabereki vangu vachiwira pasi, vachichema zvisingaite mushure mekunge ndatanga kunzwa nhau. Munun'una wangu, uyo aive mhiri kwemakungwa panguva iyoyo, akashevedza ndokuita zvakafanana. Ndinenge ndichinyepa kana ndikataura kuti handityi ini, asi ndaigara ndiine maonero akanaka muupenyu. Saka ndakatarisa kuvabereki vangu musi iwoyo ndikavasimbisa kuti zvese zvainge zvichanaka. Imwe nzira kana imwe, ndaizopfuura neizvi. (Yakabatana: Kupona Kenza Kwakatungamira Uyu Mukadzi Pane Chido Chekuwana Hutano)

TBH, imwe yemafungiro angu ekutanga mushure mekunzwa nhau yaive yekuti ndingangotadza kuzoshingairira zvakare kana kutamba volleyball- mutambo wainge wave chikamu chakakosha kwazvo chehupenyu hwangu. Asi chiremba wangu-Valerae Lewis, chiremba wemapfupa paYunivhesiti yeTexas MD Anderson Cancer Center-akakurumidza kundiisa munyaradzo. Akaunza pfungwa yekuita rotationplasty, kuvhiya umo chikamu chepazasi chegumbo chinotenderedzwa nekunamatidzwa kumashure kuti gumbo riite sebvi. Izvi zvaizonditendera kutamba volleyball uye kuchengetedza kwakawanda kufamba kwangu. Pasina mubvunzo kutaura, kufambira mberi neiyi nzira kwaive kusiri-bhuroka kwandiri.

Kuda Mumuviri Wangu Kuburikidza Nezvose

Ndisati ndavhiyiwa, ndakaitwa chemotherapy masere kuti ndibatsire kudzora bundu zvakanyanya. Mwedzi mitatu gare gare, bundu racho rakanga rafa. Muna Chikunguru we2016, ndakavhiyiwa kwemaawa gumi nemana. Pandakamuka, ndakaziva kuti hupenyu hwangu hwakanga hwachinja zvachose. Asi kuziva kuti bundu rakanga rabuda mumuviri wangu zvakandishamisa mupfungwa-ndizvo zvakandipa simba rekutsungirira mwedzi mitanhatu yaitevera.

Muviri wangu wakachinja zvakanyanya mushure mekuvhiyiwa kwangu. Kutanga, ndaitofanira kubvumirana nenyaya yekuti ini manje ndakanga ndine gumbo rebvi uye kuti ndaizofanira kudzidza kufamba, maitiro ekushingaira, uye kuva padhuze nepakajairika sezvinobvira zvakare. Asi kubva pandakaona gumbo rangu idzva, ndakarida. Yaive nekuda kwemaitiro angu ekuti ndakapfura pakuzadzisa zviroto zvangu uye hupenyu hwehupenyu sekugara ini ndaida-uye nekuda kweizvozvo, ini ndaisakwanisa kuve nekutenda zvakanyanya.

Iniwo ndaifanirwa kuita imwezve mwedzi mitanhatu ye chemo-18 kutenderera kuti ive chaiyo-yekupedzisa kurapwa. Panguva iyi, ndakatanga kudonha bvudzi. Neraki, vabereki vangu vakandibatsira kubudikidza neizvozvo nenzira yakanakisa: Panzvimbo pekuiita chinhu chinotyisa, vakaichinja kuita mhemberero. Shamwari dzangu dzese dzekucollege dzakauya baba vakagera musoro wangu uku vanhu vese vachitifarira. Pakupera kwezuva, kurasikirwa nevhudzi rangu kwaingova mutengo muduku kubhadhara kuti ndive nechokwadi chokuti muviri wangu unopedzisira wasimba uye une utano zvakare.

Ndichangopedza kurapwa, zvakadaro, muviri wangu wanga wakaneta, wakaneta, uye usingatomboonekwe. Kuwedzera zvese, ndakatanga pa steroids pakarepo mushure zvakare. Ndakaenda kubva pakuva wepasi kusvika pakurema, asi ndakaedza kuchengetedza pfungwa dzakanaka pazvose izvi. (Zvakabatana: Vakadzi Vari Kutendeukira Kumaekisesaizi Kuti Vavabatsire Kudzoreredza Miviri Yavo Mushure meCancer)

Izvozvo zvakaedzwa chaizvo pandakazoiswa mushonga wokubereka pashure pokunge ndapedza kurapwa. Mupfungwa dzangu, ndakafunga kuti ndaizozviisa uye-boom-zvese zvaizodzokera munzira yazvo. Pasina mubvunzo kutaura, hazvina kushanda zvakadaro. Kuisa huremu hwangu hwese pamakumbo ese zvairwadza zvisingaite, saka ndaifanira kutanga ndanonoka. Chinhu chakanyanya kuoma kwaiva kusimbisa gumbo rangu kuti rikwanise kutakura uremu hwemuviri wangu. Zvakatora nguva, asi ini ndakazopedzisira ndawana hang yacho yacho. Muna Kurume we2017 (inopfuura gore mushure mekutanga kuongororwa) Ndakazotanga kufamba zvakare. Ndichiri nekamhino kakatanhamara, asi ndinongoidaidza kuti "pimp walk" ndoibvisa.

Ndinoziva kuti kune vanhu vazhinji, kuda muviri wako kuburikidza neshanduko yakawanda kunogona kunetsa. Asi kwandiri, zvakanga zvisiri. Pazvose izvi, ndakaona zvakakosha kuti nditende ganda randakanga ndiri nekuti raikwanisa kubata zvese zvakanaka. Handina kufunga kuti zvakanaka kuomesera muviri wangu uye kuzvibata zvisina kunaka mushure mezvose zvakandibatsira kuti ndipfuure. Uye kana ndaimbotarisira kusvika kwandaida kuva mumuviri, ndaiziva kuti ndaifanira kudzidzira kuzvida uye kuonga mavambo angu matsva.

Kuva Paralympian

Ndisati ndavhiyiwa, ndakaona Bethany Lumo, mutambi wePolalympian volleyball ari Mitambo Yakaratidzwa, uye akabva ashamisika. Pfungwa yemutambo yakanga yakafanana, asi iwe wakangoitamba uchigara pasi. Ndakaziva kuti ndicho chinhu chandaigona kuita. Heck, ndaiziva kuti ndaizozvigona. Naizvozvo apo ndakanaya pashure pokuvhiyiwa, meso angu akanga ari pachinhu chimwe: kuva Paralympian. Ndakanga ndisiri kuti ndaizozviita sei, asi ndakazviita chinangwa changu. (Yakabatana: Ndiri Amputee uye Mudzidzisi-Asi Haana Kutsika Tsoka MuGym Kusvikira Ndave 36.

Ndakatanga nekudzidzira nekushanda ndega, zvishoma nezvishoma kuvaka simba rangu. Ndakasimudza zviyereso, ndikaita yoga, uye ndakatombopunzika neCrossFit. Panguva iyi, ndakadzidza kuti mumwe wevakadzi paTeam USA anewo rotationplasty, saka ndakasvika kwaari kuburikidza neFacebook ndisingatarisiri kunyatsonzwa. Haana kungodaira chete, asi akanditungamira pamaitirwo emayoutout echikwata.

Kurumidza kusvika nhasi, uye ndiri muchikwata cheU.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball, icho nguva pfupi yadarika chakahwina nzvimbo yechipiri muWorld Paralympics. Parizvino, tiri kudzidzira kukwikwidza kumakwikwi e2020 Summer Paralympics muTokyo. Ndinoziva kuti ndine rombo rakanaka ndakave nemukana wekuzadzisa zviroto zvangu uye ndikave nerudo rukuru nerutsigiro kuti ndirambe ndichienda-asi ndinoziva zvakare kuti kune vamwe vechidiki vakawanda vasingakwanise kuita zvakafanana. Nekudaro, kuti ndiite chikamu changu pakudzorera, ndakavamba Live n Leap, hwaro hunobatsira vechidiki uye vechidiki-vakuru varwere vane zvirwere zvinotyisidzira hupenyu. Mugore ratanga tichimhanya, takapa Leap shanu kusanganisira rwendo rwekuenda kuHawaii, nzendo mbiri dzeDisney, uye komputa yakajairwa, uye tiri mubishi rekuronga muchato wemumwe murwere.

Ndinovimba kuti kubudikidza nenyaya yangu, vanhu vanoona kuti mangwana haagarovimbiswa-saka iwe unofanirwa kuita mutsauko nenguva yaunayo nhasi. Kunyange muine misiyano yomuviri, munokwanisa kuita zvinhu zvikuru. Chinangwa chega chega chinosvikika; unofanira kungozvirwira.

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