U-Agasti noSeptemba ziinyanga zam zokuqala. Ndinezixilongo zombini eziqinisekisiweyo ngo-Agasti - iminyaka emi-5 ngaphandle kwaye zombini unyango lwe-chemo lwahamba ngoSeptemba ukuya phambili. Ndicinga ukuba nditsale ikhadi elineshwa.
Ndaye ndafunyaniswa ngo-Agasti ka-2015. Ndandineminyaka engama-31 ubudala kwaye sasinentombi entle eneenyanga ezili-15 ubudala, ndandibuyele emsebenzini kwaye ndonwabele ubomi njengosapho oluncinci. Besisandula ukubhalisela ukudilizwa kwakhona kwaye siqale ukubeka uphawu kumaphupha amade obomi. Iincukuthu zogcino lwabantwana zazithatha uxanduva lwazo kwaye ndandigula, kakhulu. Sasingazi ukuba ndandinezinto ezininzi eziya kukhula ngaphakathi.
Konke kwenzeka ngobusuku obunye xa ndeva iqhuma ngaphezulu kwe-clavicle yam. Ndaguqukela kumyeni wam ndathi “ndicinga ukuba sele ndiza kuvula itoti yeentshulube”…. kwaye senze njalo. Iiveki ezimbalwa zovavanyo olunzima, utyando kunye noxilongo lokugqibela lwe-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Sasingenangqondo kwasekuqaleni, kwaphantse kwakhululeka ngoba yonke into ngoku yayivakala ukuba kutheni ndigula ngalo lonke ixesha. Sisanda kukhwela kumjikelo we-IVF ukugcina iimbumba kwaye emva koko, umzimba wam uye waya ezantsi kwaye izinto zaba mbi ngaphambi kokuba zibengcono. Ndangeniswa esibhedlele ngaphambi kokuba ndiphathwe njengoko intlungu yayingalawuleki ekhaya kodwa emva kokuba i-chemo iqalile ukubulala "i-nodies ekhohlakeleyo" intlungu enzima yomzimba yatshintshwa yi-nausea, i-migraines kunye nokudinwa nge-portcath ukundinceda kuyo yonke into. Kodwa safika ndaweni ithile, umzimba wam wasabela kakuhle kwiprotocol kwaye ekupheleni kweenyanga zam ezi-6 zonyango lwe-chemo ndandisele ndifikelele ekuxolweni.
Yonke into yayisibangcono kwakhona. Sigqibe ukwakhiwa kwendlu yethu saqala ngokutsha, bendiwafumana amandla wam kwaye ngo-2017 inkqubo yam ibisele ibuyile kwaye kwavela isimanga esincinci, omnye umntwana usendleleni! Andizange ndizive ndiphila kwaye ndinebhongo ngolu hlobo. Umzimba wam undinike ithuba lesibini kwaye wasipha enye intombazana, udade omncinci owayeneminyaka emi-4 ubudala ehlala ecela. Ubomi babumnandi kakhulu.
Kwaza kwafika u-2020, uCovid watshintsha umhlaba wethu ngokunjalo noMhlaza. Yayibuyile kwaye inempindezelo. Ngeli xesha, kwakufuneka sibe ndlongondlongo kwaye ndandifuna ukufakelwa kwe-stem cell (SCT). Andazi ukuba yintoni eyayisoyikeka ngakumbi, ukufa ngumhlaza okanye ukufa kukuzama ukubulala umhlaza. Yayilulawulo olukhohlakeleyo kwaye ndandibetha yonke i-snag. Iinyanga zam zangaphambili ze-6 ze-chemo kwi-2016 zaziva ngathi zihamba epakini kwaye kwafuneka ndiyeke ngokukhawuleza ukuthelekisa. Ngeli xesha ngeenxa zonke yayiyivascath emva koko yatshintshwa umgca wePIC ukundinceda. Emva kokukrazula i-chemo erhabaxa yalandelwa nge-autologous SCT, eyeyam izigidi zeeseli ze-stem zomntwana ukusindisa ubomi bam kunye nokugcina umhlaza kude.
Kuninzi ukuphiliswa okwenzekileyo, umzimba wam waziva wophukile kwaye wonakele kakhulu. Ukuyeka ukuya exesheni kwaba ngoko nangoko ngexesha lonyango, ngaphezu kwayo yonke enye into, yayiyinto ekhohlisayo ukuzulazula kwaye ufumane indlela elungileyo endifanele mna. Ndikhethe indlela epheleleyo esasebenza nanamhlanje. Ndithatha uluhlu olubanzi lwamayeza esintu kunye neoyile ye-CBD ukunceda ukulawula kunye nokunceda umzimba wam oqaqambayo kunye neentlungu ezithe gqolo. Sele kuyiminyaka emithathu ukusukela kwi-SCT yam kwaye senze utshintsho olukhulu…. Ngezo ntsuku zobumnyama, salungiselela ukutshintsha izinto ezimbalwa emva kokuba ndipholile kwaye ngoku sihamba eOstreliya. Sagqiba kwelokuba siphilele namhlanje kwaye siphilele iNgoku yethu. Ndinethamsanqa lokukwazi ukwenza uvavanyo lwam lwenyanga olu-3 olujikeleze i-Australia apho ndiye ndadibana nabaqokeleli be-pathology kwezinye iidolophu zengingqi kunye nee-hematologists kwizibhedlele ezahlukeneyo kwilizwe ngalinye esilihambileyo, zonke zindigcina ndijonge ukuze siqhubeke siphila phupha. Sikwinyanga yethu ye-18 sihamba kwaye ibe lelona yeza libalaseleyo, ngokwengqondo, ngokwasemzimbeni nangokweemvakalelo.
Ekuqaleni, ndandisoyika ukuceba ukuba kunokwenzeka singakwazi ukulandela. Kodwa ukuba kukho nantoni na endiyifundileyo endleleni ukuba ubomi buyatshintsha, kodwa kuxhomekeke kuthi ukuziqhelanisa nokujika nokujika ngakunye. Qhubeka usenza izicwangciso, qhubeka uphupha kwaye wenze nje utshintsho ukuze uqhubeke ulandela loo maphupha.
Ndiyabulela kuLauren owabelana ngebali lakhe ngesibindi ngenjongo yokubonelela ngenkxaso kwabo bakwihambo efanayo, kunye nokusasaza ulwazi lwe-lymphoma.
Kwi-Lymphoma Australia, sinikezela ngezibonelelo ezininzi zasimahla kunye neenkonzo zenkxaso kwizigulane kunye neentsapho zabo. Sinombulelo kuba wethu amaqela enkxaso kwi-intanethi zaba luncedo kuLauren ngamaxesha obunzima.
Ukuba ungathanda ukuxhasa umsebenzi wethu ekuncedeni izigulana ezininzi ezifana noLauren, nceda ucinge ngokunikela namhlanje.
