Ekuqaleni kukaNovemba ka-2011 ubomi bethu batshintsha xa umama wafumanisa ukuba une-non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Wayengenazo iimpawu, ngaphandle kwe-lymph node edumbileyo kwinqeni yakhe awayecinga ukuba kungenxa yekhalane awayesandula ukulisusa kuloo ndawo.
Waqaliswa ngechemotherapy malunga neveki ngenxa yobunzulu bomhlaza.
Ekubeni ndandineminyaka eli-15 kuphela ubudala, ndandididekile. Unyango lweChemotherapy lwalubonakala luyinto enkulu kakhulu kwiimuvi, inokwenzeka njani le nto kumama WAM?
Waqhubeka efumana unyango lweenyanga ezi-2 ukuya kwezi-3, ediniwe, ukugula, ukulahlekelwa yienwele kunye nenkuthazo. Kwakusoyikeka ukubona umntu osoloko omelele kwaye edlamkile, elele ebhedini engakwazi nokushukuma kangangeentsuku.
Uye watyhalela phambili kwaye wangena kuxolelo ngo-2012. Saye saqhubeka nokuba novakalelo lothando kusapho lwethu. Phantse uswelekelwa ngumama emva koko yaba yifowuni yokuvuka.
Ngelishwa, uMama waphinda waquleka ngoJulayi ka-2015 xa wafumana iqhuma entanyeni yakhe apho umhlaza wawubuyile khona. Uqale unyango lwechemotherapy kwakhona kwaye emva koko wabhukishelwa ukuhlala esibhedlele inyanga yonke ukwenzela uqhaqho-fakelo lwe-stem cell ngoNovemba. Uqhaqho lwaba yimpumelelo, kwaye wabuyela ekuxolelweni ngo-2016.
Ngeli xesha, ndandifudukele iiyure ezi-2 ukuya edolophini. Kodwa ndandisoloko ndibuyela eBunbury ukuya kumbona. Ndamqaphela kunye notata wam bephuma besenza okungakumbi, behamba ngeempelaveki behamba, iminyhadala kunye namatheko. Babeqalisa ukwenza izicwangciso zomhlala-phantsi, besakha indlu eDunsborough eyayiza kuba likhaya labo lomhlala-phantsi. Ndandilubona uthando phakathi kwabo nekamva ababefuna ukuqhubeka belenza.
Umama emva koko waya kuhlala nam edolophini, ngoko ke wayekufutshane nesibhedlele kwaye nonyango kwakulula ukulufumana. Wayefuna unyango rhoqo kunye notofelo-gazi phantse yonke imihla. Ndandingoyena mkhathaleli wakhe, ngelixa esebenza ixesha elizeleyo. Ngezinye imini ndandivuka ndimncedise ekulungiseleleni imini, ndimse esibhedlele, ndiye emsebenzini, ndimfunqule ngexesha lam lesidlo sasemini, ndibuyele emsebenzini ndimncedise ekumphekeleni isidlo sangokuhlwa xa ndisendlini. Le yayiyinto enzima kakhulu ukuyenza njengomntu oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala. Kodwa kwakufanelekile ngayo yonke indlela. Ndingaphinda ndiyenze yonke into ukuze ndincede umama ngayo nayiphi na indlela.
Oogqirha bazame iindlela ezininzi ezahlukeneyo zonyango, zonke ezo umama wayengafuni. Ndichithe ubusuku obuninzi kumgangatho wesibhedlele okanye kwisitulo segumbi lokulinda esingakhululekanga. Ndibambe iimvakalelo zam zosizi kunye noloyiko. Uloyiko lokuba angaze andibone nditshata, ndisoyika ukuba andizuba naye apha ukuze ancede abam abantwana, ndisoyika ukuba ndingaphulukana neqabane lam elisela iwayini, kodwa eyona nto yoyikayo kukuba ndingaphulukana nomhlobo wam osenyongweni.
Ngo-2018 walwa nzima kakhulu nohambo lwasesibhedlele oluninzi ngenxa yokothuka kwe-septic kunye nolunye usulelo. Ngo-Oktobha, ugqirha kaMama wathi masimgoduse, kuba sasicinga ukuba kuya kuba ziiveki nje ezimbalwa. Wayeneenyanga ezininzi ngakumbi kodwa oko kwakunganelanga.
Ngo-2019, nge-17 kaSeptembath UMama waphefumla okokugqibela ngaphambi nje kwasezinzulwini zobusuku, utata esecaleni kwakhe.
UJo Wharton wayengumntu onobubele. Wayenobubele, ekwazi ukwenza isiqhulo, ekhathala KAKHULU, ilivo kwezemidlalo, ethanda iibourbons zakhe kunye newayini, enencasa engaqhelekanga kwiincasa ze-ayisikrimu. Kodwa ngaphezu kwayo yonke loo nto wayengoyena Mama wayenokumbuza. Wayesikhathalele kakhulu, ebeka yonke intsapho yakhe ngaphambi kwakhe, ukuze asinyamekele.
Wayeliqhawe lethu, kwaye sihlala sijonge kuye yonke imihla.
Olu hambo ndiluququzeleyo lubonakalisa imbeko kuye. Oku kukugcina ukuzibandakanya kwakhe. Akahambanga, kwaye ndifuna abantu bayazi loo nto. Uselapha nam, umntakwethu, usisi kunye notata wam. Asifuni ukulibala ngaye. Ke, ndiyenzela yena kunye nabantu abebekule meko. Ndifuna ukunceda abantu abatyhubela iintlungu zokungaqiniseki. Ndifuna ukubuyisela kwabo bandincedileyo, kwaye usapho lwam ludlula kwinto esiyenzileyo, kwaye ndifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba ezinye iintsapho zinokuziva zibalulekile kwaye zikhuselekile xa sidlula koku.
Sinombulelo kakhulu kuGemma ngokwabelana nomama wakhe, ibali likaJo le-lymphoma.
I-Gemma ibamba uhambo lwe-5km e-Bunbury WA ngomhla we-16 kaSeptemba ukunceda ukwazisa kunye nemali ebalulekileyo yeNyanga yoKwazisa iLymphoma. Ukuba ungathanda ukuxhasa okanye ukujoyina iGemma kwiWalk For Jo, nceda ulandele ikhonkco elingezantsi.
