Ndafunyaniswa ndine-Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma ekuqaleni kukaMatshi ka-2023.
Kwiiveki ezintathu ngaphambi kokuba ndixilongwe, ndatyandwa esibhedlele ngenxa yesifo sesifuba, esabangela amahlwili egazi kwingalo yam yasekunene, nto leyo eyaphumela ekubeni ndiqhanyulwe iimbambo. Kwiiveki ezintathu emva kokuchacha kwam, andizange ndiphucuke, kwaye nge-6 kaMatshi, ndagula kakhulu, kwaye ndandisazi ukuba kukho undonakele. Ngethamsanqa, umama wehla waza wabona indlela endikhangeleka kakubi ngayo waza wandisa ngqo kwisebe le-ER yesibhedlele saseWollongong. Emva kovavanyo lwegazi nescan ezimbalwa, ndavuswa ukuba ndixelelwe ukuba babecinga ukuba ndineLymphoma. Ndichithe ezinye iiveki ezintathu esibhedlele kwaye emva kwe-biopsies ezintathu, kunye nokubamba i-Covid, bafumanisa ukuba ndineNqanaba leSithathu le-DLBCL.
Xa ndikhangela emva, ndandinazo zonke iimpawu zomhlaza ngaphambi kokuba ndixilongwe, kodwa ndandingaziboni ukuba zaziyintoni na. Ukubila ebusuku, ukutyhafa, imiba yokwetyisa kunye nokuncipha kobunzima yayizezona mpawu zam ziphambili.
Ndafumana unyango lwam lokuqala lwekhemo esibhedlele phambi kokuba ndikhululwe ukuba ndigoduke. Emva koko kwafuneka ukuba ndibe ne-chemo eqhubekayo njengesigulane esingaphandle kwiklinikhi yomhlaza yase-Illawarra kwiSibhedlele sase-Wollongong. Unyango lwam lwalubandakanya iintsuku ezintathu ezilandelelanayo rhoqo emva kweeveki ezimbini kunyango oluthandathu lulonke. Ndandihamba ngeenyawo ukuya nokubuya esibhedlele ukuze ndifumane unyango lwechemotherapy. Unyango lwemichiza lwandenza ndaphelelwa ngamandla, yaye kwafuneka nditofelwe igazi izihlandlo ezine ebudeni bonyango lwam.
Emva kweeveki ezintathu zonyango, ndaqalisa ukuphulukana neenwele zam, ukuze ndithobe impembelelo kwiintombi zam, ezineminyaka esi-9 nesi-7, ndazifumana ukuba zindincedise ukucheba iinwele zam. Ndahlala ndilungile kwaye ndomelele ngokwengqondo ngexesha lenkqubo yonke, ndinemizuzu embalwa nje yobuthathaka. Abahlobo bam kunye nosapho bebendixhasa kakhulu ngobunzima bam, kwaye abantu endisebenza nabo kunye nabahlali bejimu bakwazile ukunyusa i-$40, 000 enkulu ukunceda uhambo lwam, endihlala ndinombulelo ngalo.
Uvavanyo lwam lokugqibela lwe-PET scan emva konyango lubonise iimpawu zokuba i-lymphoma isenokuba isekhona, kodwa emva kovavanyo olongezelelweyo, uDoc wam omangalisayo uCartwright wafowunela ukundixelela iindaba ezimnandi zokuba akukho lymphoma ifunyenwe kwi-lymph node esusiweyo. Ndingumntu oqinileyo, kodwa ukuxelela iintombi zam ukuba andisenawo umhlaza kuzise iinyembezi emehlweni am.
Ngoku ndikwisigaba sam sokubuyisela emva kwekhemo; Ndibuyile ekuqeqesheni kwaye ndakha kwakhona impilo yam. Ndiseneentsuku zokudinwa ngokugqithiseleyo, kodwa oko kuya kuphucuka iveki neveki. Ukuhlolwa kwam okulandelayo kuya kuba ngoMatshi ka-2024.
Ingcebiso endiya kuyinika nabani na osanda kufunyaniswa ukuba une-lymphoma kukuba shlala unethemba kwaye uhlale womelele. Yayama kwiqela lakho lenkxaso xa ufuna njalo, kodwa jongana ngqo nomceli mngeni. Ipilisi enzima ukugwinya ukuxelelwa ukuba unomhlaza, kodwa awukwazi ukucofa iminwe yakho kwaye uyenze ihambe, ngoko kufuneka ulwe kwaye ndiyakholelwa ngokwenene ukuba ingqondo yakho yi-95% yedabi.
Ndinembalelwano enkulu kunye neLymphoma Australia ngokusebenzisa imidiya yoluntu. Xa ndacelwa ukuba ndibelane ngebali lam, ndacinga ukuba ukuba ndingadala ulwazi oluninzi lwe-lymphoma kwaye ubuncinane ndincede okanye ndikhuthaze umntu omnye ukuba ahlale omelele kwidabi labo kunye ne-Big C, yinto encinci endingayenza!
UTy wenze ividiyo emangalisayo engena nzulu kuhambo lwakhe lwe-lymphoma kwaye igxile kwiimpawu kunye neempawu awayengazihoyi ekuqaleni. Kufuneka ubukele!
