“Kum, yayiliqhuma nje. Andizange ndicinge ukuba ndinento endizikhathaza ngayo, kodwa yaba yinto enzulu kakhulu. Nantso into eyoyikisayo ngayo.”
Ekuqaleni kuka-2023, ubomi bathatha inguqu engalindelekanga kutata oneminyaka engama-43 ubudala uGuy Dunn.
Ukufumanisa iqhuma entanyeni yakhe, uGuy wathatha amanyathelo okhuseleko ukuba ajongwe yingcali.
Engazi yena, igaqa elincinane laliza kumfaka edabini kunye nenqanaba lesithathu le-non-Hodgkin's mantle cell lymphoma.
“Ndandine-PET scans nomongo wamathambo, kwafumaniseka ukuba ndizele ngumhlaza; Bendikumda wenqanaba lesine kodwa kwafunyaniswa ukuba ndinenqanaba lesithathu,” utshilo uGuy.
“Kwafumaniseka ukuba ndinomhlaza kwinqe, esiswini, emakhwapheni, emiphungeni, kumongo wamathambo nasemqaleni.
Kodwa into endayibonayo yayiligaqa elincinane entanyeni yam, elalikhula kancinci kangangonyaka ngaphambi kokuba ndijongiwe - ndandingazi ukuba ndinomhlaza kuwo wonke umzimba wam.
Umongikazi oyingcali kwezempilo yeGV uEva Driver uthe kubalulekile ukufunda iimpawu kunye neempawu ze-lymphoma.
“Iimpawu ezininzi zinokubonakala zingacacanga kwaye zinokubalelwa kwezinye izigulo,” utshilo.
“Umzekelo, abantu abanosulelo lwasekuhlaleni banokuba namadlala adumbileyo, intamo, umhlubulo namakhwapha kwaye ngokuhamba kwexesha, imizimba yethu iyalwa nosulelo kwaye luyaphela.
“Into esiyifunayo [kumhlaza] kukudumba okuzingisileyo, okukudumba okuthabatha ngaphezu kweeveki ezimbalwa, nezinye iimpawu ezinjengokudinwa, ukungakuthandi ukutya, ukwehla emzimbeni, ukurhawuzelelwa lusu neentlungu xa usela utywala. .”
UGuy uthe uhambo lwakhe belunzima kodwa ubonge abasebenzi beGV Health ngokumnika intuthuzelo nokhuthazo awayeludinga.
“Ngunyaka onzima kakhulu lo kodwa ukungena kwiGV Health kwenza umahluko omkhulu, kwaye ngaphandle kwenkxaso yabongikazi, andazi ukuba ngendikwazi njani ukumelana nalo,” utshilo.
“Babesoloko bendiqinisekisa yaye bendenza ndizive ndikhululekile, yaye uEva, umongikazi wam oyintloko, uyandifowunela xa ndisekhaya ukuze abone ukuba ndiqhuba njani, nto leyo eyongezelela loo mvakalelo yobuqu.”
I-GV Health inobambiswano neSibhedlele sase-St Vincent kunye neZiko loMhlaza iPeter MacCallum kwaye inikezela ngondwendwelo lweengcali zegazi kunye neendibano zetelehealth ukuqinisekisa ukuba izigulane ziyanyangwa ekuhlaleni.
“Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, libe nokwanda ngenene kwinani lezigulana ze-hematology esizixhasayo, nto leyo enebhongo ngayo kuba loo nto ithetha ukuba abantu banokulufumana unyango ekuhlaleni kwaye akunyanzelekanga ukuba baye. Melbourne kakhulu, ”utshilo uEva.
"Kwizigulana ezifana noGuy, oku kuphelisa uxinzelelo oluninzi olubandakanyekayo ekuhambeni kodwa kwakhona kukhulula umthwalo wemali."
Ngoku kuxolelo, uGuy uza kuqalisa unyango lwesondlo ngoNovemba kwaye afune ichemotherapy qho kwiinyanga ezintathu.
Ubongoza uluntu ukuba lungazihoyi iimpawu neempawu ezibangelwa ngumhlaza.
“Musa ukuzihoya izinto ezincinci- zihlolwe,” utshilo.
"Nokuba akukho nto, kungcono ukuba ufumanise kuba bendicinga ukuba andinanto, kwaye bendicinga ukuba ndiza kulunga, kwaye ngoku ubomi bam bonke kuye kwafuneka butshintshe."
Iindaba zeShepparton, nge-29 kaSeptemba 2023
NguLauren Formica
inqaku: https://www.sheppnews.com.au/news/spreading-the-message-this-lymphoma-awareness-month/
