Ukubhekana Nomdlavuza Wamaphaphu eminyakeni engama-20, nokusinda

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• Ukubhekana nokwelashwa
• Umbono omusha nokushayela ukusiza abanye

UFrida Orozco usinde kumdlavuza wamaphaphu futhi a Iqhawe Lung Force Okwe I-American Lung Association. Ngeviki Lempilo Lomama Lwabesifazane, wabelana ngohambo lwakhe ngokuxilongwa okungalindelekile, ukululama, nangaphezulu.

Eminyakeni engama-28 ubudala, into yokugcina engqondweni kaFrida Orozco kwakuwumdlavuza wamaphaphu. Yize ayenesifo sokukhwehlela izinyanga, wayesola ukuthi kwakuyindaba nje yenyumoniya yokuhamba.

"Simatasa kakhulu kulesi sikhathi esiphila kuso kangangokuba asimi nokulalela imizimba yethu," kusho uFrida. “Wawungekho umlando wesifo somdlavuza wamaphaphu emndenini wami. Awunawo umdlavuza, ngisho, ngakho awuzange ufike emqondweni wami. "

Lapho ukukhwehlela kwakhe kuba kubi futhi eba nemfiva esezingeni eliphansi, uFrida wakhathazeka. Uthi: “Ngenyanga yokugcina ngaphambi kokuba ngihlolwe, ngangikhwehlela njalo, ngaqala ukuba nesiyezi ngezikhathi ezithile, futhi ngaqala nokuzwa ubuhlungu ohlangothini lwesobunxele lwezimbambo nasemahlombe,” kusho yena.

Ekugcineni wagula waze walala embhedeni futhi waphuthelwa izinsuku ezimbalwa zomsebenzi. Kungaleso sikhathi-ke lapho uFrida anquma ukuvakashela isikhungo sokunakekelwa okuphuthumayo, lapho i-X-ray yesifuba yathola khona isigaxa emaphashini akhe kanye nokuhlolwa kwe-CT kwaqinisekisa ubukhulu.

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, isifo somdlavuza esinqunyiwe sesigaba 2 somdlavuza wamaphaphu.

“Ngaba nenhlanhla sayithola ngenkathi siyithola, ngoba udokotela wami wangitshela ukuthi ibisikhula emzimbeni wami isikhathi eside - okungenani iminyaka emihlanu,” kusho uFrida.

Umdlavuza wamaphaphu uyimbangela ehamba phambili yokufa okuhlobene nomdlavuza phakathi kwabesilisa nabesifazane, kubalwa umuntu oyedwa kwabangu-4 ababulawa ngumdlavuza e-United States. Kepha akuvamile kubantu abasha - izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabantu ababhekene nomdlavuza wamaphaphu bangaphezu kwama-65, kanti amaphesenti ama-2 kuphela angaphansi kweminyaka engama-45.

Isimila sikaFrida kwakuyisimila se-carcinoid, uhlobo olungajwayelekile lomdlavuza wamaphaphu (cishe amaphesenti ama-1 kuya kwangu-2 kuphela omdlavuza wamaphaphu yi-carcinoid). Lolu hlobo lwesimila luvame ukukhula kancane kunezinye izinhlobo zesifo. Lapho itholakala, yayingamasentimitha ama-5 kuphela ngamasentimitha ama-5 ngosayizi.

Ngenxa yobukhulu bayo, udokotela wakhe naye wamangala ukuthi akazibonanga ezinye izimpawu. “Wabuza ukuthi ngangijuluka yini, futhi ngangikhonze kakhulu ebusuku, kodwa ngacabanga ukuthi kwakuwukusinda ekubeni ngamakhilogremu angu-40 ukukhuluphala ngokweqile noma ukugula ngenxa yomkhuhlane. Bengingakaze ngicabange lutho olungaphezu kwalokho, ”kusho uFrida.

Ukubhekana nokwelashwa

Kungakapheli nenyanga etholile umdlavuza, uFrida wayesetafuleni lokuhlinzwa. Udokotela wakhe ususe ingxenye engezansi yephaphu lakhe langakwesobunxele futhi lonke isisindo likhishwe ngempumelelo. Kwakungafanele adlule ekwelashweni ngamakhemikhali. Namuhla, sekuphele unyaka nohhafu engenawo umdlavuza.

“Kuyamangalisa, ngoba bengicabanga ukuthi ngizokufa ngemuva kokuzwa umdlavuza, ikakhulukazi umdlavuza wamaphaphu. Ngangingazi lutho ngakho. Kwakuwumuzwa omubi kabi, ”kukhumbula uFrida.

Ngaphambi kokuhlinzwa kwakhe, iphaphu likaFrida lalisebenza ngamandla angamaphesenti angama-50 kuphela. Namuhla, kungamaphesenti angama-75 umthamo. Uthi: “Angiwuzwa ngempela umehluko, ngaphandle kokuthi ngenza umsebenzi omningi womzimba,” yize kwesinye isikhathi ehlangabezana nobuhlungu obuthile ezimbanjeni zakhe, obudinga ukuphulwa ukuze udokotela ohlinzayo akwazi ukufinyelela kuleso sigaxa. Uyachaza: “Uma ngidonsa umoya kakhulu, kwesinye isikhathi ngizwa ubuhlungu obuthile.

Yize kunjalo, uFrida uthi uyabonga ukuthi ukululama kwakhe kuhambe kahle. Uthi: “Ngacabanga ukuthi izinto ezimbi kakhulu zingenzeka ngibe nokululama okukhulu.

Umbono omusha nokushayela ukusiza abanye

Manje uneminyaka engama-30 ubudala, uFrida uthi umdlavuza wamaphaphu umnikeze umbono wakhe omusha. “Konke kuyashintsha. Ngibona ukuphuma kwelanga ngokwengeziwe futhi ngazisa umndeni wami kakhulu. Ngibheka impilo yami yangaphambi komdlavuza bese ngicabanga ukuthi ngisebenze kanzima kanjani futhi angiyekanga ukucabanga ngezinto ezibaluleke ngempela, ”usho kanje.

Ukusabalalisa ukuqwashisa ngomdlavuza wamaphaphu kungenye yezinto ezintsha azithatha njengeLung Force Hero.

"Kungokuhlangenwe nakho okuhle ukukwazi ukukhuthaza abanye ngokuhlanganyela indaba yami nokukhulisa izimali ngokubamba iqhaza ohambweni," esho. “Okuhle kunakho konke, [njengeQhawe Lung Force] ngiyethemba ukukhombisa abantu ukuthi ababodwa uma bebhekene nalesi sifo. Empeleni, umdlavuza wamaphaphu ungomunye wababulali besifazane abaphambili. ”

UFrida uhlose nokusiza abantu njengochwepheshe bezokwelapha ngelinye ilanga. Ngesikhathi kutholakala ukuthi unomdlavuza wamaphaphu, wayefunda ibhayoloji ekolishi lomphakathi.

“Ekuqaleni ngangicabanga ukwelashwa ngokomzimba ngoba ngangingacabangi ukuthi ngiyoke ngikwazi ukukhokhela isikole sobudokotela. Kodwa benginomeluleki ongibuza: uma benginayo yonke imali emhlabeni, bengizofuna ukwenzani? ” uyakhumbula. "Yilapho ngabona khona, ngifuna ukuba ngudokotela."

Lapho egula, uFrida wayezibuza ukuthi iphupho lakhe lizofezeka yini. "Kodwa ngemuva kokusinda emdlavuzeni wamaphaphu, ngathola amandla nokuzimisela ukuqeda isikole nokugcina amehlo ami esemgomweni," esho.

UFrida unethemba lokuphothula iziqu zakhe ze-undergraduate ngonyaka ozayo, bese eqala isikole sobudokotela. Ukholelwa ukuthi ukusinda komdlavuza kuzomvumela ukuthi alethe umbono oyingqayizivele - nozwela - ezigulini zakhe, kanye nokunikeza ukuqonda kwabanye ochwepheshe bezokwelapha angasebenza nabo.

"Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi iyiphi into engingathanda ukuyenza, kepha ngizohlola ukuya ocwaningweni lomdlavuza noma lomdlavuza," esho.

Ngemuva kwakho konke, ngizibonele ngawami mathupha - ababaningi odokotela abangakusho lokho. ”