Ukufaneleka Kusindise Impilo Yami: Kusukela ku-MS Patient kuya ku-Elite Triathlete

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Eminyakeni eyisithupha eyedlule, u-Aurora Colello-umama oneminyaka engama-40 wezingane ezine eSan Diego-akakaze akhathazeke ngempilo yakhe. Yize imikhuba yakhe ibingabazeka (ubamba ukudla okusheshayo ebaleka, ewisela ikofi noshukela ukuze athole amandla, futhi engakaze abeke unyawo ngaphakathi ejimini), uColello akazange abukeke egula: "Ngangicabanga ukuthi ngoba ngangibhincile, Bengiwumqemane."

Wayengekho.

Futhi ngosuku olungahleliwe ngoNovemba 2008 ngenkathi enzele izingane zakhe isidlo sasemini, u-Colello walahlekelwa ngokuphelele ukubona esweni lakhe langakwesokudla. Kamuva, i-MRI iveze izilonda ezimhlophe ebuchosheni bakhe bonke. Ukuvuvukala kwenzwa yakhe yamehlo kwabonisa i-Multiple Sclerosis (MS), isifo esivame ukuwohloka futhi esingelapheki. Odokotela batshele amazwi akhe ukuthi akekho owesifazane ocabanga ukuthi uyoke ezwe: "Uzobe uhamba ngesihlalo esinamasondo esikhathini esingaphansi kweminyaka emihlanu."

Isiqalo Esibi

Izimpawu ezesabekayo njengobuhlungu, ukuba ndikindiki, ukungakwazi ukuhamba, ukulahlekelwa ukulawula amathumbu akho, ngisho nokuba yimpumputhe ngokuphelele kwamvusa u-Colello endleleni yakhe yokuphila: "Ngabona ukuthi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi izingubo engangizigqoka, kwakufanele ngiphile," uthi. Esinye isithiyo esikhulu? UColello wayexwaye kakhulu ngemithi odokotela ababemcindezela ukuba ayithathe-eminingi yaba nemiphumela emibi kakhulu. Abanye bebengasebenzi ngempumelelo njengoba bebethembisile ukuthi bazosebenza. Ngakho wenqaba imithi. Ezinye izinketho zazincane, noma kunjalo. UColello wakhuluma nezinye iziguli eziningi ze-MS mayelana nezixazululo ezingase zibe khona kwaze kwaba yilapho ethola enye ayengakaze ayizwe ngaphambili: “Indoda yendawo engangixhumene nayo yangitshela ngesinye isikhungo sezokwelapha e-Encinitas, eCalifornia,” uyakhumbula.

Kepha engena e-Center for Advanced Medicine e-Encinitas, u-Colello wayemangele. Wabona abantu behlezi ezindaweni zokulala, befunda omagazini ngokunganaki futhi bexoxa-namashubhu amakhulu e-IV ephuma kuwo-futhi wahlangana nodokotela we-naturopath owamtshela ukuthi alale etafuleni ukuze amhlikihle izinkinga zakhe. "Ngicishe ngaphuma. Ngangicabanga ukuthi ngiyabanjwa," kusho yena. Kepha wasala walalela njengoba udokotela echaza: Ukubhucunga umzimba kungashukumisa imizwa ye-optic egijima entanyeni yakhe futhi kumsize abuye abone. Izinguquko ekudleni, izithasiselo, nezinye izindlela zemvelo zingasiza ekulawuleni lesi sifo ngokubuyisa ukushiyeka nokusiza umzimba wakhe ukuthi uthathe izakhamzimba ebesishoda ngazo, wamtshela.

Ngomqondo ovulekile, wathatha lezo zithasiselo zokuqala. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, waqala ukubona izindawo zokukhanya. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-14, umbono wakhe wabuyiselwa ngokugcwele. Okumangalisa nakakhulu: Amehlo akhe ngcono. Odokotela balungisa incwadi yakhe kadokotela. "Ngaleso sikhathi kwaba yilapho ngangithengiswa khona ngamaphesenti ayikhulu ngemithi ehlukile," esho.

Indlela Entsha

Umsuka wazo zonke izimpawu ze-MS ukuvuvukala-into imikhuba yokudla engenampilo ka-Colello enomthelela omkhulu kuyo. Futhi iCentre for Advanced Medicine yasondela kulesi sifo ngendlela ehlukile: "Abasiphathanga njengesifo, kodwa njengokungalingani emzimbeni wami," usho kanje. "Eminye imithi ibheka wena njengomuntu ophelele. Engikudlile noma ngingakudli nokuthi ngizivocavoca noma ngingazivocavoci kwaba nomthelela oqondile empilweni yami kanye ne-MS."

Ngokuvumelana nalokho, ukudla kukaColello kube noshintsho olukhulu. "Engakuthatha ngonyaka wokuqala kwakuwukudla okuluhlaza, okuphilayo, okunempilo ukuvumela umzimba wami ululame," kusho uColello. Wayigwema ngokuphelele i-gluten, ushukela, nobisi, futhi wafunga ngezipuni eziyisishiyagalombili zamafutha ngosuku-kakhukhunathi, i-flaxseed, i-krill, ne-alimondi. "Izingane zami ziqale ukudla imifino yasolwandle kanye nama-smoothies for snacks esikhundleni seFruit Roll-Ups. Bengishayela amakinati omndeni wami, kodwa benginovalo lokufa."

Namuhla, uColello udla inhlanzi, inyama edliwe ngotshani, ngisho ne-dinner roll yesikhathi esithile, futhi ukugqugquzela kulula: kuyambuka ebusweni. "Ngesikhathi nginciphisa ukudla kwami ​​isikhathi esithile, ngezwa ubuhlungu obukhulu ebusweni bami-uphawu lwe-MS olubizwa ngokuthi isifo sokuzibulala ngoba sibuhlungu kakhulu. Manje, angihlehlisi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kanjani Kunzima. "

UColello uphinde wavuselela inqubo yakhe yokuzivocavoca umzimba-noma ukungabi nakho. Lapho eneminyaka engama-35 ubudala, okokuqala ngqa empilweni yakhe, wajoyina ijimu. Yize wayengakwazi ukugijima imayela, kancane kancane, ukukhuthazela kwaba ngcono. Ngenyanga, wayeshaya amabili. "Esikhundleni sokugula kakhulu njengoba odokotela babengitshele ekuqaleni, ngazizwa ngingcono kunakho konke ukuphila kwami." Ekhuthazwe yintuthuko yakhe, wahlanganisa uhlelo lokuqeqesha i-triathlon, kwathi ngo-2009, waqeda izinyanga zakhe zokuqala eziyisithupha nje kuphela ngemuva kokuxilongwa. Ubeboshelwe phezulu-futhi wenza okunye nokunye. Engxenyeni yakhe yokuqala ye-Ironman (ukubhukuda kwamamayela angu-1.2, ukugibela ibhayisikili elingamakhilomitha angu-56, kanye nokugijima kwamamayela angu-13.1) eminyakeni emibili edlule, u-Colello waqeda indawo yesihlanu eqenjini lakhe leminyaka.

Ngemishini

Ngezinye izikhathi ukwesaba kungaba uthisha omuhle. Ngonyaka owodwa ngemuva kokuxilongwa kwakhe, uColello wabizwa ngudokotela wezinzwa ukuthi wayezophila impilo yonke: Ingqondo yakhe yayihlanzekile. Zonke izilonda zazingasekho. Nakuba ayengelapheki ngokobuchwepheshe, ukuxilongwa kwakhe okubuhlungu kwase kuphenduke i-MS ephindaphindayo/eyikhiphayo, lapho izimpawu zivela ngezikhathi ezithile.

Manje, uColello usemishini entsha yokusiza abanye abane-MS. Uchitha isikhathi sakhe esiningi esebenza ngenhlangano engenzi nzuzo, i-MS Fitness Challenge, ebambisana nezinkundla zokuzivocavoca zendawo ezihlinzeka abantu ngobulungu obungenazifo, abaqeqeshi kanye nokuholwa ngomsoco. "Ngifuna ukunika abanye ithemba elifanayo: Kukhona ongakwenza ukuze uthuthukise impilo yakho, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungaba namandla kangakanani ngemva kokuxilonga. Into elula njengokuya ejimini ingenza umehluko onjalo."

U-Colello uvalelise kwivila (okwakungumzimba omncane ngokwemvelo), owesifazane ayenguye eminyakeni eyisithupha edlule. Esikhundleni sakhe? U-elite triathlete onemijaho eyisikhombisa aklelisiwe kulo nyaka, ama-22 ngaphansi kwebhande lakhe, futhi unethemba leKona Ironman ka-2015-omunye wemijaho eyinselele kunazo zonke emhlabeni-ekusaseni lakhe.

Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nendaba ka-Colello kanye ne-MS Fitness Challenge, vakashela ku-auroracolello.com.

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