After 9 Years, I went Off the Pill - Nakhu Okwenzekile

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• Ngabe i-HBC ihlangana ngani nempilo yamathumbu?
• Ukuyeka ukulawulwa kokuzalwa kwe-hormonal
• Ukuvuselela ama-hormone, ukwehla kokuvuvukala, nokufunda ngomzimba wami
• Engikutholile selokhu ngashiya i-HBC
• 1. Induna yeHormonal (kepha ngiyabonga, akusekho!)
• 2. Ukulahleka kwezinwele
• 3. Ukushintsha kwemizwelo
• 4. Ukucaca kwengqondo
• 5. Ukukhathazeka okuncane, ukuthula kwengqondo okwengeziwe
• Ezinye izindlela zokulawulwa kokuzalwa kwamahomoni

Sifaka imikhiqizo esicabanga ukuthi ilusizo kubafundi bethu. Uma uthenga ngezixhumanisi ezikuleli khasi, singathola ikhomishini encane. Nansi inqubo yethu.

Ukuphumula? Hlola. Ukushintsha kwemizwelo? Hlola. Kodwa ngisajabula ngokuthi ngikwenzile. Nakhu ukuthi kungani.

Bengilokhu ngilwa nezinkinga ezingapheli zamathumbu iminyaka, kufaka phakathi ukuqunjelwa okukhulu, izinhlungu ezinjengezinaliti, ukuqunjelwa (ngikhuluma izinsuku ezine kuya kwezinhlanu ngasikhathi), isifuba, inkungu yobuchopho nokukhathazeka.

Nginqume ukubona udokotela osebenzayo osebenza ngeParsley Health, ngoba bonke abanye odokotela, ama-gastroenterologists, kanye nochwepheshe bebemane benginika umuthi esikhundleni sokufinyelela empandeni yezinkinga zami.

Ngemuva kokuqokwa kwami ​​kokuqala nodokotela wami omusha, sakha uhlelo lomdlalo ukuqala inqubo yokwelashwa. Kwakudingeka izidakamizwa zero.

Ekwindla kwe-2017, udokotela wami wanginikeza ukuxilongwa kwe- UCandida ukukhula nokugcwala kwamathumbu futhi kwanginxusa ukuba ngenze izinto eziningana ukuze ngilulame. Nakhu abanqume:

• Qala ukudla kokuqeda. Ngisike ukudla okuvame ukuvuvukala, njengobisi, ukolweni, ummbila, isoya namaqanda. Kimi, amaqanda alimaza isisu sami ngqo.
• Yeka ukulawulwa kokuzalwa kwe-hormonal (HBC). Udokotela wami uphethe ngokuthi iphilisi belingithinta kakhulu kunalokho ebengikucabanga (kuphazamisa i-microbiome yami), futhi kufanele ngiluyeke ngokushesha.

Ngabe i-HBC ihlangana ngani nempilo yamathumbu?

Iningi labantu alikwazi lokhu futhi odokotela abakuxoxi ngokwanele, kepha iphilisi elenzelwe isifo sikaCrohn nezinye izinkinga zesisu nesisu.

Ngangiku-HBC iminyaka engu-9. Ekuqaleni nganginikezwe yona njengendlela yokwelapha induna yami. Uma ngibheka emuva, ngifisa sengathi bengingazi okwengeziwe ngesisindo sesinqumo sami sokufaka ama-hormone okwenziwa emzimbeni wami.

Imvamisa, lapho iphilisi linikezwa izinto ngaphandle kokuvimbela ukukhulelwa (njengezinduna, amajaqamba, nezikhathi ezingajwayelekile), kumane kuwukushaya ibhandishi endabeni enkulu ye-hormonal edinga ukubhekelwa. Manje njengoba ngiphelelwe yiphilisi, ngiphatha zonke izingqinamba zamahomoni namathumbu ebizifihla.

Ukuyeka ukulawulwa kokuzalwa kwe-hormonal

Ngemuva kwemizamo ekhathele yokuphulukisa induna yami ye-cystic nge-benzoyl peroxide, amaphilisi okulwa namagciwane (lawo aguqule kakhulu izitshalo zami zamathumbu futhi mhlawumbe aba nomthelela ezindabeni zami ze-GI namuhla), kanye nokufihla okuningi, ngabelwa ukulawula inzalo.

Kuyavela ukuthi, uwoyela kakhukhunathi wawuyimpendulo kuzo zonke izingqinamba zesikhumba sami. Kodwa noma kunjalo, ngaqhubeka nokulawula inzalo.

Manje sengiyazi ukuthi ukulawulwa kokuzalwa kungenzeka kungithinte kakhulu kunalokho engangikucabanga. Ngangihlale ngiphathwa yikhanda eladonsa izinsuku ngesikhathi, ngizizwa nginamafu, futhi ngathola ezinye izimpawu okungenzeka angazi nokuthi ngangihlale kulo isikhathi eside.

Ukuthatha isinqumo sokuyeka iphilisi kwaba yisinqumo esilula ukusithatha. Ngangikucabangele ukuyeka izinyanga, kodwa izaba zami kwakuhlale kungukuthi anginaso isikhathi sezinduna noma ukuguquguquka kwemizwa yokuhlanya. Nansi into: Kukhona angikaze ube yisikhathi “esihle” sokuba nalezo zinto, kepha uma ulinda isikhathi eside, kuzoba nzima kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, kuvele kwathatha udokotela wami ukuthi angi-oda ukuthi ekugcineni ngikuthathe ngokungathi sína.

Ukuvuselela ama-hormone, ukwehla kokuvuvukala, nokufunda ngomzimba wami

Nakhu engikwenzayo uqobo ukulwa nenguquko yami ngisuka kwiphilisi:

• Qhubeka nokususwa kokudla okushisa amathumbu ami (i-gluten, ubisi, ummbila, isoya, iqanda, noshukela ocwengekile).
• Funda i- "Woman Code" bese usebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-MyFLO ukulandelela umjikelezo wami futhi udle ukudla okusekela ukuhamba kwami.
• Lalela ama-podcast afana ne- "Fertility Friday" futhi ufunde noma yini engingayenza mayelana nokulinganisa ama-hormone, amazinga e-estrogen, nama-adaptogens.
• Thatha njalo imvubelo engiyithandayo yi-Beast probiotic evela eLovebug, futhi uthathe nezithako ze-magnesium ne-zinc, ngoba i-HBC yaziwa ngokuqeda lezi micronutrients.
• Qhubeka nenkambiso yami yemvelo yokunakekelwa kwesikhumba ngokusetshenziswa kwansuku zonke kwamafutha kakhukhunathi kanye namafutha wetiye.
• Yiba nomusa kimi futhi usebenze ekwamukeleni noma yiziphi izinselelo ezingase zivele phakathi nalolu shintsho olunzima.

Engikutholile selokhu ngashiya i-HBC

1. Induna yeHormonal (kepha ngiyabonga, akusekho!)

Isikhumba sami saqala ukugqashuka ngemuva kwenyanga ngiyekile iphilisi, futhi saqhubeka kulo mgwaqo kwaze kwaba cishe ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule. Nginesimo sami samanje sesikhumba esikhanyayo kulokhu okulandelayo.

Yini okusizayo:

• Kusihlwa uwoyela we-primrose izithasiselo. Lezi zinsiza zilinganisela ama-hormone ami.
• Ukugwema ama-allergener ami. Yize ngenza "ukuzitika" kanye ngesikhashana, ngike ngisika ukolweni, amaqanda, nommbila futhi ngidla amanani alinganiselwe kakhulu obisi, isoya, noshukela ocwengekile.
• Kusetshenziswa i-bioClarity. Ngimangele kakhulu ngalo mkhiqizo. Bangithinta kathathu ngaphambi kokuthi ngivume ukukuzama. Ngempela kusebenze kahle kakhulu, futhi isikhumba sami sikhanyisile. Ngakho-ke, ngiyayincoma kubantu abanezinkinga ezifanayo zesikhumba.

Ngiyakuthola ukuphuma ngezikhathi ezithile esikhathini sami, kodwa akuyona into enkulu, futhi lokho kujwayelekile. Isikhumba sami ekugcineni sicace bha selokhu ngashiya iphilisi.

2. Ukulahleka kwezinwele

Kimi, lokhu kungumphumela wecala othusa kakhulu, noma ngabe bengazi ukuthi kujwayelekile lapho uyeka iphilisi. Ngiqinisekisiwe ngudokotela wami ukuthi "nalokhu kuzodlula," futhi kukumzimba wami ukuzilinganisela.

Yini okusizayo:

• Ukugcina amazinga ami okucindezeleka ephansi. Ngenza konke okusemandleni ami ukuthi ngingakhathazeki kakhulu, ngichithe isikhathi esiningi ngenza izinto ezingijabulisayo (i-yoga, ukuzindla, ukuba ngaphandle) nesikhathi esincane esinanyathiselwe ocingweni lwami.
• Ama-peptide e-Collagen. I-Collagen isiza ukukhuthaza ukukhula kwezinwele nezinzipho ezinamandla. Igcwele amaprotheni ahlanzekile, ngakho-ke ngiyifaka kumatcha wami njalo ekuseni.
• Hhayi ukutayela izinwele zami kaningi. Ngiwasha kabili kuphela ngeviki futhi ngilinganisela inani lezikhathi engisebenzisa ngazo ukushisa ezinweleni zami ukwenza isitayela. Ngigqoka okwengeziwe kwamagoda, izigqoko eziningi namakhanda.

3. Ukushintsha kwemizwelo

I-PMS yami ibinamandla, futhi ngibonile ukuthi imizwa yami iyasebenza, ummm, jika ngezikhathi ezithile. Imvamisa ngaphambi kwesikhathi sami, futhi angiqapheli ngaso sonke isikhathi ekushiseni okwamanje.

Ngikhala ngomsindo, sengathi umhlaba wami wonke uyabhidlika. Ngizizwa ngicindezelekile futhi ngenza into enkulu ngezinto ezincane. Yebo, ngiyakuvuma konke. Kepha, ngenhlanhla, kumane nje kuyisikhathi sesikhathi, futhi sekuba ngcono.

Yini okusizayo:

• Ukuzindla njalo. Angikwazi ukukusho ngokwanele… ukuzindla kungenye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu ongazenza ukuphatha ukucindezeleka, ukukhathazeka, nokumema uthando, ububele nokuqonda okwengeziwe empilweni yakho.
• Ukuphuza i-matcha ethe xaxa nekhofi elincane. Yize ngingathandi ukukuvuma, ukuphuza ikhofi nsuku zonke kungahle kungangilungele ngokwami. Ngisayiphuza izikhathi ezimbalwa ngenyanga uma ngiyilangazelela, kepha angizizwa sengathi NGISEKE ngibe nayo (futhi akusekho ikhanda le-caffeine!) Ngiyayithanda futhi ngifisa i-matcha yami yansuku zonke ekuseni (bheka iresiphi yami lapha). Angijoli kangako, futhi ngizizwa ngigxile kakhulu kepha nginokuthula ekuseni.
• Ukuxhumana okuvulekile nomlingani wami. Ukushintsha kwemizwelo kungabeka ubunzima ebudlelwaneni, ngoba kubeka yonke into encane ngaphansi kwesibonakhulu. Angikwazi ukwenza sengathi bengiyingelosi ngale nqubo, kepha angazi ukuthi yonke inkinga evelayo ihlobene ngqo nomoya wami. Imizwa yami ivunyelwe, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukukhumbula lokho. KODWA ukuthi uyiveza kanjani imizwa yakho kubalulekile, ngakho ngenza konke okusemandleni ukucabanga ngaphambi kokuba ngikhulume. Vele, akwenzeki njalo ngaleyo ndlela, kepha ngenza ukubekezela, ukuvuleleka nokuba sengozini nsuku zonke.

4. Ukucaca kwengqondo

Selokhu ngayeka iphilisi, sengizuze ukucaciseleka okukhulu kwengqondo emsebenzini wami nasempilweni yomuntu siqu. Vele, lokhu kungabangelwa nokudla okokuhlanza nokugwema ukungezwani nomzimba wami, kepha ngizwa sengathi ukuyeka iphilisi kube nomthelela omkhulu ekucaceni kwami.

Manje sengineqembu elincane labantu abathathu elisebenza nami. Ngimemezele ibhuku lokusebenza le-Healthy Hustle, futhi sengizokhipha izinto ezimbalwa ezijabulisayo ngenyanga ezayo noma ezimbili. Ngizizwa ngithela izithelo ezinhle kulezi zinsuku.

5. Ukukhathazeka okuncane, ukuthula kwengqondo okwengeziwe

Bengisephilisi lokuvimbela inzalo iminyaka engu-9. Njalo ekuseni ngangivuka, ngiphake iphilisi, futhi ngizibuze ukuthi ukufaka ama-hormone okwenziwa kungayithinta kanjani impilo yami yesikhathi eside.

Ngangikuzonda ukuthembela kuphilisi nsuku zonke. Angizange ngiwuthande umuzwa wokwazi ukuthi kuzodingeka ngime ngelinye ilanga lapho ngifuna izingane kodwa ngangisaba kakhulu umphumela. Ngangazi ukuthi uma ngilinde isikhathi eside ukuphuma kukho, izingqinamba eziningi engingaba nazo.

Asikho isikhathi esikahle sokusuka kwipilisi futhi ubhekane nezimpawu. Kuyinto nje okumele ubhekane nayo ngokwakho, ngoba wonke umuntu usabela ngendlela ehlukile.

Ezinye izindlela zokulawulwa kokuzalwa kwamahomoni

• Ithusi le-nonhormonal IUD (iParagard). Ngokwami ​​angikwenzanga lokhu, ngoba ngizwa ukuthi kubuhlungu impela, futhi angifuni into engaziwa emzimbeni wami. IUD ingahlala iminyaka eyi-10. Njengoba kuyindlela eyodwa futhi eyenziwe, khuluma nodokotela wakho mayelana nobuhle nobubi bakho.
• Amakhondomu angenabo ubuthi. I-Whole Foods iphethe uhlobo olungenabuthi olubizwa nge-Sustain. ILola (i-organic tampon brand) nayo isanda kwethula amakhondomu asuselwe kokubhaliselwe angathunyelwa endlini yakho, okukuhle impela!
• Indlela yokuqwashisa inzalo (FAM). Ngezwa izinto ezinhle ngomkhiqizo iDaysy. Yize ngingazange ngizame mathupha, ngiyabheka. Ngincoma ukulandela umngani wami uCarly (@frolicandflow). Ukhuluma kakhulu ngale ndlela.
• Ukuvala inzalo unomphela. Uma uqinisekile ukuthi usuqedile ukuzala izingane noma awufuni noma iyiphi ingane kwasekuqaleni, le nketho ingaqeda isidingo sokuvimbela inzalo unomphela.

Sekukonke, ngijabule kakhulu ngesinqumo sami. Ngizizwa kakhulu ngokuvumelana nomzimba wami. Ekugcineni ngizizwa sengathi ngiyaphulukiswa kusuka ngaphakathi ngaphandle esikhundleni sokufihla okwesikhashana izimpawu. Kunika amandla kakhulu ukubuyisa ukulawula umzimba wami.

Noma ngabe unquma ukuthi ufuna ukuqhubeka uphuza iphilisi noma cha, kungumzimba wakho. Kukhetha kwakho. Ngiyalihlonipha ilungelo lawo wonke umuntu wesifazane lokwenza okuhle kubo. Ngingahlanganyela kuphela ulwazi lwami, oluzohluka ngokuphelele kolwakho. Ngakho-ke, yenza isinqumo esihle kakhulu kuwe.

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