Ngimncane, Angikhubekile, futhi I-COVID-19 Inethemba

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• Ngihlale noma ngihambe?
• Okuhlangenwe nakho kwami ​​nge-COVID-19
• Inqubo yokuhlola ye-COVID-19
• Inqubo yami yokutakula
• I-COVID-19 ikuthinte kanjani ukwelashwa kwesifo sami seCrohn
• Yini elandelayo?

Angikaze ngicabange ukuthi iholide lomndeni lingaholela kulokhu.

Ngenkathi i-COVID-19, isifo esibangelwe i-coronavirus yenoveli, siqala ukungena ezindabeni, kwabukeka njengesifo esibhekise kubantu abadala abagulayo nabadala kuphela. Iningi lontanga yami bezizwa lingenakunqotshwa kusukela besebancane futhi bephilile.

Ngingahle bheka njengesithombe sempilo eneminyaka engama-25 ubudala, kodwa ngithathe ama-immunosuppressants iminyaka ukwelapha isifo sami seCrohn.

Ngokuphazima kweso, ngangiseqenjini elalisengozini enkulu yezinkinga ezivela kuleli gciwane elisha abanye abantu ababelithatha ngokungathi sína, kanti abanye babengenalo. Njengomfundi wesine wezokwelapha onyakeni wesine ngase ngizoqala ukuzungeza egumbini lezimo eziphuthumayo, ngangikhathazeke kancane. Kepha angikaze ngicabange ukuthi empeleni ngizoxilongwa ngine-COVID-19.

Konke lokhu bekuhambe kahle ngaphambi kokuthi izwe lonke lizihlukanise. Abantu bebesazosebenza. Amabhawa nezindawo zokudlela bekusavulwa. Kwakungekho ukushoda kwephepha langasese.

Ngihlale noma ngihambe?

Cishe ngonyaka odlule, abazala bami bahlela uhambo ekuqaleni kukaMashi oluya eCosta Rica ukuyogubha umshado kamzala wethu ozayo. Lapho ekugcineni lolu hambo luzungeza, sasicabanga ukuthi kuncane ukusabalala komphakathi kanti i-COVID-19 kwakuyisifo sabahambi kude nolwandle, ngakho-ke asizange sikhansele.

Iqembu labangu-17 bethu lichithe impelasonto ende enhle lifunda ukuntweza, ukugibela ama-ATV ukuya empophomeni, nokwenza i-yoga olwandle. Sasingazi, iningi lethu maduzane lizoba ne-COVID-19.

Lapho sigibela ibhanoyi sigoduka, sathola ukuthi omunye wabazala bethu wayexhumana ngqo nomngani wakhe owathola ukuthi une-COVID-19. Ngenxa yokuchayeka kwethu okungahle kwenzeke kanye nokuhambela kwamanye amazwe, sonke sithathe isinqumo sokuzihlukanisa sodwa emakhaya ethu uma sesifikile. Mina nodadewethu, uMichelle, sahlala emakhaya kunokuba sibuyele emafulethini.

Okuhlangenwe nakho kwami ​​nge-COVID-19

Izinsuku ezimbili lapho sizihlukanisa sodwa, uMichelle wehlelwa umkhuhlane osezingeni eliphansi, ukugodola, ubuhlungu bomzimba, ukukhathala, ikhanda elibuhlungu nobuhlungu bamehlo. Uthe isikhumba sakhe sizwakala sengathi konke ukuthinta kuthumela ukushaqeka noma ukuhayiza emzimbeni wonke. Lokhu kwaphela izinsuku ezimbili ngaphambi kokuba aminyaniswe futhi alahlekelwe umuzwa wokuhogela.

Ngakusasa, ngaba nemfiva esezingeni eliphansi, ngagodola, ngaba buhlungu emzimbeni, ngakhathala futhi ngaba nomphimbo obuhlungu. Ngagcina ngaba nezilonda emphinjeni ezopha futhi ngaphathwa yikhanda elibukhali, yize ngangingalokothi ngiphathwe yikhanda. Ngaphelelwa isifiso sokudla futhi ngokushesha ngagcwala ngokweqile kwaze kwaba seqophelweni lokuthi kungabikho mbiza yokuqeda amandla esitokisini noma imbiza ye-neti enikeze usizo.

Lezi zimpawu bezikhathaza, kepha zimnene kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nalokho esikuzwayo manje mayelana neziguli ezigula kakhulu kuma-ventilator. Yize amandla ami ayempofu, ngangisakwazi ukuphuma ngihambe kancane izinsuku eziningi ngidlale imidlalo nomndeni wami.

Ezinsukwini ezimbili ngiqale ukugula, ngaphelelwa ngokuphelele umuzwa wokunambitha nephunga, okwangenza ngacabanga ukuthi nginesifo sesono. Ukulahlekelwa umuzwa kwakukukhulu kangangokuba ngangingakwazi ngisho nokuthola iphunga elibi elifana neviniga noma ukukhuhla utshwala. Ukuphela kwento engangiyinambitha ngusawoti.

Ngakusasa, bekugcwele izindaba ukuthi ukulahleka kokunambitha nephunga kwakuyizimpawu ezijwayelekile ze-COVID-19. Kwakungaleso sikhathi lapho ngabona khona ukuthi uMichelle nami kungenzeka ukuthi sasilwa ne-COVID-19, isifo esasibulala izimpilo kwabancane nabadala.

Inqubo yokuhlola ye-COVID-19

Ngenxa yomlando wethu wokuhamba, izimpawu, kanye nokucindezelwa komzimba wami, mina noMichelle sikufanelekele ukuhlolwa kwe-COVID-19 esifundazweni sethu.

Ngoba sinodokotela abehlukene, sathunyelwa ezindaweni ezimbili ezihlukene ukuyohlolwa. Ubaba wami wangiyisa egaraji lokupaka izimoto esibhedlela lapho umhlengikazi onesibindi eza ewindini lemoto yami, egqoke ingubo egcwele, imaski ye-N95, isivikelo samehlo, amagilavu, nesigqoko sePatriots.

Isivivinyo sasiwukujula okujulile kwamakhala ami womabili okwenze amehlo ami agcwale ukungaphatheki kahle. Ngemuva kwemizuzu eyisikhombisa sifikile endaweni yokuhlola edrayivu, besisendleleni egodukayo.

UMichelle wahlolwa kwesinye isibhedlela esasisebenzisa umphimbo. Ngaphansi kwamahora angama-24 kamuva, wathola ucingo oluvela kudokotela wakhe ukuthi wahlola ukuthi une-COVID-19. Sasazi ukuthi nami nganginombono omuhle, futhi sasibonga ukuthi sazihlukanisa sodwa kusukela lapho sehla endizeni.

Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezinhlanu ngivivinyiwe, ngathola ucingo oluvela kudokotela wami ukuthi nami ngiphilile nge-COVID-19.

Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, umhlengikazi wezempilo womphakathi wabiza ngemiyalo eqinile yokuzihlukanisa ekhaya. Satshelwa ukuba sihlale ezindlini zethu zokulala, ngisho nasekudleni, futhi sibulale amagciwane ngokuphelele endlini yangasese njalo lapho sisebenzisa. Siphinde sayalwa ukuthi sikhulume nalo mhlengikazi nsuku zonke ngezimpawu zethu kuze kuphele isikhathi sethu sokuhlukaniswa.

Inqubo yami yokutakula

Ngemuva kwesonto ngigula, ngaba nobuhlungu besifuba nokuphefumula kanzima ngokuzikhandla. Ukukhuphuka nje izitebhisi ezihamba ngendiza kungivimbezele ngokuphelele. Angikwazanga ukuphefumula kanzima ngaphandle kokukhwehlela. Ingxenye yami yazizwa ingenakunqotshwa ngoba ngimncane, ngiwumqemane ngokwanele, futhi ku-biologic enokuhlosiwe okungaphezulu, kunokuhleleka kokuzivikela komzimba.

Kodwa enye ingxenye yami yesaba izimpawu zokuphefumula. Njalo ebusuku isikhathi esingangesonto nohhafu, ngangivele ngishayeke futhi izinga lokushisa kwami ​​likhuphuke. Ngiqaphe ngokucophelela izimpawu zami uma kwenzeka ukuphefumula kwami ​​kuba kubi, kepha kwathuthuka kuphela.

Emasontweni amathathu ngiqale ukugula, ukukhwehlela nokuminyana kwagcina kusukile, okwangijabulisa kakhulu. Lapho ukuminyana kunyamalala, umuzwa wami wokunambitha nephunga waqala ukubuya.

Ukugula kukaMichelle kuthathe inkambo ebukhali, lapho ehlangabezana nokucinana nokulahleka kwephunga amasonto ama-2 kepha kungekho ukukhwehlela noma ukuphefumula okuncane. Umuzwa wethu wokuhogela nowokunambitha manje ubuyele emaphesentini angama-75 ejwayelekile. Ngehlise amakhilogremu ayi-12, kepha isifiso sami sokubuyela emuva sisebenza ngokugcwele.

Sibonga kakhulu ukuthi mina noMichelle silulame ngokuphelele, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokungaqiniseki ngengozi yami ekuthatheni i-biologic. Kamuva sathola ukuthi iningi labazala bethu ohambweni nabo bagula yi-COVID-19, enezimpawu ezahlukahlukene nobude besifo. Ngokujabulisayo, wonke umuntu walulama ngokuphelele ekhaya.

I-COVID-19 ikuthinte kanjani ukwelashwa kwesifo sami seCrohn

Emasontweni ambalwa, ngizokwamukelwa ukumiswa kwami ​​ngesikhathi esifanele. Akudingeki ngiyeke imishanguzo yami futhi ngibeke engcupheni i-Crohn's flare, futhi umuthi awubonakali uthinta kabi izifundo zami ze-COVID-19.

Phakathi kwami ​​noMichelle, ngathola izimpawu eziningi futhi izimpawu zahlala isikhathi eside, kodwa lokho kungenzeka noma kungahlobene nokuzivikela kwami.

I-International Organisation for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD) isungule imihlahlandlela yokwelashwa ngesikhathi salo bhubhane. Iningi lemihlahlandlela incoma ukuhlala ekwelashweni kwakho kwamanje nokuzama ukugwema noma ukuthwebula i-prednisone uma kungenzeka. Njengenjwayelo, khuluma nodokotela wakho nganoma yikuphi ukukhathazeka.

Yini elandelayo?

Ukufakwa kwesiliva kimi ngethemba lokuthi ukuzivikela kuleligciwane ukuze ngijoyine amabutho ngisize ozakwethu baphume phambili.

Iningi lethu elinenkontileka i-COVID-19 lizolulama ngokuphelele. Ingxenye esabekayo ukuthi ngeke sihlale sibikezela ukuthi ngubani oyogula kanzima.

Sidinga ukulalela konke okushiwo abaholi bezempilo bomhlaba nabanye. Leli yigciwane elibi kakhulu, futhi akufanele sisithathe kancane lesi simo.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, akufanele siphile ngokwesaba. Sidinga ukuqhubeka nokuziqhelelanisa ngokwethu ngenkathi sihlala sisondelene nomphakathi, sigeza izandla zethu kahle, futhi sizokuphumelela lokhu ndawonye.

UJamie Horrigan ungumfundi wezokwelapha unyaka wesine kusasele amasonto ambalwa nje ukuba aqale ukuhlala kwezokwelapha. Ungummeli onentshisekelo wesifo sikaCrohn futhi ukholelwa ngokweqiniso emandleni okunomsoco kanye nendlela yokuphila. Lapho enganakekeli iziguli esibhedlela, ungamthola ekhishini. Kokunye zokupheka ezesabekayo, ezingenayo i-gluten, i-paleo, i-AIP, ne-SCD, amathiphu wokuphila, nokuhambisana nohambo lwakhe, qiniseka ukuthi ulandela ibhulogi yakhe, i-Instagram, i-Pinterest, i-Facebook ne-Twitter.