Le divayisi Yezinhlungu Zesikhathi Empeleni Yenze Ama-Cramps Ami Abekezeleleke

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Isithombe sihlonishwa ngu-Livia

Ukusho ngokusobala, ngicabanga ukuthi izikhathi ziyi * zimbi kakhulu. Noma kunjalo, ngiyakuzonda ukuba nesikhathi sami ngoba kungenza ngizizwe ngicindezelekile ... ukusibeka kahle. Ukuqunjelwa? Hlola. Ukushintsha kwemizwelo? Hlola. Futhi okubi kakhulu: amajaqamba. Hlola kabili.

Akunandaba ukuthi zingaki izindlela zokulawula ukubeletha engizamile, kusazwakala sengathi kune-troll encane enyathela esizalweni sami njalo lapho ngithola isikhathi sami. (Uma ungakwazi ukuxoxa, ngi ngakho ngiyaxolisa.) Imvamisa, ngilayisha i-Advil noma iMotrin njalo emahoreni ayisishiyagalombili ukuze ngikwazi ukusebenza ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokuqala. Kepha bengilokhu ngizizwa ngixakekile ngokuvela kwamaphilisi ezinhlungu kaningi ngoba kunezingozi ezithile (njengezinkinga zenhliziyo nesisu) ezihambisana nokusetshenziswa isikhathi eside. Ukukhuluma iqiniso, lezi zingcuphe zihlotshaniswa ikakhulukazi nemithamo emikhulu nokusetshenziswa isikhathi eside, kepha ngiluhlobo oluncane lwe-meds-is-more ngokujwayelekile, noma kunjalo. (Futhi uma ngabe ubuzibuza, cha, isikhathi sakho akuyona "inqubo yokuchitha ubuthi.")

Kungakho ngajabula lapho ngizwa ngoLivia, igajethi entsha ethi ingacisha izinhlungu zokuya esikhathini. Ngemva kokufunda mayelana nedivayisi lapho imenyezelwa okokuqala emuva ngo-2016, ngaba nokungabaza okuncane ngoba kwakubonakala kukuhle kakhulu (funda: kulula) ukuba yiqiniso. Futhi, ukubuyekezwa kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kuvume ukuthi nakuba *ibonakala* isebenza, ibingakahlolisiswa ngokugcwele ukuphepha. Womp womp. Ngakho-ke, ngenkathi uLivia ethola imvume ye-FDA kuleli hlobo, ngangazi ukuthi kufanele ngiyizame.

Nakhu ukuthi kufanele isebenze kanjani: Ngaphakathi kwekithi ngayinye kunedivayisi encane kagesi exhunywe kuma-gel electrode angavuselelwa angabekwa lapho unezinhlungu-imvamisa isisu noma umqolo ongezansi. Bese uyayivula futhi ulungise izinga lokuvuselela ugesi, engalithola kusuka kokungabonakali kuya kokushubile kakhulu. Idivayisi isebenza ngokuvuselela izinzwa ezisendaweni enamathiselwe kuyo ngesikhumba, okufanele ukuthi yenze kube nzima ebuchosheni bakho ukubhalisa ukungakhululeki okuqhamuka kuleyo ndawo.

Ngandlela thile, kufana nokukhuthaza kukagesi kuphazamisa ubuchopho bakho ebuhlungwini ngokubabhekisisa kwenye indawo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi kufanele uthole ukukhululeka ngokushesha, okuyinzuzo yokuqala ecacile ngokuthatha iphilisi. Uma uke waya kudokotela wezempilo futhi waxhuma i-TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) unit, umqondo weLivia uyefana ncamashi. (Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nendlela esebenza ngayo, bheka le vidiyo ewusizo (futhi ehlekisayo) evela kumkhiqizo.)

Lapho ngithola i-Livia yami, ngamangala ukuthi incane kangakanani. Yize ama-electrode esayizi ehloniphekile, ibhokisi elincane abaxhumeke kulo lingangena kalula ephaketheni lakho noma linqanyulwe okhalweni lwakho. Lapho isikhathi sami siqala, ngangena embhedeni, nganamathisela ama-electrode esinqeni sami esingezansi, futhi ngavula idivayisi. Kunzima ukuchaza ukuzwa, kepha kunendawo ethile phakathi kokushikiza nokudlidliza-yize ungeke ubone ukunyakaza okuvela kuma-electrode. Imiyalo ithi ukuguqula kuphela ileveli yokukhuthaza uma izwa "imnandi," okwakungiphansi impela esikalini salokho okwenziwa yidivayisi.

Into eyodwa emnandi? Ngabona ngokushesha ukuthi angizange ngilale embhedeni ngenkathi ngisebenzisa uLivia. Bengingayisebenzisa ngenkathi ngenza noma yini: ukuhlala kukhompuyutha yami, ukuhambahamba, ukuthenga igrosa, ukuphuma ngiyodla isidlo sakusihlwa, ukugibela ibhayisikili lami. Ukuphela kwento oyikho ngempela ngeke ngikwazi ukwenza ngayo kuwukugeza. Futhi i-FYI, ungavulela idivaysi isikhathi eside njengoba ufuna, kepha ngemuva kocwaningo oluncane, ngithole ukuthi kimi, imizuzu eyi-15 kuya kwengama-30 ibanele. Ngaqala ukuzwa amajaqamba futhi emahoreni ambalwa kamuva, ngangivele ngiyivule kwenye iseshini emfushane. Kwakumangaza ngokungabonakali ukuthi ushiye isisu sami, noma singavulwanga. (Okuhlobene: Kungakanani Ubuhlungu Bomzimba Obujwayelekile Kwisifo Sokuya Esikhathini?)

Isinqumo sami: Hhayi-ke, ngizosho ukuthi u-Livia akazange *aqede* awaqede amajaqamba ami. Ngisazizwa ngiphatheke kabi kuleso sifunda ngenkathi ucingo luvuliwe. Kepha, kusetshenziswa ngokuhlangana nezinye izinto engizenzayo ukudambisa izinhlungu zesikhathi, njengokuzivocavoca, ngizwe kahle ngokwanele ukugwema ukuvela kwamaphilisi, okuyikho kanye ebengikufuna ngaphandle kwensiza. Esikhundleni sokucabanga ukuthi ngincamela ukuzigoqa embhedeni osesimweni sengane, ngikwazile ukuqhubeka nempilo yami njengokujwayelekile. Lokho kukodwa kungukuwina okukhulu encwadini yami. Futhi yize iyunithi ibiza ngentengo (ikhithi ephelele izokugijimisa u- $ 149), ungayisebenzisa unomphela. Vele *cabanga* ngayo yonke imali ozoyonga ku-Advil phakathi neminyaka.

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