Ukugijima iMarathon eneStage 4 COPD

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• Iyiphi inselelo enkulu kuwe selokhu kwatholakala ukuthi une-COPD?
• Yimuphi umjaho wokuqala omkhulu owabamba iqhaza kuwo ngemuva kokuxilongwa?
• Yimuphi umjaho kuze kube manje obunzima kakhulu, futhi ngani?
• Unkosikazi wakho kanye nendodana yakho bobabili babambe iqhaza kweminye imijaho efanayo. Ingabe lokhu yinto abebehlale behlanganyela kuyo, noma ingabe ukubamba iqhaza ubasizile wabakhuthaza?
• I-marathon iyesabeka, ngisho nabagijimi abanesipiliyoni abangenayo i-COPD. Yini amandla akho okushayela?
• Yikuphi ukucatshangelwa okwengeziwe umuntu onesimo sakho okudingeka akwenze ngaphambi komjaho, phakathi, nangemuva komjaho onje?
• Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lisabele kanjani empilweni yakho esebenzayo?
• Kuqeqeshwe kanjani iNew York City Marathon kwehluke kanjani emijahweni edlule?
• Yini umgomo wakho wokuqeda isikhathi?
• Wenza idokhumentari emayelana nokugijima iNew York City Marathon. Yini ekwenze wanquma ukukwenza?

URussell Winwood wayengumuntu osebenzayo futhi olinganayo oneminyaka engama-45 ngenkathi etholakala enesigaba sesine sesifo esingamahlalakhona sokuphazamiseka kwamaphaphu, noma i-COPD. Kodwa ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili nje emva kwalolo hambo olwehlisayo ehhovisi likadokotela ngo-2011, waqeda umcimbi wakhe wokuqala we-Ironman.

Yize enamaphesenti angama-22 kuye kwangama-30 wamaphaphu, futhi ehlaselwe unhlangothi cishe eminyakeni eyishumi ngaphambili, uWinwood wenqaba ukuvumela ukuxilongwa kumvimbe ekwenzeni lokho akuthandayo. Umthandi womzimba wase-Australia uqede idlanzana lama-marathoni nama-triathlons kusukela lapho, kubandakanya neNew York City Marathon.

NgoNovemba 1, 2015, wajoyina abanye abangama-55,000 ku-jaunt engama-26.2-mile ngaphesheya kweBig Apple. Ngenkathi empeleni wayengeyedwa, uWinwood waba ngumuntu wokuqala onesigaba 4 seCOPD ukwenza kanjalo. URussell waqeda umjaho futhi wakhulisa u- $ 10,000 we-American Lung Association.

Sihlangane nezinsuku zikaWinwood ngaphambi komjaho ukuze sikhulume ngokuqeqeshwa kwakhe, izinhloso zakhe, nokuthi kunjani ukuba seqophelweni eliphezulu uma une-COPD yokugcina.

Iyiphi inselelo enkulu kuwe selokhu kwatholakala ukuthi une-COPD?

Inselelo yemibono ejwayelekile mayelana nokuthi isigaba sesine se-COPD singenzani. Abantu abaningi bayangabaza ukuthi ngingenza kanjani engikwenzayo, njengoba abantu abanesigaba sami sesifo bengayenzi imicimbi ye-Ironman noma begijimisa ama-marathoni. Kepha iqiniso ukuthi impilo enempilo efaka ukuzivocavoca okuningi izokunikeza impilo engcono.

Yimuphi umjaho wokuqala omkhulu owabamba iqhaza kuwo ngemuva kokuxilongwa?

U-Ironman wase-Australia ePort Macquarie kwaba umcimbi wami wokuqala ngemuva kokutholakala kwami. Ngase ngingene kulo mcimbi ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ngaphambi kokuba ngitholwe. Bekuyiphupho ukuqedela omunye wale mijaho, okubandakanya ukubhukuda okungamamayela angu-2.4, umjikelezo wamamayela ayi-112, futhi uphele ngomjaho webanga elide. Uchwepheshe wami wokuphefumula wangitshela ukuthi ngeke ngiwuphothule, kodwa lokho kwangenza ngazimisela ngokwengeziwe ukuqedela umcimbi.

Yimuphi umjaho kuze kube manje obunzima kakhulu, futhi ngani?

Lowo mjaho wawuyinselele kakhulu, ngenxa yezizathu ezimbalwa. Okokuqala, bekufanele ngiziqeqeshe ngendlela ehlukile: izikhathi zokuqeqesha ezihamba kancane, ezinde, ezinamandla amancane ngigxile ekwakhiweni kwamandla ami okuzivocavoca kancane kancane. Okwesibili, isikhathi ebengifanele ukuziqeqesha ngaphambi kokuba umjaho unqunyelwe, ngakho-ke ngihlale ngazi ukuthi ngizobe ngincintisana ngingazilungiselele. Bekunelisa kakhulu ukuqeda umjaho imizuzu eyi-10 ngaphambi kokusikwa, kepha bekunzima kimi ngokomzimba nangokomzwelo ngenxa yokungalungi.

Unkosikazi wakho kanye nendodana yakho bobabili babambe iqhaza kweminye imijaho efanayo. Ingabe lokhu yinto abebehlale behlanganyela kuyo, noma ingabe ukubamba iqhaza ubasizile wabakhuthaza?

Indodana yami ibinomthwalo wami ekuqaliseni ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, okwavela kwaba onxantathu. Wayengumshayeli wamabhayisikili okhuthele owayenza i-triathlon ngezikhathi ezithile. Unkosikazi wami, uLeanne, uyakuthanda ukusebenza futhi ngenxa yokuzinikela kwesikhathi sale micimbi uthathe isinqumo sokwenza nami, ngakho [singachitha] isikhathi esithe xaxa sindawonye. Abangane bethu bambiza ngokuthi "umsizi"! Abanye babangane bami nomndeni wami baye bathatha ama-triathlons namamarathoni ngemuva kokuza bezongibuka ngigijima.

I-marathon iyesabeka, ngisho nabagijimi abanesipiliyoni abangenayo i-COPD. Yini amandla akho okushayela?

Ukuletha ukuqwashisa ku-COPD, isifuba somoya, nezinye izifo zokuphefumula yisona sizathu esikhulu sokuthi ngincintisane ku-NYC Marathon. Kuningi kakhulu okusamele kwenziwe ukusiza abantu abanalezi zifo ukuba baphile impilo engcono, kanye nokufundisa abantu ukuthi bangasivikela kanjani isifo sokuphefumula. Inhloso yami yesibili ukugijima, hhayi ukuhamba, imarathon ngaphansi kwamahora ayisithupha. Lokhu akukaze kwenziwe ngumuntu onesigaba sami seCOPD.

Yikuphi ukucatshangelwa okwengeziwe umuntu onesimo sakho okudingeka akwenze ngaphambi komjaho, phakathi, nangemuva komjaho onje?

Ukwenza lo mjaho kuletha izinselelo engingazange ngibhekane nazo phambilini, ikakhulukazi ukugijima endaweni ebandayo futhi enokungcola. Ngenkathi bengiziqeqesha emakhazeni ukuze umzimba wami ukwazi ukuzivumelanisa nezimo, kunzima ukuqeqeshela ukungcola. Ezinye izinto ezibalulekile okufanele uzicabangele ukushaya kwenhliziyo, umfutho wegazi, namazinga e-oxygen. Ngikubheka njalo konke lokhu ngesikhathi sokuqeqeshwa. Isikhathi sokutakula phakathi kwezikhathi zokuqeqeshwa sibalulekile, ngoba ukuqeqeshwa kokukhuthazela kungadlala kabi amasosha akho omzimba.

Njengesiguli seCOPD, ngiyaqaphela kakhulu ngokugcina amasosha omzimba wami eqinile ukuze ngingaguli. Isonto lomjaho liphathelene nokuphumula nokuvuselela imisipha yakho ngaphambi kosuku lomjaho. Ukuphumula ngemuva kwale micimbi kubalulekile ngesizathu esifanayo. Kuthatha okuningi kuwe, futhi kubalulekile ukuthi ungabheki umzimba wakho kuphela, kodwa nokuwulalela.

Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lisabele kanjani empilweni yakho esebenzayo?

Ithimba lami lodokotela selisukile kothisha laya kubafundi. Ngoba iziguli ze-COPD azenzi engikwenzayo, kube yinto yokufunda kithi sonke. Kepha ukuzivocavoca abantu abanezifo zokuphefumula kuyenzeka kakhulu futhi kuyadingeka kakhulu uma befuna impilo engcono. Konke mayelana nokwakha amandla akho okuvivinya umzimba kancane kancane.

Kuqeqeshwe kanjani iNew York City Marathon kwehluke kanjani emijahweni edlule?

Ukuqeqeshwa kuye kwehluke kakhulu emicimbini edlule. Ngalesi sikhathi, umqeqeshi wami, uDoug Belford, usebenzise amaseshini okuqeqesha ngamandla kakhulu ohlelweni lwami, olungiphoqe kakhulu kunakuqala. Bekuhluke kakhulu ekuqeqeshweni kwe-Ironman, futhi imiphumela izotholakala ngoNovemba 1.

Yini umgomo wakho wokuqeda isikhathi?

Ngingathanda ukugijima ngaphansi kwamahora ayisithupha bese ngibeka isikhathi semigomo yamahora amahlanu, imizuzu engama-45. Konke kuhamba kahle, ngiyathemba ukuthi ngizosondela kulesi sikhathi.

Wenza idokhumentari emayelana nokugijima iNew York City Marathon. Yini ekwenze wanquma ukukwenza?

Umqeqeshi uDoug weza nombono wokuqopha idokhumentari ngalolu hambo. Njengoba kunikezwe ukuthi engizama ukukufeza kuzoba umhlaba kuqala kumuntu onesimo sami, besicabanga ukuthi abantu bangaba nentshisekelo. Umlayezo esifuna abantu bawususe kule filimu yikhona okungenzeka ezigulini ezinesifo sokuphefumula, futhi ngethemba lokuthi sizobakhuthaza ukuthi basebenze.

Buka umyalezo kaRussell woSuku lwe-World COPD ngezansi:

Ungafunda kabanzi ngoRussell Winwood kuwebhusayithi yakhe, Umsubathi we-COPD, noma umbambe kuTwitter @ sbusisomngadi1.