Ukuqina kulondoloze uBomi bam: Ukusuka kwi-MS Patient ukuya kwi-Elite Triathlete

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Kwiminyaka emithandathu eyadlulayo, u-Aurora Colello-umama oneminyaka engama-40 ubudala wabantwana abane eSan Diego-akazange akhathazeke ngempilo yakhe. Nangona imikhwa yakhe yayingathandabuzeki (wabamba ukutya okukhawulezileyo ebaleka, iikhofi ezineswekile kunye neelekese zamandla, kwaye engazange anyathele ngaphakathi ejimini), uColello akazange akhangeleke egula: "Bendihlala ndicinga ukuba ngenxa yokuba ndibhityile, Bendisempilweni.

Wayengenguye.

Kwaye ngosuku oluthile ngoNovemba ka-2008 ngelixa esenzela abantwana bakhe isidlo sasemini, uColello waphulukana nombono wakhe kwiliso lakhe lasekunene. Emva kwexesha, iMRI yaveza izilonda ezimhlophe kuyo yonke ingqondo yakhe. Ukudumba kwemithambo-luvo ye-optic ibonakalise iMultiple Sclerosis (MS), isifo esihlala sidodobalisa kwaye singanyangeki. Oogqirha bamxelela amazwi akhe ukuba akukho mfazi ucinga ukuba uya kuze eve: "Uya kuba kwisitulo esinamavili kwisithuba esingaphantsi kweminyaka emihlanu."

Ukuqala okungalunganga

Iimpawu ezoyikisayo ezinjengentlungu, ukuba ndindisholo, ukungakwazi ukuhamba, ukungalawulwa kwamathumbu akho, kwaye nokuba yimfama kwaphela kwamvusa uColello kwindlela yakhe yokuphila: "Ndiye ndabona ukuba nokuba ndinxibe bungakanani na iimpahla, bekufuneka ndiphilile," uthi. Omnye umqobo omkhulu? UColello wayeyilumkele kakhulu into yokuba amayeza ayemnyanzela ukuba athathe-uninzi luneziphumo ebezingalindelekanga. Abanye khange baphantse basebenze njengoko bethembisile. Wala ke amayeza. Olunye ukhetho lwaluluncinci, nangona kunjalo. UColello wathetha nezinye izigulana ze-MS malunga nezisombululo de wafumana enye angazange wayiva ngaphambili: "Indoda yasekhaya endinxibelelana nayo yandixelela ngenye indawo yezonyango e-Encinitas, California," uyakhumbula.

Kodwa ukuya kwiZiko lezoNyango oluPhezulu e-Encinitas, uColello wothuka. Wabona abantu behleli kwii-recliners, befunda ngokukhululekileyo amaphephancwadi kunye nokuxoxa-kunye neetyhubhu ezinkulu ze-IV eziphuma kuzo-kwaye wadibana ne-naturopath eyamxelela ukuba alale phantsi etafileni ukuze aphulule iingxaki zakhe. "Ndiphantse ndaphuma. Ndacinga ukuba ndibanjiwe," utshilo. Kodwa wahlala waphulaphula njengoko ugqirha wayechaza: Ukuphulula umzimba kuya kuvuselela i-optic nererve ehamba entanyeni yakhe kwaye imncede abuye. Utshintsho ekudleni, izongezo, kunye nezinye iindlela zendalo zinokunceda ukulawula isifo ngokubuyisela ukusilela kunye nokunceda umzimba wakhe ukuba uthathe izakhamzimba ebesinazo, wamxelela.

Ngengqondo evulekileyo, wathatha ezo zongezo zokuqala. Kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva, waqala ukubona ukukhanya. Emva kweentsuku ezili-14 ezingakumbi, umbono wakhe wabuyela ngokupheleleyo. Okumangalisa ngakumbi: Amehlo akhe iphuculwe. Oogqirha bahlengahlengisa amayeza akhe. "Ngelo xesha kwakuthengiswa iipesenti ezili-100 kumayeza athile," utsho.

Indlela Entsha

Ingcambu yazo zonke iimpawu ze-MS kukudumba-into kaColello yokutya okungenampilo ibe negalelo elikhulu kuyo. Kwaye iZiko loNyango oluPhakamileyo lasondela kwesi sifo ngokwahlukileyo: "Abazange baphathe njengesifo, kodwa njengokungalingani emzimbeni wam," utsho. "Elinye iyeza likujonga njengomntu opheleleyo. Into endiyityileyo okanye ndingayityiyo nokuba ndizilolonge okanye andizisebenzisanga zibe nempembelelo ngqo kwimpilo yam nakwi-MS."

Ngokufanelekileyo, ukutya kukaColello kuye kwalungiswa kakhulu. "Yonke into endiyithathileyo kunyaka wokuqala yayiluhlaza, i-organic, ukutya okunempilo ukuvumela umzimba wam uphilise," kusho uColello. Wayeyiphepha ngokungqongqo i-gluten, iswekile, kunye nobisi, kwaye wafunga ngeetispuni ezisibhozo zeoyile yikhokhonathi yosuku, iflakisi, krill kunye nealmond. "Abantwana bam baqala ukutya i-seaweed kunye ne-smoothies kwi-snacks endaweni ye-Fruit Roll-Ups. Ndaqhuba amantongomane osapho lwam, kodwa ndandisoyika ukufa."

Namhlanje, uColello utya intlanzi, inyama etyiswe ingca, kunye nesidlo sangokuhlwa ngamaxesha athile, kwaye inkuthazo ilula: iyamjonga ebusweni. "Xa ndandityiwa kukutya kwam kangangexesha elithile, ndafikelwa ziintlungu ezingathethekiyo ebusweni bam-uphawu lwe-MS ekuthiwa sisifo sokuzibulala kuba sibuhlungu kakhulu. Ngoku, andiyeki, nokuba kwenzeka njani Kunzima.

UColello uphinde wahlaziya imeko yakhe yokomelela komzimba-okanye ukungabikho kwayo. Kwiminyaka engama-35, okokuqala ebomini bakhe, wajoyina umthambo. Nangona wayengakwazi ukubaleka imayile enye, kancinci kancinci, unyamezelo lwaphucuka. Kwinyanga enye, wayevale ezimbini. "Endaweni yokuba ndigule ngakumbi kwaye ndibe buthathaka njengoko oogqirha babendixelele ukuba ndiza kwenza njalo, ndaziva ndingcono kunokuba ndandiphila ubomi bam bonke." Ekhuthazwe yinkqubela yakhe, wadibanisa isicwangciso soqeqesho lwe-triathlon, kwaye ngo-2009, wagqiba iinyanga zakhe zokuqala ezintandathu emva kokuxilongwa kwakhe. Wayexhonywe phezulu-wenza enye nenye. Kwisiqingatha sokuqala-Ironman (i-1.2-mile yokuqubha, ukukhwela ibhayisekile -mayile engama-56, kunye nokubaleka kweemayile ezili-13.1) kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, uColello wagqiba indawo yesihlanu kwiqela lakhe leminyaka.

Kwimishini

Ngamanye amaxesha uloyiko lunokuba ngumfundisi olungileyo. Kunyaka omnye emva kokufunyaniswa kwesifo, uColello wafumana umnxeba wobomi kwi-neurologist yakhe: Ingqondo yakhe yayicocekile. Sonke isilonda sasiphelile. Ngelixa wayenganyangekiyo kwezobuchwephesha, ukuxilongwa kwakhe okungathandabuzekiyo kwajika kwaba kukuphindaphinda / ukukhupha i-MS, xa iimpawu zibonakala manqaphanqapha.

Ngoku, uColello ukwinjongo entsha yokunceda abanye abane-MS. Uchitha ixesha lakhe elininzi esebenza engenzi nzuzo, uMngeni woKulungela uMzimba, osebenzisana neejim zasekuhlaleni ezibonelela abantu ngesifo esinamalungu, abaqeqeshi, kunye nezikhokelo zesondlo. "Ndifuna ukunika abanye ithemba elifanayo: Kukho into onokuyenza ukuphucula ubomi bakho, nokuba unganamandla amancinci kangakanani emva kokuba ufunyanisiwe. Into elula njengokuya ejimini inokwenza umahluko onje."

UColello uye wathi ndlela-ntle kwivila (kodwa ngokwemvelo libhityile), ibhinqa awayeneminyaka emithandathu eyadlulayo. Endaweni yakhe? Ukhuphiswano oluphumeleleyo olunemidyarho esixhenxe emgceni kulo nyaka, i-22 phantsi kwebhanti lakhe, kwaye unethemba le-2015 Kona Ironman-lolunye ugqatso olunzima kakhulu kwihlabathi-kwikamva lakhe.

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