Umfazi omnye walisebenzisa njani elinye iyeza ukoyisa ukuxhomekeka kwakhe kwi-Opioid

Umxholo

• Indlela (ecothayo) eya kuBuyiselo
• Ukuhamba Kude neyeza laseNtshona
• Uphengululo lwe

Kwakusentwasahlobo ka-2001, kwaye ndandinyamekela isithandwa sam esigulayo (owaye, njengawo onke amadoda, ekhala ngokuba nentloko ebandayo). Ndigqibe kwelokuba ndimvulele ipressure cooker entsha ukuze ndimenzele isuphu yasekhaya. Sasihleli kwigumbi lakhe elincinci lesiXeko saseNew York sibukele imovie yeMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, amanyathelo nje ukusuka ekhitshini, apho isuphu yam endandizenzele yayiza kugqitywa kungekudala.

Ndahamba ndaya kwi-pressure cooker ndayivula ukuze ndisuse isiciko xa-BOOM! Isivalo saphaphatheka sisuka kumqheba, kwaye amanzi, umphunga, kunye nezinto ezazikwisuphu zaqhuma ebusweni bam zaza zagubungela igumbi. Imifuno yayikho kuyo yonke indawo, ndandimanzi tixi ngamanzi ashushu. Isithandwa sam sabaleka sangena kwangoko sandisa kwigumbi lokuhlambela ukuya kuzikhelela emanzini abandayo. Ke intlungu-enganyamezelekiyo, evuthayo, evuthayo imvakalelo-yaqala ukuntywila.

Ngokukhawuleza sabalekela kwisibhedlele iSt. Oogqirha bandibona ngoko nangoko baza bandinika idosi yemorphine ngenxa yeentlungu, kodwa bathi bandidlulisela kwiYunithi yaseCornell Burn, icandelo labagula kakhulu kumaxhoba atshileyo. Phantse ngephanyazo, ndandikwinqwelo yezigulana, ndibhabha phezulu edolophini. Okwangoku, bendothukile ngokupheleleyo. Ubuso bam bebudumbile, ndingaboni kakuhle. Sifike e-ICU iyunithi yokutsha kwaye iqela elitsha loogqirha lalikhona liza kundikhawulela ngolunye udubulo lwe-morphine.

Kwaye kulapho ndaphantse ndafa.

Intliziyo yam yema. Oogqirha baya kuthi kamva bandicacisele ukuba yenzekile kuba ndanikwa izithonga ezibini ze-morphine ngaphantsi kweyure-ukongamela okuyingozi ngenxa yokunxibelelana gwenxa kwezi zibonelelo zibini. Ndiwakhumbula ngokucacileyo amava am okufa malunga nokufa: Kwakumnandi kakhulu, kumhlophe kwaye kukhanya. Kwakukho uvakalelo lomoya omkhulu undibiza. Kodwa ndikhumbula ndijonge phantsi kumzimba wam ebhedini esibhedlele, isithandwa sam kunye nosapho lwam olundingqongileyo, kwaye ndiyazi ukuba andikakwazi ukuhamba. Ndiye ndavuka ke.

Ndisaphila, kodwa kwakusafuneka ndijongane nokutsha kwinqanaba lesithathu eligubungela iipesenti ezili-11 zomzimba wam nobuso. Kungekudala, ndenziwa utyando lolusu apho oogqirha bathabatha ulusu ezimpundu zam ukuze bagqume iindawo ezitshisiweyo emzimbeni wam. Bendikwi-ICU isithuba esingangeeveki ezintathu, ndifakwe iipilisi zeentlungu ngalo lonke ixesha. Yayikuphela kwento eyayinokundikhupha kwezo ntlungu zingcungcuthekisayo. Into enomdla kukuba, andizange ndithathe iintlungu zalo naluphi na uhlobo njengomntwana; Abazali bam bebengafuni nokundinika okanye abantakwethu uTylenol okanye uAdvil ukunciphisa umkhuhlane. Xa ekugqibeleni ndaphuma esibhedlele, iipilisi zeentlungu zeza nam. (Nantsi yonke into ekufuneka uyazi ngaphambi kokuba uthathe iipilisi zentlungu.)

Indlela (ecothayo) eya kuBuyiselo

Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezalandelayo, ngokuthe ngcembe ndawuphilisa umzimba wam otshileyo. Kwakungekho nto ilula; Ndandihlala ndigqunywe ngamabhandeji, kwaye kwaneyona nto ilula, njengokulala, kwakunzima. Yonke indawo yayicaphukisa indawo enenxeba, kwaye andinakukwazi nokuhlala ixesha elide kuba indawo yabanikeli kulusu lwam lokumilisela yayiseluhlaza. Iipilisi zentlungu zincedile, kodwa zehla ngencasa emnandi. Ipilisi nganye yanqanda intlungu ekutyeni konke kodwa yandithatha "mna" nayo. Kwi meds, ndandi jittery and paranoid , ndinexhala kwaye ndingakhuselekanga. Kwakunzima ukugxila kwaye nditsho ukuphefumla.

Ndabaxelela oogqirha ukuba ndinexhala lokuba likhoboka leVicodin kwaye ndandingayithandi indlela i-opioids eyayindenza ndizive ngayo, kodwa banyanzelisa ukuba ndiphile kuba ndandingenambali yokuba likhoboka. Andizange ndikhethe ngokuchanekileyo: Amathambo am kunye namalungu am buhlungu ngathi ndandineminyaka engama-80 ubudala. Ndandiseziva nditshisa izihlunu zam, kwaye njengoko ukutsha kwam kwakuqhubeka ukuphola, imithambo-luvo yaqala ukuphinda ikhule-ithumela iintlungu eziqhubekayo zokudubuleka ezifana nezothuso zombane egxalabeni nakwisinqe sam. (I-FYI, abasetyhini banokuba nethuba elikhulu kunamadoda okuphucula umlutha weepilisi zentlungu.)

Phambi kokuba kuqhume ipressure, ndandisandula ukuqala isikolo kwiKholeji yePacific yeOriental Medicine, isikolo seMveli yamaTshayina (TCM) kwisiXeko saseNew York. Emva kokuchacha kangangeenyanga eziliqela, ndabuyela esikolweni-kodwa amayeza okuthomalalisa iintlungu andenza ingqondo yam yaba ngathi yikhovu. Nangona ekugqibeleni ndandivukile ebhedini kwaye ndizama ukusebenza njengam, kwakungekho lula. Kungekudala, ndaqala ukothuka: emotweni, eshaweni, kanye ngaphandle kwendlu yokuhlala, kuyo yonke indawo yokumisa ngelixa ndizama ukuwela isitalato. Umfana wam uye wandinyanzelela ukuba ndiye kugqirha wakhe wokhathalelo lokuqala, ndiye ndenza njalo-kwaye ngoko nangoko wandibeka kwi-Paxil, iyeza likagqirha lokuxhalaba. Emva kweeveki ezimbalwa, ndayeka ukuziva ndinexhala (kwaye ndandingenalo naluphi na uhlobo lokuhlaselwa luloyiko) kodwa ndayeka nokuziva. nantoni na.

Okwangoku, bekubonakala ngathi wonke umntu ebomini bam undifuna ngaphandle kweeds. Umfana endithandana naye wandichaza "njengeqokobhe" lomntu wam wangaphambili kwaye wandicenga ukuba ndicinge ngokuya kule cocktail yamayeza ndandithembele kuyo yonke imihla. Ndimthembisile ukuba ndizakuzama ukulunyulwa. (Inxulumene: I-5 Uphuhliso olutsha lwezoNyango olunokuthi luncede ekunciphiseni ukusetyenziswa kwe-Opioid)

Ngentsasa elandelayo, ndavuka, ndangqengqa ebhedini, ndaza ndajonga efestileni yethu yokulala ephezulu-kwaye okokuqala, ndacinga ukuba kunokuba lula ukutsiba ungene esibhakabhakeni kwaye kuphele konke . Ndahamba ndaya efestileni ndayovula. Ngethamsanqa, ukubhuduzela komoya obandayo kunye nezandi zokukhalisa kwandothusa ndabuyela ebomini. Ndandiza kwenza ntoni?! Ezi ziyobisi zazindiguqula ukuba ndibe yi-zombie kangangokuba ukutsiba, ngandlela thile, okomzuzwana, kwabonakala ngathi yinto enokwenziwa. Ndahamba ndaya kwigumbi lokuhlambela, ndakhupha iibhotile zeepilisi kwikhabhathi yamayeza, ndazilahla phantsi. Kwakugqityiwe. Kamva ngaloo mini, ndaya kumngxuma onzulu ndiphanda zonke iziphumo zecala zombini i-opioids (njengeVicodin) kunye ne-anti-anxiety meds (njengePaxil). Kuyavela, zonke iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga endizifumene-ukusuka ekuphefumleni nzima kunye nokungabikho kwemvakalelo kwi-detachment ye-self-yakho yayiqhelekile xa kwezi meds. (Ezinye iingcali zikholelwa ekubeni azinakukunceda ngoncedo lwexesha elide.)

Ukuhamba Kude neyeza laseNtshona

Ndithathe isigqibo, ngalo mzuzu, ukuba ndijike kumayeza aseNtshona ndibuyele kwinto kanye endiyifundayo: olunye unyango. Ngoncedo lweenjingalwazi zam kunye nezinye iingcali ze-TCM, ndaqala ukucamngca, ndigxile ekuthandeni mna (izibazi, iintlungu, kunye nazo zonke), ukuya kwi-acupuncture, ndizama unyango lwemibala (ukupeyinta imibala kwi-canvas), kunye nokuthatha iifomyula zesiTshayina ezichazwe Unjingalwazi wam. (Uphononongo lubonisa nokuba ukucamngca kunokuba ngcono ekuthomalaliseni iintlungu kunemorphine.)

Nangona ndandisele ndinomdla ongako kumayeza emveli aseTshayina, khange ndiwasebenzise ebomini bam okwangoku-kodwa ngoku bendinethuba eligqibeleleyo. Ngoku kukho amayeza angama-5,767 asetyenziswa njengamayeza, kwaye bendifuna ukwazi ngawo onke. Ndithathe i-corydalis (i-anti-inflammatory), kunye nejinja, iturmeric, ingcambu yelicorice kunye nentlaka yokuqhumisa. (Nantsi indlela yokuthenga izongezo zamachiza ngokukhuselekileyo.) Igqirha lam lamayeza esintu landinika intaphane yamayeza ukuze ndiwasele ukuthomalalisa ixhala lam. (Funda ngakumbi malunga nezibonelelo ezinokubakho zezempilo ze-adaptogens ezinje ngezi, kwaye wazi ukuba yeyiphi enokuba namandla okuphucula ukusebenza kwakho.)

Ndiqale ukuqaphela ukuba indlela enditya ngayo ibalulekile nayo: Ukuba bendikhe ndatya ukutya okwenziweyo, bendiya kuba neentlungu zokudubula apho kulusu lwam lokulungisa lukhona.Ndiqale ukubeka esweni ukulala kwam kunye noxinzelelo lwamaqondo kuba ezo zombini ziya kuba nefuthe ngqo kwinqanaba lam lentlungu. Emva kwexesha, kwakungeyomfuneko ukuba ndihlale ndiwasela amayeza. Izinga lentlungu yam yehla. Inxeba lam laphola kancinci kancinci. Ubomi-ekugqibeleni baqala ukubuyela "kwisiqhelo."

Ngo-2004, ndathweswa isidanga kwi-TCM kwisidanga se-master kwi-acupuncture kunye ne-herbology, kwaye bendiqhuba amanye amayeza ngaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi ngoku. Ndikhe ndabukela amayeza esintu enceda izigulana kwisibhedlele somhlaza apho ndisebenza khona. Oko, kudibene namava am obuqu kunye nophando malunga neziphumo ebezingalindelekanga kuwo onke la mayeza amayeza, kundenze ndacinga: Kufuneka kubekho enye into ekhoyo ukuze abantu bangapheli kwindawo enye nam. Kodwa ngekhe uhambe uyokuthatha amayeza esintu kwindawo ekuthengiswa kuyo iziyobisi. Ke ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndenze eyam inkampani, IN: TotalWellness, eyenza iifomula zokuphilisa ngamayeza zifikeleleke nakubani na. Ngelixa kungekho siqinisekiso sokuba wonke umntu uya kuva iziphumo ezifanayo kumayeza amaTshayina njengoko ndinayo, kuyandithuthuzela ukwazi ukuba banako funa ukuba bazizame ngokwabo, ngoku banalo olo khetho.

Ndisoloko ndicinga ngomhla endaphantse ndawuthatha ngawo ubomi bam, kwaye iyandikhathaza loo nto. Ndiya kuhlala ndinombulelo kwelinye iqela lamayeza ngokundinceda ndirhoxe kumayeza amiselweyo. Ngoku, ndijonga emva kwinto eyenzeka ngala mhla ka-2001 njengentsikelelo kuba indinike ithuba lokunceda abanye abantu babone amanye amayeza njengenye indlela.

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