Ukuba notyando lweentliziyo ezivulekileyo khange kundiyekise ukubaleka iMarathon yesiXeko saseNew York

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• Ukufumanisa ukuba bendifuna utyando lwentliziyo
• Oko Endikuthathele Kum Ndisagqibezela Injongo Yam
• Indlela Amava abuchaphazele ngayo ubomi bam
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Xa ukwiminyaka yama-20, eyona nto yokugqibela uzikhathaza ngayo yimpilo yentliziyo yakho - kwaye nditsho loo nto kumava njengomntu owazalwa ene-tetralogy ye-Fallot, into enqabileyo enesiphene sentliziyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ndenziwa utyando lwentliziyo ndisengumntwana ukunyanga eso siphene. Kodwa kwiminyaka kamva, kwakungekho phambili kwengqondo yam ngelixa ndandihlala ubomi bam njengomfundi ndilandelela i-Ph.D. kwisiXeko saseNew York. Ngo-2012, xa ndandineminyaka engama-24 ubudala, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndiqale ukuqeqeshelwa iNew York City Marathon, kwaye kungekudala emva koko, ubomi njengoko ndandisazi batshintsha ngonaphakade.

Ukufumanisa ukuba bendifuna utyando lwentliziyo

Ukubaleka uMdyarho weSixeko saseNew York yayiliphupha mna nodade wethu oliwele oko safudukela kwiBig Apple yasekholejini. Ngaphambi kokuba ndiqale uqeqesho, ndandizithatha njengembaleki engaqhelekanga, kodwa yayilixesha lokuqala endandi ngokwenene ukunyusa i-mileage kwaye ucelomngeni omkhulu kumzimba wam. Njengokuba iveki nganye idlulile, bendinethemba lokomelela, kodwa kwenzeka okwahlukileyo. Okukhona ndibaleka, kokukhona ndisiba buthathaka. Khange ndikwazi ukugcina isantya, kwaye bendisokola ukuphefumla ngexesha lokubaleka kwam. Kwakungathi ndihlala ndibethwe ngumoya. Okwangoku, iwele lam lalichetywa imizuzu kwisantya sayo njenge-NBD. Ekuqaleni, ndayikhuphela kuye ukuba ibe nohlobo oluthile lokufumana ukhuphiswano, kodwa njengoko ixesha lihamba kwaye bendihlala ndisiya ngasemva, bendizibuza ukuba ingaba ikhona into enokuba ingalunganga ngam. Ekugqibeleni ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba akukho monakalo ekuhlawuleni ugqirha wam-nokuba yayikukuthula kwengqondo. (Eyeleleneyo: Inani leePush-Ups onokuthi uzenze unokuqikelela umngcipheko wesifo sentliziyo yakho)

Ke, ndaya kugqirha wam ndaza ndachaza iimpawu zam, ndicinga ukuba, ubukhulu becala, kuya kufuneka ndenze utshintsho kwindlela yokuphila. Ngapha koko, ndandiphila ubomi obukhawulezayo kakhulu edolophini, ndiguqa ngamadolo ndifumana iPh.D. (Ngoko ubuthongo bam bebungekho) kwaye uqeqesho kwimarathon. Ukuze ndikhuseleke, ugqirha wam wandithumela kugqirha wentliziyo, owathi, ngenxa yembali yam enesiphene sentliziyo, wandithumela ukuba ndenze iimvavanyo ezisisiseko, kubandakanya i-electrocardiogram (i-ECG okanye i-EKG) kunye ne-echocardiogram. Kwiveki kamva, ndibuyele ngaphakathi ukuya kuxoxa ngeziphumo kwaye ndanikwa iindaba eziguqula ubomi: bendidinga ukwenza utyando lwentliziyo evulekileyo (kwakhona) ngomdyarho weembaleki kwiinyanga nje ezisixhenxe kude. (Inxulumene: Lo mfazi wayecinga ukuba unexhala, kodwa yayiyimpazamo yentliziyo)

Kuyavela, isizathu sokuba ndizive ndidiniwe kwaye ndisokola ukuphefumla kukuba bendinokuphinda ndiphinde ndibuye nemiphunga, imeko apho ivelufa yemiphunga (enye yezivalo ezine ezilawula ukuhamba kwegazi) ingavali kakuhle kwaye ibangele ukuba igazi liphinde libuye kwakhona intliziyo, ngokutsho kweMayo Clinic. Oku kuthetha ioksijini encinci kwimiphunga kunye neoksijini yendalo kuwo wonke umzimba. Njengoko lo mbandela usiba mbi ngakumbi, njengoko kwakunjalo kum, oogqirha bahlala becebisa ukuba kufakwe ivalve yepulmonary ukubuyisela ukuhamba kwegazi rhoqo emiphungeni.

Mhlawumbi uyazibuza, "ngaba ukubaleka kubange le nto?" Kodwa impendulo nguhayi; ukuphindaphinda kwempumlo sisiphumo esiqhelekileyo kubantu abaneziphene zentliziyo yokubeleka. Eyona nto ndinayo, bendinayo iminyaka kwaye iya isiba mandundu ngakumbi kodwa ndiye ndayiqaphela ke loo nto kuba bendibuza ngakumbi umzimba wam. Ugqirha wam wachaza ukuba uninzi lwabantu alunazo naziphi na iimpawu ezibonakalayo ngaphambili-njengoko bekunjalo kum. Ngokuhamba kwexesha, nangona kunjalo, unokuqala ukuziva udinwe kakhulu, uphelelwe ngumoya, utyhafile ngexesha lokuzilolonga, okanye uqaphele ukubetha kwentliziyo okungaqhelekanga. Kubantu abaninzi, akukho mfuneko yonyango, kodwa ukuxilongwa rhoqo. Ityala lam belinzima, lindikhokelela ekubeni ndifune ukutshintshwa kwevalve epheleleyo.

Ugqirha wam wagxininisa ukuba yiloo nto kubalulekile ukuba abantu abazalwa beneziphene zentliziyo bahlale bexilongwa kwaye bahlale bejonge iingxaki. Kodwa ixesha lokugqibela endabona ngalo umntu wentliziyo yam laliphantse lalishumi ngaphambili. Bendingazi njani ukuba intliziyo yam ifuna ukubekwa esweni ubomi bam bonke? Kwakutheni ukuze umntu angandixeleli oko ndisemncinci?

Emva kokuba ndiphumile kugqirha, umntu wokuqala endamtsalela umnxeba yaba ngumama. Ibindothusile nje indaba yendaba. Andizukuthi ndaziva ndinomsindo okanye ndinenzondo ngaye, kodwa andikwazi kunceda kodwa ndicinge: Umama wam wayengayazi njani lento? Kutheni engandixelelanga ukuba ndifuna ukuya kulandelelo oluqhelekileyo? Ngokuqinisekileyo oogqirha bam bamxelele - ubuncinci ukuya kwinqanaba elithile - kodwa umama sisizukulwana sokuqala sokufudukela eMzantsi Korea. IsiNgesi ayilolwimi lwakhe lokuqala. Ke ndaye ndacinga ukuba uninzi lwezinto abanokuthi okanye abangazithethiyo oogqirha bam zilahlekile kuguqulelo. (Eyeleleneyo: Uyenza njani iNdawo eBandakanyiweyo kwiNdawo yokuPhila)

Into eqinise lo mzinge yayiyinyani yokuba usapho lwam lwalukhe lwajongana nolu hlobo lwento ngaphambili. Xa ndandineminyaka eyi-7 ubudala, utata wam wasweleka ngumhlaza wobuchopho-kwaye ndiyakhumbula ukuba kwakunzima kangakanani kumama ukuba aqinisekise ukuba ufumana ukhathalelo oluyimfuneko. Phezu kweendleko eziphakamileyo zonyango, umqobo wolwimi ngokufuthi wawuvakalelwa kukuba awunakoyiswa. Nanjengomntwana omncinci, ndiyakhumbula ukuba bekukho ukubhideka okukhulu malunga nokuba loluphi na unyango ayelufuna, ngexesha awayezifuna ngalo, kunye nento ekufanele ukuba siyayenza ukulungiselela nokuxhasa usapho. Kwafika inqaku xa utata wam wayeza kubuyela eSouth Korea ngelixa egula ukuze afumane ukhathalelo apho kuba kwakungumzabalazo onje ngokuhamba kwinkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo apha e-US andizange ndicinge ukuba ngandlela ithile idibeneyo, efanayo imiba iya kundichaphazela. Kodwa ngoku, bendingenandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokujongana neziphumo.

Oko Endikuthathele Kum Ndisagqibezela Injongo Yam

Nangona ndaxelelwa ukuba andizange ndifune utyando ngoko nangoko, ndagqiba ekubeni ndilwenze, ukuze ndichache ndize ndibe nexesha lokuziqeqeshela ugqatso lomgama omde. Ndiyazi ukuba oko kungavakala ngokungxama, kodwa ukubaleka ugqatso kwakubalulekile kum. Ndichithe unyaka ndisebenza nzima noqeqesho ukuze ndifikelele kweli nqanaba, kwaye bendingazukubuyela umva ngoku.

Ndenziwa utyando ngoJanuwari 2013. Ukuvuka kwam kolu tyando, ndaziva ndiqaqanjelwa kuphela. Emva kokuchitha iintsuku ezintlanu esibhedlele, ndathunyelwa ekhaya ndaza ndaqalisa inkqubo yokuchacha, eyayikhohlakele. Kwathatha ixesha ukudamba kweentlungu ezazibethelela esifubeni sam yaye kangangeeveki ndingavunyelwa ukuba ndiphakamise nantoni na entla kwesinqe sam. Ngoko uninzi lwemisebenzi yemihla ngemihla lwalunzima. Kwafuneka ndithembele ngokwenene kusapho lwam kunye nabahlobo ukuba bandidlulisele kwelo xesha linzima-nokuba loo nto yayindinceda ndinxibe iimpahla, ukuthenga igrosari, ukuya nokubuya emsebenzini, ukulawula isikolo, phakathi kwezinye izinto. (Nazi izinto ezintlanu mhlawumbi awuzazi malunga nempilo yentliziyo yabasetyhini.)

Emva kweenyanga ezintathu ndichacha, ndavunyelwa ukuba ndenze umthambo. Njengoko unokucinga, kwafuneka ndiqale kancinci. Ngosuku lokuqala ndibuyele kwindawo yokuzivocavoca, ndaxhuma kwibhayisekile yokuzilolonga. Ndiye ndazabalaza kwi-15- okanye i-20-minute yokuzilolonga kwaye ndizibuza ukuba umdyarho wembaleki uya kuba yinto enokwenzeka na kum. Kodwa ndaye ndazimisela kwaye ndiziva ndisomelela ngalo lonke ixesha ndikhwela ibhayisekile. Ekugqibeleni, ndaphumelela kwi-elliptical, kwaye ngoMeyi, ndabhalisela i-5K yam yokuqala. Umdyarho ubungqonge iCentral Park kwaye ndikhumbula ndiziva ndinebhongo kwaye ndomelele ngokuwenza umgama ongaka. Ngelo xesha, I Ndiyazi Ndiza kuyenza ngoNovemba kwaye ndinqumle umgca wokugqibela wemarathon.

Ukulandela i-5K ngoMeyi, ndinamathele kwishedyuli yoqeqesho kunye nodadewethu. Ndiphilise ngokupheleleyo kutyando lwam, kodwa bekunzima ukuphawula indlela endiziva ndicoceke ngayo. Kwakungekade ndiqale ukugawula iikhilomitha ezininzi apho ndaye ndabona ukuba intliziyo yam ibindibambe kangakanani. Ndikhumbula ukubhalisela i-10K yam yokuqala kwaye ndandihamba nje ngaphaya komgca wokugqibela. Ndiyathetha, bendiphelelwe ngumoya, kodwa bendisazi ukuba ndingakwazi ukuqhubeka. Mna wayefuna ukuqhubeka. Ndaziva ndisempilweni kwaye ndithembele ngakumbi. (Inxulumene: Yonke into ekufuneka uyazi malunga noQeqesho lweMarathon yaBaqalayo)

Yiza ngemarathon day, bendilindele ukuba nejitters zangaphambi komdyarho, kodwa andizenzanga. Ekuphela kwento endandinayo yayiluvuyo. Ukuqala, andizange ndicinge ukuba ndiza kubaleka i-marathon kwasekuqaleni. Kodwa ukuqhuba enye ngokukhawuleza emva kotyando lwentliziyo oluvulekileyo? Oko kwandinika amandla. Nabani na obaleke umdyarho weSixeko saseNew York uya kukuxelela ukuba lugqatso olumangalisayo. Bekumnandi kakhulu ukubaleka kuzo zonke iidolophu kunye namawakawaka abantu abakuvuyelayo. Uninzi lwabahlobo bam kunye nosapho lwam lwalusecaleni kwaye umama kunye nodadewethu omdala, abahlala e-LA, bandishicilele ividiyo eyadlalwa kwiscreen ngelixa ndibaleka. Yayinamandla kwaye inemvakalelo.

Ngeemayile ezingama-20, ndaqala ukusokola, kodwa into emangalisayo kukuba, yayingeyontliziyo yam, yayiyimilenze yam kuphela ukuziva ndidiniwe kuko konke ukusebenza-kwaye oko kwandikhuthaza ukuba ndiqhubeke. Ukufika kwam entanjeni, ndalila. Ndiphumelele. Ngaphandle kwazo zonke iingxaki, ndiyenzile. Andizange ndibe nebhongo ngakumbi ngomzimba wam kunye nokomelela kwawo, kodwa andizange ndikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ndiziva ndinombulelo kubo bonke abantu abamangalisayo kunye nabasebenzi bezempilo abaye baqinisekisa ukuba ndifikile apho.

Indlela Amava abuchaphazele ngayo ubomi bam

Kuba yonke imihla ndisaphila, kuya kufuneka ndigade intliziyo yam. Ngapha koko, kulindeleke ukuba ndifune olunye ukulungiswa kwiminyaka eli-10 ukuya kweli-15. Nangona imizabalazo yam yezempilo ingeyonto yakudala, ndiyathuthuzeleka kukwazi ukuba kukho izinto ngempilo yam unako ulawulo. Oogqirha bam bathi ukubaleka, ukuhlala ndikhuthele, ukutya okusempilweni kunye nokutyala imali kubume bam obugcweleyo zonke iindlela zokuba ndigcine impilo yentliziyo yam ijonge. Kodwa eyona nto ndiyithathayo kukuba kubaluleke kakhulu ukufikelela kukhathalelo lwempilo, ngakumbi kwiindawo ezihlelelekileyo.

Ngaphambi kokuba ndilwe yimpilo yam, ndandifumana isidanga se-Ph.D. emsebenzini wentlalontle, ngoko bendisoloko ndinomnqweno wokunceda abantu. Kodwa emva kokuba ndenziwe utyando kwaye ndiphinde ndakhumbula into eyenzeka kutata, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndigxile kwikhondo lam lokwahluka kwezempilo phakathi kohlanga oluncinci kunye noluntu lwabaphambukeli emva kokuphumelela.

Namhlanje, njengoprofesa oncedisayo kwiSikolo soLuntu lwezeNtlalontle kwiYunivesithi yaseWashington, andifundisi abanye kuphela ngokuxhaphaka koku kungafani, kodwa ndisebenza nabaphambukeli ngokuthe ngqo ukunceda ukuphucula ukufikelela kwabo kukhathalelo lwempilo.

Ngaphezulu kwezithintelo zolwakhiwo kunye noqoqosho, izithintelo kulwimi, ikakhulu, zibeka imiceli mngeni emikhulu ngokubonelela abafuduki ukufikelela kukhathalelo lwempilo olusemgangathweni nolusebenzayo. Akufuneki kuphela ukuba sijongane naloo mbandela, kodwa kufuneka sinikezele ngeenkonzo ezifanelekileyo ngokwenkcubeko kwaye zilungelelaniswe neemfuno zomntu ngamnye ukunyusa iinkonzo zokhathalelo lothintelo kunye nokuthintela imiba yempilo yexesha elizayo phakathi kweli qela labantu. (BTW, ubusazi ukuba abantu basetyhini banokuhlala behlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo ukuba ugqirha wabo ngumfazi?)

Kusekuninzi esingakuqondiyo malunga nokuba kutheni kwaye kutheni ukungafani kwabantu abavela kwamanye amazwe abajongana nayo yonke imihla akunakwa. Ke ndizinikezele kuphando lweendlela zokuphucula amava ezempilo abantu kwaye Ukusebenza kuluntu ukufumanisa ukuba singenza njani ngcono. Thina kufuneka benze ngcono ukunika wonke umntu amakhaya kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo olubafaneleyo.

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