Yintoni eyenzekileyo emva kokunyanga kwam i-hepatitis C

Umxholo

• Isifundo esothusayo
• Umsebenzi uyaqhubeka
• Zikhathalele
• Ukuthatha

Ngo-2005, ubomi bam batshintsha ngonaphakade. Umama wayesandula ukufumanisa ukuba une-hepatitis C kwaye wandicebisa ukuba ndenze uvavanyo. Xa ugqirha wam wandixelela ukuba nam ndinayo, igumbi laba mnyama, zonke iingcinga zam zayeka, kwaye andizange ndive enye into ethethwayo.

Ndinexhala lokuba ndiza kunika abantwana bam isifo esibulalayo. Ngosuku olulandelayo, ndacwangcisa usapho lwam ukuba luvavanywe. Iziphumo zakhe wonke umntu zazingalunganga, kodwa oku akuzange kuphelise iphupha lam lobubi nesi sifo.

Ndabona ubungqina be-hepatitis C emzimbeni womama. Ukufakelwa kwesibindi kuya kuthenga kuphela ixesha lakhe. Ekugqibeleni wakhetha ukungafakelwa amalungu amabini, kwaye wasweleka nge-6 kaMeyi ka-2006.

Isibindi sam saqala ukonakala ngokukhawuleza. Ndisuke kwinqanaba 1 ndaya kwinqanaba 4 kwisithuba esingaphantsi kweminyaka emihlanu, nto leyo yandoyikisa kakhulu. Andibonanga themba.

Emva kweminyaka yonyango olungaphumelelanga kwaye ndingafanelekanga kuvavanyo lweklinikhi, ekugqibeleni ndaye ndamkelwa kuvavanyo lweklinikhi ekuqaleni kuka-2013 kwaye ndaqala unyango kamva kuloo nyaka.

Umthamo wam wentsholongwane egazini uqale kwizigidi ezili-17. Ndibuye umva ndaya kukha igazi kwiintsuku ezintathu, kwaye yayisele yehle yaya kuma-725. Ngosuku lwesi-5, ndandineminyaka eli-124, kwaye kwiintsuku ezisixhenxe, umthamo wam wentsholongwane egazini wawungafunyanwa.

Eli chiza lokulingwa lalitshabalalise eyona nto yabulala umama kwiminyaka esixhenxe eyadlulayo.

Namhlanje, ndigcine impendulo eqhubekayo ye-virologic iminyaka emine enesiqingatha. Kodwa ibe yindlela ende.

Isifundo esothusayo

Emva konyango, ndandinalo mbono engqondweni yam ukuba andisayi kuphinda ndibandezeleke, andisayi kuphinda ndibe nenkungu yengqondo, kwaye ndiza kuba namandla amaninzi.

Oko kwafika kume ukuphazamiseka phakathi ku-2014 xa ndaphantse ndasiwa esibhedlele ndinetyala elibi le-hepatic encephalopathy (HE).

Ndiyekile ukuthatha amayeza am amiselweyo enkungwini yengqondo kunye ne-HE. Ndacinga ukuba andisayifuni kuba usulelo lwam lwe-hepatitis C lwaluphilisiwe. Ndaphazama kakhulu xa ndandiqala ukutyibilika ndisiya kwimeko enobuvila apho ndandingasakwazi ukuthetha.

Intombi yam yaqaphela kwangoko kwaye yabiza umhlobo owacebisa ukuba ndenze i-lactulose ezantsi emqaleni wam ngokukhawuleza. Esoyika kwaye esoyika, walandela imiyalelo yomhlobo, kwaye ndakwazi ukuphuma ngandlel 'ithile phakathi kwemizuzu embalwa.

Ndilawula impilo yam njengenqanawa exineneyo, ke kum, oku kwakungakhathali ngokupheleleyo. Kwindibano yam elandelayo yesibindi, ndavuma kwiqela lam okwenzekileyo kwaye ndafumana intetho yazo zonke izifundo, kwaye kunjalo kunjalo.

Kulabo baphuma kunyango, qiniseka ukuba uthetha nogqirha wakho wesibindi ngaphambi kokuba ususe okanye ungeze nantoni na kwirejimeni yakho.

Umsebenzi uyaqhubeka

Ndandinethemba elikhulu lokuba ndiza kuziva ndimangalisa emva kokuphiliswa. Kodwa malunga neenyanga ezintandathu emva konyango, ndandiziva ndimbi kakhulu kunangaphambili nangexesha lonyango.

Ndandidiniwe kwaye izihlunu namalungu ayabuhlungu. Ndandiye ndinesicaphucaphu amaxesha amaninzi. Ndandisoyika ukuba i-hepatitis C yam ibuyile ngempindezelo.

Nditsalele umnesi wam wesibindi wanyamezela kwaye ezolile nam emnxebeni. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ndizibonele ngokwam uninzi lwabahlobo bam abakwi-Intanethi benamava okuphinda ubuye. Kodwa emva kokuvavanywa kobungakanani bentsholongwane, ndandingekabonwa.

Ndakhululeka kwaye ndaziva ndibhetele kwangoko. Umongikazi wam wachaza ukuba la mayeza anokuhlala emizimbeni yethu naphi na ukusuka kwiinyanga ezintandathu ukuya kunyaka. Nje ukuba ndive oko, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndenze konke okusemandleni am ukwakha umzimba wam.

Ndisandul 'ukulwa idabi lawo onke amadabi kwaye ndinetyala emzimbeni wam. Kwakuyixesha lokuphinda ufumane ithoni yemisipha, kugxile kwisondlo, kunye nokuphumla.

Ndabhalisela kwindawo yokuzivocavoca yasekuhlaleni ndaza ndathatha umqeqeshi ukuze andincede ndenze oku ngendlela efanelekileyo ukuze ndingazilimazi. Emva kweminyaka ndingakwazi ukuvula iingqayi okanye izikhonkwane zeekhonteyina, ndisokola ukubuyela ndedwa emva kokuguqa phantsi, kwaye ndifuna ukuphumla emva kokuhamba kude, ndaphinda ndakwazi ukusebenza kwakhona.

Amandla am abuya kancinci, amandla am ayesiya esiqina, kwaye ndandingasenayo imithambo-luvo embi kunye neentlungu zamalungu.

Namhlanje, ndisengumsebenzi oqhubekayo. Ndicela umngeni kum usuku ngalunye ukuba ndibengcono kunosuku olungaphambili. Ndibuyele ekusebenzeni ngokusisigxina, kwaye ndiyakwazi ukusebenza ngokusondeleyo kwesiqhelo njengoko ndinakho kwinqanaba lam lesibindi se-4.

Zikhathalele

Inye kuphela into endihlala ndiyixelela abantu abanxibelelana nam kukuba akukho mntu uhamba nohlobo lwe-hepatitis C olufanayo. Sinokuba neempawu ezifanayo, kodwa indlela imizimba yethu esabela ngayo kunyango yahlukile.

Musa ukuzifihla ngeentloni ngokuba ne-hepatitis C. Ayinamsebenzi nokuba uyifumene njani. Into ebalulekileyo kukuba sivavanywe kwaye sinyangwe.

Yabelana ngebali lakho kuba ngekhe wazi ukuba ngubani omnye olwa idabi elifanayo. Ukwazi umntu ophilisiweyo kunokunceda ukukhokelela omnye umntu kwelo nqanaba. IHepatitis C ayisosisigwebo sentambo, kwaye sonke sifanelwe unyango.

Thatha imifanekiso yosuku lokuqala nolokugqibela lonyango kuba uya kufuna ukukhumbula usuku lweminyaka ezayo. Ukuba ujoyina iqela lenkxaso labucala kwi-intanethi, sukuyithathela entliziyweni yonke into oyifundayo. Kungenxa yokuba umntu omnye wayenamava amabi kunyango okanye ngexesha le-biopsy ayithethi ukuba nawe uza kuba njalo.

Zifundise kwaye uyazi iinyani, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo yiya kuhambo lwakho ngengqondo evulekileyo. Musa ukulindela ukuziva ngendlela ethile. Into oyondla ngengqondo yakho yonke imihla yile nto uya kuziva ngayo umzimba wakho.

Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuqala ukukhathalela. Ubalulekile kwaye kukho noncedo apha phandle olungiselelwe wena.

Ukuthatha

Hlala uqinisekile, hlala ujonge, kwaye ngaphezu kwako konke, zinike imvume yokuphumla kwaye uvumele unyango kunye nomzimba wakho ulwe umlo wayo yonke imilo. Xa umnyango omnye uvala unyango lwakho, nkqonkqoza kolandelayo. Musa ukuzinza ngegama elithi hayi. Lwela unyango lwakho!

UKimberly Morgan Bossley ngumongameli we-Bonnie Morgan Foundation ye-HCV, umbutho awenzileyo ukukhumbula umama wakhe ongasekhoyo. UKimberly usindile kwi-hepatitis C, ummeli, isithethi, umqeqeshi wobomi kubantu abahlala ne-hep C kunye nabanonopheli, i-blogger, umnini-shishini kunye nomama wabantwana ababini abamangalisayo.