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Ndikhumbula ngokucacileyo uphawu lwam lokuqala lweLyme. KwakungoJuni 2013 kwaye ndandisekhefini e-Alabama ndityelele usapho. Ngenye intsasa, ndavuka ndinentamo engqingqwa emangalisayo, iqine kangangokuba andikwazi ukubamba isilevu sam siye esifubeni, kunye nezinye iimpawu ezinjengokubanda, njengokudinwa nentloko. Ndiyichithile njengentsholongwane okanye into endiyicholeyo kwinqwelomoya kwaye ndayilinda. Emva kweentsuku ezili-10 okanye njalo, yonke into icocwe ngokupheleleyo.

Kodwa kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo, iimpawu ezingaqhelekanga ziya kuza zihambe. Ndiza kuthatha abantwana bam bequbha kwaye ndingabinakho ukukhaba imilenze yam phantsi kwamanzi kuba amalungu wamathambo ayebuhlungu kakhulu. Okanye ndandivuka ezinzulwini zobusuku ndinentlungu eqatha yonyawo. Khange ndibone gqirha kuba bendingazi nokuba ndizidibanisa njani zonke iimpawu zam.

Ke ngokuwa kwangethuba, iimpawu zengqondo zaqala ukuza nokuhamba. Ngengqondo, ndaziva ngathi ndinesifo sengqondo esiyingozi. Ndiza kuba phakathi kwesivakalisi kwaye ndiqale ukuthintitha ngenxa yam amagama. Elinye lawona maxesha am achazayo emva kokuyeka abantwana bam kwisikolo sabantwana abasaqalayo ngenye intsasa, imayile nje ukusuka endlwini yam. Ndiphume emotweni yam ndingazazi nokuba ndiphi okanye ndizofika njani ekhaya. Elinye ixesha, andifumani moto yam kwindawo yokupaka. Ndabuza unyana wam, "Sthandwa, uyayibona imoto kaMama?" Yathi, Iphambi kwakho; Kodwa kunjalo, ndayigxotha njengengqondo yengqondo.

Ngobunye ubusuku ndaqala ukuchwetheza zonke iimpawu zam kuGoogle. Isifo saseLyme saqhubeka sivela. Ndalila iinyembezi kumyeni wam. Ingenzeka njani le nto? Bendiphilile ubomi bam bonke.

Iimpawu ezathi ekugqibeleni zandifikisa kugqirha yayikukubetha kwentliziyo ngamandla okwandenza ndaziva ngathi ndinesifo sentliziyo. Kodwa ukuvavanywa kwegazi kukhathalelo olungxamisekileyo ngentsasa elandelayo kwabuya kungenayo isifo seLyme. (Edibeneyo: Ndithembele kwiGut yam ngaphezu koGqirha-kwaye yandisindisa kwiSifo seLyme)

Njengoko ndandiqhubeka nophando lwam kwi-intanethi, ndithatha iibhodi zemiyalezo kaLyme, ndafunda ukuba kunzima kangakanani ukufumana isifo, ikakhulu ngenxa yovavanyo olungonelanga. Ndifumene into ebizwa ngokuba ngugqirha weLyme ukufunda nokubhala (LLMD)-igama elibhekisa kulo naluphi na uhlobo lukagqirha onolwazi ngeLyme kwaye uyayiqonda indlela yokuxilonga kunye nokuyinyanga ngokufanelekileyo-obize kuphela i-500 yeedola kutyelelo lokuqala (ongahlawulwanga yi-inshurensi Konke), ngelixa uninzi loogqirha lubiza amawaka.

I-LLMD yaqinisekisa ukuba ndinesifo se-Lyme ngovavanyo olukhethekileyo lwegazi, kunye ne-anaplasmosis, enye yezifo ezininzi ezidibeneyo ezinokuthi ii-ticks zidlule kunye neLyme. Ngelishwa, emva kokuba ndithathe iinyanga ezimbini ndithatha amayeza okubulala iintsholongwane ngaphandle kweziphumo-i-LLMD yandixelela ukuba "akukho nto yimbi endinokukwenzela yona." (Idibeneyo: Yintoni ejongene nezifo ezingapheliyo zeLyme?)

Ndandiphelelwe lithemba ndisoyika. Ndinabantwana ababini abancinci abafuna umama wabo kunye nomyeni ohambahamba emhlabeni esenza umsebenzi wakhe. Kodwa ndiye ndaqhubeka ndemba ndenza uphando kwaye ndifunda kangangoko ndinako. Ndifunde ukuba unyango lwesifo seLyme kunye nengqayi efanelekileyo yokuchaza esi sifo siphikisana kakhulu. Oogqirha abavumelani malunga nobume beempawu zesifo seLyme, okwenza ukuba unyango olwaneleyo lube nzima ukufumana izigulana ezininzi. Abo bangenazo iindlela zokufikelela okanye ukufikeleleka kwi-LLMD okanye kuGqirha ofundileyo waseLyme banokusokola ngokwenene ukubuyisela impilo yabo.

Ndiye ndawuthathela ezandleni zam lo mbandela ndaza ndaba ngummeli wam, ndajikela kwindalo xa kubonakala ngathi ndiphelelwe ziindlela zonyango eziqhelekileyo. Ndifumene iindlela ezininzi zokulawula iimpawu zesifo seLyme, kubandakanya amayeza esintu. Ixesha elingaphezulu, ndiye ndafumana ulwazi olwaneleyo malunga nendlela amayeza kunye neeti ezandinceda ngayo iimpawu zam zokuba ndiqalise ukwenza eyam imixube yeti kwaye ndaqala ibhlog. Ukuba bendinengxaki yenkungu yengqondo kwaye ndinqongophele engqondweni, bendiya kwenza iti ingxubevange yeginkgo biloba kunye neti emhlophe; ukuba bendiswele amandla, bendiya kujolisa iti enomxholo ophezulu wecaffeine, njengeyerba mate. Ngokuhamba kwexesha, ndenze iiresiphi zam ezininzi ezenzelwe ukundinceda ndigqibe ngeentsuku zam.

Ekugqibeleni, ngesalathiso esivela kumhlobo, ndafumana ugqirha wezifo ezosulelayo osebenza kunyango lwangaphakathi. Ndenza idinga, kwaye kungekudala emva koko ndaqala ii-antibiotics ezintsha. [Inqaku loMhleli: Amayeza okubulala iintsholongwane ngokwesiqhelo ayindlela yokuqala yokunyanga isifo seLyme, kodwa zininzi iintlobo ezahlukeneyo kunye nengxoxo-mpikiswano phakathi koogqirha ngendlela yokusinyanga esi sifo]. Lo gqirha wayendixhasa ukuba ndiqhubeke neti / i-herbal protocol yam ukongeza kwi-antibiotics enamandla kakhulu ayimiselweyo. Ezi zintathu (ii-antibiotics, imifuno, kunye neti) zenze iqhinga. Emva kweenyanga ezili-18 zonyango oluqatha, ndandixolile.

Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, ndithi iti ibugcinile ubomi bam kwaye yandinceda ukuba ndikwazi ukuqhubeka nosuku ngalunye olunzima njengoko ndisilwa nokuphilisa amajoni am omzimba owaphukileyo kunye nokudinwa okukhulu. Yiyo loo nto, ngoJuni ka-2016, ndaphehlelela i-Wild Leaf Teas. Injongo yemixube yethu yeti kukunceda abantu baphile ubomi ngokupheleleyo. Ukuba ukhokelela kwindlela yokuphila esebenzayo, uza kubetha amaqhuma endleleni. Kodwa ngokuhoya imizimba yethu kunye nempilo yethu, sikulungele ukubamba uxinzelelo kunye nesiphithiphithi.

Kulapho iti ingena khona. Uziva uphantsi? Sela i-yerba mate okanye iti eluhlaza. Inkungu yengqondo ikuxabanisa? Zigalele ngekomityi ye-lemongrass, i-coriander kunye netiyi ye-mint.

Isifo saseLyme sabutshintsha ubomi bam. Indifundise ukubaluleka kwempilo. Ngaphandle kwempilo yakho, awunanto. Unyango lwam lweLyme lukhuthaze uthando olutsha ngaphakathi kwam kwaye lundityhalele ukuba ndibelane nothando lwam nabanye. Igqabi lasendle kuyeyona nto kugxilwe kuyo kubomi bam basemva kweLyme kwaye ikwangowona msebenzi unomvuzo endakha ndawufumana. Ndihlala ndingumntu othembekileyo okoko nje ndikhumbula. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba le ntembeko yinto enye eqhube ukuzimisela kwam, endincedileyo ukuba ndifumane uxolelo. Ikwalithemba elindivumelayo ukuba ndizive ndisikelelwe ngemizabalazo eyaziswa nguLyme ebomini bam.

Ngenxa kaLyme, ndomelele ngokwengqondo, ngokwasemzimbeni, ngokomoya nangokomzwelo. Yonke imihla yi-adventure kwaye ndinombulelo kakhulu ukuba uLyme undivulele lo mnyango.

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