Ukubaleka iMarathon eneNqanaba 4 COPD

Umxholo

• Yeyiphi eyona ngxaki inkulu kuwe okoko wafumanisa ukuba une-COPD?
• Lwaluphi uhlanga lokuqala olukhulu owathatha inxaxheba kulo emva kokuchongwa kwesifo?
• Luluphi ugqatso ukuza kuthi ga ngoku olucelomngeni olukhulu, ngoba?
• Umfazi wakho nonyana bobabini bathathe inxaxheba kolunye ugqatso olufanayo. Ngaba le yinto bebehlala bethatha inxaxheba kuyo, okanye ngaba uthathe inxaxheba ubakhuthaze?
• Umdyarho onzima uyothusa, nokuba kwiimbaleki ezinamava ezingenayo i-COPD. Yintoni amandla akho okuqhuba?
• Zeziphi ezinye izinto ezothathelwa ingqalelo umntu onesimo sakho ekufuneka azithathile ngaphambi, ngexesha, nasemva komdyarho onje?
• Iqela lakho lezonyango liphendule njani kwindlela yakho yokuphila esebenzayo?
• Uqeqesho lweNew York City Marathon lwahluke njani kwiintlanga ezidlulileyo?
• Yintoni injongo yakho yokugqiba ixesha?
• Wenza uxwebhu malunga nokubaleka iNew York City Marathon. Yintoni eyenze ukuba uthathe isigqibo sokuyenza?

URussell Winwood wayeneminyaka engama-45 esebenzayo kwaye elungeleyo xa wayefunyaniswa enesigaba sesi-4 sesifo esinganyangekiyo semiphunga, okanye iCOPD. Kodwa kwiinyanga nje ezisibhozo emva kotyelelo olubi e-ofisini kagqirha ngo-2011, wagqiba umcimbi wakhe wokuqala we-Ironman.

Ngaphandle kokufumana amandla emiphunga angama-22 ukuya kuma-30, kwaye ngenxa yokuhlaselwa sisifo malunga neminyaka eli-10 ngaphambili, uWinwood akazange avume ukuba isifo simnqande ekwenzeni oko akuthandayo. Umdlali weqonga wase-Australia ugqibe i-marathons kunye ne-triathlons ukusukela, kubandakanya iNew York City Marathon.

Nge-1 ka-Novemba ngo-2015, wajoyina abanye abangama-55,000 kwi-26.2-mile jaunt kwi-Big Apple. Ngelixa ngokuqinisekileyo wayengeyedwa, uWinwood waba ngumntu wokuqala ngeqonga le-4 COPD ukwenza njalo. URussell ulugqibile ugqatso kwaye wanyusa i-10, 000 yeedola kuMbutho wamaLung waseMelika.

Sibambe iintsuku zikaWinwood ngaphambi komdyarho wokuthetha ngoqeqesho, iinjongo, kunye nokuba kunjani ukuba sempilweni xa uneCOPD yamanqanaba okugqibela.

Yeyiphi eyona ngxaki inkulu kuwe okoko wafumanisa ukuba une-COPD?

Ukucela umngeni kwimibono eqhelekileyo malunga nokuba inqanaba lesine lesigulana seCOPD linokuthini. Abantu abaninzi bayathandabuza ukuba ndingayenza njani into endiyenzayo, njengoko abantu abanesigaba sam sesifo bengazenzi imicimbi ye-Ironman okanye baqhube ii-marathons. Kodwa inyani kukuba indlela yokuphila esempilweni ebandakanya umthambo omninzi iya kukunika umgangatho wobomi obungcono.

Lwaluphi uhlanga lokuqala olukhulu owathatha inxaxheba kulo emva kokuchongwa kwesifo?

I-Ironman yase-Australia e-Port Macquarie yayisisiganeko sam sokuqala emva koxilongo lwam. Ndandisele ndingenile kumnyhadala kwiinyanga ezintlanu phambi kokuba ndifunyaniswe. Bekuliphupha ukugqibezela olunye lwemijaho, ebandakanya ukudada kweemayile ezi-2.4, umjikelo we-112 yeemayile, kwaye uphele ngomdyarho. Ingcali yam yokuphefumla indixelele ukuba andizukuwugqiba, kodwa lonto indenze ndazimisela ngakumbi ukuwugqiba umsitho.

Luluphi ugqatso ukuza kuthi ga ngoku olucelomngeni olukhulu, ngoba?

Olo gqatso lwalulucelomngeni olukhulu, ngenxa yezizathu ezimbalwa. Okokuqala, kuye kwafuneka ndizilolonge ngokwahlukileyo: isantya, ixesha elide, iiseshini zoqeqesho oluphantsi kugxilwe ekwakheni ngokuthe ngcembe umthamo wam wokuzilolonga. Okwesibini, ixesha ekwakufuneka ndizilolonge ngalo phambi kokuba ugqatso lunqunyelwe, ke bendihlala ndisazi ukuba ndiza kukhuphisana ndingakulungelanga. Kwakonelisa kakhulu ukugqiba ugqatso kwimizuzu eli-10 ngaphambi kokunqunyulwa, kodwa kwakunzima kakhulu kum ngokwasemzimbeni nangokweemvakalelo ngenxa yokunqongophala kwamalungiselelo.

Umfazi wakho nonyana bobabini bathathe inxaxheba kolunye ugqatso olufanayo. Ngaba le yinto bebehlala bethatha inxaxheba kuyo, okanye ngaba uthathe inxaxheba ubakhuthaze?

Unyana wam wayenoxanduva kum ukuqala kwebhayisikile, eyajika yaba ngoo-triathlons. Wayengumqhubi webhayisikile okhutheleyo owayesenza i-triathlon ngamanye amaxesha. Umfazi wam, uLeanne, uyakuthanda ukusebenza kwaye ngenxa yokuzibophelela kwezi ziganeko uthathe isigqibo sokwenza kunye nam, ukuze sikwazi ukuchitha ixesha elininzi kunye. Abahlobo bethu bambiza "ngoncedo"! Abanye babahlobo bam kunye nosapho baye bathatha iitraton kunye neemarathons emva kokuza kundijonga.

Umdyarho onzima uyothusa, nokuba kwiimbaleki ezinamava ezingenayo i-COPD. Yintoni amandla akho okuqhuba?

Ukuzisa ulwazi kwi-COPD, isifuba, kunye nezinye izifo zokuphefumla sesona sizathu sokuba ndikhuphisane kwi-NYC Marathon. Kuninzi okuninzi ekufuneka kwenziwe ukunceda abantu abanezi zifo ukuba baphile ubomi obungcono, kunye nokufundisa abantu ngendlela yokuthintela ukukhula kwesifo sokuphefumla. Injongo yam yesibini kukubaleka, hayi ukuhamba, imarathon phantsi kweeyure ezintandathu. Oku akuzange kwenziwe ngumntu okwinqanaba lam leCOPD.

Zeziphi ezinye izinto ezothathelwa ingqalelo umntu onesimo sakho ekufuneka azithathile ngaphambi, ngexesha, nasemva komdyarho onje?

Ukwenza olu gqatso kubeka imiceli mngeni endingakhange ndijongane nayo ngaphambili, ngakumbi ukubaleka kwindawo ebandayo nenongcoliseko. Ngelixa bendiqeqeshelwa ingqele ukuze umzimba wam ukwazi ukuziqhelanisa, kunzima ukuqeqesha ungcoliseko. Ezinye izinto ezibalulekileyo ekufuneka ziqwalaselwe yintliziyo, uxinzelelo lwegazi kunye nenqanaba leoksijini. Ndihlala ndizibeka esweni zonke ezi zinto ngexesha loqeqesho. Ixesha lokufumana kwakhona phakathi kweeseshoni zoqeqesho kubalulekile, njengoko uqeqesho lokunyamezela lunokudlala ingozi kumzimba wakho wamajoni omzimba.

Njengesigulana seCOPD, ndiyazi kakuhle ngokugcina amajoni am omelele ukuze ndingaguli. Iveki yohlanga konke malunga nokuphumla kunye nokuhlaziya izihlunu zakho ngaphambi kosuku lomdyarho. Ukuphumla emva kwezi ziganeko kubalulekile ngenxa yesizathu esinye. Kuthatha okuninzi kuwe, kwaye kubalulekile ukuba ungakhathaleli umzimba wakho kuphela, kodwa ukuwuphulaphula.

Iqela lakho lezonyango liphendule njani kwindlela yakho yokuphila esebenzayo?

Iqela lam lezonyango lisukile kootitshala laya kubafundi. Ngenxa yokuba abaguli beCOPD abenzi le ndiyenzayo, ibe ngamava okufunda kuthi sonke. Kodwa ukuzilolongela abantu abanesifo sokuphefumla kunokwenzeka kwaye kuyimfuneko kakhulu ukuba bafuna ubomi obungcono. Konke malunga nokwakha amandla akho omthambo ngokuthe ngcembe nangokungaguquguqukiyo.

Uqeqesho lweNew York City Marathon lwahluke njani kwiintlanga ezidlulileyo?

Uqeqesho lwahluke kakhulu kwiziganeko zangaphambili. Ngeli xesha, umqeqeshi wam, uDoug Belford, uphumeze iiseshoni zoqeqesho oluphezulu kwinkqubo yam, endityhale kakhulu kunakuqala. Kwahluke kakhulu kuqeqesho lwe-Ironman, kwaye iziphumo ziya kufunyanwa ngo-Novemba wokuqala.

Yintoni injongo yakho yokugqiba ixesha?

Ndingathanda ukubaleka phantsi kweeyure ezintandathu kwaye ndibeke ixesha leeyure ezintlanu, imizuzu engama-45. Konke kuhamba kakuhle, ndiyathemba ukuba ndiza kusondela kweli xesha.

Wenza uxwebhu malunga nokubaleka iNew York City Marathon. Yintoni eyenze ukuba uthathe isigqibo sokuyenza?

Umqeqeshi uDoug weza nombono wokufota uxwebhu malunga nolu hambo. Ngenxa yokuba le ndizama ukuyiphumeza iya kuba lihlabathi lokuqala lomntu onale meko yam, besicinga ukuba abantu banokuba nomdla. Umyalezo esifuna abantu bawuthathe kwifilimu yinto enokwenzeka kwizigulana ezinesifo sokuphefumla, kwaye ngethemba lokubakhuthaza ukuba basebenze.

Bukela umyalezo kaRussell woSuku lweCOPD lweHlabathi:

Unokufunda ngakumbi ngoRussell Winwood kwiwebhusayithi yakhe, Imbaleki yeCOPD, okanye umbambe kwi-Twitter @lukhanyiso.