Isivumelwano esitsha soBomi: amabali okusinda komhlaza

NgoDisemba 4, 2017, mna noBansari sineminyaka engama-24 ubudala, sabopha iqhina lomtshato kwidolophu yethu yaseSurat, eGujarat. Saye saqalisa uhambo lwethu olutsha lokumanyana oluzaliswe ngamaphupha, ukuhleka, novuyo, kunye nesithembiso sokuba ngumqolo omnye komnye ebubini nasebubini.

Into yokuqala endayibonayo malunga nokukhula kwethu ngokusondelana kuxa ndandiqala ukunandipha i-capsicum kunye ne-broccoli exutywe ngekhari yemifuno ephekwe nguBansari. Ngexesha lokukhula kwam, ezi mifuno zimbini azizange zibe phezulu kwi-10 uluhlu lwemifuno engcono kakhulu. Kodwa njengoko isaci sithi, “Indlela eya entliziyweni yomntu isesesiswini sakhe”, kwaye uBansari wayingqina ilungile loo nto. Ndaqala ukuthandana nezakhono zakhe zokupheka. Yonke imihla yayindothusa njengoko uBansari wayendiphakela imilebe yokutya yaseIndiya neyaseTshayina kunye nezimuncumuncu. Kwisithuba nje seenyanga ezintathu sitshatile, ndandisele ndingumntu othanda ukutya. Ubungakanani besinqe sam bunyuke ukusuka kwi-30 cm ukuya kwi-32 cm kwaye bendinxibe phantse i-4kg.

Sasinezinto ezininzi esasifana ngazo kuquka nokuhamba. Ngokwenyani, yayiyi-wanderlust yethu eyasidibanisa kwaye sasiphupha ngokuba zii-globe trotters. Emva kweenyanga ezintandathu sitshatile, sakhwela inqwelo-moya yokuqala sisiya eRome, ikomkhulu laseItali. Njengamawaka ezinye izibini ezitshatileyo, mna noBansari semisa naseTrevi Fountain—ummandla omkhulu wamanzi anendudumo anemifanekiso eqingqiweyo ehonjiswe ngoothixo namahashe baseRoma. Yayingumbono obonakalayo. Njengesithethe, izibini ziflip iingqekembe emanzini kubudlelwane babo obungenasiphelo. Singaliphosa njani ithuba lokwenza umnqweno wobomi bendawonye? Salandela isiko.

Sichithe phantse inyanga sityhutyha iYurophu kwaye yonke into yayijongeka njenge-surreal. Ubomi babubonakala bufana nentsomi apho kungekho nto iza konakala de yenze umjikelo. Ngenye imini ndaqonda ukuba ndinobunzima bokubamba izinto kwaye oko kwakuchaphazela ukushukuma kakuhle kwesandla sam sasekunene. Yayinxulunyaniswa nokuntyiloza kwesandla sokunene kunye nokuba ndindisholo konyawo olukhulu lwasekunene. Olu phuhliso kwisixokelelwano somzimba wam ngokuthe ngcembe lwaqala ukwenza ubunzima ekusebenzeni kwam kwemihla ngemihla.

Ngequbuliso ubomi bethu bama ngxi kwaye kwakubonakala ngathi kunezicwangciso ezahlukeneyo ngathi. Okomzuzwana, ndavakalelwa kukuba ubomi abusayi kuphinda bufane.

Emva kokutyelela izihlandlo eziliqela kwizibhedlele ezahlukahlukeneyo, esixekweni, oogqirha bandixelela ukuba kwafunyaniswa ukuba ndinethumba ebuchotsheni elinqabileyo elibizwa ngokuba yiAstrocytoma. Iqala kwiiseli ezibizwa ngokuba zii-astrocyte ezixhasa iiseli zemithambo-luvo. Ezinye ii-astrocytomas zikhula ngokucothayo kwaye ezinye zinokuba ngumhlaza ondlongondlongo okhula ngokukhawuleza.

Ezo ndaba zandenza ndangcangcazela zatsho zasigqobhoza okweentsimbi zeglasi. Kangangeentsuku ezimbalwa, ndandindindisholo yaye ingqondo yam yayeka ukusebenza; Ndandichitha ubusuku ndingalali. Endibona ndithe cwaka yaye ndisilwa ngokuqhubekayo ndinentlaninge yeengcinga ezazibethabethana engqondweni yam, uBansari wathi sifanele sifune unyango. Salityhutyha lonke elo lizwe sikhangela impatho efanelekileyo kodwa satsho phantsi. Ukuva impendulo enkulu ethi 'Hayi' okanye 'ayinakwenzeka' evela kubacebisi, ithemba lam liye lehla. "Kutheni mna kuphela?" ibingumbuzo owawuhlala udlala engqondweni yam.

UBansari naye wayesilwa neemvakalelo zakhe. Maxa wambi wayeba sisimumu aze ajonge eludongeni kangangeeyure. Ngamafutshane, sasibhidekile nje.

Phakathi kokuphazamiseka kweemvakalelo kunye nokudideka, kwabeka imitha yethemba, kwaye oku kweza ngendlela ye-grit kaBansari kunye nokuzimisela ukuphumelela kule meko. Isimo sakhe sengqondo esithi “ungaze uthi ndife” someleza ukuzithemba kwam ngamaxesha ethu ocelomngeni.

Ukugcina isithembiso awasenzayo, waqhubeka nokukhangela izibhedlele kunye namaziko onyango kwi-intanethi. Sade sazama ukuqhagamshelana nezibhedlele ezimbalwa zaphesheya. Kodwa ukunyamezela kukaBansari kunye nomzamo ongapheliyo ekugqibeleni wasikhokelela kwiwebhusayithi ye-Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC).

Ngo-2018, sabhabha saya e-Chennai ukuze sidibane neengcali kwi-APCC ukuze sibonisane.

Ewe!' besikwindawo elungileyo nangexesha elililo lonyango. Njengoko oogqirha be-APCC bomeleza ithemba kuthi, amehlo ethu azaliswe ziinyembezi zovuyo kwaye sawolana ngokuqinileyo.
Emva kongcelele lweengxoxo namalungu entsapho, ekugqibeleni, sathi, “ewe” kunyango olucetyiswayo.

Okulandelayo, yayikukungena kwam kwiproton gantry.

UBansari wandibamba ngesandla xa ndingeniswa ngaphakathi kunyango lwam lokuqala. Emva kwexesha, oogqirha bandixelela ukuba umfanekiso wam we-MR ubonise isilonda sokwandisa kwi-cervico-medullary junction ene-peri-lesional edema encinci. Iimpawu zomfanekiso zicebise ukuba i-astrocytoma yomgangatho ophantsi. Ekubeni ndisuka kwimvelaphi engeyiyo eyezonyango, ndandingenalwazi ngento ababendixelela yona oogqirha ngelo xesha. Ngaxa lithile ekuhambeni kwexesha, kwafika ingcinga edlulayo engqondweni yam indenza ndicinge ukuba ndingaphinda ndiphile ubomi obuqhelekileyo kodwa uBansari, njengesiqhelo, wema ecaleni kwam njengeLiwa laseGibraltar.

Ndafumana i-biopsy ye-lesion ukusuka kwindlela yangasemva kunye nokususwa kwe-foramen magnum kunye ne-magnum kunye ne-C1 ye-arch yangasemva phantsi kwe-Neuro-navigation. Iingcali ze-APCC zindicebise ukuba ndenze iradical radiotherapy nge-Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy. Ngexesha lokusasazeka kwemitha ukusuka kwiveki yokugqibela kaMatshi ka-2019 ukuya kwiveki yokuqala kaMeyi ka-2019, ndiye ndavavanywa ekliniki kanye ngeveki ukujonga ukuthotyelwa konyango kunye novavanyo lwetyhefu, ukuba lukhona.

Kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa ndifumana unyango lweproton beam, ndaqala ukuziva ndingcono. Hmmm! Iyandisebenzela ndazixelela. Wathi xa endibona ndincuma, uBansari wandibamba ezidleleni waza wathi ngesiGujarati, “Tame saroo thai Jasso (uza kuba ngcono).”

Emva kweeveki ezintathu zonyango, ndaziva ndingcono xa kuthelekiswa nosuku lokuqala. Ngaphandle konyango, iTender Loving Care (TLC) lutshintsho oluthe cwaka olutshayela iipaseji ze-APCC yonke imihla. Yenziwa njengenzululwazi. Kwimeko yam, inkqubo yaqala ngokufunyanwa kunye nonyango, kwaye oogqirha, abahlengikazi, kunye nabanye abasebenzi abazange bashiye ilitye elingaguqukiyo ekuqinisekiseni induduzo enkulu kunye nokuphila kakuhle. Kwi-APCC, ndiye ndaxelelwa ukuba unyango lweProton lubonakaliswe ukuba lunolawulo olubalaseleyo lwasekhaya lwezomhlaza ezahlukeneyo kwaye ngakumbi umhlaza obekwe kwezinye zezona ndawo zinzima njengemimandla yokakayi womzimba ekunzima ukuyinyanga. Into endiyifundileyo kwaye ndingathanda ukwabelana nabanye ngolwazi.

Ebudeni bonyango, ndacetyiswa ukuba ndingawuyeki umthambo wam. Yiyo loo nto, indoda engazange ibethe ijimu ngaphambili ngoku “ingumthambo” oqhelekileyo. Ndandingaphantsi komzimba xa kwafunyaniswa ukuba ndinethumba ebuchotsheni kodwa namhlanje ndingumntu osempilweni kwaye ngokwenkolo ndilandela inkqubo yam yokomelela. Ndikwathatha uhambo olude rhoqo ngorhatya kodwa kunjalo noBansari. Uhambo olunyukayo esiluhambileyo lundikhumbuza esi sicatshulwa silandelayo:

Ukuzingca kuzuko lokuphumelela umhlaza, mna noBansari sahlaziya ukuzulazula kwethu. Emva konyango, uhambo lwethu lokuqala lwaba eSingapore. Ibiyi surprise gift from me to her and she deserved it. Ndiyabulela kwinkqubela phambili yetekhnoloji, ndiphila ubomi bam ngokupheleleyo. Umhlaba uphinde waba yimbatyisi yam kwakhona.