Ukuqashisa Okusha Ngempilo: Izindaba Zokusinda Komdlavuza

Ngomhla zizi-4 kuZibandlela wezi-2017, mina no-Bansari sineminyaka engama-24, sabopha ifindo lomshado edolobheni lakithi e-Surat, eGujarat. Saqala uhambo lwethu olusha lokuhlangana olugcwele amaphupho, ukuhleka, kanye nenjabulo, kanye nesithembiso sokuba umgogodla womunye nomunye ebubini nasebubini.

Into yokuqala engayibona ngokusondelana kwethu okukhulayo kwaba yilapho ngiqala ukujabulela ukhari wemifino oxutshwe ne-broccoli ophekwe u-Bansari. Phakathi neminyaka yami yokukhula, le mifino emibili ayizange ibe phezulu ohlwini lwami lwemifino oluyi-10 oluhamba phambili. Kodwa njengoba isisho sithi, “Indlela eya enhliziyweni yomuntu ngesisu sakhe”, futhi uBansari wakufakazela ukuthi kulungile. Ngaqala ukuthandana namakhono akhe okupheka. Zonke izinsuku kwakuyisimanga kimina njengoba u-Bansari wayengiphakela ukudla okuphuzwayo kwamaNdiya namaShayina nama-dessert. Phakathi nezinyanga ezintathu sishadile, ngase ngiwumuntu othanda ukudla. Ukhalo lwami lukhule lusuka ku-30 ​​cm lwaya ku-32 cm futhi ngase ngifake cishe u-4kg.

Ziningi izinto esasifana ngazo okuhlanganisa nokuhamba. Empeleni, kwaba ukuzulazula kwethu okwasihlanganisa futhi saphupha ngokuba ama-globe trotters. Ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha sishadile, sathatha indiza yokuqala yamazwe ngamazwe eya eRome, inhloko-dolobha yase-Italy. Njengezinkulungwane zeminye imibhangqwana, mina noBansari samisa naseTrevi Fountain—indawo enkulu yamanzi adumayo enezithombe ezihlotshiswe ngonkulunkulu namahhashi baseRoma. Bekuwumbukwane. Njengesiko, imibhangqwana iphendulela izinhlamvu zemali emanzini ukuze zibe nobuhlobo baphakade. Singaphuthelwa kanjani ithuba lokwenza isifiso sokuphila ndawonye ndawonye? Salandela isiko.

Sachitha cishe inyanga sinqamula i-Europe futhi yonke into yayibukeka i-surreal. Ukuphila kwakubonakala kuyinganekwane lapho kungenzeki lutho kuze kube yilapho isiphonsa i-curveball. Ngolunye usuku ngabona ukuthi nginobunzima bokubamba izinto futhi kwakuthinta ukunyakaza okuhle kwesandla sami sokudla. Yayihlotshaniswa nomuzwa wokuntweza esandleni sokudla kanye nokuba ndikindiki kozwane olukhulu lwesokudla. Lokhu kuthuthukiswa ohlelweni lwami lomzimba kancane kancane kwaqala ukuba nobunzima ekusebenzeni kwami ​​kwansuku zonke.

Kungazelelwe, impilo yethu yama futhi kwakubonakala kunezinhlelo ezihlukile ngathi. Okwesikhashana, ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi ukuphila ngeke kuphinde kufane.

Ngemva kokuvakasha izikhathi eziningana ezibhedlela ezihlukahlukene, edolobheni, odokotela bangitshela ukuthi kwatholakala ukuthi nginethumba ebuchosheni elingavamile okuthiwa i-Astrocytoma. Iqala emangqamuzaneni abizwa ngokuthi ama-astrocyte asekela amangqamuzana ezinzwa. Amanye ama-astrocytomas akhula kancane kakhulu kanti amanye angaba umdlavuza onamandla okhula ngokushesha.

Lezi zindaba zaqhaqhazela umgogodla wami futhi zasihlaba njengezingcezwana zengilazi. Izinsuku ezimbalwa, ngaba ndikindiki futhi ingqondo yami yayeka ukusebenza; Ngangichitha ubusuku bokungalali. Engibona ngithula futhi ngilwa ngokuqhubekayo nenqwaba yemicabango eyayigijima engqondweni yami, uBansari wathi kufanele sifune ukwelashwa. Sadabula izwe lonke sifuna ukwelashwa okufanele kodwa kwanhlanga zimuka nomoya. Ngokuzwa impendulo enkulu ethi 'Cha' noma 'akunakwenzeka' evela kwabeluleki, ithemba lami lancipha. "Kungani mina kuphela?" kwakuwumbuzo owawudlala kaningi engqondweni yami.

UBansari naye wayelwa nemizwa yakhe. Ngezinye izikhathi wayeba isimumu agqolozele udonga amahora amaningi. Ngamafuphi, sasimane sididekile.

Phakathi nezinxushunxushu ezingokomzwelo kanye nokudideka, kwabeka inhlansi yethemba, futhi lokhu kwafika ngendlela yokuqina nokuzimisela kukaBansari ukunqoba lesi simo. Isimo sakhe sengqondo sokuthi “ungaze uthi ngife” saqinisa ukuzethemba kwami ​​phakathi nezikhathi zethu ezinzima.

Egcina isithembiso asenza, waqhubeka nokufuna izibhedlela nezikhungo zezokwelapha ku-inthanethi. Saze sazama nokuxhumana nezibhedlela ezimbalwa zaphesheya. Kodwa ukubekezela okungakhathali kukaBansari nomzamo ongapheli ekugcineni kusiholele kuwebhusayithi ye-Apollo Proton Cancer Center (APCC).

Ngo-2018, sandiza saya e-Chennai ukuyohlangana nochwepheshe e-APCC ukuze sibonisane.

Vele!' besisendaweni efanele nangesikhathi esifanele sokwelashwa. Njengoba odokotela base-APCC beqinisa ithemba kithi, amehlo ethu agcwala izinyembezi zenjabulo futhi sangana siqinisana.
Ngemva kochungechunge lwezingxoxo namalungu omndeni, ekugcineni, sathi, “yebo” endleleni yokwelashwa eyayisikiselwe.

Okulandelayo, kwaba ukungena kwami ​​ku-proton gantry.

U-Bansari wangibamba isandla lapho ngingeniswa endlini ukuze ngiyothola ukwelashwa kwami ​​kokuqala. Kamuva, odokotela bangitshela ukuthi imaging yami ye-MR ibonise isilonda esinwebekayo ekuhlanganeni komlomo wesibeletho ne-peri-lesional edema encane. Izici zokuthwebula ziphakamisa i-astrocytoma yezinga eliphansi. Njengoba ngangivela endaweni engeyona eyezokwelapha, ngangingenalwazi ngalokho odokotela ababengitshela khona ngaleso sikhathi. Ngesinye isikhathi, kwafika umcabango odlulayo engqondweni yami ungenza ngicabange ukuthi ngizophinde ngiphile impilo evamile kodwa uBansari, njengenjwayelo, wama eduze kwami ​​njengedwala laseGibraltar.

Ngenze i-biopsy yesilonda esivela endleleni yangemuva ngokukhishwa kwe-foramen magnum ne-magnum kanye ne-C1 posterior arch ngaphansi kwe-Neuro-navigation. Ochwepheshe kwa-APCC bangeluleke ukuthi ngenze i-radical radiotherapy nge-Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy. Ngesikhathi sokushiswa kwemisebe kusukela esontweni lokugcina likaMashi 2019 kuya esontweni lokuqala likaMeyi 2019, ngahlolwa emtholampilo kanye ngesonto ukubheka ukuthi ngiyahambisana yini nokwelashwa nokuhlolwa kobuthi, uma bukhona.

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokwelashwa kwe-proton beam, ngaqala ukuzizwa ngingcono. Hmmm! Kuyangisebenzela ngazitshela. Lapho engibona ngimamatheka, uBansari wangithinta izihlathi wathi ngesiGujarati, “Tame saroo thai Jasso (uzoba ngcono).”

Ngemva kwamasonto amathathu okwelashwa, ngazizwa ngingcono uma ngiqhathaniswa nosuku lokuqala. Ngaphandle kokwelashwa, I-Tender Loving Care (TLC) iwuguquko oluthule olushanela amaphaseji e-APCC nsuku zonke. Kwenziwa njengesayensi. Endabeni yami, inqubo yaqala ngokutholwa nokwelashwa, futhi odokotela, abahlengikazi, nabanye abasebenzi abashiyanga lutho ekuqinisekiseni ukunethezeka okukhulu nokuphila kahle. Kwa-APCC, ngatshelwa ukuthi ukwelashwa kwe-Proton kukhonjiswe ukuthi kunokulawula okuhle kakhulu kwendawo komdlavuza ohlukahlukene futhi ikakhulukazi umdlavuza otholakala kwezinye zezindawo ezinzima kakhulu njengezifunda ezisekelwe kugebhezi lomzimba okunzima ukuwelapha. Kukhona engikufundile futhi ngingathanda ukwabelana nabanye ngolwazi.

Phakathi nokwelashwa, ngelulekwa ukuba ngingakuyeki ukuvivinya umzimba. Ngakho-ke, indoda engakaze ifike ejimini manje isingumuntu “ozivocavoca” ojwayelekile. Nganginesisindo esiphansi ngesikhathi kutholakala ukuthi nginethumba ebuchosheni kodwa namuhla ngingumuntu ophile kahle futhi ngokwenkolo ngilandela isimiso sami sokufaneleka. Ngiphinde ngithathe uhambo olude njalo kusihlwa kodwa kunjalo noBansari. Uhambo lokukhuphuka esidlule kulo lungikhumbuza lesi sisho esilandelayo:

Sijabulela inkazimulo yokunqoba umdlavuza, mina no-Bansari savuselela ukuzulazula kwethu. Ngemva kokwelashwa, uhambo lwethu lokuqala lwaba eSingapore. Bekuyisipho engingasilindele kimina ebesimfanele. Ngenxa yentuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe, ngiphila impilo yami ngokugcwele. Umhlaba usuphinde waba yi-oyster yami.