Iifoto zeVeki: Ibali lika-Becky (Ukuthatha inyathelo malunga noLwazi ngomhlaza)

Nali ibali elichukumisayo elivela kumfazi ogama linguBecky:

Xa ndisiva igama elithi umhlaza iimvakalelo ezininzi zingena entlokweni yam. Ndicinga ngo Makhulu wam endingazange ndibenalo ithuba lokudibana naye. Ndicinga ngazo zonke izihlobo zam ezithi, ngenxa yohlobo olunqabileyo oluhamba nosapho lwethu, zisuswe iikholoni zazo ukuze zisindise ubomi bazo. Kwaye amaxesha amaninzi ndicinga ngomama. Wafunyaniswa enomhlaza wekolon ekuqaleni kuka-2002, ngokungaqhelekanga emva nje kokubhiyozela iminyaka engama-5 yomhlaza wesifuba. Ukuba nje besazi ukuba uC uzifihlile kwenye indawo. Bayisusile ikholoni yakhe, kodwa ngelishwa yayinesibindi kwaye izibilini zazingasebenzi. Wahamba ejikeleza emva kokujikeleza kwe-chemo, kwaye lonke ixesha ndiqinisekile ukuba wayeza kuyibetha kuba wayekhe wayibetha ngaphambili. Iinyanga zihambile kwaye uya esiya egula ngokubonakalayo, kodwa sonke sisabambelele ethembeni. Ngenye imini ngo-Okthobha uskwiza wam kunye nomzala wam bandikhupha bayotya ukuze bandiphathele iindaba, umama ebhubha utata wam ebekwi denial. Ndazibandakanya ngelahlobo kwaye sasiceba ukutshata emva kokuba ndigqibile esikolweni kwiminyaka embalwa, kodwa izalamane zam zazifuna ukuba ndiyazi inyani ukuze sikwazi ukunyusa umtshato ukuba sifuna. Satshata emva kweenyanga ezintathu, kwaye ngaphezulu nje kwenyanga emva kokuba umama engekho. Umhlaba wam waphahlazeka ngaloo mini kwaye kungathatha iminyaka ukuphinda ndichole iziqwenga kwakhona. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo kwaye nomyeni wam samkela umntwana oyintombazana entle kulo mhlaba kwaye andikwazi ukuzibamba ndicinga ngomama xa ndijonga uAlice, ndiyazi ukuba umama ngewayemonakalisile. Emva koko ndicinga xa uAlice sele ekhulile kwaye enabantwana bakhe kwaye ndifuna kangakanani ukudibana nabazukulwana bam. Ndinyanzelekile kwaye ndizimisele ukwaphula lo mjikelo ngokusebenza kunye nelona gqwetha lam. Sele ndinee-colonoscopies ezi-3 kunye nee-endoscopy ezi-1 kwaye ekugqibeleni, xa sele ndikulungele, ndiza kuzivavanyela imfuza ebaleka kusapho lwethu kwaye ukuba kufuneka kususwe ikholoni. Ndiza kukuvuyela ukucoca izisombululo zokucoca umzimba, ndichithe ubusuku bonke kwigumbi lokuhlambela, ndifumane iikhamera ezityhalwa kwindawo apho kungekho mntu uya kufuna, ndingene phantsi kwesitshetshe ukuba oko kuthetha ukuba ndiza kubona abazukulwana bam.

Lo mfanekiso ngugogo wam (owabulawa ngumhlaza wekolon ngaphambi kokuba abazali bam badibane) kunye nomama wam xa wayeneminyaka eli-11 ubudala. Ngomnye wemifanekiso umama awayenayo ngaye kwaye ndiyayixabisa kakhulu. Ndisebenzise umhlaza weblue colon ongqunywe ngaphezulu kwe-pic yonke kunye nokuchukumisa umhlaza webele wepinki ogqume kumama kwaye walwa nazo zombini.

Enkosi ngesenzo esihle, kunye nethamsanqa kutata wakho!

U-Becky Bathje