U-Ella Woodward: “Ngifuna abantu abaningi bamukele imifino”

Ukushintsha ukudla kwasindisa u-Ella oneminyaka engu-23 ekuguleni okuyingozi. Kunzima ukuqhathanisa ukungathi sína kwendaba yakhe kanye nendlela elula neneme axoxa ngayo. Kusho u-Ella emamatheka, ekhomba efulethini lakhe elivulekile.

“Ngangibukeka sengathi ngikhulelwe,” uyaqhubeka, “Isisu sami sasisikhulu… Ikhanda lami lalizulazula, ngangihlale ngisezinhlungwini. Kwakubonakala sengathi isidumbu sase sicishe sabhujiswa. U-Ella ukhuluma ngokugula kwakhe, okwenza umehluko omkhulu empilweni yakhe ekuseni ngo-2011. Wayesenza unyaka wesibili e-St. Andrews University. “Konke bekuhamba kahle, benginabangane abahle nensizwa. Ukucindezeleka okukhulu ekuphileni kwami ​​kwakuwukuthi, mhlawumbe, ukungabi naso isikhathi sokwenza umsebenzi wesikole. Ngolunye usuku ekuseni ngemva kwephathi ayephuze kakhulu kuyo, u-Ella wavuka ekhathele futhi edakiwe. Isisu sakhe sase sigobhozekile. “Angikaze ngibe umuntu othukayo, nginqume ukuthi lokhu kumane nje kuwukungezwani komzimba. Ngiziduduze ngalomcabango, ngagoduka.

“Ngemuva kwesikhashana, ngaqala ukukhula ngosayizi, ngingakwazi ukuziphakamisa ngisuka kusofa. Izinyanga ezine ezalandela zachithwa ezibhedlela ezihlukahlukene eLondon. Kwakubonakala sengathi akukho ukuhlaziywa emhlabeni engingeke ngikuphumelele. Nokho, isimo sasiya siba sibi.” Abazange baphendule odokotela. Othile ubhekisele ku-psychosomatics, u-Ella ayibheka njengengenangqondo. Wahlala izinsuku ezingu-12 esibhedlela sokugcina saseCromwell, lapho ayelala khona isikhathi esiningi. “Ngeshwa, ngemva kwalezi zinsuku ezingu-12, odokotela babengasasho lutho kimi. Ngangiqala ngqa ukwesaba. Kwakuyisikhathi sokuphelelwa ithemba nokuphelelwa ukholo.”

Kwabe sekwenzeka ingozi ejabulisayo lapho umhlengikazi wathatha umfutho wakhe wegazi futhi waqaphela ukuthi ukushaya kwenhliziyo ka-Ella kwafinyelela ku-190 ngendlela esabekayo lapho emi. Lapho u-Ella ehlala phansi, amaphuzu ehla afinyelela ku-55-60. Ngenxa yalokho, kwatholakala ukuthi une-Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, okuwukusabela okungavamile kwesimiso sezinzwa esizimele endaweni eqondile. Kuncane okwaziwayo ngalesi sifo, sihlasela kakhulu abesifazane. Odokotela babiza lesi sifo esingapheli, basikisela izidakamizwa ezidambisa izimpawu kuphela. Waqala ukuphuza imithi nama-steroids, okwanqunywa odokotela njengesixazululo kuphela - akukho shintsho ekudleni okwaphakanyiswa. Amaphilisi anikeza impumuzo yesikhashana, kodwa u-Ella wayesalele 75% wesikhathi. “Njengoba ngangidangele kakhulu, angenzanga lutho, kwaze kwaphela izinyanga eziyisi-6 ngingaxhumani namuntu. Abazali bami nensizwa, uFelix, yibona kuphela ababazi ukuthi kwenzekani kimi.

Ushintsho lwafika lapho ngiqaphela ukuthi uhambo oluya eMarrakech, okwakunesikhathi eside lubhukhelwe, lwalusondela. UFelix wazama ukungiyekisa, kodwa ngaphikelela uhambo, olwaphenduka inhlekelele. Ngabuyela ekhaya ngiqulekile, ngihamba ngesihlalo sabakhubazekile. Bekungeke kusaqhubeka kanje. Ngokubona ukuthi odokotela ngeke bamsize, ngazibambela mathupha lesi simo. Ku-inthanethi, ngathola incwadi kaChris Carr, waseMelika oneminyaka engu-43 ubudala owanqoba umdlavuza ngokushintshela ekudleni okusekelwe ezitshalweni. Ngafunda incwadi yakhe ngosuku olulodwa! Ngemva kwalokho, nganquma ukushintsha indlela engidla ngayo futhi ngazisa umndeni wami ngakho, owawuthatha kalula umbono wami. Into wukuthi ngikhule njalo ngiyingane ezonda izithelo nemifino. Futhi manje lo mntwana utshela abazali bakhe ngokuzethemba ukuthi akayifaki ngokuphelele inyama, imikhiqizo yobisi, ushukela kanye nakho konke ukudla okucolile. Ngazakhela imenyu izinyanga ezimbili, eyayihlanganisa ikakhulukazi imikhiqizo efanayo.

Ngokushesha ngaqala ukubona umehluko: amandla athe xaxa, ubuhlungu obuncane. Ngikhumbula ngicabanga ukuthi "uma kukhona ukuthuthuka okuzinzile, ngizobuyela enyameni." “.

Ngemva kwezinyanga ezingu-18, u-Ella usebuyile esesimweni esihle, unesikhumba esikhazimulayo, umzimba ozothile futhi othokomele, futhi usethanda ukudla. Akayivumeli imicabango yokubuyela ekudleni kwakhe kwangaphambili. Indlela entsha yokudla yamsindisa kangangokuthi odokotela bathatha indaba yakhe njengesibonelo ukuze basize ezinye iziguli ezinesifo esifanayo.

Njengamanje, u-Ella ugcina eyakhe ibhulogi, lapho ezama ukuphendula obhalisile ngamunye ombhalele mathupha.

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