Kurarama Nehutano Hwenyama
Ndichikura nemararamiro, ini nguva dzose ndainzwa se "musikana uyo." Musikana uyo aisakwanisa kuva nemakeke ekuberekwa; musikana uyo uyo akanga asina chokoti yakasara; musikana uyo akanga asiri kudya chikafu che pizza mukirasi yekirasi yekirasi. Pandakanga ndiri muduku, ndainzwa sokuti ini ndoga munhu munyika uye ndine hutano hunotyisa. Ndinoziva iye zvino kuti pachena haisi chokwadi. Maererano neAlly Allergy Research and Education (FARE), pamusoro pe1 muvana vane 13 vane zvimwe zvekudya zvekudya. Uye 40% yevaya vana vane mishonga yezvokudya vakawana chirwere chakakomba chakafanana nevanaphylaxis1. Anaphylaxis "yakaoma, inogona kutyisa upenyu hwehutano hwemagetsi ... [iyo] inokonzera kuti muviri wako wekudzivirira muviri ubudise mafashamo emakemikari angakonzera kuti utye."2 Sezvineiwo, ndaive mumwe wevana ava. Rangarira, pane musiyano pakati pe "allergy" uye "kusashivirira." Ini ndinorwara zvakanyanya kune zvigadzirwa zvese zvemukaka. Ehe, iwe unoverenga izvo chaizvo. Dairy. Kunge bota, chizi, uye mukaka. Izvo ndizvo zviri pachena. Asi usakanganwa nezve lotion ine ma enzymes emukaka, maresitorendi anobika hamburger yavo uye cheeseburger pane imwechete grill, o uye nemukaka wakanyoroveswa wemukaka unotenderera mumhepo kuStarbucks. Zvese izvi zvakavanzika zvakavanzika zvakandiisa mukamuri rekukurumidzira. Mukufamba kwese kwehupenyu hwangu, ndakapedzisira ndave mukamuri rekukurumidzira kanokwana gumi nemaviri nekuda kwezvisina kutaurwa zvemukaka zvigadzirwa. Kunyangwe, kana ndiri kutendeseka, dzimwe dzenguva idzo dzaingovawo kunze kwekuregeredza kukuru kwandiri. Zvakaoma uye zvinopedza nguva kuziva chimwe nechimwe chinhu chinowanikwa mune chega chega chikafu chandinodya. Dzimwe nguva ndaingove nungo chete uye ndaisatarisa kaviri
Kuva "musikana uyo" pandakanga ndichiri muduku ndakanga ndine shungu. Ikoko kwakanga kusina kunyatsoziva nezvemishonga. Zvechokwadi, vanhu vainyatsoziva nezvemanyowa nemafuta ekukanda, asi mukaka? Ndiani anonzi allergic kumukaka ?! Ndakataurirwa neanoristor wangu apo ini ndaiva mwana wandai "ndaizo" ndangariro iyi kunze kwekuti ndaiva 14. Saka zvakatanga iyo kuverenga kwemazuva ekuzvarwa kwangu kwegumi nemana. Zvigumi nemana zvakasvika ndokuenda, sezvakaita 15, 16, uye yose yezvisikwa zvekuberekwa mushure meizvozvo. Uye pano ini ndinogara, makore mashomanana apfuura 14, ndichinwa kofi yangu nemukaka weamamondi, ndichidya chigunwe changu ne vegan "butter spread." Sezvakaodza mwoyo sekuzopedzisira kubvuma kuti zvichida myeristist angave asina kunaka, kudya kwangu kwakadaro zvakasiyana zvakanyanya iye zvino kupfuura zvaive apo pandakanga ndiri muduku nekuda kwe
kufambira mberi mune zvigadzirwa zvezvokudya zvakaitwa. Nenzira uye nedambudziko, zvakawanda izvi zvinobva pamusana pekuti vana vakawanda vari kuonekwa kuti vane chirwere chekudya. Kuziva kwawedzera, zvikafu zvakashandura kune dzimwe nzira dzisina marisi, uye, saka, ndinobatsirwa. Kubva pakusarudzwa kwemisi isina chezi, kusvikira, kumuchero wakasviba uye mashizha emasipi, ndinogona kuva nekudya kwakafanana sevamwe shamwari dzangu nemhuri.
Kunyange ini ndichifadzwa nekufambira mberi kwakaitwa mukuziva nokutsvakurudza kwekudya kwekudya, kwakave kune zvimwe zvinetso zvakare. Kana pane chinhu chimwe chete chandinoda kuti ndigozogovana nenyika pamusoro pemakemikari ndeyekuti pane musiyano mukuru pakati pekutenda uye kusagadzikana. Uyezve, kana ndikati ndine utano, tapota nditorei zvakanyanya. Handisi kuedza kuita kuti hupenyu hwemutariri huve hwakaoma pane imwe resitorendi. Handizvo chete kuti ini ndinoda sandwich yangu isina cheese, kana kuti inondiita gassy. Ichandifambisa muchipatara nekuvhara kwomweya wangu, ropa rangu rinodonha, uye muviri wangu unopinda muhondo yose-kana-ndege. Ndinoziva kuti ndine allergiki kune dairy muupenyu hwangu hwose. Ndakanga ndarwara ndichidya kamuki kamuki secheche uye zvirwere zvese zvekurwisana zvakagutsikana zvakashata. Ndiri kuverenga kuverenga uye ndinoziva zvinowanzochengeteka kudya uye zvisingaiti. Dzimwe nguva ndinoramba ndichinzwa se "musikana uyo," asi ndakadzidza kuti kurasika kwangu hakufaniri kudzora hupenyu hwangu. Iye zvino, vanhu vanowedzera vari kudzidza nezvemajeri avo gare gare muupenyu. Kana iwe uchifunga kuti unogona kunge uine zvokudya zvekudya, taura nachiremba wako pakarepo. Vanogona kukubatsira kuti uzive matanho aunotora kuti uwane.
Sources:
1https://www.foodallergy.org/life-with-food-allergies/food-allergy-101/facts-and-statistics
2 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anaphylaxis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351468