Vitamin D kunye nam
Ndibuhlungu umva kwaye ndiqala ukusukela ndangumfundi wesithathu. Ndiyazithanda neencwadi. Ezi zinto zimbini zinxulumana nantoni? Ngokwenene zinxulumene nam. Ndandinazo iitoni zeencwadi ezinomqolo omde endandizigcina kumgangatho ecaleni kwebhedi yam, kwaye ndandidla ngokuchitha iiyure rhoqo ebusuku ndizifunda. Ngobunye ubusuku, ndandibaleka ndaya kwi bhedi yam, ndawa ngakwelinye icala, ndawela emqolo ngaphezu kwazo zonke iincwadi zam ezinomqolo. Andikwazi kushukuma. Beza ke abazali bam bayovavanya imeko, bandincedisa ebhedini. Ngemini elandelayo ndaya kugqirha owandifumanisa ukuba ndinomchiza otyhafileyo. Ewe, ndandiligradi yesithathu ekwakufuneka ukuba ihlale kwizitulo ezigxunyekwe okanye ithwele iiveki ezimbalwa.
Ukusukela ngelo xesha, iintlungu zangasemva zindikhathaze apha naphaya. Ndizenzile ii-stretches, ndithathe ikhefu ekubalekeni, ndadlula kwintlungu, kwaye nditshintshe izihlangu. Zonke ezi zinto ziya kubonelela ngesiqabu sexeshana, kodwa iintlungu zomqolo ziya kuhlala zibuya. Kule minyaka idlulileyo, njengoko bendiqeqeshele ii-marathons, iintlungu zam zangasemva ziya kukhula. Nyusa i-mileage, ukunyusa iintlungu. Ingcebiso yezonyango endayinikwa ngugqirha wam wakudala “kulungile, andifuni ukukuxelela ukuba uyeke ukubaleka, ngenxa yoko kungafuneka uqhelane nentlungu.” Hmm… awuqinisekanga ngaloo nto.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, ndatshintshela kugqirha owahlukileyo kwaye ndadluliselwa kwi-endocrinologist kweminye imicimbi yezonyango. Ngokutsho kweWebMD, i-endocrinologists igxile kwindlala nakumahomoni.1 Amathambo kunye nempilo yethambo ayisiyonto yabo. Kutyelelo lwam lokuqala, wenza ubungqina besiseko segazit ebonakalisa ukuba inqanaba lam leVitamin D lalisezantsi, phakathi kwezinye izinto. IVitamin D yayihlobo lokucinga okwenziwe emva kwexesha, njengoko yayingesiso isizathu sokuba ndityelele. Uye wathi mandithathe izongezo, endizikhuphelayo. Ndiludidi lomntu apho ungandixeleli ngokuchanekileyo ukuba ndithenge ntoni kwaye ndithabathe ntoni, ndifumana amandla ekukhetheni kwaye ke khetha uhlobo lokuzivalela ngaphandle ungenzi kwanto.
Kutyelelo lwam olulandelayo, umsebenzi wam wegazi wawubonakala ulungile, kodwa inqanaba lam leVitamin D lalisezantsi. Ngeli xesha, bendiqeqeshela umdyarho kwaye ndandiphantsi kwengcinga engeyonyani yokuba ukuba ngaphandle elangeni kuya kukunika yonke iVitamin D oyifunayo. Waye waqonda ukuba andizuku kwenza nto ngaloo nto, ke wandiyalela ukuba ndinikwe amayeza kaVitamin D (ewe ayabikho). Isebenzile nangona, ngoba konke endikwenzileyo kukuya kwikhemisi kwaye ndithathe i-odolo yam, akukho zikhetho zichaphazelekayo. Emva kokuthatha iVitamin D eyomeleleyo inyanga, ndatshintshelwa kwinkampani ethengisa iToyco kwiibhotile ezinkulu (wayendixelele kanye ukuba yintoni na, ngaloo ndlela esenza ukuba ndilandele indlela ephezulu kakhulu, kwaye umama wayenza ilula kum kwaye ibithunyelwe ngqo emnyango wam).
Ndithe nje ukuba ndithathe iVitamin D kangangeeveki ezimbini, ndaziva nditshintsha. Andizange ndixelele i-endocrinologist yam malunga nentlungu yam yangemva, kodwa ngequbuliso ndandinokungabi nazintlungu zingasemva. Ndandisa i-mileage yam kuqeqesho lwam lwemidyarho, kwaye ndiziva ndonwabile.
Ukubuyela kwam kwi-endocrinologist kutyelelo lwam olulandelayo, wandixelela ukuba umsebenzi wam wegazi ubonakalisa ukuba inqanaba lam leVitamin D liphantse laba liqhelekileyo. Yayisesecaleni elincinci elincinci, kodwa engasekho kwindawo yengozi. Ndamxelela ngendlela ebuhlungu ngayo umva wam. Emva koko wandixelela into ekungekho omnye ugqirha owakhe wayithetha: uVitamin D unceda impilo yamathambo.2
Ndiqinisekile ukuba sonke siyivile intengiso, intengiso, izixhobo zokuprinta ezithi “ubisi, zilungile emzimbeni.” Sikhule ngokwazi ukuba ikhalsiyam ivela kubisi, olunceda ukwakha amathambo aqinileyo. Kodwa into endixelelwe ngugqirha we-endocrinologist kukuba kwabanye abantu, ngaphandle kweVitamin D eyoneleyo yokufunxa loo calcium, kungakhokelela kwimpilo ethambileyo. Vitamin D ibaluleke nje njenge-calcium. Kwaye awufumani nje elangeni.
Ukuthatha kwam kula mava kukuba uziva uphilile, okanye uziva ngathi izinto ziyaguquka nje xa usaluphala. Andizange ndizive kakubi; Ndinazo nje iintlungu zangasemva ngoku. Ngamanye amaxesha iimpawu ziimpawu zezinye iingxaki, kwaye ngaphandle komfanekiso opheleleyo, kunokuba nzima ukwazi ukuba wenzeni. Thetha ugqirha wakho kutyelelo lwakho lwezonyango. Mamela izinto abazicebisayo, kunye nokujonga iinketho zakho. Ndaziva "ndilungile" ngaphambili, kodwa emva kokulandela indlela yokunyangwa ngugqirha wam endocrinologist, ndiziva ndingcono kakhulu.
1 https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/what-is-endocrinologist#1
2 https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/staying-healthy/vitamin-d-for-good-bone-health/