Inyanga Kazwelonke Yokuqwashisa Ngabanikeli Abancane
Eminyakeni eminingi edlule, ngabhalisela ukunikela ngomnkantsha. I Yiba Umdlalo ukubhaliswa kube nedokodo emcimbini we-Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) ngoba babedinga abanikeli abaningi base-Asia. Kwakuyi-swab esheshayo futhi elula esihlathini. Angibange ngisacabanga kanjalo kwaze kwatholakala ukuthi uthando lwami uLupe une-Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Ukufakelwa kwakhe umnkantsha okokuqala kwaba yi-autologous (umnkantsha wakhe siqu), futhi wangena ekuxolelweni unyaka wonke. Waphinde wahlaselwa yi-leukemia enamandla. Wayedinga ukufakelwa kwesibili komnkantsha, futhi kwakuzodingeka kube i-allogenic (i-donor bone marrow). Ngakhungatheka, kodwa uLupe wayenethemba. Wayekholelwa ukuthi kungaba lula ukuthola umnikezeli ohambisana naye emndenini wakhe omkhulu. U-Lupe wayeyizibulo ezinganeni eziyisikhombisa futhi engubaba wezingane ezimbili, kodwa ayikho neyodwa eyafana eduze ngokwanele ukuze kutshalwe kabusha ngokuphephile. Sitshelwe ukuthi ithuba elingcono kakhulu lokuthola umdlalo kuzovela emphakathini wama-Hispanic. Sashaqeka lapho sizwa ukuthi i-Hispanics neminye imiphakathi enemibala yayingamelwe kahle ohlwini lwabanikelayo.
Saqala ukubuza umndeni nabangane ukuthi bacabangani ngokunikela ngomnkantsha. Abanye babecabanga ukuthi kwakuzodinga ukuthi kubhojwe emathanjeni abo noma into ebuhlungu ngendlela efanayo. Sithole izizathu eziningi zokungabi bikho kokuhlukahluka ekubhaliseni, okuhlanganisa izinganekwane, imibono eyiphutha, namathuba alinganiselwe okubhalisa. Ngabona okuwukuphela kwesizathu sokuba ngibe sebhukwini kwakungenxa yokuthi baletha ithuba lomkhosi wamasiko. Mina noLupe sasebenza noBonfils (manje oyiVitalant) ukuze sandise ukuqwashisa ngesidingo sabanikeli abambalwa. Sabelane ngendaba yethu, enamathiselwe ngezansi, eyasetshenziswa u-Bonfils kwezemfundo kanye nemicimbi yokuqongelela imali. U-Lupe waya emikhankasweni yokunikela ngemali kanye nokuqongelela imali, konke ngesikhathi elashwa okuhlanganisa ne-chemo. U-Lupe waphusha ukukhathala neminye imiphumela emibi ngoba ekholelwa ukuthi kungasho lukhulu kubantu uma behlangana nomuntu odinga umnikelo. U-Lupe wakwazi ukuthola umnikezeli futhi lokho kwasinika omunye unyaka wempilo ndawonye. Kungaba nzima ukwabelana ngendaba yakhe, kodwa kuyafaneleka uma ngisho nomuntu oyedwa ebhalisela ukunikela.
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