Ukuphila Nezifo Zomzimba
Njengoba ngikhule nginezinkinga zokungezwani, ngangihlale ngizizwa ngathi "le ntombazana." Le ntombazane eyayingeke ibe nekhekhe lokuzalwa; leyo ntombazane eyayingenayo ibhotela yezintandokazi eyintandokazi; leyo ntombazane eyayingadli ucezu we-pizza ekilasini lepayipi leklasi. Ngesikhathi ngisemncane, nganginomuzwa wokuthi nginguye kuphela umuntu emhlabeni ongenabungozi bokuphila. Ngiyazi manje ukuthi kusobala ukuthi akulona iqiniso. Ngokusho kokudla kokudla okunomsoco kanye nemfundo (FARE), mayelana ne-1 kubantwana be-13 banezinhlobo ezithile zokudla okubangelwa ukudla. Futhi i-40% yalabo bantwana abane-allergies yokudla baye babhekana nokusabela okunzima njenge-anaphylaxis1. I-Anaphylaxis "iyingozi kakhulu, engenzeka isongela impilo yakho ... [it] yenza isimiso sakho somzimba sokuzivikela sisindise uketshezi lwezamakhemikhali okungabangela ukwethuke."2 Ngeshwa, bengingomunye walezi zingane. Khumbula, kunomehluko phakathi “kokungezwani nezinto ezithile” “nokungabekezelelani.” Angizwani neze nayo yonke imikhiqizo yobisi. Yebo, ufunda lelo lungelo. Ubisi. Njengebhotela, ushizi, nobisi. Yilokho okusobala. Kepha ungakhohlwa nge-lotion enama-enzyme obisi, izindawo zokudlela ezipheka ama-hamburger abo kanye nama-cheeseburger kwi-grill efanayo, oh nezinhlayiya zobisi ezishubile ezintanta emoyeni e-Starbucks. Zonke lezi zigilamkhuba ezifihliwe zingifake egumbini labezimo eziphuthumayo. Phakathi nempilo yami, ngigcine ngisegumbini lezimo eziphuthumayo okungenani izikhathi eziyishumi nambili ngenxa yemikhiqizo yobisi engachazwanga. Yize, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, ezinye zalezo zikhathi nazo bezingezokunaka kwami. Kunzima futhi kudla isikhathi ukwazi zonke izithako ezikukho konke ukudla okukodwa engikudlayo. Kwesinye isikhathi ngangivele ngivile futhi ngingahloli kabili.
Ukuba "yintombazane" lapho ngisemncane kwakunzima. Kwakungekho ngempela ukuqaphela mayelana ne-allergies. Ngokuqinisekile, abantu bazi nge-peanut ne-shellfish, kodwa ubisi? Ubani obangela uketshezi ebisi ?! Ngatshelwa yi-allergenist yami lapho ngisemncane ukuthi "ngokuqinisekile" ngizokhipha lokhu okungahambi kahle komzimba ngenkathi ngingu-14. Ngakho-ke kwaqala ukuthi i-countdown kuze kube ngosuku lwami lweshumi nane. Kwafika abayishumi nane bahamba, njengoba kwenza 15, 16, nazo zonke izinsuku zokuzalwa ngemva kwalokho. Futhi lapha ngihlala, iminyaka embalwa edlule i-14, ngiphuza ikhofi yami ngobisi lwe-almond, ngidla isilonda sami nge-vegan "ukusabalala kwamabhotela." Njengoba kudumazeka ekugcineni ukuvuma ukuthi mhlawumbe i-allergenist kungenzeka ukuthi yayiphutha, ukudla kwami Ihluke kakhulu manje kunalokho okwakunjalo lapho ngisemncane ngenxa ye
sithuthukisa imboni yokudla eyenziwe. Ngenhlanhla futhi ngeshwa, okuningi lokhu kubangelwa ukuthi izingane eziningi zitholwa ukuthi zinezifo zokudla. Ukuqwashisa kuye kwanda, ukudla kudlulile ekukhethweni okungekho ukwedlula ubisi, ngakho-ke, ngizuzisa. Kusuka kokukhethwa kisizi, okungabisi, okungabisi ukhilimu omuncu nama-candy bars, ngingaba nokudla okufanayo njengabangani bami nomndeni wami.
Nakuba ngithokozile ngakho konke ukuthuthukiswa okwenziwayo ekuqaphelweni nasekucwaningeni kokudla kokudla, kuye kwaba nokunye ukuphazamiseka. Uma kukhona into eyodwa engifisa ukuba ngihlanganyele nezwe mayelana nemithonya yemithi ukuthi kukhona umehluko omkhulu phakathi kokungezwani komzimba nokungabekezelelani. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma ngithi nginomdlavuza, ngicela ungithathe ngokungathí sina. Angizame ukwenza impilo yokulinda i-hardstaff esitolo sokudlela. Akukhona nje ukuthi ngithanda isangweji lami ngaphandle kweshizi, noma ukuthi kuzongenza ngibe ne-gassy. Kuzofika kimi esibhedlela ngokuvala umoya wami, umfutho wegazi wami wehla, nomzimba wami uphume kuyo yonke imodi yokulwa noma yezindiza. Ngiyazi ukuthi ngiyilisa uketshezi ekomayini impilo yami yonke. Ngagula ukhilimu ophuziwe njengengane futhi ukuhlolwa kokungenwa kwemithwalo yangempela kwaqinisekisa ukusola. Ngisetshenziselwa ukufunda izithako futhi ngiyazi ukuthi yini evame ukupheka nokuyikho. Ngezinye izikhathi ngisazizwa "ngintombazana," kodwa ngiye ngafunda ukuthi ukungezwani kwami akudingeki ukulawula impilo yami. Manje, abantu abaningi ngokwengeziwe bafunda nge-allergies yabo kamuva ekuphileni. Uma ucabanga ukuthi ungase ube nokudla okunomsoco, khuluma nodokotela wakho ngokushesha. Bangakusiza ukuthi uhlole ukuthi yiziphi izinyathelo okufanele uzithathe ukuze uthole.
Imithombo:
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