Ukuthola Ukholo ku-Alzheimer's

“Ukuze uthole into ongakaze ube nayo, kufanele wenze into ongakaze uyenze. Uma uNkulunkulu ethatha okuthile ezandleni zakho, iNkosi ayikujezisi, kepha imane ivule izandla zakho ukwamukela okungcono. ” - UJoseph N. Narris, Indaba Yokholo, Ithemba noThando

Ngaphandle kobuhlungu, ukuhlukaniswa, izimpawu ezethusayo, kunezibusiso ku-Alzheimer's. Kepha kufanele ubalandele.

Namuhla, kunokwehla okuningi kakhulu kunokwenyuka ohambweni lwami njengoba idimoni i-Alzheimer's ihamba kancane, kepha iqhubeka, isebenza ngendlela yalo yobuchopho phakathi kobuchopho bami: ukufutheka okukhulu, ukulahlekelwa wumuntu, ukulahleka kwenkumbulo yesikhashana esifushane, ukubona izinto ezingekho kahle nokuzihlukanisa, ngaphezulu ukuhoxa emndenini nakubangane, ngingaboni abantu engibazi impilo yami yonke, ngilwela ukuhlala okwamanje, ukucindezeleka okujulile, imbobo emnyama yokuphelelwa yithemba. Futhi ukuqothuka kuyanda.

Kungukufa kokunqunywa okuyinkulungwane. NgoSuku Lobaba, ngokokuqala ngqá, angikwazanga nokukhumbula igama likankosikazi wami uMary Catherine. Bekufanele ngimbuze ngemuva emphemeni wekhaya lethu ku-Outer Cape Cod. Sineminyaka engama-43 sishadile. Futhi, ngithole nje ukuthi umdlavuza wami uyanda.

Nokho, iNkosi muhle. Naphezu kwe-Alzheimer's, iNkosi ingibusisile, ngabazali bami, ngengqondo enhle, ibhakede le- "reserve cognitive", nalokho odokotela abakubiza ngokuthi "neuroplasticity" - ikhono lokuphinda lizungeze ubuchopho. INkosi ingifundisile, kanye nomama wami, owabulawa yi-Alzheimer's, ukukhuluma nokubhala ngenhliziyo, indawo yomphefumulo, lapho ingqondo ihluleka. Njengoba ubuchopho buthi ku-Alzheimer's, umphefumulo uyakhuthazela.

Umbiko weHealthDay ocwaningweni lwakamuva lukaJohns Hopkins uphakamisa ukuthi “ukuhlakanipha nokufunda kakhulu kungahle kungasivimbi isifo i-Alzheimer, kodwa kubonakala kubambezela umthelela wesifo empilweni yansuku zonke ... Abaphenyi abakwazi ukufakazela ukuthi kunjalo, kodwa imininingwane yabo isikisela ukuthi kungenzeka. ”

Ngizoya kokungcono ekulweni ne-Alzheimer's: ukukholwa kuSomandla, onikeza umusa ekuwohlokeni komqondo. INkosi isebenza ngezindlela ezingaqondakali.

Ukuthola ukholo ku-Alzheimer's, ngenkathi abacwaningi begijimela ukwelashwa, kuyisihloko sencwadi entsha, eshicilelwe nguJessica Kingsley Publishers waseLondon nasePhiladelphia: Ukukhulekelwa Okumnandi Kwe-Dementia. Ihlanganiswe ngaphansi kwesandla se-UsAgainstAlzheimer's, le ncwadi, incwadi yezinkolo ezahlukahlukene yabafundisi, abefundisi, kanye nemiphakathi yezenkolo, inikeza imibono ebucayi evela kubanikeli bezinhlobo eziningi zezinkolelo namasiko amasiko, kanye nalabo abaphila nalesi sifo. Ngihlonishwe ngokuthi ngicelwe ukuthi nginikele.

Ekuhambeni kwami ​​kulesi sifo, ngihambe ngezindima njengomnakekeli manje njengesiguli. Njengomfana omdala emndenini wase-Ireland wabangu-10, ngangiwumnakekeli womndeni eKapa wabazali bami ngesikhathi behlaselwa yi-Alzheimer's kanye ne-dementia, nayo eyathatha umkhulu wami ongumama kanye nomalume kababa. Emva kokuxilongwa kanye novalo lokuzwela, iNkosi yangikhipha kwalasha futhi yangikhuthaza ukuba ngibuyele emjahweni — umjaho wokuphikelela nokubekezela ukuthola umklomelo weTestamente Elidala neLisha. “Lapho sibuthakathaka,” kuqhubeka umama enanela, “uNkulunkulu unamandla.”

Ngikufunde kabuhlungu.

Kwirekhodi, ngingumuntu ophelele, ongaphelele, umuntu oye ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wenze zonke izono ongazicabanga kodwa ukubulala nokuphinga, futhi ngivivinyiwe kuzo zombili. Kodwa-ke, ngibusiswe nangamathumbu, ukukholwa okungenakunyakaziswa; kuyisipho engisamukela kakhulu ngokuqhubeka kwalesi sifo, njengezinye.

UNkulunkulu unginike injongo ku-Alzheimer's, yize iNkosi bekufanele ingincenge ngqo. Kukabili, ngazama ukushiya iplanethi ngaphambi kwesikhathi — ngizihlalele ngolaka nokucindezeleka okukhulu. Angiziqhenyi ngalokho. Kunezikhathi manje lapho ngizizwa njengoJobe eTestamenteni Elidala, ngilahlekelwa yikho konke. Kepha uNkulunkulu ungigcinile manje ekubhaleni kwami ​​- isipho seNkosi kimi. Angithathi udumo ngakho.

Uhambo lwami, njengohambo lwabanye, alukho nje mayelana ne-Alzheimer kanye nokwelashwa; kumayelana nokufinyelela ekukholweni kulesi sifo lapho umuthi, okwamanje, ungeke usilungise. Imayelana nohlangothi olungokomoya lwempilo, ukuzibuka esibukweni, ukubhekana nokungapheleli kwami, amademoni ami, nokwazi ukuthi ngixolelwe. Imayelana nokuphulukiswa ngayo yonke imiqondo yezwi, ngokuhamba uye ngunaphakade ngesithunzi. INkosi, ngiyakholelwa, imvamisa ikhetha izoni ezingcono kakhulu ezizosiza ekuholeni indlela. Akumangazi ukuthi sekuyisabelo sami.

Esahlukweni sami encwadini yokukhonza, Amadwala Ekhanda Lami, Ngibhala ngesikhathi ngisentatheli enama-cubs eneminyaka engu-24 ubudala eKapa, ​​isimungulu esivamile sase-Ireland, ngivame ukuhambela imigoqo, ngixosha abesifazane. Ngangise-bar ngobunye ubusuku ngemuva komnqamulajuqu wephephandaba. Indawo yokucima ukoma i-Beachcomber ihlala eweni lolwandle, ibheke i-Atlantic egingqikayo, futhi ngalobu busuku obuthile, isibhakabhaka sasebusuku esingenanyanga sakhanyiswa yi-Milky Way. Kodwa-ke, ngazizwa ngifisa ukuphuma kule bar; kwakungasamnandi. Bengifuna; kwakufanele kubekhona okunye.

Ngakho-ke nganyusa umgwaqo ngihamba ngemoto yami eshaywayo, imoto yamavini yeTriumph, ngenhla phansi, umshini wokugqwala wokugqwala, futhi ngabhoboza ukuthula kwasebusuku. Ngazihlalela ngedwa phezulu phezulu kolwandle futhi ngabuka isibhakabhaka. Kwakungathi kukhona oqhwithe izulu ngemikhaza emhlophe. Izigidi zazo. Ngangisesigabeni sempilo yami lapho ngangibuza khona yonke into, ngangifinyelela: Yini isihogo injongo yokuphila? Ungubani uNkulunkulu vele? Ingabe uNkulunkulu ungokoqobo?

Ngangidubula imibuzo emphefumulweni wami njengamajuba obumba ku-skeet shoot. Futhi uNkulunkulu, indawo yonke, engaqiniseki ukuthi ngubani ngaleso sikhathi, wayebadubula. I-Pop. I-Pop. I-Pop. Ayikho enye indlela yokusho lokhu, kepha ngadonswa ngaphakathi futhi ngazizwa kulowo mzuzu ukuthi ngangisengxoxweni nothile, ngingaqiniseki ukuthi ngubani, kepha ngaqala ukwethemba ukuthi umbono wasezulwini ophambi kwami ​​awudalwanga ngengozi nokuthi konke sinenjongo.

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Ngemizuzwana nje, bengikhala futhi ngiguqe buthule esihlabathini. Ngezwa kahle ngalolo suku enhliziyweni yami, emphefumulweni wami: “Yebo, ngingokoqobo, futhi angisoze ngakushiya!”

Angikaze ngibheke emuva ngokungabaza uNkulunkulu. Yize nginamahloni ngokuhamba kwami ​​kwesinye isikhathi, ngiyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu akayona imicabango yomuntu. Kukhona izinto ezimbi kakhulu kunesono, ngifunde — ukuyeka!

Kungaba nzima ukuhlukanisa ingqondo nomphefumulo. Kuthatha umsebenzi. Ingqondo iyisango nje. Iningi aliqondi ngokuphelele ukuwohloka komqondo. Leli gama liyabethusa impela isihogo kubo — idimoni eliseBhayibhelini lihewula ehlane. Abanye bakhetha ukuhamba ngokushayela okulula — ukumamatheka, ukuxhawula, “Sawubona, ya,” igama eliqinisekisayo, noma ukubuka nje kungenalutho. Ubani ongabasola? Kepha kuningi okufanele kufundwe, kuningi okufanele kwenziwe, empini engokomoya ne-Alzheimer's, eselungele ukukhipha i-Baby Boom Generation nezinye izizukulwane ezizayo.

Umsunguli we-UsAgainstAlzheimer uGeorge Vradenburg, owayengumphathi we-CBS, Fox, ne-AOL / Time Warner, uthe kungcono kakhulu ngokulwa ne-Alzheimer's: “Le yimpi ... sizoyinqoba ngoba sizo balahlekelwe abaningi endleleni. ”

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