Ukufumana ukholo kwi-Alzheimer's

“Ukuze ufumane into ongazange ube nayo, kufuneka wenze into ongazange wayenza. Xa uThixo ethatha into ezandleni zakho, iNkosi ayikokohlwayi, koko vula nje izandla zakho ukuze ufumane into ebhetele. ” -UJose N. Narris, Ibali Lokholo, Ithemba nothando

Ngaphandle kwentlungu, ukubekwa wedwa, iimpawu ezoyikisayo, kukho iintsikelelo kwi-Alzheimer's. Kodwa kufuneka ubasukele.

Namhlanje, kuninzi kakhulu ukwehla kunokunyuka kuhambo lwam njenge-Alzheimer yedemon kancinci, kodwa ngokuthe ngcembe, isebenza ngendlela yayo yenyoka ngaphakathi kwengqondo yam: umsindo omkhulu ngakumbi, ukulahleka kwesiqu sakho, ukulahleka kwenkumbulo yexesha elifutshane, ukubonwa kude kakhulu kunye nokuzikhetha, ngakumbi Ukurhoxa kusapho kunye nabahlobo, ndingabaqapheli abantu endibaziyo ubomi bam bonke, ndisokola ukuhlala kumzuzu, ukudakumba okunzulu, umngxunya omnyama wokuphelelwa lithemba. Kwaye ukungabinamali kukunyuka.

Kukufa okusike iwaka. Ngomhla kaTata, okokuqala, andizange ndikhumbule igama lomfazi wam uMary Catherine. Kwafuneka ndimbuze kumgangatho ongasemva wekhaya lethu kwi-Outer Cape Cod. Sitshatile iminyaka engama-43. Kwaye, ndinelizwi nje lokuba umhlaza wam uyenyuka.

Kodwa ke uNdikhoyo ulungile. Ngaphandle kwesifo i-Alzheimer, iNkosi indisikelele, ngabazali bam, ngengqondo elungileyo, ibhakethi "lendawo yokuqonda," kwaye oko oogqirha bakubiza ngokuba yi "neuroplasticity" - amandla ngamanye amaxesha okujikeleza ingqondo. INkosi indifundisile, kanye nomama wam, owasweleka ngenxa ye-Alzheimer, ukuthetha nokubhala ngentliziyo, indawo yomphefumlo, xa ingqondo isilela. Njengoko i-atrophies yengqondo kwi-Alzheimer's, umphefumlo uyanyamezela.

Ingxelo ye-HealthDay ngophando lwakutshanje lukaJohn Hopkins icebisa ukuba “ukuba krelekrele kwaye ufundile kakhulu akunakusithintela isifo sika-Alzheimer, kodwa kubonakala ngathi kuyalibazisa ifuthe lesi sifo kubomi bemihla ngemihla ... Abaphandi abakwazi ukungqina ukuba kunjalo, kodwa idatha yabo icebisa ukuba kusenokwenzeka. ”

Ndizakuhamba ngcono ekulweni i-Alzheimer's: ukholo kuSomandla, onika ubabalo kwisifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo. INkosi isebenza ngeendlela ezingaqondakaliyo.

Ukufumana ukholo kwi-Alzheimer's, ngelixa abaphandi bebalekela unyango, kungumxholo wencwadi entsha, epapashwe nguJessica Kingsley Abapapashi baseLondon nasePhiladelphia: Unqulo olunesifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo. Idityaniswe phantsi kwephiko le-UsAgainstAlzheimer's, le ncwadi, incwadana yembalelwano yezenkolo yabefundisi, abefundisi kunye noluntu lwezenkolo, inikezela ngeembono ezigxekayo ezivela kubanikeli kuluhlu olubanzi lweenkolelo kunye nezithethe zenkcubeko, kunye nabo baphila nesi sifo. Ndibe nelungelo lokucelwa ukuba ndifake isandla.

Kuhambo lwam kwesi sifo, bendihamba kwiindima zomkhathaleli kwaye ngoku nanjengesigulana. Njengoyena mfana mdala kusapho lwaseIreland oluneminyaka eli-10, ndandingumntu onakekela usapho eKapa kubazali bam ngexesha lokuhlaselwa kwabo sisifo se-Alzheimer kunye nesifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo, esasithatha notatomkhulu wam ongumama notatomncinci wam. Emva koxilongo lwam novelwano olunzulu, iNkosi yandikhupha enzonzobileni yam yandibongoza ukuba ndibuyele elugqatsweni — intyilo yokuzingisa nokunyamezela ibhaso leTestamente eNdala neNtsha. Umama wathi: “Xa sibuthathaka, uThixo womelele.”

Ndiyifunde nzima.

Kwirekhodi, ndingumntu ogqibeleleyo, ongafezekanga, othe ekuhambeni kwexesha wenza zonke izono onokucinga ngazo kodwa ukubulala nokukrexeza, kwaye kuvavanyiwe zombini. Ukanti, ndisikelelwe nangamathumbu, ukholo olungagungqiyo; Sisipho endisamkelayo ngakumbi nangakumbi ngokuqhubela phambili kwesi sifo, njengabanye.

UThixo undinike injongo kwi-Alzheimer's, nangona iNkosi kuye kwafuneka indoyisele ngqo. Kangangezihlandlo ezibini, ndazama ukusishiya isijikelezi-langa ngaphambi kwexesha — ndindodwa ndinomsindo yaye ndidandathekile. Andizingci ngalonto. Kukho amaxesha ngoku ndiziva ngathi nguYobhi kwiTestamente eNdala, ndilahlekelwa yiyo yonke into. Kodwa ke uThixo undigcinele le nto ndiyibhalileyo, sisipho esivela kum. Andithathi tyala ngayo.

Uhambo lwam, njengohambo lwabanye, alukho malunga ne-Alzheimer kunye nonyango; Imalunga nokufikelela ukholo kwesi sifo xa iyeza, okwangoku, lingenako ukusilungisa. Imalunga necala lokomoya lobomi, ukujonga esipilini, ukujongana nokungafezeki kwam, iidemon zam, kunye nokwazi ukuba ndixolelwe. Imalunga nokuphiliswa ngandlela zonke zelizwi, malunga nokuhamba unaphakade unesidima. INkosi, ndiyakholelwa, ihlala ithatha abona bantu bangabona boni ukuba bancede bakhokele. Ayothusi into yokuba ibe sisabelo sam.

Kwisahluko sam kwincwadi yonqulo, Amatye entlokweni yam, Ndibhala malunga naxa ndandiyintatheli eneminyaka engama-24 ubudala eKapa, ​​isithethi esiqhelekileyo saseIreland, ndisiya rhoqo kwiindawo zentselo, ndileqa abantu basetyhini. Ndandikwi-bar ngobunye ubusuku emva komhla obekiweyo wephephandaba. Indawo yokutyela iBeachcomber ihleli kwiliwa lolwandle, ejonge iAtlantic ejijekileyo, kwaye kobu busuku, isibhakabhaka esingenanyanga sakhanyiswa yiMilky Way. Ukanti, ndaziva ndinomdla wokuyishiya le bar; bekungekho mnandi kwakhona. Bendikhangela; Kwakufuneka kubekho enye into.

Ndiye ndayiqhuba ke indlela xa ndibethwa, imoto yemidlalo ye-Triumph yemidlalo yeediliya, ngaphezulu ezantsi, umhlwa onomhlwa, kunye nokugqobhoza ukuzola kobusuku. Ndihleli ndedwa kwi-bluff ephezulu entla kolwandle kwaye ndajonga esibhakabhakeni. Kwakungathi umntu ucofe izulu ngemikhwitsho emhlophe. Izigidi zazo. Ndikwinqanaba lobomi bam apho bendibuza yonke into, bendifikelela: Iyintoni na isihogo sobomi? Ngubani uThixo? Ngaba uThixo uyinyani?

Ndandiqhuba imibuzo emphefumlweni wam njengamajuba odongwe kwi-skeet shoot. Kwaye uThixo, indalo iphela, engaqinisekanga ukuba ngubani ngelo xesha, wayebadubula. Ipop. Ipop. Ipop. Ayikho enye indlela yokukutsho oku, kodwa ndatsalwa ndaziva kulomzuzu ukuba ndikwincoko nomntu, andiqinisekanga ukuba ngubani, kodwa ndaqala ukuthemba ukuba umbono wasezulwini ophambi kwam awuzange wenziwe ngengozi kwaye yonke sinenjongo.

Ndandihlala ndibuya ebusuku ihlobo lonke. Yaqhubeka incoko. Ndathemba ngakumbi.

Kwiinyanga kamva, ekuqaleni kukaSeptemba, ndahamba ndayokubaleka kwiNauset Beach eOrleans kwiOuter Cape. Ngokusondela kokuwa kwe-equinox, ilanga liyehla, kwaye isibhakabhaka sijika sibe luhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ogqibeleleyo. Ngale njikalanga, ndinomoya omncinci emva kwam, ndaziva ndinoxolo endingazange ndilufumane. Uxolo lwaqina. Ekugqibeleni, ngokuzithemba kwam, ndakhala ndathi, "Thixo, ukuba nguwe lo, ndivumele uzive, undazise ..."

Kwimizuzwana nje, bendilila kwaye ndiguqe ngequbuliso entlabathini. Ndeva ngokucacileyo ngala mini entliziyweni yam, emphefumlweni wam: "Ewe, ndiyinyani, kwaye andinakuze ndikushiye!"

Khange ndijonge emva ekuthandabuzeni uThixo. Nangona ndineentloni ngokuhamba kwam ngamanye amaxesha, ndiyazi ukuba uThixo akangomntu ocinga into ethile. Kukho izinto ezimbi kakhulu kunesono, ndifundile-ukuncama!

Kunganzima ukwahlula ingqondo emphefumlweni. Kuthatha umsebenzi. Ingqondo isango nje. Uninzi aluqondi ngokupheleleyo isifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo. Igama ngokoqobo lisoyikisa isihogo kubo-ibhayibhile yedemon ebhomboloza entlango. Abanye bakhetha ukuqhuba ngokulula-ngoncumo, ukuxhawula, "Hi, ya," igama eliqinisekisayo, okanye ukujonga ngamehlo. Ngubani onokubabeka ityala? Kodwa kuninzi ekufuneka sifunde, kuninzi ekufuneka sikwenzile, kumlo wokomoya nxamnye ne-Alzheimer's, ekulungeleyo ukuthatha i-Baby Boom Generation kunye nezinye izizukulwana ezizayo.

Umsunguli we-UsAgainstAlzheimer uGeorge Vradenburg, owayesakuba ngumphathi we-CBS, Fox, kunye ne-AOL / Time Warner, uthe eyona nto ilungileyo malunga nokulwa i-Alzheimer's: “Eli lidabi ... sizakuphumelela kuba siza balahlekelwe ngabaninzi apha endleleni. ”

Lukholo ngoku olukhokelayo.