Kwesinye isikhathi isifiso sokunciphisa isisindo siphenduka umdlandla, nokunakekela impilo yomuntu uqobo akubeki phansi, kepha kumane kunyamalale kanye namakhilogremu. Funda udaba lowesifazane waseBrithani onesifo sikashukela sohlobo loku-1 onqume ukwehlisa umthamo wakhe we-insulin ukuze ube mdaka.
“Odokotela bathi nginezinsuku ezimbalwa nje zokuphila,” uBecky Radkin oneminyaka engama-30 usanda kuxoxa ngezinto ezibucayi lapho exoxa ne-portal yaseBrithani iPort Online. Umhlali waseScotland Aberdeen wayefuna ukwehlisa umzimba ngokweqile kangangokuba wayengesabi ukwehlisa umthamo wakhe we-insulin. Yize kunjalo ngaleso sikhathi le ntombazane yayisindwa amakhilogremu angaphezulu kwamashumi amathathu, yaqhubeka yazibona imbi ngokuphelele.
Sekuphele iminyaka emihlanu uBecky elwa nesifo sikashukela - isifo sokudla esenzeka kubantu abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 1. Ngo-2013, uRadkin walaliswa esibhedlela ngenxa yokuthi izinga le-insulin lakhe lehla kakhulu kangangokuba azange azizwe eyihafu yomzimba wakhe nakancane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, le ntombazane yayihlala ithamba. Odokotela bakwazile ukudlulisela isiguli sabo umbono wokuthi wayesezokufa. Kakhulu nje - futhi u-Becky akakwazanga ukulondolozwa. URadkin wabe esehlala amasonto ayisithupha emtholampilo.
Ngemuva kwalesi sehlakalo, iBriton yakwazi ukuguqula impilo yayo. Namuhla, ukhuluma ngokwenzeka kuye ukuvusa ukwazi kwamanye amantombazane ane-Type 1 sikashukela azithola esesimweni esifanayo.
Ngokwezibalo ze-NHS (ngu. U-Ed: Insiza Yezempilo Kazwelonke - UK Wezempilo Yomphakathi e-UK), cishe ama-40% abesifazane abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 1 phakathi kweminyaka yobudala eyi-15 nengama-30 ubudala bayeka njalo ukuthatha i-insulin ukugcina isisindo sabo silawulwa.
"Ukuphazamiseka kokudla sekuyingozi, kepha isifo sikashukela kungaholela ezinkingeni eziningi," kugcizelela uBecky. Futhi intombazane iyazi ukuthi ikhuluma ngani - yatholakala ukuthi ine-anorexia ngo-2007 - kanye nokuxilongwa kohlobo lwe-1 mellitus yesifo sikashukela. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, uRadkin wayedle ukudla okuncane futhi waphuza ushukela omningi namanzi ukukhipha umuzwa wokulamba.
Lapho ibona ukuthi ingaguqula isisindo sayo ngokwehlisa umthamo we-insulin, isimo saphuma ngokushesha ngokulawula. UBecky uthathe isinqumo sokuthi isifo sikashukela simnika ithuba lokwehla isisindo ngokushesha okukhulu. "Eqinisweni, bengingakapheleli, lokhu bekuyimicabango nje ekhanda lami," iqhawe lalezi zinto liyavuma namuhla.
Ungalokothi uthathe isibonelo sikaRadkin, ngoba ukuntuleka kwe-insulin kushukela kunika hhayi kuphela ekulahlekelweni yisisindo, kodwa futhi ku-ketoacidosis, okungaholela ekukholekeni noma ekufeni.
Uyakhumbula, "Bekunzima ukuphefumula, ngiqala ukubona i-hallucining, futhi angizizwa nginamafutha emzimbeni," uBecky uyaqhubeka nokukhumbula. Angikwazanga ukukhuluma nomama. Isifiso sami kuphela ukuthi ngilale. "
"Kwakungekho lula, kepha manje nginethemba ngekusasa," kusho uRadkin, okwazile ukuphinda isisindo sakhe futhi wabuyela kwi-BMI enempilo. "Ngabelana ngendaba yami ukukhombisa abanye ukuthi kuyingozi kangakanani. Angifuni noma ngubani ukuba khona-ke abantu besifo sikashukela bacabanga ukuthi ukwenqaba i-insulin kuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokunciphisa umzimba, ngoba kungaholela ekufeni. "
