Ngenjikalanga yamva nje kwikhitshi labo elikhanyiswe ngokuqaqambileyo, abasinde kumhlaza uPatricia Rhodes no-Evette Knight nabanye bahlanganisana bejikeleze ioveni yokuhambisa kunye neskillet esigcwele amakhowa. Ugqirha wokutya umhlaza uMegan Laszlo, RD, uchaze ukuba kutheni bengenakubavuselela okwangoku. “Siza kuzama ukuba singazikhwezeli de zibe mdaka,” watsho.
Nangona enxibe imaski yakhe, uRhodes, owasinda ngempumelelo kumhlaza wesibeleko kunyaka ophelileyo, wayekuva ukutya okumnandi. “Unyanisile, akukho mfuneko yakushukumisa,” watsho, ephekuza amakhowa. Kufuphi, uKnight wanqunqa itswele eliluhlaza ukwenzela irayisi yekhowa eqhotsiweyo, ngelixa abanye bongeza ubisi embizeni ngekomityi yetshokholethi eshushu enomgubo wekhowa.
Uphando lubonisa ukuba amakhowa anokunceda ukuxhasa umsebenzi weeseli ezilwa nomhlaza. Amakhowa yingqwalasela yeSondlo kwikhosi yaseKitchen. Ikhosi iyinxalenye yeCedars-Sinai's Health, Resilience, and Survivorship programme ukuxhasa abaguli abanomhlaza kunye neentsapho zabo. Impilo, Ukomelela, kunye noKusinda kutshanje baye bafudukela kwindawo entsha, eyakhelwe injongo kwaye baphinda baqalisa iiklasi zomntu okwesihlandlo sokuqala oko kwaqala ubhubhani we-COVID-19.
Ukongeza kwindawo yekhitshi eneekhabhathi zokhuni ezikhanyayo, iitafile zentsimbi engatyiwayo kunye nezixhobo ezibengezelayo, esi sithuba sikwabonisa izixhobo zokuzilolonga ezinokugcinwa lula kwiiklasi ze-yoga, kunye namagumbi ongeziweyo kwezinye iindibano kunye nekliniki yonyango ezinikeleyo phezulu.
U-Arash Asher, MD, umlawuli wokubuyisela umhlaza kunye nokusinda kwi-Cedars-Sinai Cancer Centre, oye wajoyina iziko lezonyango kwi-2008, wathi ngelixa izigulana zomhlaza zihlala zinesicwangciso esicacileyo sonyango emva kokuba ziphilisiwe umhlaza, kunqabile ukuba zibe nesikhokelo malunga nendlela yokoyisa imiceli mngeni yomzimba, yengqondo kunye nokusinda okuza nesifo kunye nonyango.
UAsher wathi: “Umntu othile wakha wathi umntu ‘unokukhululeka kwizifo,’ kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba akanaso isifo. "Bendihlala ndisikhumbula esi sicatshulwa engqondweni, kwaye enye yeenjongo eziphambili zeprojekthi yethu kukubonelela ngemephu yendlela ukunceda abantu bajongane neminye yale miba."
Oko kwaqala njengeklinikhi elula yokubuyisela ngoku iye yavela kwiqela elidibeneyo lamagqirha okubuyisela, abaqeqeshi bomongikazi, abaqeqeshi bomzimba, abachwephesha bezobugcisa, i-neuropsychologists, abasebenzi bezentlalo kunye neengcali zokutya.
Impilo, ukomelela, kunye nemisebenzi yokusinda igxile "kwingqondo, umzimba kunye nomphefumlo," utshilo uAshere, kwaye ibandakanya yonke into ukusuka kwintshukumo kunye neyoga ethambileyo ukuya kubugcisa, ingqondo, impilo enentsingiselo, kunye nemikhwa esempilweni. Kukho neklabhu yeencwadi, eqhutywa ngunjingalwazi woncwadi, ejonga uncwadi ngokwembono yomntu osinde kumhlaza.
Xa ubhubhani we-COVID-19 wabetha, uAsher neqela lakhe baziqhelanisa kwaye bafundisa ezi khosi njengamava abonakalayo.
“Yonke into ihamba ngokukhawuleza, kwaye sisakwazi ukugcina isimo soluntu,” utshilo uAsher. "Iiklasi ezifana neklasi yethu ye-chemo brain, ebizwa ngokuba yi-Out of the Fog, zitsala abantu abavela kwilizwe lonke ebebengenakukwazi ukuya-ziindaba ezimnandi kula maxesha anzima."
U-Knight, umyili wangaphakathi eLos Angeles, uye wafumana unyango lwemitha yomhlaza wamabele ngo-2020. Ngasekupheleni kuka-2021, ugqirha wakhe we-oncologist wamthumela kwiZiko lokuPhila, ukuPhila kunye noKuphila. Uthe iiseshoni zonyango zonyango kunye nenkqubo yokuzivocavoca yamnceda ukuba ajamelane neentlungu zamalungu, ukukhathala, kunye nezinye iziphumo zonyango.
“Ukuba lapha kunye nokudlala imidlalo ibiyinto nje yothixo,” utshilo uKnight. “Indikhuthaze ukuba ndiphakame ndiphume ndiye kudlala imidlalo, kwaye nokuqina kwam kuye kwaphucuka, amandla am aphucukile, kwaye oko kwandinceda nasemphefumlweni.”
UKnight uthe ukukwazi ukunxulumana nabantu abayiqondayo into atyhubela kuyo yayiyindlela aphila ngayo.
"Izigulane kunye neentsapho zabo zihlala zifuna inkxaso njengoko zilungelelanisa kwisiqhelo esitsha emva kokuphila nomhlaza," kusho uScott Irwin, MD, PhD, umlawuli weenkqubo zenkxaso yesigulane kunye neentsapho kwiCedars-Sinai Cancer Centre. "Ukuphinda uqalise imisebenzi oyintandokazi kunye nokufumana ulonwabo kubomi bemihla ngemihla kubalulekile, kwaye ukuhambisa iMpilo, ukuqina kunye nokuSinda kwindawo entsha kusinika ithuba lokwandisa inkqubo yethu yenkxaso."
“Olu longezo olumangalisayo kwiinkqubo zethu zangaphakathi,” utshilo uAsher. "Into esiyityayo inokuba nefuthe elibalulekileyo kwimpilo yethu yonke, umgangatho wobomi, kunye nokuchacha, kodwa njengoogqirha, sihlala singenalo ixesha lokufundisa izigulane ngeenzuzo zokupheka ekhaya, ukupheka kwezityalo, kunye neenkcukacha ezifana nendlela yokudibanisa i-turmeric kunye neminye imifuno, indlela yokukhetha isitshalo seqanda, okanye nokuba usike njani itswele."
UKnight uthe uyalivuyela ithuba alifumeneyo lokuphucula ulwazi lwakhe ngezondlo encediswa ngugqirha osebenza ngokutya osebenza ngomhlaza.
“Ndandisazi ukuba zininzi izinto endinokuzenza ukuze ndiphucule impilo yam, kodwa ndandingazenzi,” watsho. Ke bendifuna ukufumana iingcebiso kwiqela eliwuqondayo umhlaza kunye nokusinda komhlaza.
Emva kweklasi, abafundi bahlola iziqhamo zomsebenzi wabo baza babalisa ngehlombe abanalo ngoko bakufundileyo. URhodes uthe uza kugoduka nolwazi lwakhe olutsha.
“Kuyonwabisa kwaye kunomvuzo,” utshilo uRhodes. Nje ukuba kufunyaniswe ukuba unomhlaza, kufuneka utye ukutya okutyebileyo kwezityalo kunye nemithambo ukuze unciphise umngcipheko wokuphinda uphile.
U-Asher uphawule ukuba omnye umba obalulekileyo wenkqubo yangaphakathi-mntu kukudala uluntu apho abathathi-nxaxheba banokufunda kwaye bayame omnye komnye, ekubeni isithukuthezi sinxulunyaniswa nokuphinda kweentlobo ezininzi zomhlaza.
“Alikho iyeza elinokusombulula le ngxaki ngendlela ukunxibelelana kwabantu, njengokuhlala nomnye umntu,” utshilo uAsher. “Indlela esiphila ngayo, indlela esicinga ngayo, indlela esiziphatha ngayo, indlela esiziqeqesha ngayo, inempembelelo, kungekhona kwindlela esivakalelwa ngayo kuphela.
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