Kuchinja kwezvokudya kwakaponesa Ella ane makore 23 kubva pachirwere chine ngozi. Zvakaoma kuenzanisa kukomba kwenyaya yake uye nzira yakapfava, yokufara yaanotaura nayo. Ella anodaro achinyemwerera, achinongedzera kuimba yake yakakura.
“Ndaiita sekunge ndaiva nepamuviri,” anoenderera mberi achiti, “Dumbu rangu rakanga rakakurisa… Musoro wangu waitenderera, ndaigara ndichirwadziwa. Zvairatidza kuti mutumbi wakanga wava kuda kuparadzwa. Ella anotaura nezvechirwere chake, icho chakaita musiyano mukuru muupenyu hwake mangwanani muna 2011. Akanga ari mugore rake rechipiri paSt. Andrews University. “Zvese zvaifamba zvakanaka, ndaiva neshamwari dzakanaka uye nejaya. Kunyanya kunetseka muupenyu hwangu kwaiva, zvichida, kushaya nguva yekuita basa rechikoro. Mamwe mangwanani pashure pepati apo akanwira kunwa, Ella akamuka aneta zvikuru uye akadhakwa. Mudumbu make mainge makatsemuka chaizvo. “Ini handina kumbova munhu anovhundutsa, ndichifunga kuti uku kunongova kusawirirana. Ndakazvisimbisa nepfungwa iyi, ndakaenda kumba.
“Mushure mechinguva, ndakatanga kukura, ndisingakwanisi kuzvisimudza pasofa. Mwedzi mina yakatevera yakapedzerwa muzvipatara zvakasiyana-siyana muLondon. Zvaiita sekuti hapana ongororo munyika yandaisaita. Zvisinei, mamiriro ezvinhu akanga achitowedzera kuipa.” Vana chiremba havana kupindura. Mumwe munhu akataura nezve psychosomatics, iyo Ella akafunga kuti haisi yechokwadi. Akapedza mazuva 12 kuCromwell Hospital yokupedzisira, kwaaigara achirara. “Sezvineiwo, pashure peaya mazuva 12, vanachiremba vakanga vachiri vasina chavakataura neni. Kaive kekutanga kutya chaiko. Yakanga iri nguva yokupererwa nezano uye kurasikirwa nokutenda.”
Ipapo tsaona inofadza yakaitika apo mukoti akatora BP yake ndokuona kuti kurova kwemwoyo waElla kwakasvika 190 kunotyisa akamira. Ella paakagara pasi, zvibodzwa zvakadzikira kusvika pa55-60. Nekuda kweizvozvo, akaonekwa aine Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, inova mhinduro isina kujairika yeautonomic nervous system kune chinzvimbo chakatwasuka. Zvishoma zvinozivikanwa nezvechirwere ichi, chinonyanya kubata vanhukadzi. Vanachiremba vanodana ichi chirwere chisingaperi, vachikurudzira mishonga inongobvisa zviratidzo. Akatanga kutora mishonga uye steroids, iyo yakatemerwa navanachiremba seyo chete mhinduro - hapana kuchinja kwekudya kwakataurwa. Mapiritsi aibatsira kwenguva pfupi, asi Ella akanga achiri akarara 75% yenguva yacho. “Nekuda kwekuora mwoyo zvachose, hapana chandaiita, handina kumbotaura nemunhu kwemwedzi mitanhatu. Vabereki vangu nemumwe mukomana ainzi Felix ndivo chete vaiziva zvaiitika kwandiri.
Kuchinja kwakauya pandakaziva kuti rwendo rwekuenda kuMarrakech, rwakanga rwakarongerwa nguva refu, rwakanga rwava pedyo. Felix akamboda kundinyengerera asi ndakasimbirira rwendo rwakabva rwava njodzi. Ndakadzokera kumba ndiri semiconscious, ndiri muwiricheya. Zvakanga zvisisakwanise kuenderera seizvi. Ndichiona kuti vanachiremba vaisazomubatsira, ndakatora nyaya yacho mumaoko angu. PaInternet, ndakasangana nebhuku raChris Carr, wekuAmerica ane makore 43 akakunda kenza nekuchinja kudya kunodyarwa nezvirimwa. Ndakaverenga bhuku rake nezuva rimwe chete! Pashure paikoko, ndakasarudza kuchinja kudya kwangu ndokuzivisa mhuri yangu pamusoro payo, iyo yakatora pfungwa yangu kurerutsa. Nyaya iripo ndeyekuti ndaigara ndichikura semwana anovenga michero nemuriwo. Uye zvino mwana uyu anoudza vabereki vake nechivimbo kuti haabatanidzi zvachose nyama, zvigadzirwa zvemukaka, shuga uye zvose zvakanatswa zvokudya. Ndakagadzira menyu yemwedzi miviri, iyo yaisanganisira zvakanyanya zvigadzirwa zvakafanana.
Nenguva isipi ndakatanga kuona mutsauko: simba shoma shoma, kurwadziwa kushoma. Ndinoyeuka ndichifunga "kana paine kuvandudzwa kwakagadzikana, ipapo ndichadzokera kunyama." “.
Pashure pemwedzi 18, Ella adzoka muchimiro chakanaka, ane ganda rinopenya, muviri wakaonda uye wakapfava, uye havi huru. Haabvumiri pfungwa dzokudzokera kuzvokudya zvake zvakapfuura. Nzira itsva yekudya yakamuponesa zvokuti vanachiremba vakatora nyaya yake semuenzaniso kuti vabatsire vamwe varwere vane chirwere chakafanana.
Parizvino, Ella anochengetedza bhurogi rake, kwaanoedza kupindura mumwe nemumwe munyoreri akamunyorera pachake.