Zomwe ndimaphunzira ndi Driving and Multiple Sclerosis

Pambuyo pa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, ndimatha kuyendetsa galimoto (pamasiku abwino).

Ndisanayambe kuganiza za multiple sclerosis (MS) kapena ndinali ndi zizindikiro zomwe zandichititsa kuti ndizindikire, ndinayamba kuopa kuyendetsa galimoto. Ndinkaimba mlandu pa jet, galasi la vinyo lomwe ndinkakhala usiku kapena usiku.

Zinali zodabwitsa, monga zizindikiro zambirizi ziliri. Ndikanalowa m'galimoto ndipo nthawi yomweyo ndimakhala ndi nkhawa.

Ndikanapitirizabe, ndikudzikakamiza kupita kumalo, ngakhale kuti ndinkachita mantha nthawi zonse. Ndinkaganiza ngati ndikusewera masewera a kanema, ngakhale kuti pali magalimoto ena ochepa mumsewu ndipo liwiro linali lochedwa. Kutembenuka kwa galimoto kumayendedwe a mayadi 100 kutsogolo kwanga kunkayesa kuti ndiyambe kuyendayenda pa mabekita, chifukwa zikuwoneka ngati kugwidwa kunali kosavomerezeka ndi "osayenerera" ndi oyendetsa molakwika pamsewu. Kuyandikira pamsewu wamagalimoto kungakhale chibvundi-kutsekemera koyesa koyesa kufunafuna kutseguka, kuyembekezera motalika kwambiri, potsirizira pake kuthamanga kutsogolo kwa magalimoto pamene winawake adalemekeza ndi kufuula.

Aliyense yemwe ndinanena izi kuti ali ndi matenda ndi matenda. "Mukungoganizira kwambiri." Ayi, ine sindinali kwenikweni (kupatulapo chodzidzimutsa chokha). "Mukufunikira kugona kwina." Ayi, ine ndinali kugona bwino. "Iwe umangopitiriza kuchita." Ndinali ndikuyendetsa galimoto kwa zaka 20, ndipo sindinadziwe chomwe ichi chimatanthauza.

Nditangomaliza kusanthula MS, patapita miyezi 6, ndipo ndinaphunzira pang'ono za matendawa, zinthu zinapangitsa kuti ndizindikire.

Ndimaganiza kuti zomwe ndikukumana nazo zinali zovuta kuganizira , kuchepetseratu kusinthana kwa chidziwitso chomwe chinapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuphatikiza ndikupanga mazana ang'onoang'ono a tizilombo toyambitsa matenda omwe akukhudzidwa ndi kuyendetsa galimoto.

Ndinali ndi zaka pafupifupi 7 pamene sindinayende pamtunda kulikonse. Zinali zovuta kwambiri, popeza ndinali kudalira mwamuna wanga kuti andithandize kuti ndikapeze zinthu zatsopano.

Nthawi zonse ndinkamumvera chisoni ndikumupempha kuti anditengere kwinakwake-ngakhale kuti sindinakhumudwe ndi ine, nthawi zambiri panali zinthu zina zomwe ankafunikira kuchita.

Masiku ano, ndimayendetsa galimoto zambiri. Tiri ndi galimoto yosiyana yomwe inali yaying'ono, koma yayitali kwambiri, ndipo inali ndi mawonekedwe apadera. Pali nthawi zabwino (kuyendetsa galimoto), kumene ine ndikudalira njira zoyendayenda (ndikulibebe maulendo apansi) ndikuona ngati ndikulamulira chilengedwe changa. Masiku ano, ndimangomva kuti ndine "wabwinobwino" - Ndikhoza kuchita zinthu ngati munthu wamba, pandekha yanga, ndikusintha zolinga zanga ngati ndikufunikira kupita pakati paulendo.

Panopa palipakati, nthawi yomwe ndimapezeka kutali ndi kumene ndikupita, ndikuzindikira kuti mwina izi siziri bwino. Panthawi imeneyi, ndimapitirizabe kukambirana, ndikudziuza ndekha kuti kuwala kwa magalimoto kukubwera komanso kuti ndisagwedezeke pa mabaki ngati wina akuchepetsanso patsogolo panga. Sindimasewera nyimbo ndipo sindimayankhula ndi anthu ena m'galimoto, yomwe nthawi zambiri imakhala.

Musandigwirire ine - Sindimayendetsa ngati ndikumva ndikudandaula kapena ndili ndi zizindikiro za MS , monga paresthesia , mutu kapena kutopa kwakukulu.

Mawu ochokera

Musadandaule ngati mukupeza galimoto yovuta.

Lingaliro limodzi ndilo kupanga masitidwe a MS musanayendetse galimoto. Dzifunseni nokha mmene mumamvera tsiku limenelo.

Pamene mukukhumudwa, khalani odzikuza nokha kukhala kunyumba kapena kulola wina kuti ayendetse galimoto ngati simukumva zokhudzana ndi kumbuyo kwa gudumu-mukudalira m'matumbo anu, mukudziwa za MS wanu, ndikudziyang'anira nokha.

> Kusinthidwa ndi Dr. Colleen Doherty, pa August 2, 2016.