Nthawi zina chidwi chofuna kuchepetsa thupi chimasinthasintha, ndikusamalira thanzi la munthu sikubwerera m'mbuyo, koma zimangosowa limodzi ndi ma kilogalamu. Werengani nkhani ya mzimayi waku Britain yemwe ali ndi matenda ashuga 1 amene adaganiza zochepetsa mlingo wa insulin kuti ayambe kuchepa.
"Madokotala ati ndatsala ndi masiku ochepa," a Becky Radkin wazaka 30, yemwe anangofotokozerana za zinthu zomvetsa chisoni, poyankhulana ndi gulu lapa Britain ku Britain. Wokhala ku Scottish Aberdeen moyipa adafuna kuchepetsa thupi kotero kuti samawopa kuchepetsa mlingo wake wa insulin. Ngakhale kuti nthawi imeneyo msungwanayo anali wolemera kilogalamu yopitilira atatu, anapitilizabe kudziona ngati wopanda vuto.
Kwa zaka zisanu, Becky wakhala akulimbana ndi matenda ashuga - vuto lakudya lomwe limapezeka mwa anthu omwe ali ndi matenda a shuga 1. Mu 2013, Radkin adagonekedwa m'chipatala chifukwa choti insulin yake idatsika kwambiri kotero kuti samamvanso theka la thupi lake. Kuphatikiza apo, mtsikanayo anali wosakwiya mosalekeza. Madotolo adatha kupereka kwa wodwala wawo lingaliro loti anali pafupi kufa. Zochulukirapo basi - ndipo Becky sanathenso kupulumutsa. Kenako Radkin adakhala milungu isanu ndi umodzi m'chipatalacho.
Zitachitika izi, Briton adatha kusintha moyo wake. Masiku ano, amalankhula za zomwe zidamuchitikira kuti adziwitse atsikana ena omwe ali ndi matenda ashuga a 1 omwe nawonso ali mumkhalidwe wofanana.
Malinga ndi ziwerengero za NHS (pafupifupi. Ed. National Health Service - UK Public Health Service, pafupifupi 40% ya amayi omwe ali ndi matenda amtundu woyamba 1 azaka zapakati pa 15 ndi 30 amakhala atasiya kumwa insulini kuti azichita bwino.
"Vuto lazakudya ndilowopsa kale, koma matenda ashuga amatha kubweretsa mavuto ambiri," Becky adatsimikiza. Ndipo msungwanayo akudziwa zomwe akukambirana - adapezeka kuti ali ndi matenda a anorexia mu 2007 - limodzi ndi matenda a mtundu woyamba wa matenda a shuga. Mpaka nthawi iyi, Radkin anali atadya chakudya chambiri komanso amamwa sopo wambiri ndi madzi kuti athetse kumverera kwanjala.
Atazindikira kuti amatha kusintha kulemera kwake pochepetsa mlingo wa insulin, nthawi yomweyo zinthu sizinamuyendere bwino. Becky adaganiza kuti shuga imamupatsa mwayi wonenepa kwambiri mwachangu. "M'malo mwake, sindinali wangwiro, awa anali malingaliro m'mutu mwanga," ngwazi ija yazovomereza lero.
Osatengera chitsanzo cha a Radkin, chifukwa kuchepa kwa insulin m'matenda a shuga kumabweretsa osati kuchepa thupi kokha, komanso matenda a ketoacidosis, omwe angayambitse kupweteka kapena kufa.
Becky akukumbukira kuti: "Ndinavutika kupuma, ndinayamba kuchita mantha, ndipo sindimamva thupi langa," Becky akutero. Sindinathe kulankhula ndi amayi anga. Chikhumbo changa chokha chinali kugona. "
"Zinali zosavuta, koma tsopano ndili ndi chiyembekezo chamtsogolo," akutero Radkin, yemwe wakwanitsa kuwonjezera kulemera kwake ndikubwerera ku BMI yathanzi. "Ndimagawana nkhani yanga kuwonetsa ena momwe kuopsa kwake kuliri. Sindikufuna wina aliyense kutero ndiye anthu ochokera ku matenda ashuga adaganiza kuti kukana insulini ndiye njira yabwino kwambiri yochepetsera thupi, chifukwa kumatha kubweretsa imfa. "
