Kusintha kwa zakudya kunapulumutsa Ella wazaka 23 ku matenda oopsa. Nkovuta kuyerekeza kuopsa kwa nkhani yake ndi njira yopepuka, yachisangalalo imene iye akufotokoza nayo. Ella anatero akumwetulira, akuloza ku nyumba yake yaikulu.
“Ndinkawoneka ngati ndili ndi pakati,” akupitiriza motero, “Mimba yanga inali yaikulu… Mutu wanga unkazungulira, ndimangokhalira kuwawa. Zinkaoneka kuti thupilo linali litatsala pang’ono kuwonongedwa. Ella akufotokoza za matenda ake, omwe adasintha kwambiri moyo wake m'maŵa m'chaka cha 2011. Anali m'chaka chachiwiri ku yunivesite ya St. Andrews. "Zonse zinkayenda bwino, ndinali ndi anzanga abwino komanso mnyamata. Chodetsa nkhawa chachikulu m'moyo wanga chinali, mwina, kusakhala ndi nthawi yochita homuweki. Tsiku lina m’maŵa pambuyo pa phwando limene anamwako moŵa, Ella anadzuka ali wotopa kwambiri ndiponso ataledzera. Mimba yake inali itatambasuka kwambiri. "Sindinayambe ndakhalapo woopsa, ndikuganiza kuti izi ndi zotsatira chabe. Podzilimbitsa mtima ndi maganizo amenewa, ndinapita kunyumba.
"Patapita nthawi, ndinayamba kukula, osatha kudzikweza pabedi. Miyezi inayi yotsatira anathera m’zipatala zosiyanasiyana ku London. Zinkawoneka kuti panalibe kusanthula padziko lapansi komwe sindikanatha. Komabe, zinthu zinkaipiraipira.” Madokotala sanayankhe. Wina anatchula za psychosomatics, zomwe Ella ankaziona kuti n'zosatheka. Anakhala masiku 12 pachipatala chomaliza cha Cromwell, komwe ankagona nthawi zambiri. “Mwatsoka, pambuyo pa masiku 12 ameneŵa, madokotala analibe chonena kwa ine. Aka kanali koyamba kuchita mantha. Inali nthaŵi yotaya mtima ndi kutaya chikhulupiriro.”
Ndiye ngozi yosangalatsa inachitika pamene nesiyo anatenga kuthamanga kwa magazi ndipo anaona kuti kugunda kwa mtima wa Ella kunafika pa 190 mochititsa mantha ataimirira. Ella atakhala pansi, zigoli zidatsika mpaka 55-60. Zotsatira zake, adapezeka ndi Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, yomwe ndi kuyankha kwachilendo kwa dongosolo lamanjenje la autonomic kuti likhale lolunjika. Ndizochepa zomwe zimadziwika za matendawa, makamaka amayi. Madokotala amachitcha matenda osachiritsika, kutanthauza mankhwala omwe amangochepetsa zizindikiro. Anayamba kumwa mankhwala ndi ma steroids, omwe adatsimikiziridwa ndi madokotala ngati njira yokhayo yothetsera - palibe kusintha kwa zakudya komwe kunaperekedwa. Mapiritsiwo ankapereka mpumulo kwakanthawi, koma Ella anali akugona 75% ya nthawiyo. “Pokhala wopsinjika maganizo kwambiri, sindinachite kalikonse, sindinalankhule ndi aliyense kwa miyezi 6. Makolo anga ndi mnyamata wina dzina lake Felix ndi okhawo amene ankadziwa zimene zinkandichitikira.
Zinthu zinasintha pamene ndinazindikira kuti ulendo wopita ku Marrakech, womwe unasungidwiratu kwa nthawi yaitali, unali kuyandikira. Felix anayesa kundiletsa, koma ndinaumirira ulendo umene unasanduka tsoka. Ndinabwerera kunyumba ndili chigonere, ndili panjinga ya olumala. Izo sizikanakhoza kupitirira monga chonchi panonso. Pozindikira kuti madokotala sangamuthandize, ndinadzitengera ndekha mkhalidwewo. Pa intaneti, ndinapeza buku la Chris Carr, wazaka 43 wa ku America yemwe anagonjetsa khansa mwa kusintha zakudya za zomera. Ndinawerenga bukhu lake tsiku limodzi! Pambuyo pake, ndinaganiza zosintha kadyedwe kanga ndipo ndinadziŵitsa banja langa za izo, amene sanatenge lingaliro langa mopepuka. Nkhani yake ndi yakuti nthawi zonse ndinakula ndili mwana yemwe amadana ndi zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba. Ndipo tsopano mwanayo amauza makolo ake molimba mtima kuti samapatula nyama, mkaka, shuga ndi zakudya zonse zoyengeka. Ndinadzipangira menyu kwa miyezi iwiri, yomwe inkakhala ndi zinthu zomwezo.
Posakhalitsa ndinayamba kuona kusiyana: mphamvu zowonjezera pang'ono, zowawa pang'ono. Ndimakumbukira kuganiza "ngati pali kusintha kokhazikika, ndiye kuti ndibwereranso ku nyama." “.
Patatha miyezi 18, Ella wabwereranso bwinobwino, ali ndi khungu lonyezimira, wowonda komanso wotuwa, komanso amalakalaka kwambiri kudya. Salola kuti abwerere ku zakudya zake zakale. Njira yatsopano yodyeramo inamupulumutsa kwambiri kotero kuti madokotala anamutengera chitsanzo chake kuti athandize odwala ena omwe ali ndi matenda omwewo.
Pakadali pano, Ella amasunga blog yake, pomwe amayesa kuyankha aliyense wolembetsa yemwe adamulembera yekha.