Chip Chapman
By GAtherton

Zvakatanga kumakore angangoita matatu ndinofunga, chokwadi ndakanga ndichiri mudiki ipapo kurangarira asi mhamha vakandiudza zvakadaro. Ipapo ndipo pandakapinzwa muchipatara ndiine brittle asima yakakomba, uye zvakanga zviri mujinga megomo kubva ipapo!
Ndakapinda nekubuda muchipatara kunge yo-yo pa elastic! Kazhinji kubvumirwa kana kana kashanu pagore. Ipapo pazera nyoro uye ndisina mhaka ramakore matanhatu ndakaendeswa kuchipatara chinokosha muLondon uko ndakagara kwamakore matatu akatevera!

Pakupedzisira ndapukunyuka paukweguru hwakachenjera hwamakore mapfumbamwe, ndakadzokera kumusha kunyika nemhuri yandaisaziva, asi ndakachinjira. Nzendo dzangu dzenguva zhinji ndichipinda nekubuda muchipatara dzakaenderera kusvika ndazotakurwazve kuendeswa `Vhura Mhepo' boarding chikoro pazera ramakore gumi nerimwe. Zvikoro zveOpen Air zvaifanirwa kubvumidza avo vane mamiriro ekufema kuti vawane kutarisirwa uye nemweya mutsva wavanoda kuti vave nehutano, marara! Ndichiri ikoko ndakakwanisa kupinda nokubuda muchipatara, mune imwe ruwa!
Pakupedzisira ndakakwanisa kuibvisa kubva mujeri riya ndichiseka chikoro pazera remakore gumi nematanhatu uye ndakaenderera mberi nebasa rangu semurwere wekufema muchipatara, kusvikira ndatanga kusvuta ndine makore gumi nemapfumbamwe mushure mekunetsana nemusikana panguva iyoyo. Zvinoshamisa kuti asima yangu yakavandudzika, pasina nguva yakachinja uye ikaita sendisina basa, zvichindikonzera matambudziko mashoma uye kuchipatara kwakadzikira zvakanyanya. Ndakanga ndichiri kurwiswa uye kuchipatara zvishomanana, asi kashoma nekufamba kwemakore kutozosvikira ndamira ndinofanira kuvharirwa zvachose! Anenge makore 20 ekufema kunenge kwakajairika!
Ndakazoregazve kusvuta pashure pemakore mashomanana.

Ndakatora Martial Arts, kuchovha bhasikoro, kukwasva, kukwasva, kuchovha mudhudhudhu, ufeve, kunwa, kutandara uye ndakatoita bhizinesi rangu randakazotengesa ndikaita BSc muEnvironmental Science uye ndakakodzera semudzidzisi/mudzidzisi weFE/HE. Ndakadzidza mimhanzi, ndakaridza mumabhendi, duets uye ndakaita mazana emagigi ega segitare uye muimbi!

Kubva 1998 kusvika 2003 ndainakidzwa nebasa rangu semudzidzisi muHE Sainzi uye zvakare Mumhanzi pachikoro changu chedzidzo yepamusoro. Asi gore iroro dhipatimendi rangu rakatamira kune chimwe chivako chakanga chichiri kugadziridzwa sezvataitamira. Kazhinji ndaisaona munhu achifamba achiuya kwandiri nokuda kweguruva raiva mumhepo. Spooky! Pasina nguva refu pashure peizvi ndakapinzwa muchipatara ndine bapu rakavharika uye rakadonha! 
Gore rakapfuura ndiine hutano hunotyisa, asima yakawana mhosva sezvandambotaura kuti ndagara ndiri asthmatic. Kwemwedzi gumi nembiri yese ndanga ndichigara ndichirwisa maantibioti uye madosi makuru ePrednisolone pamwe chete nemanebulizer uye mamwe masiwiti akasiyana! Hapana chakashanda!
Pakupedzisira ndakaenda kuna chiremba wangu wekufema ndokumuudza zvine simba kuti chandaive ndichirwara chaisava asima! Sputum yangu yakanga yakasiyana, zviratidzo zvangu zvakanga zvakasiyana uye hapana mushonga waishanda. Zvakandishamisa kuti akabvuma! Akanditi ndigare pasi ndokutsanangura kuti ndaive neABPA. Sezvineiwo panguva iyoyo iye kana vaaishanda navo vaisaziva zvakawanda nezvechirwere ichi saka akandikumbira kuti nditsvagire uye ndimuudze zvandakawana, izvo zvandakaita uye ndizvo zvakaita kuti ndifarire kuzvitsvagira. Ndiri kufara kuwedzera iye nevamwe vake kubva ipapo vakadzidza nezveABPA uye vane ruzivo rwakanyanya uye vakandibatsira zvakanyanya.
Zvakava pachena kuti apo mapapu angu akadonha, ongororo dzakaitwa dzakaratidza kuti ndaiva neaspergillus yakawanda mandiri pamwe neIgE level ye12,000. Asi nekuda kwekukanganisa kwekutonga, zvakatora 12 mwedzi asati atumirwa maresults! 
Mwedzi gumi nembiri yekutambudzika uye kuve pahushamwari naVa Undertaker veko!

Pakupedzisira muna 2004 ndakaonekwa kuti ndine Aspergillosis uye kurapwa kwakakodzera kwakatanga. Izvi zvinosanganisira Itraconazole uye Prednisolone mishonga. Ndakaudzwa kuti ndimise ese anti-biotics nekukasira uye ndichinje kune iyo anti-fungal, kuvandudzwa kwakaonekwa mukati memazuva!
Makore akatevera akanga akaipa; Ndaigara ndichibuda muchipatara! Pakupedzisira muna 2008 ndakamanikidzwa kusiya basa sezvo ndakanga ndisingachakwanisi kuita basa rangu, zvakaoma kuti lecturer iwe usingagone kufema! Ini zvakare ndaifanira kumisa basa rangu semuimbi uye muimbi, zvinosuruvarisa kuti handina kumbodzidza kukosora uye kufemereka mumutinhimira!

Yakapedzwa ne `nyanzvi' kuti ndakanga ndanyanya kubatwa nechirwere che aspergillosis panguva yebasa rekugadzirisa, asi izvi hazvina kupupurirwa nemishonga saka ndakanga ndisisina chekuda kubhadharwa, kunyange vashandirwi vangu vakandibata zvakanaka uye ndakaenda ndine pfungwa dzinofadza. Ini ndinogona kunge ndakabata chirwere ichi chinofadza nekuda kwekukuvadzwa kwemapapu kubva kuasthma, mubatsiri wangu aitaridza kufara zvikuru nekundizivisa kuti ndaive nemikana yakawanda yekuhwina Lottery pane kuwana chirwere ichi. Dai ndakahwina Lottery panzvimbo!

Mukati mamakore iwayo ndichiri kuedza kushanda, uye mumakore akatevera, ndakaita fundo yefungidziro yakashata yeAspergillus nemigumisiro yahwo pagadziriro yokufema yomunhu. Ndakatoita tsvakiridzo yangu yekuzivikanwa, zvikonzero, zvinokonzeresa uye zviratidzo, ndichiwana ruzivo rwakakosha munzira. Kutamba uchitenderedza sputum uye maikorosikopu, kwakanaka!
Nhasi ndiri kutonga ABPA yangu, Asthma uye Bronchiectasis nerubatsiro kubva kuItraconazole, Prednisolone, salbutamol & atrovent nebulisers, kunzwisisa kuri nani kwechirwere, uye mudzimai anonetsa! Ini ndinongokandwa muchipatara kanenge kaviri pagore asi ini ndinowanzo kuve neakaipa bouts yeasthma uye/kana aspergillus mwedzi wega wega. Handibvumidzwe kushanda, nekurwadziwa kwerufu nemukadzi wangu, mwanasikana, mwanakomana, hanzvadzi, consultant uye muzukuru! Zvakadaro ndiri kuyedza kunyora bhuku, ndichiri kutsvagisa mamiriro angu uye ini kazhinji ndinoedza kuramba ndakabatikana mukuedza kusinga shande kunzvenga nzungu!