ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka nohona ʻana me ke kanulau maʻi ʻoi loa

Anter

• ʻO Tammy Carmona, 43
  ʻOihana 4, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2013
• ʻO Sue Maughan, 49
  ʻOihana 3, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2016
• ʻO Lorraine Elmo, 45
  ʻOihana 1, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2015
• ʻO Renee Sendelbach, 39
  Kahua 4, ʻike ʻia ma 2008
• ʻO Mary Gooze, 66
  Kahua 4, ʻike ʻia i ka makahiki 2014
• Ann Silberman, 59
  ʻOihana 4, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2009
• ʻO Shelley Warner, 47
  ʻOihana 4, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2015
• Nicole McLean, 48
  ʻOihana 3, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2008

ʻO Tammy Carmona, 43
ʻOihana 4, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2013

ʻO kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i kekahi mea i ʻike hou ʻia e ʻalalā, uē, a hoʻokuʻu i kēlā me kēia ʻano āu e manaʻo nei. Ua hana wale kou ola i kahi 180. kuleana ʻoe e kaumaha, huhū, a makaʻu hoʻi. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e kau i kahi helehelena koa. E hoʻokuʻu i waho. A laila, ke kiʻi ʻoe i kāu ʻoiaʻiʻo hou, aʻo iā ʻoe iho a lilo i ʻike. ʻO ʻoe nō kou mea kōkua maikaʻi loa. E ʻike i kahi hui kōkua, no ka mea, kōkua ia e kamaʻilio me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e pili pū ana i ka ʻike like. ʻO ka mea nui loa, e ola! E hoʻonui i kāu mau lā "ʻoluʻolu". E hele a hoʻomanaʻo i nā hoʻomanaʻo.

ʻO Sue Maughan, 49
ʻOihana 3, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2016

I ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai wau, ua haʻi wau iaʻu iho i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi o nā ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai nui loa ka manaʻo maikaʻi loa no ka mālama ʻana a me ke ola. Ke kali nei no nā hopena scan ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻāpana paʻakikī loa, akā ke ʻike wau i ka mea i loaʻa iaʻu, hiki iaʻu ke kau i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau. Ua ʻimi au i ka ʻike a me ka ʻōlelo aʻo e like me ka hiki. Ua hoʻomaka wau i kahi blog e mālama i ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha i ka holomua. Ua lilo maoli ia i cathartic a kōkua iaʻu e mālama i koʻu ʻano hoʻomākeʻaka. Ke nānā nei i kēia manawa, ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o kaʻu kuhi, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke manaʻo ua hele wau i loko o ia mea āpau. Ua ʻike wau i kahi ikaika i loko aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai. ʻO kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i kēlā me kēia mea me ka hōʻailona hou mai makaʻu, mai lawe i nā mea āpau i kēlā me kēia manawa, a e like me ka maikaʻi e like me ka hiki. E hoʻolohe i kou kino a e ʻoluʻolu iā ʻoe iho. He mea weliweli paha nā mea a pau i ka wā mua, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hele a hala i loko.

ʻO Lorraine Elmo, 45
ʻOihana 1, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2015

ʻO nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo nui a koʻikoʻi iaʻu no nā wahine ʻē aʻe e ʻike i ke kākoʻo mai nā koa poli hoa. Hiki iā mākou ke hōʻoluʻolu a hoʻomaopopo i kekahi i kekahi a me nā mea a mākou e hele nei. ʻO kaʻu "ʻaoʻao ʻulaʻula" ma Facebook (ʻo Lorraine's Big Pink Adventure) he kumu pololei kēlā. E noʻonoʻo e hoʻi i kahi kua i hope a lilo i mea hōʻike i kāu huakaʻi. E wehe i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke aloha a me ka hoʻōla mai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, a e hāmama i nā hana mana. E noʻonoʻo pehea e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke "uku i mua" a kōkua i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hele i kēia hakakā. E hana a hana i nā mea āpau i ke ola āu i moe ai no ka hana a me ka hana. Noho mau i ka makana a helu i kāu mau hoʻomaikaʻi. Hoʻohanohano i kāu mau makaʻu, akā mai hoʻokuʻu iā lākou e kaohi a i ʻole ʻoi ka maikaʻi o kāu. E hana i nā koho olakino a mālama pono iā ʻoe iho. ʻO nā mea āpau āu e hana ai, mai manaʻo ʻoe ua make ʻoe a i ʻole ke noi ʻana i ke kōkua he nāwaliwali a kaumaha paha. Ke noʻonoʻo maikaʻi nei, noho mau, a me ka uku ʻana i mua e hiki ke mālama i kou ola. Ua huli au i kaʻu hana a me ka ʻuhane i koʻu mau manawa pouli loa, a ua hoʻōla ia iaʻu. Hiki iā ia ke mālama iā ʻoe.

ʻO Renee Sendelbach, 39
Kahua 4, ʻike ʻia ma 2008

Pono ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo e lawe i nā lā āpau i kēlā me kēia manawa. Inā he kaumaha loa kēlā, e lawe i hoʻokahi hola a i mau minuke paha i kēlā me kēia manawa. E hoʻomanaʻo mau e hanu i kou ala i kēlā me kēia manawa. Ke kuhi ʻia wau, ua nānā wau i ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa i mua o koʻu alo, a ua hoʻokuʻu wau iaʻu i waho. Akā i ka wā i haki wau iā ia i mau pae, e like me ka hele ʻana ma chemo, ʻoki kino, a laila radiation, ua ʻike wau i ka nui o ka kaohi. Ke hoʻohana nei wau i kēia hana i kēia lā e noho nei me ka maʻi ʻaʻai pae 4 a me kahi maʻi ʻaʻai lua o myelodysplastic syndromes. I kekahi mau lā pono wau e uhaʻi hou, i ka hola a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia manawa, e hoʻomanaʻo i ka hanu a hele i kahi hanana.

ʻO Mary Gooze, 66
Kahua 4, ʻike ʻia i ka makahiki 2014

ʻO kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻo i ka wahine i hōʻike ʻia e ʻike hou ʻia e lilo i mea aʻoaʻo no ʻoe iho. E aʻo iā ʻoe iho i ke ʻano o ke kanesa i loaʻa iā ʻoe a me nā lāʻau i loaʻa. Lawe mai i kahi kanaka ʻē i kāu mau koho i hiki iā lākou ke kākau i nā mea āpau. E nīnau i nā nīnau a kāu kauka a loaʻa i kahi hui kākoʻo. E ʻimi i ke kuko e alualu, e like me ka hoʻoikaika kino, kākau, a i ʻole ka hana ʻana i nā mea āpau e mālama iā ʻoe iho a ʻaʻole i kau i ka maʻi ʻaʻai i kēlā me kēia lā. E ola i ke ola piha!

Ann Silberman, 59
ʻOihana 4, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2009

E ʻae iā ʻoe iho e kūmākena a ʻike i nā pohō, e like me kou wā e hiki mai ana, kou olakino, a me kāu kālā pū kekahi. He ʻeha loa ia, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokau me ia. E hoʻomanaʻo he nui ka hapanui o mākou e ola nei i kēia manawa. ʻO ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma Metastatic kokoke loa i ka lilo ʻana i maʻi maʻamau, hiki ke mālama ʻia. Manaʻo mau e hiki iā ʻoe ke ola i nā makahiki he nui ma mua o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā helu helu kahiko. ʻEono mau makahiki mai koʻu ʻike ʻana me ʻelua mau makahiki mai koʻu holomua hope loa ʻana. Ke hana maikaʻi nei wau me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona e loli nā mea no ka maikaʻi loa. ʻO kaʻu pahuhopu i kēlā manawa e ʻike i kaʻu keiki ʻōpio puka kula kiʻekiʻe. I kēia makahiki aʻe, e puka ʻo ia i ke koleke. E kūpono, akā e mālama i ka manaʻolana.

ʻO Shelley Warner, 47
ʻOihana 4, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2015

Mai hoʻokuʻu i ka maʻi ʻaʻai e wehewehe iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole ka make ʻana o ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma! Mālama ʻia e like me ka maʻi maʻi mau a hiki ke mālama ʻia i mau makahiki. ʻO ka mea nui e loaʻa kahi ʻano maikaʻi. E ola i kēlā me kēia lā e like me ka hiki. Hana wau, huakaʻi, a hana i nā mea āpau aʻu i hana ai ma mua o ka ʻike ʻia. Mai minamina iā ʻoe iho, a mai ʻoluʻolu e hoʻolohe i ka poʻe i hele mai iā ʻoe me nā kumumanaʻo e pili ana i ka hoola ʻana no ka maʻi ʻaʻai. E ola i kou ola. ʻAi maikaʻi loa wau, hoʻoikaika kino, ʻaʻole puhipaka, a loaʻa mau ka maʻi iaʻu. E ola i kou ola a hauʻoli!

Nicole McLean, 48
ʻOihana 3, ʻIke ʻia i ka 2008

Ua ʻike ʻia me ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma ma mua o kaʻu lā hānau 40. E like me ka hapa nui o ka poʻe, manaʻo wau ua ʻike wau e pili ana i ka maʻi, akā ua aʻo wau aia he nui aku e ʻike ai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokuʻu i nā "what-ifs" e iho i lalo, a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻapo i kahi manaʻo ʻokoʻa. ʻAʻohe o mākou lāʻau i kēia manawa, akā ʻoiai ʻoe e ola nei, pono ʻoe e ola i kēia manawa. Ua hōʻike mai ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma iaʻu ʻaʻole wau e noho nei a ʻoluʻolu i koʻu ola. Ke hoʻolilo nei au i ka manawa he nui i ka makemake ʻana i nā mea ʻokoʻa a i ʻole ka lana ʻana he ʻokoʻa wau. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua maikaʻi wau. ʻAʻole wau i kumu i ka maʻi ʻaʻai o koʻu umauma, a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻoholo inā e hoʻi hou wau i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Akā i kēia manawa, hiki iaʻu ke hana i ka mea aʻu e hana ai e mālama iaʻu iho a aʻo e ʻoluʻolu i ke ola i loaʻa iaʻu. He paʻakikī ka umauma umauma, akā hiki iā ia ke hōʻike i kahi ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o kou ʻike.