Ua loaʻa ʻole ka maʻi kanesa ʻo Robin Quivers i ka mea hoʻolele lekiō ma o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka chemotherapy, radiation therapy a me ke ʻoki ʻana e wehe i ka maʻi maʻi endometrial i ka makahiki i hala. Ua hoʻi hou ʻo Quivers i ka lekiō i kēia pule ma ke ʻano he co-host o Howard Stern ma hope o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana.
"He mea kupanaha au," i haʻi aku ai ʻo ia iā NBC News ʻOkakopa 3. "Ua hoʻopau hope wau i ka maʻi kanesa ʻekolu a ʻehā mau mahina i hala. ʻAʻole au i hoʻōla ma ka home ma hope o ka mālama lōʻihi ʻana. Akā i kēia manawa ua maikaʻi loa koʻu manaʻo. "
Ua hana ʻo Quivers, 61, mai ka home i ka makahiki i hala no ka nui o ka nui o ka hua waina i loko o kona ʻōpū. Ua ʻoi aku kona maikaʻi i kēia manawa ma muli o kāna mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa a me kahi meaʻai vegan i kōkua iā ia e hoʻokahe i 36 paona i kekahi mau makahiki i hala.
Ua hoʻololi ʻo Robyn i ka meaʻai vegan i ka makahiki 2001 a hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i kāna ʻai mea kanu me ke kōkua ʻana iā ia i kona ola ʻana mai ka maʻi kanesa.
"Ua hele au i ka chemo a me ka radiation therapy me ka ʻole o nā hopena ʻaoʻao," wahi āna. — Ua ʻike au i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hana ana i nā kaʻina hana like, akā ʻaʻole paʻakikī koʻu kūlana i nā maʻi a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua kūpaʻa wau (mahalo i ka ʻai vegan).
ʻO Quivers, ka mea i paʻa i kona ola a pau, he mōʻaukala ʻohana ka momona, ka maʻi diabetes a me ka maʻi puʻuwai. Ua maopopo ʻo ia e hāʻule ʻo ia i ka maʻi maʻi i kona mau makahiki hope, akā ʻo ka hele ʻana i ka vegan ua hoʻololi loa i kona ola.
"ʻO kaʻu meaʻai mea kanu ke kōkua i ke kino e ho'ōla," kākau ʻo ia i kāna puke ʻo Robin's Vegan Education. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke manaʻoʻiʻo i ka ʻokoʻa aʻu i ʻike ai. ʻAʻole loa wau i loaʻa i nā loli nui o ke olakino - ʻaʻole i ka wā e lawe ana au i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻaʻole i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ai i ka ʻāʻī, a ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, ʻaʻole i ka wā aʻu i ʻai ai i nā mea āpau. ʻAʻole pono wau e hoʻolālā i koʻu ola e pili ana i ka maʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Robin ʻaʻole ʻo ia e paipai i ka poʻe a pau e hele i ka vegan, akā makemake wale ʻo ia e paipai i ka poʻe e ʻai hou aku i nā mea kanu, ʻaʻohe ʻano meaʻai a lākou e ʻai ai.
"ʻAʻole kēia he puke e hoʻolaha ana i ka veganism, paipai ia i ka poʻe e ʻike, aloha a hoʻomaopopo hoʻi he olakino maikaʻi loa nā mea kanu," wahi āna. “He wikiwiki loa ka kuke ʻana i nā mea kanu. ʻAʻole lōʻihi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Quivers, ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i kēia manawa ʻaʻole i loko o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ke olakino maikaʻi, a ʻo ka nāwaliwali a me nā maʻi i ko mākou mau makahiki ʻaʻole ko mākou hopena. ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e hōʻoia ai i ke olakino maikaʻi loa, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i kāu meaʻai.
"Ua hoʻololi au i kaʻu meaʻai a hele aku mai kahi mea hiki ʻole ke hele i hoʻokahi poloka a i kahi mea holo i ka marathon ma 58," wahi a Quivers, ka mea i holo i ka Marathon New York City ma 2010. "ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo ua hiki iaʻu ke holo i kahi marathon marathon ma 20. .
"Inā makemake ʻoe e hana kou kino i ke ʻano e pono ai, pono ʻoe e hāʻawi iā ia i nā meaʻai e pono ai. ʻAʻole i loko o kahi papa ka hopena; aia i loko o ka mea āu e ʻai ai.