\u2019n Oud-Durbie het ondanks drie operasies in haar tienerjare om lewensgevaarlike breingewasse te verwyder \u2013 wat haar met slegs 75% breinvermo\u00eb gelaat het \u2013 so pas haar doktorsgraad aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch behaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Amy Martin (33) het di\u00e9 prestasie in die vakrigting antieke kulture behaal met haar doktorale tesis oor die rol van die vrou in po\u00ebtiese tradisies in die Antieke Griekse literatuur. Sy het bevind dat vroue inderdaad \u2019n baie meer kritiese rol gespeel het as wat aanvanklik gereken is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martin, wat in 2007 aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville gematrikuleer het, se ho\u00ebrskooljare was \u2019n moeilike tyd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Terwyl ander graad agt-leerders nog aan die ho\u00ebrskoollewe gewoond probeer raak het, is die eerste breingewas op 14 jaar by haar ontdek en in \u2019n operasie verwyder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In graad 11, op 17 jaar, het sy \u2019n tweede breinoperasie ondergaan waarin neurosenders ingeplant is om haar breinpatrone te monitor om die oorsaak van haar epilepsie te ondersoek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Paar weke later het sy nog \u2019n breinoperasie ondergaan om \u2019n tweede breingewas te verwyder, asook die gedeelte van haar brein wat haar epilepsie veroorsaak het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy het vier titaan-plate en 16 skroewe in haar skedel. Die gewasse het ook ernstige epilepsie en spierskade veroorsaak, wat haar jare geneem het om te oorkom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit het haar met slegs 75% breinvermo\u00eb gelaat. Die weefsel wat verwyder is, was hoofsaaklik gele\u00eb in di\u00e9 deel van die brein wat vir geheue, balans en ruimtelike ori\u00ebntasie verantwoordelik is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk verdwaal steeds maklik en loop in als vas,\u201d s\u00ea sy aan TygerBurger<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Martin s\u00ea in \u2019n mediaverklaring deur die US dit was vir haar fisiek en emosioneel baie moeilik dat breingewasse in s\u00f3 \u2019n belangrike stadium van haar lewe by haar gediagnoseer is. Sy moes baie stres en trauma hanteer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het aanvanklik baie gesukkel. Toe ek wakker word in die waakeenheid n\u00e1 my operasies, kon ek my linkerarm skaars beweeg. Volgens die dokters was daar \u2019n groot moontlikheid dat ek nooit die volle gebruik van die linkerkant van my liggaam sou herwin nie. So, toe gaan ek vir fisioterapie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTerwyl ek in die waakeenheid was, het ek mense van alle ouderdomme gesien sterf. Dit het vir my \u2019n nuwe perspektief op die lewe en dood gegee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sy hoop haar verhaal sal ander met soortgelyke uitdagings inspireer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n N\u00e1 skool het sy taal en kultuur aan die US studeer. Nadat sy haar eerste graad behaal het, het sy vir twee jaar (van 2011 tot 2013) Engels gegee in Suid-Korea. Sy het daarna teruggekeer om haar honneurs- en meestersgraad in antieke kulture aan die US te voltooi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sy het haar tyd in Suid-Korea so baie geniet dat sy in 2018 teruggekeer het soontoe om weer Engels te gee. \u201cDit was \u2019n wonderlike geleentheid om verskillende kulture te leer ken, nuwe tale aan te leer en natuurlik om die w\u00eareld vol te reis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n En toe besluit sy om haar doktorsgraad in antieke kulture aan te pak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie antieke w\u00eareld het my nog altyd gefassineer. Dit het begin met klein goedjies soos toe my pa ons as kinders gevat het om na fossiele in die Sederberge te gaan kyk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy pa is obsessief oor geskiedenis en ek is van jongs af daaraan blootgestel. Ek het gereeld historiese programme saam met hom gekyk,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amy kyk met genoegdoening terug op haar tyd by die US. Sy s\u00ea die akademie het weer vir haar mag gegee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het gesukkel om die situasie op ho\u00ebrskool te hanteer, maar op universiteit het ek nuwe vriende gemaak en deel geword van die Stellenbosse gemeenskap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHier het ek altyd baie aanmoediging en ondersteuning gekry om my drome na te strewe. Dit het my gehelp om al hierdie uitdagings te bowe te kom en die mens te word wat ek vandag is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het eintlik werklik eers begin uitblink in my nagraadse studie. Ek het myself gedryf om elke keer die beste in my klas te wees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amy s\u00ea elke keer as sy die beste gevaar het, het dit haar daaraan herinner dat sy steeds heeltemal in staat is om in die akademie uit te blink en dat sy dit ondanks die breinoperasies en die trauma daarna kon doen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het altyd gevoel ek moet aan almal bewys dat ek ten spyte van my ernstige breintrauma steeds my drome kan verwesenlik.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In plaas daarvan om op die goed te fokus wat sy nog nie bereik het nie, probeer sy eerder d\u00edt geniet wat sy reeds bereik het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEnigiets kan oorwin word as jy net volhard, selfs wanneer jy voor uiterste uitdagings te staan kom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het geleer om groter deernis te h\u00ea vir mense wat sukkel, veral mense by wie kanker gediagnoseer is, want ek was self daar en ek weet hoe moeilik dit kan wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDaar is niks fout daarmee om soms \u2019n bietjie neerslagtig te voel of om soms 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