After receiving chemotherapy for Bone Marrow Transplant at the age of 6; and after receiving yet more chemo to treat an ensuing cancer at 13 … #The doctors said she would NEVER get pregnant ….. #When she got pregnant, they said the pregnancy would ‘come down’ on its own … This is the amazing story…
Kamara and Danny Warner were one unique couple. He was a sickle cell warrior Kamara did not know she had the Sickle Cell Trait when she married Danny. She was 7 years older.. They went on to produce six children, among them three sickle cell warriors. How old were you when you got married? I…
It’s certainly not as if the SCW hasn’t been in dire need of blood several times on her SCD journey. It’s just that she would ‘rather answer the call than take blood’ If a genie could appear to Eberechukwu Mercy Idiaye, 37, and asked to fulfil one wish – just one wish – it will…
On International Thalassaemia Day, TIF shines a light on the striking health inequalities that affect the global thalassaemia community, further accentuated by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. NICOSIA, May 5, 2021/Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) – Marking International Thalassaemia Day on 8 May, the Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) gives voice to countless individuals with thalassaemia all over the world…
A 69-year old man has died after a 3-hour erection known as priapism READ MORE. Priapism is an unwarranted, unwanted, unnecessary and painful erection of the penis. It is a known complication of sickle cell disorder in which blood is unable to flow in or out of the penis due to sickling. It can affect…
Though in Yoruba, Igbo or English attire, you could mistake him for a Hausaman. Abraham Oluwafunso Balogun speaks fluent Yoruba, Hausa and English. Currently living in Magboro, Ogun State, Balogun is well-travelled within Northern Nigeria and has lived in towns and villages such as Tudun Wada, Kachia, Barnawa, Narayi. Kafanchan, Zonkwa, Gyadi, Gyadi, Yankaba, Talese,…
Research states Paracetamol, Ibruprofen, Panadol and other analgesics for chronic pain can do much more harm than good It’s a common scene at Sickle Cell Club meetings in Africa and elsewhere. Children and adults are given painkillers of various brands to meet pain head on. Some Clubs are savvy enough to warn againts use outside…
In her wildest imagination, Abiola Hafsat Bashorun never thought she would win the 2006 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) Beauty Contest. Little did her widowed mother know, when she procured the entry forms for her daughter to beat the tedium of idleness – the result of Abiola’s after-school unemployment – that it was a…
