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    Chlorophyll and its relevance to Anaemia

    September 11, 2020 - By 

    Now a quick recap of k0122670 post on experiencing severe anaemia, brings to mind one notable blood booster I was introduced to while experiencing various stages of growth living with Sickle Cell Disease, namely Chlorophyll. Anaemia occurs in SCD when the red blood cells die early. This means there are not enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body. When this happens, a person might be tired, dizzy, have a fast heart rate, be jaundiced, possess slow growth etc. Blood transfusions is used to treat severe anaemia. A sudden worsening of anaemia resulting from infection or enlargement…

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    Shared Stories

    From the diary of k0122670.

    September 5, 2020 - By 

    My name is Chuk Obanye. I was born with Sickle cell anaemia in May 1980. I am happily married with 3 beautiful daughters. The aim of my brief background introduction is to provide hope to anyone currently suffering from Sickle cell anaemia and to simply share with you some of my experiences along with some tips on managing the effect of this blood disease. As a young child growing up, I suffered constantly with having low blood counts, iron deficiency, fatigues and loss of weight just to name a few. I also had a lot of hospital admissions which you…

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    The new dawn.

    August 29, 2020 - By 

    There are so many countless victories that occurred in my life to share, so don’t think that majority of my life has been beset by lows. However I needed to chronicle first the battles for ease of reading. Now let me just go back memory lane and start chronicling the victories.In this case, I had just been redeployed to serve in Lagos state and was wondering which firm would be willing to take me into its employment for my youth service. Only for an old school friend of mine to turn up and tell me that there was an opportunity…

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    Onuoma's Blog

    A new outlook.

    August 22, 2020 - By 

    I guess I’ve written quite a bit of content in these past few weeks and I really do hope that all I’ve written has blessed you in one way or the other. It’s been a thrilling experience for me these past few weeks sharing with you how I’ve coped living with Sickle cell disease and to not agree that the purpose of the blog was achieved would be wrong. I hope each and everyone of you that has read through my blog has been blessed in one way or the other even if you may not be living with the…

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    High Altitude and SCD.

    August 15, 2020 - By 

    I remember vividly my encounter when I embarked on an international trip all alone as a young adult. I was going on holidays and was rather ecstatic about my trip. My hotel had been booked and tickets had been paid for but I failed to prepare for what was to come as I travelled that day. Much later, I got to understand that in sickle cell anemia high altitudes could actually trigger a crises due to the reduced oxygen levels and cold cabin temperatures. This is because there are fewer oxygen molecules in the same level of air we inhale…

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    It could have made me call it quits.

    August 1, 2020 - By 

    Now to talk about the one incident that almost made me call it quits. This incident occurred upon my recovery from my near death experience with the ninth exchange blood transfusion I had. Like I stated in my last post, I woke up in the intensive care unit of the hospital asking myself who I was and trying to recollect my name and everything about myself. I had almost forgotten how to walk because each time I took a step my legs were jittery. I also had bed sores and could hardly take in any solid food without throwing it…

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    The Exchange Blood Transfusions.

    July 25, 2020 - By 

    So today’s post will focus on some of the blood transfusions I went through and what actually led to the onset of these blood transfusions. In my case, I had been having severe crises and was just recovering from one. My mum and dad informed my doctor that apart from sickle cell crises, I was also experiencing some neurological issues regarding my memory and the doctor explained that it may be necessary for me to undergo an exchange blood transfusion to reduce the frequency of this neurological issue. To say the least when I was informed about it, I voiced…

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    Push hostility out.

    July 18, 2020 - By 

    Every learning process is not easy, as I recollect vividly the next thing I had to learn in this school of life. This brings me to my previous post on responding to hostility. I’m sure when you read through that post you were probably wondering why on earth I would start talking about hostility. Well it’s now time to share the reason behind that post. If you recall I stated in that post that one should ignore and bear. At the time when this “learning process on hostility” started, I had very little insight in this area else, it would…

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    Medications for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD).

    July 11, 2020 - By 

    Now apart from all these trials I passed through, there were also very many positive situations so don’t think that majority of my life was beset by lows. However for ease of your reading, it’s better to first chronicle the battles and much later share the victories that occurred and this I will be doing very shortly. In my post today, I will be sharing some of the medications that have helped me cope over the years with sickle cell disease. Probably at a point, I would share with you a post from a consultant physician regarding using some of…

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    Could it be any worse.

    July 4, 2020 - By 

    So I guess it’s time to share why I had mentioned that you should take note of how I sprained my right ankle at the NYSC camp. If you recollect in one of my previous posts, I shared how I had sutured my hips at an early age as a result of Sickle cell anaemia. Apparently the hips that were sutured due to my medical condition turned out to be my right hips. Overtime I started to understand that the enemy was out on a rampage to destroy. You want to know how? Well, sometime later in the future after…