It was necessary to hasten my post today. Why? to celebrate you, my network of friends that seem to have increased in number. As I celebrate you all this time around, I thank you for being a part of my life. I may not know you all by names but just knowing that you all make up my support network, in my journey – living with Sickle Cell Anaemia, makes me a happier me. It’s been a thrilling 22 months blogging and sharing details about my life, all with the aim of providing succor to you, in whatever little way…

I have a smile on my face today. Thank you for all your prayer and well wishes. It was a dark tunnel walk I’d live to remember but God had gone a step ahead of me. I guess now that it’s over, it’s more ideal to share and explain things in detail.  What transpired the day I sought other opinions? I was informed by the three specialists that there was an alternative for a hip replacement surgery to arrest Avascular Necrosis (AVN), at an early stage. So an MRI scan was requested to deduce how far gone the AVN was…

I’m here…. Just last week, I found myself gazing on because I gotten other opinions from three experienced specialists. However, the diagnosis and remediation wasn’t one I was prepared to hear as they all said the same thing but in more complex ways. So, here I was, seated quietly, gazing on. Their opinions you ask? that I had no other choice than to go through the “doors” and have the procedure done. As I stared blankly, at a picture of a hip replacement, all I could think of was the “after pain”. However, this wasn’t what shocked me the most.…

I’d told myself I wasn’t going to blog about this particular issue so as not to discourage you warriors but I guess it’s become imperative of late being that it’s gone on for quite sometime now. If anyone had told me that there was a likelihood that what I suffered at the age of seven, would come back some day, I would’ve called it a big bluff. However, the feedback I’m getting from the medical field is that it’s common in SCD to reoccur. So what am I referring to exactly? Avascular Necrosis (AVN) – the death of bone tissue…

A few times I tried to access the backend of my site only to discover it was experiencing a technical issue, have in no doubt been rather unpleasant. I recall one particular incident when I contacted the hosting company and upon connecting to me, their female personnel sadly informed me that my site was under auction.  Wow! I literarily jumped out of my skin. “Are you serious” I retorted? Knowing I had fully paid my bills. “Yes ma’am, it looks so”, she explained.  “I’ll take another look. Please provide your site information once more” she asked. Whilst she was checking,…

I decided it may be ideal to draw up a list of topics that I would blog on this year, only for me to stop in my tracks. Why? It reoccurred to me that inspired posts cannot be drawn up. When a writer has a plan of what to write, it becomes very stifling and difficult to freely express him/herself. Except, it’s a spontaneous plan or occurs when they’ve chosen to participate in content writing. After canceling the above on my to-do list, I took a look at some of my blog topics on SCD, which I stated I’d seek…

I learnt from my very first post in 2021 that most people like to start their new year on a low note, so I don’t intend to disrupt this flow for the majority of you today. Instead, I guess I’ll just have a brief conversation with you all. I guess, you’ll be wondering how I arrived at my deduction above? Lol, well, I kind of monitored the trend last year and to say the truth, I lashed out at me for being too hasty and rather insensitive. Guess what though? When I raised the same topic later on that year,…

We made it!!! Welcome to 2022. A year of fresh opportunities and a higher calling. “…this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,….” Philippians 3v13. Happy New year!!!