The Life of a Sickle Cell Warrior.
BY PATRICIA INACIO, PHD Sickle Cell Disease Researchers Identify a Children’s Stroke Prediction Tool The amount of oxygen the blood loses when traveling through the brain could help identify children with sickle cell disease who are at risk of having a stroke, a study reports. Scientists call the measurement...
I am a Sickle Advocate, a Warrior and the face of sickle cell. My name is Onuoha Chinonyerem Obianuju. The first of five children from Mr Maurice and Mrs Angela Onuoha, 4 girls and a boy. I am from IMO state. Unlike most unaware people, my Dad was aware of...
Hey guys! Am back like I promised to last week on my post…………..this is about my primary school days sequel to “how it started”. My primary school times was kinda the coolest period of my whole experiences; this was the time where my parents cared for me the most been...
Who Says Warriors (sicklers) cant live to old age? Join me, lets take a peep at Mama Laguda who has lived well over 90 years in this obodo Nigeria, nor be abroad. Alhaja Ashiata Abike Onikoyi nee Laguda’s was born with Sickle Cell anemia. At that time, no-one expected her...
This is a list of ten quick facts you should know about sickle cell. Sickle cell disease is inherited. People are born with it. It‘s not contagious, so you can’t catch it from someone. Sickle cell disease is a lifelong health condition. Sickle cell causes a type of faulty hemoglobin....
Hey guys, hope you enjoyed my first post, if you did, please help me share. The goal is to build a community of warriors and let’s hold hands together. I am so excited about this project, at 32 years, I know my journey has just begun and I’m okay with...
Alberta woman 1st adult in Canada to be ‘cured’ of sickle cell anemia through a stem cell transplant Revée Agyepong of Edmonton underwent the procedure at the Calgary cancer center with donor cells from sister. An Alberta woman is the first adult in Canada to be cured of sickle cell...
My name is Audrey Mukoro, a single mum and I am living with sickle cell anemia disease. We don’t talk about Sickle cell, as we do about aids or cancer, but I’ve lived with this disease for thirty years. I’ve been discriminated, abandoned and living in denial, but not anymore....
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