The Life of a Sickle Cell Warrior.
AJIRIOGHENE OROMENA OGBOI (NEE UZIEWE) is a 35-year-old sickle cell patient and suffers from necrosis in her hips, leaving her bedridden and necessitating URGENT hip replacement surgery. She needs N3.8 million for the surgery. Since May 2019 when the condition developed, this mother of an eight-year-old boy has been in...
I grew up in a middle income family, we were not rich but we had a loving and providing mother. During my primary school education I faced a lot of stigma from fellow pupils. Most of them never wanted to share a bench with me because of my yellow eyes....
My name is Moses Ige aka Mo’Zealah. Based in Lagos- Nigeria. 29 years of age living with sickle cell, type SS warrior. Both my parents were AS and they happened to give birth to me in a time when knowledge of sickle cell wasn’t pronounced. They were told I had...
BY MARY CHAPMAN The former professional rugby player Ade Adebisi, a sickle cell disease patient and advocate, has been named brand ambassador for Sickle Scan, BioMedomics’ rapid disease diagnostic tool. Currently vice chairman and general manager of the Nigeria Rugby League Association, Adebisi will represent what’s touted as the world’s first rapid test to help diagnose both SCD...
Few weeks back, an information got to us about the young man, we have been taking care of for some time now, that he was beaten by a man in his 40s for no just cause. On getting the sour news we had to go to the community to make...
ASCF holds her first Sickle cell club meeting on the 27th of April, 10am at Westend hospital, there will be medical team,free routine drugs, free vaccines for warrior kids and answers warrior issues. * * This meeting can be done on monthly basis to help provide routine drugs to our...
By Temitope Popoola Crew members of Legit.ng had an emotional time when they met Aderinsola Odebunmi, a 35-year-old sickle cell patient whose health is failing day by day. The frail looking lady who seemed like she had been through a lot since she was born poured out her heart to...
By Sickle Cell Warrior – That’s a great question. I don’t think that you can really get rid of the fear until you have had successful sessions in the boudoir without a crises. It does take a while to find the best routine and regimen that works for you, and...
by Medinat Kanabe February 23, 2019 There is a notion in Nigeria that anybody living with the sickle- cell anaemia, popularly referred to as SS, hardly lives beyond 40 years. As a matter of fact, when you come across anyone living with the condition, the next thing that comes to the mind...
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by Audrey Mukoro · Published January 2, 2019 · Last modified January 4, 2019
Recently an advanced lady reached out to us to help her with her warrior daughter who is terribly sick and has been so for some time now.The woman told #ASCF that her daughter has been suffering from an infection for 3 years now and they have done all they could do but...
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