Anemia is a condition in which you have lack enough red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to your body tissues. Sickle cell anemia is usually used interchangeably with sickle cell disorder, but somehow sickle cell anemia is different. Here’s how? The body of every human is made up cells. The red blood cells are […]
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10 Things having avascular necrosis taught me
I started my life like every other person, had plans for the future. I want this, I want to become that. But life happened as usually, the way it happens to all of us at one point or another. It was in 2016, when I began to feel sudden brief but sharp pain in my […]

Five foods that help fight anemia
In this post, you’ll learn five foods that help fight anemia but the foods do not cure anemia it only helps reduce anemia. Anemia is a condition that develops when there is shortage of red blood cell or hemoglobin. The hemoglobin is part of the red blood cell and the red blood cells help us […]

Avascular necrosis pain; Ease pain with exercise
You’d agree with me that avascular necrosis pain is bone wrecking. As in, the deep bone pain that wakes you in the middle of the night, screaming discomfort and ache into your body. Avascular necrosis can affect joints in the body, joints like shoulder, knee, and hip. But the hip is mostly affected especially when […]

Opioids medication: My ‘Tramadol’ experience.
Tramadol is an addictive opioid used to treat severe pain. Doctors prescribe tramadol for their patients living with sickle cell disorder, and like many others it has been prescribed for me. My first experience with Tramadol was in 2016 and I call it my ‘Tramadol’ experience. My Tramadol experience In 2016, I started feeling sharp […]