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Stronger99: Actually. i did something like this thread earlier but it didn't make front page so no much response https://www.nairaland.com/781833/sickle-cell-thread. Now SCD is a messed up thing. Let's be honest here. It's like a 'curse frm the gods' but still, one has to face the challenges. I have managed to achieve so much educationally and financially even with this problem.

I live a 'reckless' life, i do drink alcohol, brandy and beer.I've been drinking now for 16yrs but i hope to call it a day soon. frm 4 bottles of lager at a sitting i now take only 1. And yes i do have lots of sex too . Now, i'm lucky i dnt really have pains. Actually, i can have pains just once a year and there is a pill i jst take and the pain goes. I would have loved to recommend it but i know it will be abused by those who suffer pain. The pill works and it is an anti-inflammatory drug and i guess it can be addictive.

I am lucky to be this strong but that doesn't mean all is perfect. I suffer from malaria alot when in Nigeria. There is no way i can avoid being in Nigeria at least 6mnths a year. it's so bad that i must have malaria once a mnth and sometimes i need to take multiple malaria drugs (with all that side effects) for the malaria to clear. So irritating.

There is something u guys didn't mention. It is called PRIAPISM. Painful erection in males without sexual arousal. That is something that gives me issues too at night, i have to wake up and do some exercises before it subsides and it only happens when i'm asleep. It denies me my full 8hrs most times. By and large, i'm a pretty strong guy and 90% of people who know me don't know that i have SCD. I hardly take transfusions, maybe once in 5yrs or so.I don't take meds, just folic and multivitamins. That is what i've taken for yrs and then the water thing is superb. Works like magic. I hardly eat though and my eating habit is pathetic.

this disorder has limited my life cos there is so much i think i can achieve but sometimes the strength isn't there. There must be a limit to how we can push ourselves.

I have a partner who is crazy about me and wants to drag me to the alter. I'm kind of reluctant. What if this disorder decides i've had enough good luck and decides to mess me up by throwing a misfortune my way. We are prone to all sorts of problems from organ failure to blindness. I don't want anybody to suffer in case i become a liability. These are random thoughts though. An inner voice tells me all will be well and i will keep having good health. Who knows. I might take the plunge soon enough and hope for the best.

My summary is that avoid sickle cell by all means. Luv is never enough. This disorder is wicked. Actually, i see it as one of the worse illness in the world. Stay safe and stay strong.

Stronger99: Actually. i did something like this thread earlier but it didn't make front page so no much response https://www.nairaland.com/781833/sickle-cell-thread. Now SCD is a messed up thing. Let's be honest here. It's like a 'curse frm the gods' but still, one has to face the challenges. I have managed to achieve so much educationally and financially even with this problem.

I live a 'reckless' life, i do drink alcohol, brandy and beer.I've been drinking now for 16yrs but i hope to call it a day soon. frm 4 bottles of lager at a sitting i now take only 1. And yes i do have lots of sex too . Now, i'm lucky i dnt really have pains. Actually, i can have pains just once a year and there is a pill i jst take and the pain goes. I would have loved to recommend it but i know it will be abused by those who suffer pain. The pill works and it is an anti-inflammatory drug and i guess it can be addictive.

I am lucky to be this strong but that doesn't mean all is perfect. I suffer from malaria alot when in Nigeria. There is no way i can avoid being in Nigeria at least 6mnths a year. it's so bad that i must have malaria once a mnth and sometimes i need to take multiple malaria drugs (with all that side effects) for the malaria to clear. So irritating.

There is something u guys didn't mention. It is called PRIAPISM. Painful erection in males without sexual arousal. That is something that gives me issues too at night, i have to wake up and do some exercises before it subsides and it only happens when i'm asleep. It denies me my full 8hrs most times. By and large, i'm a pretty strong guy and 90% of people who know me don't know that i have SCD. I hardly take transfusions, maybe once in 5yrs or so.I don't take meds, just folic and multivitamins. That is what i've taken for yrs and then the water thing is superb. Works like magic. I hardly eat though and my eating habit is pathetic.

this disorder has limited my life cos there is so much i think i can achieve but sometimes the strength isn't there. There must be a limit to how we can push ourselves.

I have a partner who is crazy about me and wants to drag me to the alter. I'm kind of reluctant. What if this disorder decides i've had enough good luck and decides to mess me up by throwing a misfortune my way. We are prone to all sorts of problems from organ failure to blindness. I don't want anybody to suffer in case i become a liability. These are random thoughts though. An inner voice tells me all will be well and i will keep having good health. Who knows. I might take the plunge soon enough and hope for the best.

My summary is that avoid sickle cell by all means. Luv is never enough. This disorder is wicked. Actually, i see it as one of the worse illness in the world. Stay safe and stay strong.