5 Months and Counting!!!
Soooo yesterday marked 5 months since my last sickle cell crisis!!! *milly rocks* Meaning 5 months without hospital admissions, 5 months without the need of life saving blood transfusions, 5 months without using pain killers. 5 months may seem like a very short period of time but for someone who is used to falling ill at least once a month and frequent hospital admissions this is a serious milestone, and a day doesn't go by without my prayers being filled with thanks. There are many things I could have been doing much earlier in my life to improve my health. However, it has only been until recently that I started to make real conscious steps in ensuring that I am in the best possible health. I truly believed that using my medicine was the only way I could ensure this. I have learnt that this is not the case at all and there are actually so many things that can be done in addition to improve my general health and prevent a crisis. I’m sure my fellow sickle cell warriors woul...