approximately 1,000 people are born every day in africa with sickle cell. i have sickle cell disease. up to 90% of us die before the age of five. 0ur government do little to help us. even in our own communities, people with sickle cell are often treated like outcasts because of misconception and stigma surrounding the disease. i m putting my life on the line to fight this deadly disease. and to dispel the myths that surround it. sickle cell is not witchcraft. it s not it s not ancestral curses. it s something that we can solve. gentle guitar music plays. speaks swahili. 0h, damn! the abnormal sickle shaped red blood cells in my body affect my oxygen levels. one of the biggest problems with sickle cell is oxygen. like, if you don t have sufficient oxygen, so you can only push your body far for a good number of days before you need to really rest. now, he s telling people, this guy has sickle cell, and they don t even know i have sickle cell. i ve been raising awareness abo
my sisters. i could say that that created, like, a kind of environment. sickle cell has made me and my family stronger. but as i prepare for the marathon, the warnings from my doctor keep playing on my mind. the doctors disagree with me about my doing the marathon. essentially, i will be reducing the oxygen circulating to my body, the functionality of my organs and risking things like strokes or neuroretinopathy or, like, something just obstructs somewhere and it lljust collapse, and, yeah. as the day approaches, i m excited and determined. mc: ladies and gentlemen, wed like to welcome you to the 2018 nairobi standard chartered international marathon! i m feeling good at the starting line.
sickle cell has made me and my family stronger. but, as i prepare for the marathon, the warnings from my doctor keep playing on my mind. the doctors disagree with me about my doing the marathon. essentially, i will be reducing the oxygen circulating to my body, the functionality of my organs and risking things like strokes or neuroretinopathy or, like, something just obstructs somewhere and it lljust collapse, and, yeah. as the day approaches, i m excited and determined. emcee: ladies and gentlemen, wed like to welcome you to the 2018 nairobi standard chartered international marathon! i m feeling good at the starting line.