eddy1234: IT HURTS ME WEN I SEE 90PERCENT OF PPLE MAKIN COMMENTS HERE AND SCARED OF DIS GENOTYPE ISSUE ARE CHRISTIANS.WERE IS D FAITH U CONFESS EVRY DAY,WERE IS D GOD U PRAY TO EVRYDAY,IS HE INCAPABLE OF GIVING U HEALTHY CHILDREN ,Y DEN WORSHIP HIM,IS HE LESS POWERFULL,ARE WE JST CHURCH GOERS,DO WE QUOTE D WORD IN VAIN,I AND MY FIANCEE ARE AS AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR WE TO HAVE AN SS COS WE KNO D GOD WE SERVE.DEY DAT KNO THEIR GOD SHALL B STRONG AND DO XPLOIT,BHOLD I HAVE GIVEN U POWER.....ASK ANYTIN,I MEAN ANYTIN IN MY NAME WITHOUT WAVRING..... I HOPE DIS WILL HELP OUR FAITH DEER KRISTIANS AND SHUT DIS TOPIC OF GENOTYPE.U R IN CHARGE OF ALL THINGS..GOD HELP UR UNBLIEF

kennyfao: Mr Agborodun, have u ever sat down and thought of the difference between the words REALITY and OPTIMISTC cos u just pick up ur fone and start defending stupidity what are u trying to prove? Intelligent or brilliancy? Where are those beliefs where thousands of kids die every year cos of this issue. Where are the medical personnels? And where are the cures? Guy, get ur head straight and wake up to the reality of life concerning this issue. No make me vex o.

Cashio: ...have u watched ur sibling lay on the hospital bed 4 weeks without eating,drinking,talking or even defecating...have u been unable to recognise ur sibling because his shape changed due to illness...have u watched a nurse or doctor embarrass u cos they are tired of u and ur child...have u watched ur 3 or 4 kids trooping to hospital day in day out as though its their father's house...have u watcghe a person above 20 yrs shout and cry as though he is been burnt alive...well i guess u haven't but believe me u dont want to experience all these....our parents made the mistake due uncivilization and ignorance so sis never fall a victim to what u already knw the consequencies in da name of luv

k4kenny: @ esuulaalu
Your post is too long and filled with jargon for M̶̲̅ε̲̣ to even consider quoting. For someone criticising Nigerians for talking too much, you seem to have the longest post in this thread

FYI there is no known cure for sickle cell anaemia, its a chromosomal disorder, its like saying there's a cure for Down syndrome and other chromosomal disorders, the best you c, get are medications used as blood anti- sickling agents.

Much as I would like to admit that sicklers can live a 'meaningful life' as you put it, they can't. I sadly lost a former classmate, who was 7months pregnant to the disease. How many female sickle cell anaemia patients are able to successfully carry a pregnancy to full term without complications?

I have lived with sicklers on multiple occasions and I can tell you this: I'LL NEVER KNOWINGLY BRING A CHILD TO THIS WORLD TO SUFFER. I won't even consider the possibility. One of the first things I asked my now husband when we just startd dating about a decade ago was his genotype. I won't have bothered if am AA, he was initially amused and said it was too early in the relationship to consider such, to which I told replied I didn't want to wait till we were neck-deep in the relationship before finding out.
@ mynd44
There are women who don't want to have their biological kids abi? Go to the ttc thread in the health section and see how true that is. 99.9% of women wants to go through the 'ordeal' of pregnancy and birth even if they're going to adopt.

LeonessAug:
Flytefalls, are you not touched by Cashio's tale? Pls have some human feelings except if you've lost hope yourself.

This debate is a matter of choice really and that's why doctors, nurses and people in general doesn't regard the parent of SS children.

Why do what will have a dire consequence in future? ..then someone is preaching on how to find a cure when it can be avoided.

The parent of SS children are extremely selfish just like those shouting 'LOVE' above GENOTYPE. I would rather have my money spent on the less priviledged children other than LOVE blindly and spend on hospital bills for SS children.

May God help us all.

k4kenny: @ mynd44
There are women who don't want to have their biological kids abi? Go to the ttc thread in the health section and see how true that is. 99.9% of women wants to go through the 'ordeal' of pregnancy and birth even if they're going to adopt.

k4kenny: I did not say they don't exist, my post said 99.9% of women not 100%. There's always an exception to every rule. Perhaps you're one of the 0.1%.

eddy1234: IT HURTS ME WEN I SEE 90PERCENT OF PPLE MAKIN COMMENTS HERE AND SCARED OF DIS GENOTYPE ISSUE ARE CHRISTIANS.WERE IS D FAITH U CONFESS EVRY DAY,WERE IS D GOD U PRAY TO EVRYDAY,IS HE INCAPABLE OF GIVING U HEALTHY CHILDREN ,Y DEN WORSHIP HIM,IS HE LESS POWERFULL,ARE WE JST CHURCH GOERS,DO WE QUOTE D WORD IN VAIN,I AND MY FIANCEE ARE AS AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR WE TO HAVE AN SS COS WE KNO D GOD WE SERVE.DEY DAT KNO THEIR GOD SHALL B STRONG AND DO XPLOIT,BHOLD I HAVE GIVEN U POWER.....ASK ANYTIN,I MEAN ANYTIN IN MY NAME WITHOUT WAVRING..... I HOPE DIS WILL HELP OUR FAITH DEER KRISTIANS AND SHUT DIS TOPIC OF GENOTYPE.U R IN CHARGE OF ALL THINGS..GOD HELP UR UNBLIEF

ESULAALU:

Stop seeking for sympathy please! You do not need to be so defensive or aggressive towards me,I will say my part.For your information I also have sickle cell and it is not the end of the world,go the specialist hospitals,the pediatrics unit and see children with far worse medical conditions all over the world.

Be grateful you are alive because if means there is still hope for you,if you like discourage people all you like,the fact is it is their choice and in the grand scheme of things,kenny you are equals to zero.

Please insult me more,I am used to it on this nairaland but then Nigerians like you need to go beyond nairaland,support causes and make the country a better place.

ogugua88:

[size=13pt]I'd like to have children.

99.9% is a number you pulled from the skies.[/size]

ogugua88:

[size=13pt]That's a solution, but a very controversial one. If it's discovered that the embryo is of SS, then what? Abort it right? And now we have another argument on our hands. I no dey argue. This is an option, but it's one a lot of people will be hesitant to try.[/size]

Impulse80: I'd always thought you and Mynd were sane people, now I'm not so sure. We are here trying to solve a problem in Africa and you are here talking crap! to think that you would kill an innocent soul just for some feeling that can be created and destroyed at any time? SMH!

dominique:

Actually the figures are somewhat accurate considering the fact that we're in an African forum. Assuming we were in an American or European forum, I would have also begged to differ.
Nothing to say on topic that has not already been said

LeonessAug: I do not mean to be rude neither am I here to criticise your "wish"! Your choice is your choice but I would rather wish you could understand the depth of pain and trauma the carriers go thru.

I'm also not here to condemn the carriers but im certain 99.9% of them have put the blame on their parent.

Could you possibly start a cause to support this carriers? Pls sign me in as a volunteer and lets preach more to the ignorants.

ogugua88:

[size=13pt]Do me a favor: learn how to read.

Nowhere did I say I would abort anything and I certainly didn't recommend it to anyone. What I said was that it's an option that doctors offer AS couples, but it's a controversial one and has been deemed by some as unethical. Got it?[/size]

Impulse80: i can read perfectly well ma'am even between the lines. If u considered it unethical you wouldn't even have brought it up.

Ukaga: Please i need some advice. My gf is SS and am AA. Wat ar d health implications if we were 2 get married

ogugua88:

[size=13pt]Your children will be AS carriers.[/size]

Ukaga: Please i need some advice. My gf is SS and am AA. Wat ar d health implications if we were 2 get married

Ukaga: any health complications during child bearing on d girls part

oluface: Please i need explanation on the importance of genotype in a relationship.

odexbrktru: AA + SS, AS + AS are Not advised to marry

AA + AA, SS + AS, AA + AS can marry each other

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