Navigating through life's lessons
Every year, myself and another 40% of us experience feelings of depression, unhappiness and disappointment. Of these, 20% would experience a clinical depression marked by a low mood with pervasive sleep difficulty, gain or loss of appetite, hopelessness, pessimism and even sometimes thoughts of suicide. In Nigeria, this illness is often missed because of aContinue reading Depression
My earliest memories include ones of me doing mundane things like walking on the street in my childhood estate, going in to a shop and standing in a line with strangers or getting on a bus running an errand with my mum, with my heart just thumping wildly in my chest because “something might happen”.Continue reading Living with anxiety
It is no news that in Nigeria, everything is linked to the ‘spiritual’, the extraordinary. A child suffering from cystic fibrosis with breathing difficulty is deteriorating because of the ‘village people’, also, a man who slumped and passed on must have angered the gods. This is popular across various spheres in the country. Mental healthContinue reading Tea. Tell. Thrive.
It’s funny how I’ve sat at this desk over and over, my hands hovering above this keyboard, my head just full of…nothing. Nothing. Well, everything and nothing at the same time. Doesn’t make sense abi? Trust me, I couldn’t understand it either, and I still can’t explain it. Nothing had been coming to mind, andContinue reading Unfolding
Valerie asked me to do a piece on vitiligo for her “Medics Take On” series, something to “spread awareness” as she put it. So far, the other articles in this series have provided a lot of good, solid insight on common issues- Hypertension and Diabetes care, Primary health care, and Preventive screenings. The writing styleContinue reading Lessons from living with Vitiligo
I am not sure if I should be writing this article as a doctor or as a human being— but I suspect you will want me to do both, so that will be the framework with which I approach this ambitious task. However, there is a third elephant in the room, a reddish looking mammalContinue reading Albinism: An Exploration into My Humanity
(At the hospital of Ceewonnine, Dr. R’s office. She’s seated with two people; Alexa and Siri. Sam, Alexa’s younger brother, is Dr. R’s seizure patient that she just managed. Siri and Alexa are a couple.) .DR. R: …I understand that you both have some questions for me. SIRI: Yes, Dr. So, you said that SamContinue reading Seizures or demonic possession?
“So Sir, do you take your medications?” “Well, yes. Yes, of course.” “And how often do you take them?” “As often as I should.” “Ok, but from your lab reports, your hbA1C is quite high-” “Meaning?” “Meaning that, for at least the past three months, your blood sugar level hasn’t been properly controlled. Also, yourContinue reading Triple threatening trio