Health

I have been thinking of lately about life. I love life. I have so much I want to accomplish and I hope God gives me the opportunity to do so. I have been feeling unwell for some time now. I had this burning pain in my chest. I always feel weak and tired also. I went to the doctors and my doctor said it was gastritis. She gave me some medication and said that should help. After some months, the same burning sensation came back and this time, I had to do some blood tests. The first test showed there were some bacterial that was also causing a lot of acid in my gut. I was given antibiotic to take care of that. They also noticed my blood level was low. So they called me back for another test, it showed that my white blood count was slightly low. I was called for yet another test and it showed the same. The doctor booked a telephone consultation for me. She said it is nothing to worry about and that it might be the way God has created me. Sometimes, it can be just the way a particular ethnicity is just made. She now referred me to a haematologist to rule out any disorders. I feel great now. I am thankful to God for keeping me alive and healthy. I hope someone with the same symptoms will benefit from this post. I have to get a dietician to help me with my diet so I can eat healthily. Have a lovely weekend and God bless.

Horror

I was deep in thought after watching the movie ‘hostel’. It was really graphic and just played with my emotions. I watched it with a friend and I asked if this could be happening in real life. In a nutshell, the movie is about the rich indulging in their fantasies by killing humans through which means they want. Innocent girls or boys are lured by sex or fun and they get killed off by these wealthy individuals. Any way, I was just thinking if something like this goes on in developing countries. We got into this debate and it occurred that in my very own experience it goes on in developing countries like Nigeria. We have all heard horror stories of people being kidnapped and parts of their bodies taken for ritual or for other purposes. I know for one that God save my family from such horror as my younger sister was almost kidnapped just in front of our house in Nigeria. She ran as she was being chased by these two men in the car, they tried hitting her with the car until God brought help for her (I will ask her to write that story).

Many people would tell the same stories of how they escaped from being killed or used for rituals. The kidnappers are normally paid by wealthy individuals to get specific kinds of people. Some months ago, I read in a Nigerian newspaper how a pastor escaped from being killed by these individuals. He was kidnapped, taken to this remote village; he witnessed the people that were on the same bus he was kidnapped killed off. Their body parts were to be sold of to individuals with money according to his report.


Today on the papers, I read of a baby farm found in Enugu state in the eastern region of Nigeria. I read with horror as I took the bus to city centre. Newborns are sold for £72.00. The newborns are either sold to traffickers who would move them on to prostitution or used as slaves. These types of stories happen to real people and thank God they have been found out on this occasion. I hope other remote places that such horror happens will be found out and necessary action taken. I hope the government will make a strong stance against such atrocities. Better life, good jobs and development in general should be government’s priority to curb this atrocity.