My name is Saif Ali Saif Obaid Bin Abed. I come from a “Sickle Cell Anaemia” family where both my parents, older sister and several close relatives also suffer from SCA. I was diagnosed with SCA since 2014, when I had a fever. I had to stay in a hospital for more than a week and was in terrible pain. I spent a lot of time on morphine drips, oxygen and blood transfusions. However, the situation only got worse, and test results showed that my blood oxygen percentage has dropped.
I was also forced to take painkillers daily (3 tablet of Hydroxyurea per day), and experienced many side effects, including vomiting, diarrhea and dizziness. So, I decided to stop my medication in 2015 and search for an alternative solution.