Constant bloating, stomach cramps, nausea and loss of appetite; the fate which young Alice Phoi battled with all her life. The young lass grew up as a weakling, unable to neither lead a healthy lifestyle nor retain any weight. At times she would even have to miss school due to the constant pain in her belly as well as failure…
One April morning in 2015, Oratile woke up to an invisible yet cumbersome load on her left side. Totally pressed on to the bed, she struggled in futility to get up constantly contending with an excruciating ache that paralyzed her entire body. Lying there in a comatose state she was fortunate to have been found by her cousin who then…
Struck by a piercing pain that thundered through her entire back, Mrs Rebecca Matobong was left shocked, wondering what the cause could be, this was in the year 1992. ‘I must be aging’, she thought to herself, brushing the issue off. To her dismay, years passed and the pain just wouldn’t go away! On paying the medics a visit, Mrs…
Having been born in a family tormented by the scourge of asthma, Thato Lebekwe could not escape the ordeal. From as early as 3 years old, the hospital bed became her second home. She would be admitted time after time due to a number of countless attacks of asthma. What begun as flu soon became a fully blown scourge that…