Sickle cell warrior shares how she feels after her blood was sucked out and replaced with AA blood
A sickle cell warrior shares her emotional journey after a life-changing blood transfusion. Her experience sheds light on the challenges and hopes of living with sickle cell disease.
A sickle cell warrior has shared what her body feels like after her blood was sucked our and replaced with AA blood.
She took to X to share a video of her dancing.
In other tweets, she wrote: "They sucked all of the sickle cell blood out of my body and filled me with AA blood and lowk I feel like crying a bit... like there's no way this is how yall actually feel on a regular my body feels so lithe and supple... i can breathe... it didn't hurt much when i stand omgggg
"it litch feels like I got a new body in a way I can't recall the last time I felt this physically good before like yes I'm in pain and all but pain is a constant it's the everything else I don't feel like a skeleton on legs, omg I just noticed I'm not even dizzy wtf.
"I feel like crying cause I'm always so hard on myself believing that I'm overreacting and not trying hard enough/being lazy (doesn't help that my family says it too) but now seeing the difference it's so clear omg I'm such a fighter how the heck did I get anything done before.
"If you see this tweet go donate some blood! You're really helping the lives of countless ppl myself included."
See video below.
by Linda Ikeji at 15/07/2026 10:15 PM | Share this Storyhttps://t.co/SkF1nh95cO pic.twitter.com/pEv3VTT4XH
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