Tag: health

  • Don Magezi

    Work, Life & Sickle Cell

    Clocking In While Your Body Clocks Out: There is a specific kind of exhaustion that only SCD Warriors know. It is not the tiredness that comes from a long day at the office, or a hard workout, or a late night. It is the kind of exhaustion that lives in your bones. The kind that shows up uninvited on a…

  • Don Magezi

    Work & Sickle Cell (Part 2): What Employers Still Don’t Understand

    This post has been sitting in my drafts for months. For so long that the last time I posted it I was freelancing and working completely remotely. but we still need to speak on this topic. I recently got employed at this great marketing and advertising agency — shout-out to my brother for the lob. A conversation took place one…

  • Don Magezi

    Work & Sickle Cell (Part 1): From the Workplace to Nairobi

    Last week, I had the privilege of attending the St. Jude Global Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Meeting in Nairobi, representing Raremark Foundation. It was a week of intense learning—strategies, systems, science—but also one that demanded more from me physically and emotionally than I had anticipated. The altitude difference hit harder than expected. Nairobi sits nearly 1,800 meters above sea level, and…