Thallasemia+Stories

Contents:

 * 1) Intro to Thallasemia
 * 2) Types
 * 3) Causes
 * 4) Symptoms
 * 5) Effects
 * 6) Treatments
 * 7) **__Personal Stories__**
 * 8) Links

Although it is hard, but it is possible to successfully survive with Thallasemia.
[|Amjad Mustaq] is a 25 year old lawyer who was born with Thallasemia. Throughout high school, he had to take at least one week off every month for blood transfusion. Imagine how hard that was missing so many days of school, and all the work he had to catch up. Not only did the blood transfusion made him skip the classes, but it also made him weak. In the end he had to redo a year of high school and everyone doubted him. However, Amjad didn't let that set him back, instead it motivated him to work harder and prove the community wrong. He graduated high school with five GCSE's and went into business studies. Then later he decided he wanted to pursue a career in law. He went to University of North London to study, and also had a part time job at a law firm. Then a few years later, in 1998, he received his law degree, and enrolled in College of Law in London for a legal practice course. Everything seemed to go smoothly and well, but he suddenly got an eye infection that nearly blinded him. He said: “I couldn’t believe I was going to have another set back to my studies. It was an awful experience to think that I could have lost my vision. But as soon as I came to England I had an operation which saved my sight.” A year later, he completed his course, and because the law firm he had a part time job at recognized his unbreakable determination, they offered him a full time job as a lawyer.
 * “A lot of people expected me to give up and just sit at home relying on my parents. But with my family’s support I have overcome a lot of hurdles. I now want to help other young people with thallasemia. I hope I could be inspiration to them.” -Amjad**

Here is a link to another Thallasemia personal story, it is about a mother who found out her baby had Thallasemia and had to make a choice to whether get an abortion or not. It's touching, but doesn't show a lot on Thallasemia. [|Click here] if you want to read it anyway.

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