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Love Or Genotype
Introduction : Sickle cell ananemia is a genetic disorder that cuts across all races and as of today, it ranks amongst the topmost challenges of modern medicine because there is yet no clear-cut remedy to it.
Until the recent times when the grave consequences attending the total negligence of genotype started taking a worrisome turn, true love, which is considered by all as rare and only God-given, would have been all that is required for a couple to walk down the aisle to exchange nuptial ties. Today however, as the fear of bearing a sickler as child becomes the beginning of wisdom, a million dollar question that all intending husbands and wives must answer in their decision to marry is: What takes preference: LOVE OR GENOTYPE? And it is not alarming that of late such a question has in many cases started to generate serious confrontations between the head and the heart.
True Love is divine and true Love is a blessing but if you find out that you and your partner are both carriers of the sickle cell trait (AS) or one AS and the other SS, would you still go ahead and get married: trying to draw the line between LOVE and the menance of having a child with sickle cell? Would you follow your heart or use your head?
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toye said on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 18:52
I am AS and still single because I was not ready to marry someone who was also AS. I have a friend who is AS and married to a guy who is also AS. They do not have any children yet but they are taking measures to ensure they do not have an SS child. I WILL NOT marry someone who is AS, it is too painful to have an SS child because for every crisis you fear that you will loose that child. I have lost a friend and every crisis was terrorising. It was almost a relief when she passed on.
Temi said on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 19:45
I am AA, but i have relatives and close friends who are AS. They tell me and i see that it is very difficult to find a partner who's not the same genotype. I think love should be unselfish and not deliberately cause harm. If u love someone you should wish the person the best and not hold on to a relationship that will be painful for both parties.
idahosa said on Thursday, February 18, 2010, 9:17
GOD is the greatest phyiscian,and i belive i can marry who ever GOD has destin to be my wife becouse GOD can turn any thing around.
Esha said on Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12:32
I agree with Idahosa. But then again we are humans and have feelings. I am not AS but i can understand what they are going through. I have lost a brother, though he was not AS, but i know how i felt and i was still little. So i cannot just imagine having kids and watching them die. Its gonna hurt big time. then again GOD is the I AM THAT I AM. With him anything is possible with faith.
Sunday said on Thursday, February 18, 2010, 14:47
The issue is clear. Marriage is ordained by God, hence before going into it, one must ,ake up his /her ming for the best or otherwise . While am not going against knowing your partner’s genothpe, if you have a green light from the creator of marriage to go on, why not? God , for my friend, turned ss to aa for her before marriage. Pls, let us go back to God indeed!
Mayorking said on Thursday, February 18, 2010, 16:20
Mayowa:
In has much I believe That with God all things are possible. I will gently leave a relationship which i kow before hand that the people involved are both AS to avoid Future disaster. I work in the hospital set and i have witness a lot in terms of pain for people who AS.
teemoney said on Friday, February 19, 2010, 6:44
Am AA" but the through is that when bcos of love u now create everlasting problem by going on with a partner with the same(AS,AS or SS,AS) pls try to be wish in doing thing.
on my part i will never go 4 sure relationship.
Famson said on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 17:13
Inasmuch as the genotype issue is such a delicate and complicated one, to some certain extent science has been able to achieve some preventive measure to avoid it. It depend largely if individual is ready for it or not.
It also beg the question to assume love is enough to propel you through the like dilemna that may arise. Personally, I feel it has nothing to do with love because it has both moral and psychological implications.
The question now is, should two AS go ahead and marry?
It is a personal decision, afterall it isn’t only sickle cell that can give you trouble children. You can have AA or AS as imbecile, disabled etc children.
chioma mbachu said on Monday, March 1, 2010, 16:58
chaz-b is a serious issues that we must talk about be cos many life has gone without not knowing the effects pls try as much as possible to inform the people about this issue. chioma
stella said on Thursday, April 8, 2010, 12:31
Wisdom is profitable to direct, if you are AS and your is AS or SS, you better quit the relationship.
oluwafunmilayo said on Friday, April 9, 2010, 8:01
I thank God for chazbs life may God continue to send help to you concerning you programme,i never use to think about this genotype stuff not untill u brought it up.Well i think its better you aviod it if you can and on the other hand love goes a long way too,but with the help of the God nothing is immposible,that day wen i got home i spoke to my brother about his genotype and he told me AS i asked him about his wife she is AS alos i was scared i now asked about his three kids and he told me the three of them are AA .I was shocked and happy that they were all AA,cos this kids are just too lovely i cant imagine loosing any of them to SS,now am so so scared that if i marry an AS i will give bith to an SSsince that day we did that topic ve been scaredcos am AS and my boyfriend is AS .But i hear there is a test now so its like taking a big Risk.
kachy said on Friday, April 9, 2010, 14:08
Well for me i don't think it is really advisable go ahead for marriage when finally you find out that you and your
partner are AS and AS.Yes we know that with God all things are possible,we should not endenger our children because seeing them dying could be very painful.