Steroids nearly killed me
Friday, June 11, 2021
Dube
My daily struggle with debilitating pain has my mind messed up that I want to go into all joints of my body, suck out every frozen cracked fluid and breath back in fresh new fluids.
Imagine a home where there is a constant battle, the husband and wife throwing every gadget on site to each other, bleeding to the point of collapse. Time and again the neighbours come in to calm the storm, but the relief is short lived. That is my life, in my battle against RA.
The research presented at the recent Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union symposium should serve as a wake-up call to us all.We are so focused on coding, artificial intelligence, and the jobs of tomorrow that we are neglecting the basic safety and emotional well-being of the children sitting in our classrooms today.Statistics are deeply worrying. One study revealed that 34% of secondary school learners in Gaborone meet the criteria for a...