2004 was to become a testing year for Thema as she was sadly taken into hospital with admissions amounting to 2 years confined to a hospital bed. She suffered tremendous pain screaming aloud day and night and was given just 6 days to live weighing just 5 stone, she is 5ft 11 inches tall! Doctors assumed it was anorexia and almost missed the fact is was NOT anorexia but what is thought to be rare disease called Gastroparesis. Once Thema had received the right diagnoses she was nursed back to health by Good Hope hospital in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. Thema has undergone 12 operations to treat her gastroparesis and still continues to be treated in hospitals in the UK. Gastroparesis is a debilitating chronic illness. Gastroparesis means paralyses of the stomach and is often extremely painful. Thema will always suffer from Gastroparesis but she now has it under good control with medication and a positive attitude. She is a survivor and no stranger to overcoming adversities ranging from racism to prejudice or just trying to defeat her illness by willpower alone. She tries to keep going and refuses to let her illness , fears or jealous people stand in the way of any of her future dreams and aspirations!
In 2008 Thema was the proud winner of the Women of Wisdom awards.
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