1 - Life's a rollercoaster

CHAPTER 1 - LIFE’S A ROLLERCOASTER

Dealing with Crohn's disease in an ordinary 9-5 world is tough enough, so dealing with it as a football playing, music producing creative, working all the hours and travelling across continents, can make things even harder. Most would quit the dream but Grace's dreams are too big to allow Crohn's to win. However, her perseverance really gets tested, when a random check up in December 2017 changes everything.

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Credits
Journeys with Grace is a Late Bloomer production (that’s meeeee)

Written, voiced and produced by myself Grace Gigi Ogun, with Script Editor Dani Moseley (BBC, Dreaming Whilst Black)

Special thanks to my friend Tora and my cousin Manny for lending their voices

The original music was written, performed and produced by yours truly Grace Gigi Ogun, with help from my boy Jacob ‘Jay SL aka Jaykebeatz’ Essel on co production (with additional production by Jonah, Digital Dog and Garbz on the keys)

The amazing sound design and mix was by Marc Farey for Thousand Mile Music 

This chapter was led by Sefa Nkyi, assisted by Chris Mitchell 

Charmaine Noble-McLean was the executive producer alongside myself

Big thank you to all the helpers along the way…to my family & close friends, Nana Fofie, the Sound UP initiative and Spotify, thank you for your support

And lastly, a huge thank you to Unedited, I couldn't have had better teachers
 
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Links to supporting information
Humira - https://www.drugwatch.com/humira/warnings/
Humira (adalimumab) - https://www.humira.com/crohns
Crohn's disease - https://crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/?
Aloe vera I used - https://foreverliving.com/shop/gbr/en-gb/products/196-FOREVER-FREEDOM
Aloe vera gut benefits - https://www.pulseandremedy.com/aloe
- https://nikkiyeltonrd.com/benefits-for-aloe-vera-juice/
Kickbacks in big pharma - https://www.vsg-law.com/practice-areas/pharmaceutical-fraud-whistleblower-attorney/kickbacks/#:~:text=In%20the%20context%20of%20health,Medicare%2C%20Medicaid%2C%20or%20TRICARE.
Kickbacks - https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2023/02/27/the-hidden-system-of-legal-kickbacks-shaping-the-u-s-prescription-drug-market/
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) - https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/about-chronic-kidney-disease
Azathioprine - https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/for-patients/pharmacy/azathioprine
Azathioprine, side effects & liver tox - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK548332/
Prednisolone - https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/prednisolone/
Infliximab - https://g

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