{"id":531,"date":"2021-03-31T08:37:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T05:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/?p=531"},"modified":"2021-03-31T08:37:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T05:37:41","slug":"lucy-mafulanya-before-amref-came-to-me-i-was-expecting-my-life-to-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/2021\/03\/31\/lucy-mafulanya-before-amref-came-to-me-i-was-expecting-my-life-to-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Mafulanya: Before Amref came to me I was expecting my life to end"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My name is Lucy\u00a0Mafulanya,\u00a0I was born in 1961, I am 59 years old I leave at\u00a0Ilamba\u00a0village in\u00a0Ngudu\u00a0Kwimba, I\u00a0gave birth to\u00a0seven children\u00a0but\u00a0one\u00a0died during delivery so I\u00a0remained\u00a0with\u00a0\u00a0six\u00a0only. In 1982 I experienced labor pain and stayed home hoping for a safer delivery, but until the third day I was still in\u00a0labor\u00a0pain and decided to go to\u00a0Ikonongo\u00a0dispensary at\u00a0Shinyanga.\u00a0I stayed\u00a0at the dispensary\u00a0for\u00a0other\u00a0three days\u00a0where\u00a0I\u00a0delivered\u00a0a\u00a0child\u00a0who had\u00a0lost its life\u00a0during the process and I was left with an\u00a0affected\u00a0right leg where I failed to walk again.\u00a0The\u00a0following\u00a0day\u00a0after\u00a0I\u00a0delivered,\u00a0I had severe bleeding and\u00a0experienced\u00a0uncontrollable urination. I was advised to go to Moshi.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;I&nbsp;informed&nbsp;my husband but he refused to support me. He left me with my mother, I had lost hope for cure. In 2019 December, I heard there is&nbsp;a&nbsp;Fistula ambassador&nbsp;who could treat Fistula, luckily enough they came to me and told me that I should go to the hospital, there is a chance for me to be cured.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, when I was waiting to complete harvesting so that I could get transport fare and visit the hospital. I am very thankful to the\u00a0Fistula\u00a0ambassadors\u00a0who told me there is support given by\u00a0Amref. After my treatment I will also ask\u00a0Amref\u00a0to support others who\u00a0have\u00a0the same problem\u00a0like mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I pray to God for this organization to continue supporting us. Before&nbsp;Amref&nbsp;came to me I was expecting my life to end,&nbsp;due to&nbsp;this situation most people in my community couldn\u2019t stay with me because of the smell that comes out of my body.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I pray again for this organization to continue supporting us, from now onwards I will be able to socialize with others in the community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Lucy\u00a0Mafulanya,\u00a0I was born in 1961, I am 59 years old I leave at\u00a0Ilamba\u00a0village in\u00a0Ngudu\u00a0Kwimba, I\u00a0gave birth to\u00a0seven children\u00a0but\u00a0one\u00a0died during delivery so I\u00a0remained\u00a0with\u00a0\u00a0six\u00a0only. 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