Pain to Prose
Gary SwabyPain to Prose is the brand of chronically ill Sickle Cell patient Gary Swaby (Gary Swift). Here you’ll find posts about sickle cell, mindfulness and serial fiction. The thriller series Mere Immortal is currently publishing weekly under this imprint.
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My 2026 Sickle Cell Crisis Part 2 – 5 Weeks In Hospital
This entry continues on where I left off in part 1. When I came home from hospital on January 8th, I was sent home with no antibiotics, despite the fact I had been on a specific antibiotic during my whole admission. Unfortunately, the infec...
My 2026 Sickle Cell Crisis Part 1 – I Will Survive
Ever since the day after my birthday on December 25th, 2025, I have been extremely sick. I came down with a sickle cell crisis, and it got worse every single day until I gave in and went to Luton & Dunstable hospital on the 28th of December...
Stop Only Reading Books That Agree With You
At one point in my life, I had a consistent reading partner called Debby. Debby and I would read different books from one another, but we’d discuss the books we read and what we thought about them. This friend of mine was the perfect readin...
My Sickle Cell Crisis May 2025
I recently had an extreme sickle cell crisis that led to a hospital admission. This started on the 9th of May, 2025. This crisis had been developing for about a week, as I’d been feeling harsh pains all through the week.
On the night of Th...
Losing your creative spark and getting it back
I sometimes lose my creative spark. It’s hard to pinpoint why because I believe it to be a number of factors in my life that leave me depressed and unmotivated. This low mood sometimes lasts for months, hindering my growth and business pros...
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Gary Swaby is a writer from Luton, England. Gary's journey through life with sickle cell anaemia has fueled his passion for the literary arts. Amidst the daily battle against pain, he finds solace in the power of his own mind.
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