Decision DayI made it. I recently took the last test of medical school. Wow. When I tell you there were so many times...reactionscomments
Celebrating Me This Sickle Cell Awareness MonthSeptember is Sickle Cell Awareness Month and I'm choosing to celebrate me this month. I have never been the best at promoting...reactionscomments
Learning to RestThere’s this stereotype of the “strong Black woman.” The one who has been through everything and knocked down over and over again...reactionscomments
Halimat Talks Periods, Birth Control, and Sickle CellThis past March, Halimat sat down to have a conversation with herself in honor of Women's History Month and International Women's Day...reactionscomments
Presenting on Sickle Cell at ConferencesRecently, I went to the American Society of Hematology’s (ASH) Annual Meeting. It was in Atlanta, and I was only given off...reactions3comments
FOMO (Feeling of Missing Out)I have been feeling stuck and out of place a lot lately. There’s this saying about how your 20s are this whirlwind...reactions5comments
Anything Can HappenToday was almost a bad day. Maybe it was self-induced anxiety about starting surgery, what is known as the hardest rotation of...reactions2comments
Baby FeverI have baby fever. I am not sure what is about this point in life where all my friends and peers are...reactions2comments
How to Care for Sickle Cell Patients: Interview With Dr. Andrew CampbellIn this video, I am joined by Dr. Andrew Campbell, the Director of the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program at Children's National Hospital...reactions2comments
May Is National Mental Health MonthMay is National Mental Health Month. Join Patient Leader Halimat as she checks in with herself. Making healthy habits is hard. Taking...reactions2comments
Meeting Others With Sickle CellAs a child, I felt I was the only person in the world with sickle cell anemia. Silly me. It wasn’t completely...reactions8comments
DecisionsBefore medical school, the biggest decisions are deciding if you want to go to medical school, where to apply, and then hopefully...reactions2comments
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Caring for Sickle Cell Patient: An Interview With Dr. Sharon SinghI sat with Dr. Sharon Singh, my previous pediatric hematologist and the head of the sickle cell team at the University of...reactionscomments
Recovering from Heart BreakI have a broken heart. It’s crazy because I genuinely thought I was done with those. I thought I had met and...reactions4comments
Temperamental Temperatures: Weather and Sickle CellThe weather in the Midwest is just about as unpredictable as sickle cell pain is. It’s March, so it makes sense that...reactionscomments
Working on My FitnessThe best my health has ever been was in D.C., before starting medical school. I mean, there are lots of reasons why...reactions3comments
Making Time for Healthcare AppointmentsWith sickle cell, time is always of the essence. Life is unpredictable but even more so when you have an unpredictable chronic...reactions2comments
Physical ActivityI like to believe that having sickle cell doesn’t at all limit my potential. That if I really want to do something...reactions13comments
FatigueWhen I was little, and I would get sick, my mother would hardly ever let me skip school. She’d push me to...reactionscomments
Fearfulness vs. FearlessnessSometimes I worry that I am living my life in fear. In fear of triggering a sickle cell attack, of not being...reactions5comments
