Lena Harvey

Growing up, I always knew my blood would be my highest hurdle. Imagine being made to carry your enemy inside of you. All the while it destroys you from the inside...

One of the very first things one learns when introduced to a person with sickle cell disease (SCD) is that a pain crisis could strike at any time. As a...

Having survived 30-plus years of the inner, physical harshness that came with my sickle cell anemia, I have often been asked what a pain crisis feels like. Those who are...

Diagnosed at age 4, before I knew what life was or why I had come to be, I was somehow keenly aware that I was not like everyone else around...

As of today, there are more treatment options, curative therapies, clinical trials, and studies to go around. Luckily, I've witnessed what the past ten years alone have yielded. Humans have...

November of 2021, I found myself in a brand new space, one that was filled with new hope and fresh possibilities. I had just been freshly rejuvenated after starting Oxbryta...

To anyone who may witness me in a pain crisis, please do not judge me in my worst moment. Living with a chronic illness, especially one as painful as sickle...