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Sickle cell is always up for emergencies. Most of the things that trigger a crisis are things beyond our control. Even though we do our best to avoid getting sick...

August 2020, I moved to Houston, Texas to begin my tenure as a graduate student at the University of Houston’s Graduate College of Social Work. I am in the Master...

Most of the time when we are dealing with sickle cell disease, we are focusing on the pain episodes, sleepless nights, and all the pain medications. What we often forget...

As a medical student, I'm often tasked with researching the intersection of different health conditions. Recently, I looked into the connection between sickle cell disease and mental health disorders. Vaso-occlusive...

Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is anxiety in the aftermath of a traumatic event. You may think of it happening to a soldier returning from war or a victim of...

After senior high school, I applied for a short course in broadcast journalism. I was so good before I completed the course, my lecturers already recommended me for a broadcasting...

Being a medical student has given me a really interesting perspective into the health care system. I mean even before I was a medical student, I had seen more of...

The first thing you must check before even considering asking a person with sickle cell out on a date is your genotype. If by now you still don’t know your...

Hi All, my name is Grace. I am a wife, mother and I work as a full-time content creator. I also am living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease...

Priapism is a sickle cell complication that many people know nothing about. I understand because priapism is a complication that affects only male sickle cell warriors. I was 17 or...

Sickle cell affects all parts of a patient's life: Finances, love, and our work, school and social lives. For me, this started when I was barely 2 years old. Kids...

Today was really overwhelming. Being a med-student is hard. Not just because of the insane amount of material or the long days put into studying and even longer working hours...

Hi All, my name is Grace. I am a wife, mother and I work as a full-time content creator. I also am living with sickle cell disease. We all know...

Having a chronic illness is not easy at all and I know that a lot of us have been through some traumatic experiences. It got me thinking about post-traumatic stress...

I wish I knew about cannabis years ago, it would have saved me from a lot of stress. Truth is, ever since I started using it, I’ve seen changes in...

Sickle cell disease is the world’s most common heritable blood disorder and arguably one of the most racially polarizing diseases that exist today. Unfortunately, sickle cell disease is also one...

Dr. Simone Eastman Uwan (known to the sickle cell community as Dr. Simone) was diagnosed with sickle cell disease in college, even though she had symptoms all her life. Her...

Sickle cell anemia (Hbss) is a condition of the red blood cells. It is part of a group of disorders called sickle cell disease. Sickle cell anemia is the most...

I love dancing in the rain. I think it started when I first watched Dirty Dancing or maybe Singing in the Rain. Either way, something about when it’s raining enough...

Pregnancy for me was an exciting time. It did not start with the usual morning sickness and discomfort that most people complain about. In fact, I did not even know...