A Warrior Nurse's JourneyI’m Grace and I’m a 25 year old third-year nursing student. Whenever I tell people about my condition I'm always met with...reactions3comments
The Girl Who Has Sickle Cell DiseaseMy Name Is Candance La’Dream Bradley and I was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease - SS Type when I was born. I...reactions4comments
My Brother, My Hero.I don't remember a world without sickle cell in it. My older brother had it for almost 41 years before he passed...reactions7comments
50 and Still HereI am a 50-year-old biracial female diagnosed with sickle cell. I have had pain crises, had my heart stopped twice, and I...reactions2comments
Living Beyond 50 with Sickle CellHello fellow warriors and caregivers. My name is Trish and I live with having HB-SS. My sickle cell was discovered at the...reactions5comments
Tolu Tani-Olu's StoryMy story begins when I was diagnosed with sickle cell when I was one years old. I lived with my family in...reactions1comment
Sickle Cell and MeHi, my name is Sakina. New here. I have always wanted to speak to people who understood my pains. I was diagnosed...reactions4comments
My Warrior Daughter MichelleMy daughter Michelle was born on 12/12/1991 with sickle cell disease. Michelle's life was not an easy one, not at all. She...reactions3comments
StigmatisationI had my first sickle cell crisis at age 16, and the second at age 19. Being in Med school drove me...reactions1comment
A Message of HopeMy 10-year-old sickle cell anemic son went through chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant (from his elder brother) in 2019 and now...reactions1comment
Questioning Yourself?A lot of things go through my mind. Especially now that I’m stuck on crutches due to vascular necrosis. I ask myself...reactions4comments
A LITTLE PAMPERINGSo I've been in and out of the hospital continuously since 2019.. Started with pregnancy complications, then coma, emergency Cs, lung infection...reactions4comments
My Parents and MeI was one year old when my mom found out I had sickle cell and then in Liberia and then she moved...reactions1comment
Things I Never Signed Up ForIt has been a rollercoaster of emotions and trauma since childhood. As I little girl I never understood why things I didn't...reactions3comments
My HealthThree ago I had acute chest syndrome and it was like that was the end of my life. I felt I was...reactions1comment
Today, I Cried My Lungs OutI've been sick for several weeks now. To be honest, it hasn't been easy for me. The bills, medication, complications, wanting to...reactions4comments
Sickle Cell is Just as Serious as Any Other Chronic IllnessTrying to live a normal life is challenging, trying to live a normal life with an invisible, serious chronic illness like sickle...reactions3comments
How It Feels to Have SCDOne of the most difficult stages of my life was accepting life as a sickle cell patient. You can imagine how society...reactions1comment
Accepting To Be a CrescentOne of the most difficult stages for me was accepting and adjusting into life as a sickle cell disease patient (SS genotype)...reactions2comments
Is it Me?It's now 2021 and I started this journey in Wisconsin while attending middle school in the 80's, when I can remember a...reactions4comments
