As you know one of the precursors of an exacerbation is flying at high altitudes. Although a pressurized cabin is highly recommended—even this manages to trigger a sickle cell crises.
Living with Sickle Cell
Hey peoples! The good news is that I’m still not sick. The bad news is that it’s been 3 months already. My intuition is silently ticking that there is a
My ticker officially hit the 3 month mark. Go Me! If I were to look at the glass half full, that means I’ve been well with no major sickle cell
Yesterday I worked with a nursing agency. I got floated to the unit where I was sick in December! It was weirdly uncomfortable as you can imagine. The first nurse
I wrote this years ago, what was going through my mind when a crises hit me. It’s kinda long, but really loopy. It’s also really convoluted, I wrote this under
Living with sickle cell means living with chronic and acute pain. I have pain every single day of my life…sometimes it’s worse than others, and sometimes it’s just minor twinges
I was looking at some pictures I took last week and man, I look so jaundiced. Ick! For those of
I got my first blogger award for this blog. The Real Life Drama Queen has given me the Schmoozer Award
Man…I’m feeling so tired right now. I woke up at 6AM to head downtown Oakland for a computer class for
One of the perks I guess of having sickle cell is that it keeps me in my ideal weight zone.
Okay America, I know there is a plethora of drug addicts out there that come to the hospital seeking narcotics,
Of all the words used for patients with sickle cell, the one that irritates me the most is Sickler. Grrrr!
Hello darlings, I’m doing great, I’m back to working in the field I love and adore, so my timing is
For starters at my first job post graduation, I told my boss upfront that I had sickle cell and how often I fell sick. This was news that I told
