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Let’s Play Catchup
What’s good fam? Has it really been that long? I can’t believe we are midway through Sept and I haven’t posted a thing. Sorry to all the folks that emailed me, with no response—I haven’t been sick, I’ve just be drowning in a sea of too many responsibilities. Work: has been a bust. What started…
Read MoreHydroxyurea vs Nicosan
Jay sent me a question that I think some other people might have. So we are going to do a comparative analysis on the two medications My doctor recently put me on Hydroxyurea. I was hesitant taking it because of the long term side effect of leukemia, but in the end I took it. I’ve…
Read MoreI’m Alive
Okay, so I didn’t plunge 14,000 feet to my death! It was soooooo fun that I’m ready to do it again. Norio was being so ‘cautious’ and he doesn’t believe in risking your life for no reason…he didn’t even go up! Personally it’s one of the most exhilarating things I’ve ever done. Live outside the…
Read MoreExcite Me…
I’m writing this from work, and in approximately 5 hours, my vacation starts! It’s only 10 days long and so far the only thing I have penciled in is skydiving. Yep, you read right—SKYDIVING! You’re probably wondering why a sickle cell warrior as myself would want to skydive??? As my friend Rhea would say, “Why…
Read MoreVacation Plans
Hello darlings, Do you like my spiffy new signature? I saw it and totally fell in love with it. Bonjour from the beautiful city of Toronto…I had such a blast and I can’t wait to go back. The trip was lovely—no sickness whatsoever, the people are great and it’s truly a city of multiculturism. I…
Read MoreCatch Up
Wow, it’s been 10 days since my last post. Part of the reason is that I’ve been out of town chilling with my family in Indiana. The flight’s were long but I had no problem. No crises and very minimal pain to speak of. Another thing happening is that I’ve been revving up for my…
Read MoreStop Delays in Treatment of Sickle Cell Patients
This article is from the medical journal ED Nursing printed July 1st, 2007. I’m putting it on here so that more medical professionals can see that it’s not wrong to treat sickle cell patients properly. The most pertinent parts for me will be in bold. Hola at Dr. Tanabe for hitting the nail on the…
Read MoreGoing to School with Sickle Cell
One thing that I’ve learned with having this ailment is that I can’t let it scare me or change anything about the way I want to live my life. I’m very determined and want to achieve all my dreams, goals and aspirations. I won’t let anything stop me from attaining my full potential—and schooling was…
Read MoreSickle Cell Clinical Trials
I got this from Our Voice, a new sickle cell blog that just launched in the blogosphere. Go over there and say hi! According to the Washington Post, May 29,2008, Johns Hopkins Instituteresearchers developed a human stem cell line containing the mutation associatedwith sickle cell anemia. They say, “One challenge to studying blood diseases like…
Read MoreNo Pain
Check this out—this is my first week ever since I hit puberty that I haven’t had to take any narcotics. That’s intense! I haven’t had any L3’s at all and barely any L2’s. In fact, the only thing I’ve taken this whole week since Monday last was 600mg of Motrin a few times. Now I…
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