Coping Strategies Archives - Page 10 of 18

Sickle Cell Crisis: A Not-So Friendly Reminder

Tosin reminiscences about the genetic predisposition that forces her to maintain a life of balance. Your body tells you…Be Balanced or Else….!

Success Begins with You!

Tosin explains how you can have a successful and happy life with sickle cell. Once we shift our mentality, we all can achieve all our goals and dreams.

Playing in the Snow with Sickle Cell

Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean you have to be hibernating next to the heater. Here are some great tips to keep you pain free and yet able to go outdoors in the cold.

Going to College with Sickle Cell

For those going off to college this year….here are some steps to help guide you through another semester.

Filing a Complaint in the Hospital

Once in a while, you might get treated with less-than compassionate care. Get the 4-1-1 on how to file a complaint and make sure it doesn’t happen to you (or anyone else) ever again.

Part 2: Paying for Medications

Sickle cell medications do not come cheap. With copays of 15-30% on prescriptions, your out of pocket costs can grow drastically. If you are on a fixed income, or don’t make much, it can get hard. Here are some resources that might be able to help.

Dealing with Medical Bills and Insurance

Medical bills and insurance often is a roadblock that plague many sickle cell warriors. Here are 4 plans that can get you out of the financial mire and on more stable ground.

Tips for Going to the Emergency Room with Sickle Cell

For many of us with sickle cell, going to the emergency room is one of the worst parts of having the disease. Here are a few tips to help you make the ER visit less stressful and more successful. Good luck!

Poem: I Am a Warrior

Check out the inspiring poetry written by two of our very own Facebook compadres. I AM a Warrior is dedicated to you, and all SC warriors out there.

Sickle Cell and Overcoming Addiction

This is the second part of the series, read the first part HERE. So now that we know what isn’t addiction…the next question is: what is? Once again I will rely on the combined definition of the American Pain and Addiction organizations. Addiction is a primary, chronic, neurobiologic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors…