Tag: Schooling
With Sickle Cell, Do You Consider Yourself Disabled?
Disability takes on a different connotation for everyone. As a person with SCD do you identify as being disabled?
Transitioning From Teen to Adult with SCD, part II
April explores the steps of helping your teen gain independence and successfully transition into the adult system.
Vacation 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...
Going 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...
Getting Through Nursing School with Sickle Cell
Choosing nursing as a major was an easy decision for me to make. I've always been interested in being a nurse, especially since I...
Sickle Cell — The Big Secret
This post is for Kem.When I was younger, my parents kept my sickle cell a huge secret. They didn't want me categorized and stigmatized...
My Epiphany About Sickle Cell
When I was a freshman in college, I worked part time at the Social Sciences building for this teacher, grading reports and filing her...
Checkin’ In
What's up fam?It's been a week and surprisingly I've been well. Very well in fact. Nothing much to report...I think the L Arginine is...
The College Years
After graduation, I did some college in Nigeria and then a year later my parents decided to ship us all back to the US...
Graduation
Thanks to Diva being at every school I ever attended...I was able to have a relatively stable life in high school. She deflected the...
