Hello darlings, In the interest of full disclosure, I must state that I had pain this week. I actually had to call off of work on April 1st. The pains started as they normally did, twinges here and there, L1s, nothing major, and I ignored them, thinking it was a fluke and would just go […]
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My sister sent this to me from a friend of a friend. Guess Sickle Cell is in the eye of our new president after all! Hi All, In our continuing efforts to spread awareness about Sickle Cell Disease…Gabriel and I got to meet with Pres. Obama on this past Tuesday! Can you say WHAT A
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Hey everyone. I just got this link on some research conducted at John Hopkins University related to sickle cell. The article talks about Chemotherapy as the new adjunct therapy in BMT patients…feel free to go ahead and read it. According to Sophie Lanzkron, director of the Sickle Cell Center for Adults at Johns Hopkins University,
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This letter just brought it home for me…all the stress that I’ve been going through getting Nicosan to my dear users in the US. It’s been difficult maintaining with all the business and economic setbacks both here and in Nigeria, but this note from a Nicosan user just reminded me why I love what I
This is not my research, therefore I do not have additional information about this project. It is being conducted by Kimberly Grace, a PhD student at Alliant International University. For questions and contact information, please click the link to the survey. For anyone over 18 with sickle cell, please consider participating in this project. It
Scars that bindTears that fasten me to uOur pain unites usSo be true to this emotionlive without shame your woundsCarry your head high as the tears flow.Let the tears fall and express your painwithout reservation, without regretbecause the more we share our painthe closer we become.Pain shared is real, true, pureI can’t fake pain, so
Hey everyone, I’m seriously trying to set up a study dealing with Nicosan. The question in my last post has me thinking that there are some unanswered questions. The think most of the skepticism does come from the fact that it’s an African herbal remedy versus a Westernized one. There isn’t enough documentation and evidenced
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Here is a question that I got from a reader on Nicosan that I would like to address: A friend of mine just started on Nicosan 12/12/08, due to lapse in medical coverage and not having monthly blood exchanges, he has been having severe pain every week, resulting in 2-3 ER visits/month since 9/08. Since
Hey everyone, How is it going? I’ve been busy, working alot at the same time trying to ace my Statistics class….grrrrr, I totally hate it! So far I’m hanging on to my A average by the skin of my teeth, but it’s been a struggle, I’ve spent more time studying for this class than I
Hi Vixen, CONGRATULATIONS on your success in the People’s Health Blogger Awards Competition. Your readers have spoken, and you’ve been chosen as one of the People’s Best 100 Health Bloggers! The competition was a huge success, with hundreds of the best health bloggers competing and thousands of votes cast. The competition during the last few
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