Besides abstinence, what are the best contraceptive choices for a sickle cell warrior? For men of course that would be the condom, but for the ladies, with all the choices out there it gets a bit more complicated. You don’t want to try anything that is too heavily based on hormones, because they have a […]
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I got a question from a reader in Egypt that loves to swim but has a painful episode after each swimming session. For sickle cell warriors, my advice is not to swim in cold water. The main thing about swimming is that it drops your core body temperature, increasing the work load of your circulatory
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Okay, so we all know what a load of crap the medical system in the USA is. It’s even way more difficult to deal with it when you have a chronic illness like sickle cell. This is because you have to always make sure that you have insurance, because if you fall into a period
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Okay, several people have voiced concerns over me getting a crises a few days after I started taking Nicosan. I truly don’t believe that it was related or that Nicosan triggered my crises. I think that I was rundown, sick, dealing with the stress of the trip, traveling, the new job and strep throat. All
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I just got off the phone with Milan, a reader from the blog who is the absolutely most fabulous chick I’ve had the pleasure of meeting with sickle cell. She’s like a young version of me, all spunk, feisty, full of determination, attitude, sass and heart. She’s actually what I wish I was when I
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This is one of my absolute favorite PSA’s about sickle cell. Elise is totally kick ass, a warrior of the highest grade and I adore her accent. Her she talks about the pain that we sickle cell warriors go through. If you want to watch the whole series, click HERE or visit http://www.curesicklecelldisease.com/
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Dates: May 9-17. After spending Thursday night fighting cold and flu symptoms, Friday morning had me dealing with pain…in a major way. None of the trifecta of painkillers, (Oxycodone, Vicodin and Dilaudid) could help me, even when I majorly dosed up on the trifecta. This means that the pain was so out of control that
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First of all, let’s focus on the triggers: The Trip to Hawaii: I was sick on this trip but not a major crises zone. More like “I’m warding off a major crises with rest and meds, please God don’t let me get majorly sick!” I did get better towards the end of the trip though.
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Well, the last week has been rough to say the least. I’m going to explore the triggers of my last crises as I usually do in my next post, but this one was really, really awful. The last time I was sick, I thought it was my worst time ever…but this time, this puts everything
