Paula is a new mom who has sickle cell that is sharing her experience with everyone. I hope this helps all the new moms and moms-to-be out there.
How I Endured Sickle Cell Pregnancy on Bed Rest Read More »
This is the finale of the interview with Raheem C, the sickle cell patient who underwent a stem cell transplant and is now sickle cell free! Congratulations Raheem! Live free and be happy!
Sickle Cell Free, Part 4: Life After Stem Cell Transplant Read More »
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
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Addiction is very easy to stumble into and very hard to get out of, especially when you have a chronic medical condition that requires some form of pain management therapy. We do give medical professionals alot of flack for treating us all like drug addicts; but those negative attitudes had to have come from somewhere.
Sickle Cell and Drug Addiction: Definitions Read More »
Educate yourself on iron overload, one of the hazards of frequent blood transfusions.
SCD and Iron Overload Read More »
We know that we are in pain almost every single day. Guess now, the doctors have evidence based research to believe us.
Sickle Cell Patients Go to the Hospital Repeatedly Read More »
video on some of the most common intravenous accesses sickle cell patients have
Video:Ports, Catheters & IVs Read More »
Many sickle cell warriors have insomnia. I haven’t been able to figure out the biophysical reasons around this, but I’m actively searching. The only hypothesis I have is that insomnia is somehow due to the pain meds we take. Perhaps our bodies become attuned to drowsiness only with opiates and as a result we can’t
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Hey everyone, thanks to all the people who have joined the SCW fan page on Facebook. It’s another great way to connect. Here is a great article on the difference between a regular cold and the flu. Since it’s Flu Season, and sickle cell warriors are more susceptible to developing greater complications because of a
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