SCD and Iron Overload
Educate yourself on iron overload, one of the hazards of frequent blood transfusions.
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About Sickle Cell
Should a Sickle Cell Trait Carrier Marry Someone with Sickle Cell Disease?
Should someone with AS marry someone with SS? This is a hot debate. Where do you stand?
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My Nicosan Story
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
Changing the Image
Okay sickle cell warriors, it’s time for some frank talk. I’m sick and tired of hearing how lazy people with sickle cell are. I’m sure that the majority of us aren’t…but for some reason, the public has the notion that we are just milking ‘the system’ for our pain, are too lazy to get a
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I got an A!
Hey, I just got my grades for this last semester. I rocked out y’all! My GPA is 3.9 and I’m still banging out straight A’s. Oh yeah, oh yeah *jumping up and down* Anyway, in the spirit of giving, sharing and all that Jazz, I’m going to host the sickle cell presentation I created for
The Sickle Cell Drug Addicts
I’m a nurse in a NYC public hospital and we have a cohort of patients w/SC who I see in the ED at least everyday or every other day. The hospital has a SC clinic but when it closes the patients come to the ED. They don’t have to wait and everyone knows them. So
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Connecting With Someone With Sickle Cell
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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People with the Trait Have Pain Too!
This is a comment from one of my readers that is 46 that has the sickle cell trait but not the disease. Some times I have unexplained pain in one of my feet, but it’s usually only when it’s cold, and after reading some of your blogs, I see that cold weather seems to trigger
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Dealing with Sickle Cell Without Using Drugs
My daughter who is 12 years old (has SS)is thinking about taking Hydroxyurea instead of getting monthly blood transfusions. If Hydroxyurea is not right for sickle cell people what other thing can they take or do if they don’t want the blood monthly? Do you know? First of all, know that I’m not a licensed
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Avascular Necrosis
I’m worried about my hips. I’ve been reading lately about avascular necrosis of the hip and the more I read about it, the more I think I have it. From what I understand, the sickling of cells causes the blocking off of tiny cappillaries, arterioles and venuoles (a sickle cell trait), which causes portions of
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