Posts Tagged ‘Working’
Meet Zaranda: IRS Auditor/Mother/Drum Line Player
In addition to being simply gorgeous sickle cell warrior, Zaranda is a full time mommy and part time Drum Line Queen. Read more of her story.
Read MoreMeet La’Veda Page: Minister, Teacher, Actress, Mom, Singer, Wife, Warrior
Our warrior for this week is a dynamic and energetic woman. La’Veda Le Page is a mom, actress, wife, musician, minister and of course a sickle cell warrior!
Read MoreWith 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?
Read MoreMeet Grace: Business Exec, Mom, SC Warrior
Meet Grace, a strong, independent mother of 2, who works as a corporate sales executive. Oh yeah, and she has sickle cell.
Read MoreMeet Abisola: Marketing Communications Associate
This weeks’ warrior; Abisola is quite a personality. Read on to learn about his college years, life, struggles with sickle cell and of course, his many successes. How old where you when you found out you had sickle cell? Since I was a baby. How did your childhood and your parents influence you in your…
Read MoreFinancial Assistance for the Employed
What financial plans can a sickle cell warrior make ahead of time to cover when he/she will be out of work sick? Read on to find out more.
Read MoreDecisions…
So I know that I haven’t blogged in a couple of weeks, but readers on the FB page will know that I ran out of Nicosan and fell sick! I’m much better now, and things seem to be looking up on the Nicosan front. I have also been job hunting. Actually I applied for and…
Read MoreTelling Your Job You Have Sickle Cell
Okay, for starters I’ve learned the hard way that it’s always good to tell your job that you have sickle cell BEFORE you end up in the hospital for a week. I used to work as a personal assistant, and it was a great job that used my organizational capabilities to the max! I fell…
Read MoreLet’s Play Catchup
What’s good fam? Has it really been that long? I can’t believe we are midway through Sept and I haven’t posted a thing. Sorry to all the folks that emailed me, with no response—I haven’t been sick, I’ve just be drowning in a sea of too many responsibilities. Work: has been a bust. What started…
Read MoreAdmitting I’m Not a Super Woman
I was at work last night, another late 12 hour nocturnal shift. Everything was going okay until around 4am when I got hit by major pains. It’s unethical to be popping pain pills when I have the lives of other people in my hands so I just gritted my teeth and tried to bear it.…
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