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There are so many triggers of a crisis that we need to be more mindful when it comes to our environment and what we are exposed to.

As a kid, I had swimming lessons however partaking in this activity resulted in many trips to the hospital, so it was decided that the lessons must stop. 

Do you have any similar experiences?

Nutrition and diet is a key element in staying healthy. Would you say you have a relatively clean diet or is still something you are working on?

I put my hand up and admit that this is something that I believed until a couple months ago when I saw a fellow sickle cell warrior shouting and wincing at the pain of an injection. I honestly believed that because of the pain that we regularly experience we have a higher pain tolerance, but this is not the case.

I recently came across this article (link below) and was intrigued to know if you have ever used steroids to aid in your health?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577928/

The hospital that I am registered to is also a medical university full of trainee health care professionals. My most recent interaction with a trainee nurse deeply upset me. I was being prepped for my monthly red cell exchange transfusion, and her supervisor allowed her to find a vein in my arm and insert one of the needles. However she made a…[Read more]

Tito Oye is often treated by medical students. Nine times out of 10, the encounters are pleasant, but sometimes they cause distress. Click here to read more from Tito.

Have you ever been treated by medical students? What was that experience like for you? Is there anything in particular you would like to tell medical students about how to treat…[Read more]

As there are so many different, please share what yours is!