I strongly advocate for mental health and well-being because I have seen the personal benefits of it. By paying attention to these issues in my life, my overall mood has improved, I’ve become more confident, and I’ve been physically able to keep up with the demands of everyday life.
I spent much of the fall of 2019 in the hospital due to a sickle cell crisis. It became so severe that it affected my organ function and triggered a severe case of avascular necrosis. I was hospitalized on Aug. 28 of that year, and by the…
I was recently on a panel with fellow Sickle Cell Disease News columnist Tito Oye and other sickle cell patients, as part of a sickle cell-focused episode for the YouTube channel Make It Common. It was an amazing experience to participate in this panel and discuss our health…
People often tell me that I make living with sickle cell disease look easy. It is not. Whenever people make these types of comments, I always think that because I was born this way, I don’t know any other life — not really. For the most part, I have grown…
To help empower individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD), biopharmaceutical company Emmaus Life Sciences has teamed up with national specialty pharmacy US Bioservices on a treatment adherence program for patients. Through a team of clinicians, the new opt-in enhanced nursing program offers patients information and real-time…
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