Lived experience, awareness, and advocacy.
This post is for everyone who suffers from this disease but most importantly for the few women I have in my life that embodies the word WARRIOR! They have and are still fighting LUPUS and through God’s grace I know that they will persevere. Read more about some of my warriors here: Felicia Leon: Persevering […]
It’s another year, another battle. Today is World’s Sickle Cell Awareness Day. This day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2008 to increase the awareness about the genetic disorder that can be cured and managed, it it diagnosed early. Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited disorder and even if one of the parents
September marks the month of bringing awareness to this awful and hateful disease, Sickle Cell Disease. Today my post is for the families of the loved ones suffering with this disease. Yes our loved ones are suffering but we are also suffering. Yesterday I had a very tough day just thinking and speaking about it.
Today is World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, not to be confused with Sickle Cell Awareness month which will be in September. In 2008, the General Assembly of the United Nations recognized Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) as a public health concern and chose the 19th as the commemoration day. SCD affects millions of people worldwide, both
September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Sickle Cell is the most common inherited blood disorder and it affects millions of people worldwide. For those of you that are not aware, Sickle Cell Disease is a chronic disorder that causes pain all over, infections, organ failures and other tissue damage even skin infections and for
