Sikcell: People living with Sickle Cell

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family memebers die with SCD

i have had three aunts thats die with SCD.my father also die with it when i was two years and he was 27 all my aunts die in there 20s.i was told i wont live past the age of 12 but i did and next year i will be 27 the age my father die as the time gets closer taughts run threw my mind i try not leave that worry me .sumtimes i wonder what it was like back then when i hear how my family suffer.but now in these days as time goes by people are more aware of SCD and what to take to care for them selfs back then it was like no one really new what is was.

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Permalink Reply by NICHOLE on October 2, 2009 at 5:36pm

My baby has sickle cell and it is crazy because when my uncle was 3 (which was in 1967) he passed away from sickle cell and to this day my grandmother has blanked it out of her mind and she will not talk about him at all! This upsets me sometimes because she probaly could be some help to me because eventhough it was so many years ago she still could help me out far as what not to do wrong eventhough I keep myself educated.But I do have some hope!My husband has a cousin that has SCD who is 40 and has been shot,stabbed and been in and out of jail (which he is in now) and he is still surviving!

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Permalink Reply by Mr.JAH on October 2, 2009 at 5:36pm

Wow, stay strong mentally. The mind can kill a person just as fast as the body. It's like if u get cut, and u don't know u have a cut, but as soon as u see urself with da cut...the pain comes. Don't think about it too hard. You'll be okay. Like u said we have more help these days to take care of the pains.