Lyric Porter

Life With Sickle Cell Disease Life with sickle cell disease has not ever been an easy journey for me. Some of my experiences as a person with this disease have not only traumatized me, but they also have forced me to face more adversity than the average adult will experience in their entire lifetime. Can you imagine being an adolescent and hearing people decades older than you complaining about circumstances you’ve endured before even making it to high school? You think to yourself, “I’d kill to have problems as simple as the ones they are describing.” They’re complaining about

For this month's blog post, I’d like to share details about how sickle cell disease is specifically connected to people of color and our ancestry ....

Most everyone can agree that the time from 2020 to 2023 flew by quickly, and those years seemed like a big blur ....

Throughout my lifetime, I’ve undergone traumatic experiences living with sickle cell disease that most people will never face ....

Blood is something that is constantly in motion throughout our bodies that we never feel, and most individuals rarely see ....

Throughout my journey living with sickle cell disease, it has always been like second nature for me to learn what my body likes and dislikes ....