Thirty years into my sickle cell anemia diagnosis, it’s safe to say I’ve lost a lot. From the organs in my ailing body to friends, businesses, money and more, I’ve accumulated a nice streak of losses that makes even the 2014-2015 New York Knicks feel like NBA Champions.

Sickle cell anemia is no joke. It’s a condition in which the sufferer doesn’t have the right amount of healthy red blood cells to deliver enough oxygen to the body. Believe me, every single day is battle in a war that will probably never end. It’s a strange and awkward phenomenon when your own body wages war against you.

Read more on Elite Daily by Jimi Olaghere:

The Invisible Pain People With Sickle Cell Anemia Go Through Every Day

A schoolboy with sickle cell disease died after a junior doctor ignored instructions from his consultant to carry out a blood test, an inquest has heard.

Emmanuel Akinmuyiwa, seven, from Tyseley, collapsed and died during a blood transfusion after staff ‘missed opportunities’ to save his life.

Read more on Daily Mail by Steph Cockroft for MailOnline:

 Schoolboy with sickle cell disease died after bungling junior doctor