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After months of feeling well, the sudden onset of a crisis was frustrating.
If you’ve read my recent columns, you’ll know I’ve been in a really good place with my health as someone with sickle cell disease. I credit a lot of that to the work I’ve been putting in at the gym to strengthen my body. Even small things, like walking to the gym, felt different. I could bounce along, enjoy myself, and not feel tired. It seemed like my health had significantly improved.
Unfortunately, I recently suffered a sickle cell pain crisis. Before it happened, I said something out loud that I never usually say: “I think I need a massage.” At the time, it didn’t seem important, but looking back, it feels like my body was trying to tell me something.