I’m a 27-year-old writer with Sickle Cell Anemia currently living in Brooklyn, NY.
I was born with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). It’s a hereditary blood disorder that causes some of my red blood cells (usually circular shaped) to mutate into a sickle shape (or think crescent moon since hardly anyone even knows what a sickle is anymore). I’m sure some of you might remember reading about…