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Keda B. Reel CASTING SICKLERS

New and Engaging Documentary currently in Production seeks more cast members! Does someone you know or even yourself have Sickle Cell Disease? We are still seeking individuals and families willing to participate in this wonderful awareness campaign! Tell your story! Let the world know the life of a Sickle Cell patient. If you or someone you know have a thought provoking story and are willing to share it you are encouraged to respond! We are looking for fun people with wonderful personalities.… Continue

Added by Keda B. Reel on October 16, 2009 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Keda B. Reel Project Hemoglobin: S

Project Hemoglobin: S is a project about sickle cell and the people living with it. Its goal is to erase the stigma attached to the disease. Sickle Cell Anemia is not a disease that only affects the African American Community, it affects people of all races. Join the Official Fan Page on Facebook to learn more about this exciting project and how you can be apart of it! copy and paste link into your browser! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Project-Hemoglobin-S/136802918724 Continue

Added by Keda B. Reel on October 9, 2009 at 8:27pm — No Comments

Karen Peterson Empowerment Day

I had a great time at the third annual walk for sickle cell in Memphis, TN on 9-19-09 at Overton Park. Ruben Studdard performed live. He is very nice and he can sing. Continue

Added by Karen Peterson on October 7, 2009 at 9:31pm — No Comments

Lady Chi TLC Member T-Boz Suffered From Brain Tumor (In addition to a lifetime of Sickle Cell Anemia)

Posted Oct 5th 2009 3:30PM by Latifah Muhammad TLC's raspy voiced singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins revealed that she previously suffered from a brain tumor for three years. The 39-year-old mother kept her medical condition under wraps and underwent a seven-hour surgery to remove the grapefruit-sized tumor in 2006. "People are floored when I say I have a brain tumor. I won't let you feel sorry for me," she said. "We'll make jokes, get through it, and the bad stuff will just be a memory." Despite h… Continue

Added by Lady Chi on October 6, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Lady Chi Steelers Star Holmes Raises Funds to Fight Sickle-Cell Disease

By Tim Puko TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, September 6, 2009 Denzelle Kendrick spent all weekend thinking about how to make Saturday a perfect 13th birthday. Saturday afternoon, he got a little help from his local Super Bowl MVP. Denzelle was one of about 80 people at the Celebrity Bowl-A-Thon in Harmar, the first event of wide receiver Santonio Holmes' new charity, The III & Long Foundation. Holmes' son, Santonio III, and Denzelle each have sickle-cell disease, and Holmes is trying to raise mone… Continue

Added by Lady Chi on September 6, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Lady Chi 13-Year-Old Girl from Aflac Cancer Center Designs Carl Edwards' Car for Sunday Race

Fri Sep 4, 2009 8:00am EDT Email | Print | Share| Reprints | Single Page[-] Text [+] Featured Broker sponsored link 13-Year-Old Girl from Aflac Cancer Center Designs Carl Edwards' Car for Sunday Race Carl Pledges to Donate His Portion of Race Winnings to the Aflac Cancer Center COLUMBUS, Ga., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On September 6(th), at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion will sport a colorful new look inspired by a 13-year-old patient at the Aflac Cancer Center.… Continue

Added by Lady Chi on September 5, 2009 at 9:17am — No Comments

Lady Chi Teen's Bone Marrow Transplant Cures Brother of Sickle Cell

At two weeks old, Travis Washington was diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Since then, he spent much of his childhood in and out of hospitals, suffering from excruciating pain. At age 11, Travis had a mild stroke that left him weak on one side of his body. He underwent months of physical, occupational and speech therapy and fully recovered. He began receiving blood transfusions every month to prevent another stroke. But in 2006, Travis had a massive stroke that permanently damaged the right si… Continue

Added by Lady Chi on September 5, 2009 at 9:11am — No Comments

Lady Chi Family Didn't Observe Any Injuries Before Child's Death

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | 3:14 p.m. CDT BY Tram Whitehurst

Keyonda Lumpkins testifies during her trial Wednesday afternoon at the Boone County Courthouse. The state rested its case Wednesday afternoon regarding the June 2008 death of her 2-year-old son. COLUMBIA — Weakened by… Continue

Added by Lady Chi on September 3, 2009 at 9:38am — No Comments

MS.KNIGHT HOLLA BACK 2 EVERYONE LETING U KNOW WUTS GOIN ON N MY LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I KNOW I HAVENT BEEN AROUND IN SO LONG BUT I JUSTGOT OUT A THREE WEEK HOSPITAL STAY AND THEY CALL THEIRSELF DETOXICING ME SO I'VE BEEN HOME 4 ABOUT AN WEEK NOW AND I'M STILL N PAIN WITH NO PAIN PILLS SO I'M REALLY NOT FEELING NO DIFFERENT SO WUT DO U THINK IS NEXT AND HAVE ANY OF U TRYED AND DO U THINK DIS WILL WORK 4 U Continue

Added by MS.KNIGHT on July 29, 2009 at 8:20pm — 2 Comments

Lady Chi Long Term Relationships

One thing I need you to understand as I write this blog entry is that I do not profess to know what all fellow Brothers and Sisters of Sickle Cell go through, but I know what I went through as I advanced in my school career, social life and personal life. As well versed, intelligent and cultured I am by most standards, I was often and easily dismissed as someone that should not expect to have goals, dreams, and career. It was only natural with looks of pity or sympathy or even rejection that th… Continue

Added by Lady Chi on July 12, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Lady Chi Epiphany

He proposed. On Friday the 13th of March, a day that is considered an omen, a stroke of bad luck, it was just the opposite for us and his favorite number. He asked me to be his wife over two set plates for breakfast of slightly burnt pancakes, undercooked sausage patties and cereal. It was absolutely the greatest day of my life. As I looked on in shock-nearly choking on a piece of pancake then a drop of the head and suddenly overcome with emotion that I can’t to this day describe, but ro… Continue

Added by Lady Chi on May 8, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

phyllis SCD Stress Study

Hello everyone This is an open invitation to everyone to help me complete my dissertation research. My study focuses on the pain and non-pain stressors associated with sickle cell disease from the patient's perspective. The purpose and goal of this research is to first identify and describe these stressors ["daily hassles'] from the patient's perspective and then to increase awareness of these lived experiences among health care providers [nurses, doctors, emergency personnel, et… Continue

Added by phyllis on April 28, 2009 at 8:38pm — No Comments

Lady Chi I Am Engaged to be Married.

Yes, I, Ms. Chi is engaged to be married and was proposed to on March 13, 2009!! I am so happy that God has blessed me with a man who loves and accepts all that I am unconditionally. That he sees me and not SCD...because SCD does NOT define me. I will continuing keep focusing on maintaining my health and assume my role as wife. Continue

Added by Lady Chi on April 7, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Lady Chi Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins of TLC's on “Celebrity Apprentice” to Raise Money for Sickle Cell Disease Foundation

2/24: Talking with Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins of TLC about “Celebrity Apprentice” 11:14 pm February 24, 2009, by Rodney Ho Donald Trump probably knows TLC as the cable network, not the biggest female group of the 1990s. In fact, the host of “Celebrity Apprentice” (season two debuting Sunday on NBC at 9 p.m.) had trouble pronouncing Atlanta’s own Tionne “T Boz” Watkins’ first name. Watkins said he kept saying “T-own” instead of of the proper “T-on.” So after awhile, he just called her “T.” Hip hop… Continue

Added by Lady Chi on February 26, 2009 at 10:54am — No Comments

MS.KNIGHT SPEAKIN OUT AS A STRONG BLACK WOMAN

YES I AM A STRONG BLACK WOMAN YES I DO HAVE SICKLE CELL YES I CAN HANDLE ALL THING AND YES I WANTED OTHERS TO KNOW WUT I GO THRU SO IT CAN HELP THEM OUT IN ANY WAY..... AS WE SPEAK I'M IN THE HOSPITAL MISSIN OUT ON MY CHILD'S LIFE AND BIRTHDAY BUT ME BE A STRONG BLACK WOMAN WANNA GET IT ALL 2GETHER B4 LEAVIN CU I DONT WANNA COME RIGHT BACK CUZ I PUSHED MYSELF 2 HARD I'VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL 2 WEEKS AS OF 2DAY IT ALL STARTED OUT AS A PAIN CRISI AS WE KNOW THEN IT WENT PHENOMENON THEN ACUTE CHES… Continue

Added by MS.KNIGHT on February 21, 2009 at 11:24am — 2 Comments

Lady Chi Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes and Reebok Announce Online Auction of Game-Worn Gloves to Benefit Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc.

Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes and Reebok Announce Online Auction of Game-Worn Gloves to Benefit Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. Posted : Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:08:25 GMT Author : Reebok International Ltd. Category : Press Release CANTON, Mass. - (Business Wire) Reebok and Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes today jointly announced a charitable auction through Reebok.com. The auction features the Reebok NFL Pro Lite Fade gloves that Holmes wore to catch the game-winning to… Continue

Added by Lady Chi on February 12, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Karen Peterson Do They Really Know About Sickle Cell?

Do people with sickle cell really know about their illness? And what about those who do not know anything about this illness are they getting enough information from newspaper, townhall meeting, and t.v? I think it's not much said about sickle cell, what can be done to get more people to understand sickle cell and donate blood? There is a kid book titled Annie Jane she is a fictional girl with this illness. Go to xlibris.com and order book by title. Let me know how you like it. Continue

Added by Karen Peterson on October 15, 2008 at 9:01pm — No Comments

Karen Peterson Annie Jane

There's a kid book titled Annie Jane you should check it out. This fictional girl has a real problem she has sickle cell. This book makes a graet gift for kids and their parents. Go to xlibris.com and order book titled Annie Jane. And tell me what you think. Continue

Added by Karen Peterson on October 6, 2008 at 8:26pm — 1 Comment

Lady Chi Sister's Battle With Sickle Cell Anemia Inspired Filmmaker Charles Officer's 'Nurse.Fighter.Boy'

Sister's Battle With Sickle Cell Anemia Inspired Filmmaker Charles Officer's Nurse.Fighter.Boy Sunday September 14, 2008 Suzanne Ellis, video by Brian McKechnie, CityNews.ca Nurse.Fighter.Boy, the feature film debut from Toronto director Charles Officer, was inspired by his sister Hannah's battle with sickle cell anemia. "She's a bit older than me so growing up there would be these things I'd see from her, in her behaviour, but I didn't know she was sick," he reveals in an interview with CityNe… Continue

Added by Lady Chi on September 15, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Lady Chi Remembering a Pioneer: Dr. Charles Whitten

Remembering a pioneer: Dr. Charles Whitten Kimberly Hayes Taylor / The Detroit News

Dr. Charles F. Whitten had a reputation of being a fierce lion willing to roll up his sleeves and fight for causes in which he strongly believed. A memorial celebrating the physician, professor and na… Continue

Added by Lady Chi on September 7, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

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TRL's very own member BLAK in Charlotte, NC, who has now moved on to a better place as of August 1, 2009 in a hospital located in Chapel Hill, NC.

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Congratulations to our Newest President of the United States: Barack Obama!!

I am so happy that I was able to still be here and help elect not only the best man team qualified for the job, but one that happens to be a Black man!! Our children not only has a Black President but a first family that looks like them!! 

I am so happy to have been a part of this hugely historical event.

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