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  • I have Sickle Cell as well, how often do you get sick?

  • baby girl, I had my sister watch your videos because you break my heart. She is now getting a government grant to work on this very disease. I pray every day that there will be a cure very soon. I know I will never live in your shoes, but after my sister told me what is going on in your body i am in awe of how brave you are. I am inspired by you, as people should be. You bring a voice to a problem that is in dire need of being addressed.

  • Your Dr. should listen to you. I know it's hard to find good doctors for us sicklers. I take MS (morphine sulfate) everyday...and if hospitalized you should have a morphine drip miligrams depends on severity of pain. I went through a bad withdrawal with an a-hole of a Dr. as well, while my Dr. was on vaycay. we are strong & we will maintain thru it all. Also, most of the nurses seem to be jealous i THINK THEY REALLY WANT the meds. I take dilaudid 4 mg. evry 3 hrs. as needed as a breakthru med.

  • No sickle cell for me. But, I have a birth defect called Spina Bifida, and I totally know how it feels to be in the hospital for a long time. And yes, most nurses are bitches...I like the student nurses better.

    =]

    Good luck, hope you stay well!

  • Hi Nephritina, I feel your pain. I have sickle cell and DVT also. I was just in the hospital for 5 weeks. I have been thru my share of good and bad doctors and nurses. It's frustrating when the doctors don't give you enough pain medication to control your pain. I take dilaudid and phenergan in the hospital. I normally take 4mg of dilaudid every 3hrs. How much dilaudid do they give you in your PCA pump and does it control your pain adequately?

  • it depends on how much pain i have i recently have be place with a doctor at the hospital who acually talks to me and he listen so if im feeling better or worse he adjusts the medication as needed...

  • yep i feel your pain as i also suffer from SCD.. but in london its like we sufferes dont exist... its so hard to live with sickle cell!!

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