SOML

I have not posted in quite sometime. The truth is, it's hard to get care in this state for sickle cell. I often am tired, along with some sadness because I am in pain. The pain is primarily in my joints like my knees, hips, elbows. The pain I hate the most is in my hands and fingers, along with swelling it is very annoying. I've tried to do some low impact exercising and find that the elliptical still causes some pain but not as much as the treadmill. Swimming is the easiest by far. But none of this matters in the long run, I don't think. I still don't get the care that I need and medical professionals still don't get that having a close to normal hemoglobin count does not mean I don't have other problems. :-/