Sickle Cell Disease
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Chapter 52
Chapter 52: A Journey Back to Where It All Began I made it. And I’m standing—grateful, humbled, and blessed—right where it all began. After years of setbacks, surgeries, and what often felt like an endless uphill climb, I’m here. Not just surviving, but celebrating Chapter 52 of my life. And with every breath, I carry Continue reading
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For you.
Happy Saturday, before I write my next blog about Mental Health and Depression part 4, I want to put a disclaimer. My blog is not for anyone to feel sorry for me, it is to inform, educate. motivate and strengthen anyone dealing with life. My experiences are personal knowledge through experience. It is my life, Continue reading
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Adulting…..
While I learn to accept and support the belief, theory, and change willingly and enthusiastically of my cognitive disability, I do miss my old self and some emotions, like happiness and joy. I have been certainly welcoming my lack of apathy – because somethings “I really don’t care for or about”. Imagine quoting this scripture Continue reading
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TIA, ABI, MCI and Sickle Cell Anemia
You might be thinking and wondering what these acronyms have to do with each other; well my post has covered all except one. If you are new here let me re-cap a little. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is often called a mini-stroke TIA – Click the acronym to see my post on this. This was Continue reading
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Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) education time:
My diagnosis after two Neurocognitive tests. This is a way to measure brain function non-invasively. It uses paper-and-pencil tests or computerized tests to assess important aspects of cognition: attention, memory, language, reaction time, perception, and so on. One test was administered in UT Health in Houston TX, in 2019. The length of the testing appointment six Continue reading
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Mental Health and Depression – Pt 2
Begin date of post: May 29, 2022 I haven’t written in over a year. I believe my last post was on my 48th Birthday in December 2020, but what started off as a small miserable feeling turned out to be my biggest fight. I actually tried writing when it first began in 2021 but I Continue reading
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September in Sickle Cell Awareness Month
The irony on September being Sickle Cell month is that very same month this disease put me in the biggest fight of and for my life. I won that battle but not the war as there were so many more battles that followed. I will forever be fighting I may not always win but I Continue reading
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Consistency
What exactly is “consistency”? There are two meanings in the dictionary 1.conformity in the application of something, typically that which is necessary for the sake of logic, accuracy, or fairness. 2. the way in which a substance, typically a liquid, holds together; thickness or viscosity. Well for the sake of my post, I really want Continue reading
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Facebook Memories
This facebook memory had me tearing you yesterday because it signify the how and were is all started and the meaning of most days about my blogging. Andrea Poyotte is feeling pained.June 14, 2014 · Petersburg, VA · Sickle cell crisis….pain…. Morphine… The struggle is real! ….Live love laugh learn! Happy Sabbath! June 17, 2014 · South Richmond, Virginia · Day 5 of Continue reading
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Facebook Memories
May 20, 2017 After a long day of flying and a week of rejuvenating my mind body and soul I have a letter…. Dear Life, Lupus and Sickle Cell, If you want me to bow, I will stand up straight. You can kick me down today but I will stand tomorrow. If you want me Continue reading
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50 in Paris
I have envisioned having my 50th birthday personally looking at this view for real. Ok, so 50 is just a few years from now not that few because I already booked a cruise for my 49th which is next year. I can’t wait till the world is healed because I have not given up on Continue reading
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Blissfully Unaware: The Day I Realized Anxiety Was Driving Me
Have You Ever Been So Unaware… It Was Dangerous? Have you ever done something so risky—without even realizing it—until you stopped and really thought about it afterward? Let me give you a common example. Have you ever driven home—whether from work, church, or a friend’s house—and once you pull into your driveway, you suddenly realize Continue reading
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2020 Decade – Updated Welcome to My Phoenix Journey: Overcoming Obstacles with Resilience
Hello, and welcome to my blog! If you’re new here, I’m so glad you’ve joined me. If you’ve visited before, let me reintroduce myself and share a little more about the story behind my journey. Why “Phoenix”? The name “Phoenix” has deep personal meaning for me. In Greek mythology, the phoenix is a powerful symbol Continue reading
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P.A.I.N.: The Struggles You Can’t Google
When Pain Becomes a Lifestyle Pain—it’s not just physical. And it’s not just emotional.Sometimes it’s both.Sometimes, it’s all-consuming.And unless you’ve lived it—you just can’t understand it. A study once said that emotional pain lasts longer and is more deeply felt than physical pain.Having endured both, I can now say with confidence: That research is telling Continue reading
About Me
I LIVE LOVE LAUGH LEARN – the only way I know how to survive this life! I am a free-spirited, independent, or uninhibited person. I began this blogging journey years ago for sharing my thoughts on everyday life. Since then, so much has happened including me being in a coma because of Sickle Cell with brain damage and extreme trials in life. I am still struggling, but I feel someone can be motivated through my journey, thoughts, feelings, and life.
Phoenix: Live Love Laugh 
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