Everyday People Talking Health

21. Sickle Cell Disease: Chapter 2 (Family is Everything)


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Between 12,500 and 15,000 people live with sickle cell disease in the UK. KC always wondered why he struggled more than his brothers with mundane tasks. And then his mother gave him the news, this changed his life forever. Was he still able to thrive with this condition?

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Silent Elephant Project (SEP) gives marginalised life limiting and long-term health conditions a platform, through creative and interactive projects. ‘An elephant in the room’ is an English-language metaphorical idiom for an obvious problem no one wants to discuss, or a condition no one wants to challenge. This phrase has coined the main objective of the SEP.

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