I don’t have sickle cell (I’m white so that would be highly unlikely), but I am a chronic pain sufferer, so I have always had a lot of sympathy for other people in chronic pain conditions and, based on the little I know about sickle cell, they reach 10 on the pain scale even more often than I do, which probably results in a lot of suicides. If there’s any cure for anyone in pain, I really want them to have it, not just to make them feel better and improve their lives, but to save their lives.
I have seen little, if any, discussion on the role chronic pain can play in suicides, but it’s something a lot of us have to struggle with because we see no other way out of feeling pain all the time.
I really hope for my brothers and sisters who have to suffer from this that relief is coming soon.