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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 1/2019

01-01-2019 | Healing Arts: Materia Medica

Chronically Happy

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 1/2019

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My earliest memory of having sickle cell was in second grade. It was my first case of acute chest. I was hospitalized for a week, the longest I had ever been admitted. I remember being scared of the IVs and oxygen tubes. After returning to school, I noticed my classmates treated me differently. Some asked a lot of questions, others did not talk to me at all. I did not like the change and decided to ignore it all together. …
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Title
Chronically Happy
Publication date
01-01-2019
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4684-3

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