• Sickle Cell Warriors and their families have to manage or endure the physical pain of the disease.

• They also have to endure one or more of its different kinds of possible complications.

• Sickle Cell Warriors and their families also have to manage or endure the discomfort of having to spend time traveling to medical care when easy transportation is not available.

• They also have to manage the discomfort of possibly having to spend hours in a crowded waiting room waiting for medical care.

• Finally, individuals have to manage or endure the physical pain of the treatments needed to help them through the various complications of the disease.

• This can involve having to be stuck with needles countless times to access the bloodstream.

• It can also involve having to undergo major surgery and long recovery periods in a hospital.