027: A Sickle Cell Story - W/ Iris Mafor Fobanjong

<div> <div style="text-align: left;">In honor of Sickle Cell Awareness month, which is September, we will be shedding more light on sickle cell based on the personal experience of a sickle cell survivor - Iris Mafor Fobanjong. Iris, 43 years old, was born in Cameroon and currently resides in the Tampa Bay area, Florida. She works as an Emergency Room Psychiatric Nurse and she is convinced that there is nothing better than giving to others what she has received from the healthcare industry.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">Among her many blessings are her two girls, Georis (17 years old) and Makayla (10 years old), who have both been her topmost cheerleaders untiringly spurring her on. Everyone has a story to tell with an entirely unique theme associated with it. If you ask Iris, her story can never have an introduction nor a conclusion without delving into the question of how life has been, living with sickle cell.</div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /> Iris's parents had five children (2 boys and 3 girls) and two out of these five children were born with sickle cell. Her sister, Honorine, passed onto glory at the tender age of 8, from complications that stemmed from sickle cell disease and Iris is here to share the story of her life growing up with sickle cell.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"><strong>[00:01 – 08:37] Opening Segment</strong></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Explanation Of What Sickle Cell Is</li> </ul> </div> <div><strong>[08:37 – 18:27] Iris's Journey With Sickle Cell</strong> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>How she came to know she had sickle cell</li> <li>Getting to know your genotype</li> <li>A detailed explanation of what a genotype is</li> <li>Educating yourself about the sickle cell disease</li> <li>T