way, — before i was born. this is the way. sickle _ before i was born. this is the way, sickle cell isjust the way— way, sickle cell isjust the way we _ way, sickle cell isjust the way we live. it affected my parents. _ way we live. it affected my parents, my sisters, i could see — parents, my sisters, i could see that _ parents, my sisters, i could see that kind of environment. sickle — see that kind of environment. sickle cell has made me and my family stronger. but as i prepare for the marathon, the warnings from my doctor keep playing on my mind. the doctors disagree with me about what i am doing the marathon, essentially i will be reducing the oxygen circulating to my body, the functionality of my organs, and risking things like strokes, orsomething organs, and risking things like strokes, or something is obstructed somewhere and ijust collapse, and yeah. as the day