Funmi has battled and overcome serious health issues over the years. This is her inspiring story. I was born in Camden, London, and when I was three years old my parents returned to Nigeria having completed their studies in the UK. So, I grew up…
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A patient who spent 30 years on dialysis says it was his wife, Marichel’s love which finally persuaded him to have a kidney transplant. Since the age of 19, Senthil Kumarathevan – who is now 49 – has undergone dialysis for four hours three times…
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By David Myers BEM (Life President. RFHKPA) I am a big supporter of home dialysis but in particular home haemodialysis. It made a big difference to the way in which I was able to conduct my life and carry on working. It’s now about 30…
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A kidney patient of nearly 30 years at the Royal Free Hospital has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s 2021 Birthday Honours List for services to renal patients.David Myers spent eight years on dialysis before receiving his first kidney transplant at the…
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Shown below are two articles, one from RFHKPA 2018 Newsletter and one from The Guardian newspaper in 2018:
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Kidney Care UK is delighted to announce a new partnership with the ‘Diary of a Kidney Warrior’ podcast. Initially started by kidney patient Dee Moore in the summer of 2020. Dee was diagnosed with Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in 2018 and she decided…
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