Today (Thursday 9 March 2023) is World Kidney Day during while people are invited to light a candle or shine a torch in honour of all those touched by kidney disease – from patients to donors, to family members and healthcare professionals.
One in ten people worldwide have kidney disease.
I have kidney disease—autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) which I inherited from my father who died of kidney failure in 1998. He passed the disease on to my younger sister and younger brother too.
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