Life after renal failure

When the doctor broke the news that my diagnosis indicated chronic kidney failure, I thought he was playing a crude, cruel joke and would surely say the remedial words: “Just kidding”.

However, I soon realised that he was not joking at all.  Chronic kidney failure? My troubles started towards the end of last year when I began experiencing one difficulty after another. At first, I found that I was always exhausted for days on end, but just assumed this was because of the Gantsi heat.  Then my feet started swelling so badly that I could not wear closed shoes and had to settle for sandals.  The issues did not stop there.  Very soon I began to suffer from shortness of breath and could barely walk five metres without stopping to catch a breath.