Kidney disease patients speak out

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Survivor: Motyale says her faith in God gave hope. PIC: KABO MPAETONA

Kereng Motyale recalls her terror at being diagnosed with kidney disease. She believed the disease would end her life, but was put at ease when Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) medical officials told her that she would receive help.

“I, like Paul in the Bible, never lost hope. My faith was based on Paul’s Book where I have learnt that a thorn pricked him but he did not give up. He looked on God for help.

“He did not lay petitions to him but knew he would one day remove that thorn from his foot and he could walk again. I knew that chronic kidney disease did not determine my future,” she said with a smile.

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