My name is Mam Ndegene Secka, Doctors discovered my kidney problem on the 9th of June this year (2021) which put me into dialysis 3 times every week.
I was told it is caused by my hypertension, which I have been living with for seven years now.
I am a mother of 4 children, I have had high blood pressures when I was pregnant with my last child who is now 2 years old. My pressure started getting worst, making me get lazy, low haemoglobin, and the BP always up but I never knew it was affecting my kidneys until I had to quit job as a journalist because I couldn’t anymore, even to work some distance I could not.
At home too I had to force myself to do my home work. So in April, it disturbed me but yet the Doctor I met always taught it was just normal while my kidneys where getting damaged until in June when it got worst to the extent that I couldn’t walk by myself unless I get support by someone. Any by then, I was having continuos palpitation, then I was asked to do different tests which included ultra sound and renal function tests was when the sickness was discovered and I was asked to start dialysis immediately which I am going through still now. I even had large pericardial effition which was causing the continuous palpitation.