Re-Born: My Journey Through Kidney Disease and Transplant - Couverture souple

Finn, Raymond

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ISBN 13 : 9798998101502

Editeur : Lipstick Diva Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

**A first-person account of kidney disease, dialysis, transplant waiting, kidney transplantation, and early recovery, supplemented by plain-language context and authoritative public-health and transplant sources. It is a patient narrative, not a treatment manual or clinical guide.**

An unexpected insurance blood test raised a question Raymond Finn could no longer ignore. What followed was a years-long journey through chronic kidney disease, difficult treatment decisions, peritoneal dialysis, in-center hemodialysis, the transplant waiting list, two kidney-offer calls, surgery, and the first months of life with a transplanted kidney.

Re-Born: My Journey Through Kidney Disease and Transplant is Finn’s first-person account of learning to read the numbers, ask better questions, challenge assumptions, adapt family routines, and remain an active voice in his own care. He writes candidly about fear, stubbornness, fatigue, faith, humor, changing relationships, and the family members and “Prayer Warriors” who carried him through the hardest days. He also reflects on the donor gift that made his Re-Born Day possible and the responsibility of learning to live with that gift.

Medical and transplant context is drawn from authoritative sources including NIDDK, CDC, HRSA/OPTN, and the National Kidney Foundation, but this book is not a diagnosis or treatment plan. It is one patient’s story, written so that people living with kidney disease—and the families walking beside them—may feel less alone, better prepared to ask questions, and more confident in becoming informed partners with their own care teams.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Raymond Finn writes about kidney disease from the perspective of a patient who had to learn the system from the inside. Re-Born follows his experience from quiet warning signs and difficult-to-control blood pressure through dialysis, the transplant waiting list, surgery, and the first months of recovery. His account draws on notes and dictation preserved with the help of his wife, Trina Johnson Finn.Raymond is not a physician. Family, faith, humor, and his experience navigating kidney disease as a Black American man shape the story. He shares the questions he learned to ask, the importance of understanding his own numbers, and the support that helped him make decisions with his care team. His recurring message is simple: get the numbers, know your baseline, protect the engine, and stay in the game.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lipstick Diva Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798998101502
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 44
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg