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Last week President Jonathan gave N10m to Nollywood screenwriter, Chike Bryan, who has been diagnosed with kidney failure. He is preparing for a trip to India for a transplant operation.
According to Bryan, "The main issue here is what they call the post-transplant treatment and drugs. That is what is really very expensive. A large chunk of that money will go into the post-transplant treatment and management of the kidney. I am just studying a book that was sent to me from India. It is called Before A Transplant. I just found out that there are lots of things one needs to observe after a transplant, including how to live one’s life, how to adjust to one’s health situations afterwards and the regulations and rudiments of taking the drugs. The new kidney can reject some of those drugs or the body can reject the kidney."
On the likely cause of his condition he said, "I was telling someone recently that there are two things that cause kidney failure: one is high blood pressure, while the other is diabetes. Mine is not as a result of diabetes. I started having high blood pressure a long time ago. I was 32 years old when I first noticed it-they claimed it runs in the family. My mother died of it. So, you see, it cannot be drinking alone that causes high blood pressure. I have friends and relations who are heavy drinkers, but they don’t have this problem. I don’t agree that it is due solely to one’s drinking lifestyle, though it contributes in some instances."
He stated further that, "I did not even detect it myself. I just started falling ill in July last year. I started vomiting and went to hospital. The first thing they noticed was that my BP was very high, almost getting to a stroke level. So, they placed me on admission for about five days. After that, the doctor told my wife that he had noticed something and could not continue the treatment. He advised that I should be taken to the General Hospital, Isolo. He said they had the equipment to continue from where they had stopped so far. We then went to the Isolo General Hospital. It was there that they did the test and discovered it was kidney failure."
On whether he had any warning signs that something was wrong, he said, "It was not as if there was any sign. But I just started having nausea and was vomiting. And then, I realized it started affecting my vision. They said the kidney is responsible for pumping blood to the eyes, before distributing it to the rest of the body. And since the kidney could not pump the blood as it should, it now affected the capillaries that lead to the eyes and brain. That was what the doctors said. Yes. Blurred vision is a good sign. Also, hiccups and nausea are some symptoms."
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