In 1998, Marsha McFall’s kidney failure basically came out of the blue. At the time, she considered herself a pretty healthy, middle-aged woman. She attended graduate school, worked full time as a nursing professor at St. John’s College of Nursing. She was also raising three young children. Her life was busy, even stressful at times, but still – she had no history of kidney issues. When her physical came back, there was protein in the urine, and she was monitored closely. Eventually she was diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy, a common autoimmune disease, which generally only leads to kidney failure in…
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