One day my daughter Claire mentioned that her ankles were swollen., she made an appointment with our GP. Unfortunately, from tests she was found to have protein into her urine. She was admitted to Addenbrookes hospital for a biopsy, the biopsy showed she had a...

Back in 2008 my sister, Alison was diagnosed with Lupus. She spent the next few years managing the condition with bouts of time in hospital. During a routine appointment in 2012 it was found that her kidneys were failing and working at only two per cent. Overnight,...

We grew up in Dulwich, South East London, in a loving, caring and nurturing West Indian family, with my older brother Richard, me and four younger siblings. We always have a very close sibling relationship, and this was something our parents instilled and nurtured. ...