I was diagnosed with Renal Failure at the age of 18 months and have had two cadaveric kidney transplants. I has my first transplant in 1982 which gave me 14 years free of dialysis, unfortunately transplants do not last forever.

I went back onto Dialysis in 1996 and received my second transplant in December 2000 which lasted just over four years. I have now been back on Dialysis just over four years.rominder.jpg

I had never prepared myself for either of my transplants’ letting me down. I had been given a gift but it had been snatched away. It made me realise that transplantation was not a solution for kidney disease but, quite often, an interim measure.

This has made me even more determined to get on with my life - to carry on working and make people accept me for who I am and not being known as the one who is ill. I would love more Asian people to sign up to be organ donors to save people like me.

Asian people are four times more likely to suffer from kidney failure, and more and more Asian people are now requiring dialysis , so it's important that we work to raise awareness amongst Ethnic communities of the disease.

Employed full time since 2005, Riminder works for her local Primary Care Trust - she is lucky to have an understanding employer who understands her dialysis needs.

Riminder passed a major milestone a while ago – she has been living with renal replacement therapy for more than 25 years and knows how much her positive attitude brings her satisfaction and achievement in her everyday life.

Meanwhile, Riminder is looking forward to her third transplant.