'I was one of the 37 million people living with kidney disease, and I didn't know it,' Monica Fox said.
March is National Kidney Month, so we wanted to take some time to talk about kidney disease and raise awareness.
Monica Fox, director of outreach and government relations for the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois, is a kidney disease survivor and kidney transplant recipient. She joined CBS News Chicago to share her journey. When Fox was suddenly diagnosed with stage 5 kidney disease, meaning her kidneys were very close to failure or already had failed, she was immediately put on dialysis, and spent three years on dialysis before getting the gift of a transplant.
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