Then, this winter, I was diagnosed with a more serious …

After months of panicked confusion and the kidney biopsy, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune kidney disease called membranous nephropathy. Over the next two years came infusions, hospital visits, and learning how to live inside a body I often did not recognize. Thanks to my doctors and a stellar support system, my kidney disease was finally under control by January 2026. Then, this winter, I was diagnosed with a more serious heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and my surgeon specializes in treating it.