A Scots dad says he "just wants his life back" as he hunts for a kidney donor.
Graeme Smith, 40, was diagnosed with kidney disease IgA nephropathy in 2017 after a family trip to Salou. The dad-of-four, from Blantyre in Lanarkshire, arrived home feeling unwell and suffered extreme swelling in his legs. Following a trip to A&E, doctors found his blood pressure to be dangerously high, resulting in tests which led to his diagnosis.
Graeme is now "grateful" as he undergoes dialysis treatment, however, he says a transplant would "greatly improve" he and his family's quality of life. His wife, Julie Smith, told Glasgow Live : "Graeme's condition has progressed quickly over the last six years, instead of progressing over 10 to 20 years it's reached full kidney failure within six years.
