Down but Not Out: My Journey with Chronic Kidney Disease

by Monica Starks

Overview

Monica has a powerful testimony of determination, faith, illness and modern day miracles.

Her story speaks of living life to the fullest no matter what is thrown your way because everyone is struggling with something.

Monica was given a diagnosis of End Stage Renal Failure at the young age of 27 years old. She has learned to live with kidney disease as a dialysis patient, a wife, a mother, a student and an employee. She speaks of the challenges of divorce, the new normal having a chronic illness presents and determination. As difficult as times have been she has managed to educate herself and work towards making sure the knowledge of this life threatening disease she lives with doesn't have to take as many lives. Today she lives to share awareness of this silent killer with anyone who has a listening ear.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781987068412
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Pages:	138
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Monica lives with her husband and two of her four children in Bedford Hts, Ohio. She is a graduate of Tiffin University with a BA in Organizational Management and a graduate of Cleveland State University with a Master’s in Sociology. She works as a Sociology professor at Cuyahoga Community College in addition to having the job of completing dialysis treatments five times a week.

She is President of Hosanna House Enterprises and founder of the Monica A. Starks Foundation. She is an advocate for Kidney Disease Awareness and speaks in the community about kidney disease prevention.