You can be young, strong and healthy and living with a quiet killer. The disease sidelined NBA player, Sean Elliott, in the past and benched Miami Heat star, Alonzo Mourning this season. Forty-one year old, David Landsberg, is free from the destruction of a silent disease. Diabetes and hypertesion cause sixty-seven percent of late stage kidney disease. Dialysis, which filters toxins from the failing kidneys, is one treatment.
Doctors say the best treatment is a kidney transplant.
David had a kidney transplant, but before the transplant with both kidneys removed, he was inspiring others. He was the first person in the world with no kidneys or spleen to complete a triathlon. David's situation is extraordinary. He was able to exercise with no kidneys or spleen by undergoing dialysis several times a week. Doctors urge adults to get yearly physicals that include a urinalysis to check for kidney disease.