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'Like waiting for a bus that never comes'.

These were the words of 41-year-old Rod Lenette in a report on BBC Breakfast News this morning (4 September). Rod, a father of three, has spent more than 4 years on dialysis, every day making a 1-hour trip each way to the unit at Addenbrooke’s hospital. Physiologically speaking, yes, dialysis is keeping Rod alive, but from his stark words and emotional responses, it is clear that Rod’s quality of life is severely lacking, affecting not only himself, but also his wife and children.