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It may sound sceptical for someone to survive a Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 4 for 10 years without undergoing dialysis but with Biblical understanding that, ‘with God all things are possible’, Health advocate and host of ‘My Health My Life’ on UTV, Ms. Abigail Ashley is a living testimony.

The host of popular and award-winning health programme ‘My Health My Life’ effectively launched her first book dubbed “A Decade of My Life, Behind My Smile” on March 8, 2017 at Sunlodge Hotel to talk about the reasons behind her energetic lifestyle and the importance of staying healthy always despite her irreversible condition.

In ‘A Decade Of My Life, Behind My Smile’, Ms. Abigail Ashley walks us through her life story on how she been battling with kidney disease for 10 years without showing any deformity but rather living healthier and more beautiful.

Ms. Ashley passionately shares her journey of faith, tenacity and triumphs in her maiden book to educate and inspire the general public, especially people who are suffering from kidney disease.

Narrating her surviving story at the book launch, Ms. Ashley, a final year student of Public Health at the University shed tears saying “the part that really got me jittery was when trained doctors in Ghana, South Africa and London told me that if I fail to undergo dialysis I could not live to see the 5th year”.

“It wasn’t a joke; I lived each day of the first five years after my diagnosis as if it could be my last day. My nights were like a python in my throat; I woke up every night shocked that I was still alive, that my heart was still beating and my blood was still running through my veins”, she narrated.

Ms. Abigail Ashley, a survivor of Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 4, has proven with surety that even in this unsteady times, God remembers His Children, that miracles do happen and she is a miracle.

Ten (10) years on and Ms. Ashley walks through the tunnel of death without dying but living as a testimony to the fact that only does not inspire you but will give you reason to keep pressing on and trusting God in spite of your challenges.

Thinking of living a healthy life? ‘A Decade Of My Life, Behind My Smile’ will drive you to it; thus, “with God and being mindful of your lifestyle, you are bound to live healthy.