The Hammonton Gazette 02/11/15 Edition | Page 4

Brian Howell works days while receiving dialysis three nights a week Wednesday, February 11, 2015 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3 HOWELL, from Page 1 nine years. During the course of a 20-year time period, Howell had three kidney transplants and he said those procedures worked until about 12 years ago. “The transplants came from siblings: my sister and two brothers donated their kidneys and it gave me about 21 years of good activity level and freedom. I was on some medications that had side effects that I had to deal with, most of which involved some superficial skin cancers that were a reaction to the medication,” Howell said. Howell stated during the time he was first diagnosed with chronic kidney disease he realized he was going to encounter some hurdles along the way. “They had to figure out a way how to clear the toxins. The first transplant was very obvious and I had some willing donors, so it was a perfect match. I always have tried to figure out a way for all of it to work for a happy and healthy lifestyle. Fortunately, it has all worked out that way,” Howell said. For three nights a w VV