Alonzo Mourning Talks about FSGS on Live with Regis and Kelly.NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= Star's Kidney Transplant kidney transplant or renal transplant Replacement of a diseased or damaged kidney with one from a living relative or a legally dead donor. The former's tissue type is more likely to match, reducing the chance of rejection; but removal puts the donor at risk, Part of New, Autobiographical Book, Resilience BERWYN, Pa. -- Alonzo Mourning Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr. (born February 8 1970, in Chesapeake, Virginia) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Miami Heat. He is also known simply as "Zo". Playing at center, he is tall, and weighs 261 lb (0 kg). , the professional basketball star who astoundingly resumed his NBA career after enduring a kidney transplant, referenced "Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis focal segmental glomerulosclerosis n. Segmental collapse of glomerular capillaries with thickened basement membranes and increased mesangial matrix, seen sometimes in nephrotic syndrome or mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis. ," also know as FSGS FSGS Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis FSGS Focal Segmental Glomerulersclerosis , during an appearance Tuesday on the popular ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. network talk show Regis and Kelly Tuesday. Mourning, promoting his new book, Resilience, told Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, "I started feeling extremely fatigued back in 2000 coming back from the Olympics. Tests showed that I had some abnormalities in my body chemistries. I went and saw a kidney doctor and I was diagnosed through a biopsy with a rare kidney disorder known as Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. They told me that I would probably be on dialysis and that I would need a transplant within a year. "I had a lot of individuals tell me that I wouldn't be able to do it playing the position that I play, a very physical position, that I would not be able to make it, but, again, my faith and strength that I had within kept me going and my resilience I had within kept me going to overcome that." FSGS is a primary focus of The NephCure Foundation, which raises awareness and funds for research into finding effective treatments and a cure for the disease. Mourning is an honorary ambassador for The NephCure Foundation and supports the organization with occasional appearances as part of his many community service initiatives. In 2008, The NephCure Foundation committed more than $2 million to be directed toward research into Nephrotic Syndrome Nephrotic Syndrome Definition Nephrotic syndrome is a collection of symptoms which occur because the tiny blood vessels (the glomeruli) in the kidney become leaky. and FSGS. The organization has a fundraising goal of $2.1 million in 2009. Mourning works to draw attention to The NephCure Foundation's mission, which has a unique challenge in identifying patient families. . For further information, visit www.nephcure.org or contact Miriam Long at 610 540 0186 x10. |
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