An open letter to my chronic disease

Dear Chronic Kidney Disease,

You and I have been acquainted for about 12 years now. You introduced yourself to me when I was 18 years old, though you were probably hanging around for a while before that. I was just a kid who was about to start playing college basketball, which was a dream come true for me. Even to this day I am not sure why you timed it that way.

I must say I was very confused when we first met.