22/05/2026
This is what CKD looks like inside your body. 🪸
Once vivid. Once rich. Once full of life.
Then — quietly — the colour begins to drain.
Not all at once. Never dramatically. Just slowly, stage by stage, the tissue that once filtered 180 litres of blood every day begins to grey.
Stage 1 — no symptoms. You feel fine.
Stage 2 — still no symptoms. You feel fine.
Stage 3 — fatigue, maybe. Numbers creep. Still feel fine.
Stage 4 — the reef is almost white.
Stage 5 — the water is still. The silence is complete.
The tragedy of CKD is not how it ends.
It's how long it takes — and how little warning it gives.
But here's what the reef metaphor misses:
Unlike coral, the kidney can respond. The tubules can calm. The fibrosis can slow. The filtration can recover.
We've watched it happen — for 40 years.
Stage 3 to Stage 2. Stage 4 holding steady. Creatinine falling. eGFR climbing.
The colour doesn't have to keep fading. 🌿
👇 Follow this series to learn exactly how.
