- Former Golden State Warriors player Nate Robinson says he isn’t sure he will live longer
- He retired in 2018 following the failure of his kidneys
- Robinson has battled renal kidney failure for six years
Former Golden State Warriors player Nate Robinson says he isn’t sure he will live longer without a kidney transplant soon.
Robinson has battled renal kidney failure for six years. The 39-year-old stated in 2022 that he would be an ambassador for all those who are suffering from different illnesses in silence with no one to help.
However, Robinson whose last stint in the NBA was with the New Orleans Pelicans is now on the verge of giving up.
“I know that I don’t have long if I can’t get a kidney. I know I’m not going to have long to live. So I just want to make the best of it as much as I can. Some people’s bodies reject dialysis.
“And thank God that mine accepts it and I can live… if I didn’t go to dialysis, I wouldn’t live probably longer than a week or two. So it’s serious, can’t miss a day. I go in for four hours, three days a week, four hours a day. And they clean my blood to get my toxins out. And they help me out a lot because that’s how I’m living,” he told Mail Sport.
Former NBA star Nate Robinson. Photo/Instagram
How is Life for Nate Robinson with Renal Failure?
Robinson has had difficult moments constantly battling severe side effects often leaving him sick in a hospital bed. He has had uncomfortable and severe vomiting as a side effect of his frequent therapy.
Whenever this happens, he has to be admitted. Robinson is also under a strict diet as a coping mechanism before his kidney transplant.
When was Nate Robinson Diagnosed with Kidney Failure?
Nate Robinson discovered that he had kidney-related ailments in 2006 after being diagnosed with high blood pressure.
He told Playmaker in an interview in 2022 that his high blood pressure damaged his kidneys. The American basketball player was then playing for the New York Knicks.
Robinson wasn’t worried whenever he had calls to have his blood pressure taken because he was still performing well in the game.
“They used to tell me that we’re going to have to check your blood pressure and if your blood pressure is too high, you can’t play in the game. I used to tell them, ‘Don’t check my blood pressure because I am playing regardless of what you say,’” he recalled.
Fast forward, he looks back with regret saying that he never thought that despite being young and famous, that illness would catch up with him.
Doctors told him that with the damage caused by hypertension, his kidneys would fail in his 30s and it has come to pass.
He has dialysis sessions thrice every week and it takes at least four hours. Despite this, he is glad that this process removes toxins in his blood and keeps live.
Nate Robinson. Photo/Reddit
While some kidney patients die early after their bodies reject dialysis, Nate Robinson is glad that his body copes well. Without dialysis, he cannot live longer than 14 days.
How Nate Robinson is Coping With Kidney Failure
He takes his dialysis sessions seriously because his life depends on it. In addition, he made huge adjustments to his diet.
There are particular foods he did away with and only takes too little of what he should have just to stay safe.
Nate Robinson NBA Career
After a stellar career at Washington, Robinson started his NBA career with the Knicks in 2005 and played for eight different teams over the course of 11 seasons. The former NBA star who is 5-foot-9, entered the league and gained popularity right away because of his highlight dunks, great work ethic, and love of scoring baskets.
His three NBA Slam Dunk Contest victories—again in 2006 and again in 2009 and 2010—marked the pinnacle of his fame.
After spending time with the Delaware 87ers of the G League, Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel, and Guaros de Lara in Venezuela, he concluded his NBA career with the New Orleans Pelicans in 2015–16.
He retired in 2018 following the failure of his kidneys and he has been undergoing dialysis since then.
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