So could you tell us a little bit more about how you were feeling and how it was impacting your life? And also, I suppose, your experience of the healthcare system and why it was failing you?

I, it was, it was, I'll just share the, the initial precipitating experience.

I think that's probably most helpful because I was, I was working in the system as a dialysis dietician when I found out that my kidneys were, were failing.

And I went to one of the nephrologists that I was working with and I said, hey, can we, you know, would you be concerned about this? He goes, well, come see me in the office.

And we sat and we had a conversation and, and he said, well, you know, you're, you look pretty healthy.

Let's, Let's just watch it.

I mean, my glomerular filtration rate or GFR was actually in the 40s.

I have an idea of what they mean, but what do local and regenerative food systems mean?

So could you tell us a little bit more about how you were feeling and how it was impacting your life and also, I suppose, your experience of the healthcare system and why it was failing you?

I, it was, it was, I'll just share the, the initial precipitating experience.

I think that's probably most helpful because I was, I was working in the system as a dialysis dietician when I found out that my kidneys were, were failing.

And I went to one of the nephrologists that I was working with and I said, hey, can we, you know, would you be concerned about this? He goes, well, come see me in the office.

And we sat and we had a conversation and, and he said, well, you know, you're, you look pretty healthy.

Let's, Let's just watch it.

I mean, my glomerular filtration rate or GFR was actually in the 40s.

I have an idea of what they mean, but what do local and regenerative food systems mean?