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My Employer Won't Give Me Time Off To Do Dialysis

What should you do if your employer does not allow you time to do dialysis? Is this something that can be filed with the EEOC complaint department? Has anyone had...

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Which Disease Is Causing You To Itch?

I have psoriasis and chronic kidney disease. Both of these can cause uncontrollable itching. I didn't know until recently that there was a connection between psoriasis and CKD. If you...

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Do You Know That 9 Out Of 10 People Have Chronic Kidney Disase, But Don't Know It?

I didn't have a clue. I guess the answer is why? So many of us live with obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. Maybe it's just me, but maybe this...

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The invisibility of chronic kidney disease

The third week in October is an awareness week that highlights people living with invisible conditions. Do you consider CKD to be an invisible condition? Although there are some physical...

Experiences With a Rare Type of Kidney Disease

While kidney disease itself is not rare, there are over 150 types of rare kidney diseases. Does anyone here live with or know someone who lives with a rare type...

Headaches

I have a constant headache. Are headaches a symptom of K.D. I ask because I knew someone with K.D. and told they had headaches a lot. Does the high blood...

Mindfulness and Dealing With Chronic Kidney Disease

What type of things do you do to calm your mind from not thinking? There are times when mine is racing all over the place. We would like to hear...

Removing Race from the Kidney Donor Risk Index

I had never heard of this. My son brought this to my attention a few years back. He was doing some research and found out some fascinating facts. (he is...

Other conditions

Does anyone else suffer with any other conditions aswell as there CKD? I suffer with lupus so I was wondering can anyone else relate...

Curious

I have been told that my CKD is caused by my high blood pressure and my diabetes. But I have also read CKD may be caused by other things but...

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