Living

A constituent of mine found out from her health records showed she had started the beginning stages of chronic kidney disease seven years ago. This was found out by mistake...

After I was diagnosed with CKD in 2009, I was told that I should consider sperm banking for the future if I wanted to have children. I was told this...

Support plays a key part into your emotions and mental health when dealing with CKD. My mother is a new CKD patient but she also has lupus and it messes...

The most crucial first message we need to give to each other with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is hope. Do you know why? Because those of us who have been...

If the world did not have caregivers then who would take care of the ones no one wants to take care of? If the caregivers and the nurses were not...

If you are dating someone who is living with chronic kidney disease, there are a few things that can impact your relationship, but it’s important to know that CKD is...

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, there’s an outpouring of gratitude challenges, thankfulness posts, and heartfelt reflections. It’s the season to count blessings, big and small. But if you’re living...

I tell you when it rains, it pours. I have had several other chronic illnesses that I have had for years. On a visit to the kidney doctor, he was...

In the past 12 months, I have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and osteoporosis. I wasn’t really worried too much about the osteoporosis diagnosis. I’m not prone to falling...

I never expected to go through the journey of managing chronic kidney disease (CKD). This is accompanied by several unexpected medical difficulties and financial concerns. For me, it is crucial...

When I started my dialysis journey, I was what my medical team called “the perfect candidate” for peritoneal dialysis. My overall experience with peritoneal dialysis was pleasant until I had...

I am learning that food is an important medium in my life. But the food we eat is helping us get healthy or negatively affecting our life. This disease stops...

To be honest, I wasn’t a person that liked to exercise. I just got into it in the past 3 or so years. I do it now because it benefits...

They say with age comes bad memory, hair loss, fatigue, and more bad memory. I’m sure this list is more extensive than that, but at about age 16, I realized...

Since being diagnosed with CKD, I've been in stage 5 and have gotten both dialysis and kidney transplant. Being on dialysis and having a transplant twice, I've noticed my body...

Back in the day, they said that chronic kidney disease was found in older age people who just have old kidneys. As for me, I’m a chronic kidney patient myself...

Funny, but not funny. I have been on medications for different chronic health conditions since 1963, which has changed a lot of things in my body. Lately, I haven’t been...

I know being born with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and going through all stages while growing up how difficult it can be to know what to eat. When I was...

If you knew me, you would have quickly realized my passion for adventure and seeking new things. Even at age 65, I live my life to the fullest. I loved traveling...

October 24, 2019 was my 30th birthday. Two months prior, I started my journey with peritoneal dialysis. It was a very emotional transition and time in my life. I was...