Living

I found that watching my food and fluid intake to be really important during my dialysis journey. As someone who has been on dialysis twice, once at the age of...

In 2018, everything was going great for me. I had moved in with my partner at the end of the previous year, I had a good job, and was just...

For those that have read previous articles of mine or follow my Instagram account miss__ckd, you know that I am currently sitting at stage 5 CKD with a GFR of...

Living this life with a chronic illness has taught me that I am far stronger than I give myself credit for. I have acquired the practice of showing great self-care and...

First off, it’s not the diagnosis that bothers me as much as being misdiagnosed and not getting treated sooner. Unfortunately, I have had several chronic illnesses for years. So, therefore...

How ya’ll doing? So, I've been living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) for some time now as you may know, and let me tell you, it's not just about kidney...

Even though you have those who love you, it is okay to set boundaries to be able to have the space you need while living with health challenges. I used...

I’ve been on peritoneal dialysis, or PD, for almost a year now, and it has been a learning experience. In the beginning, I felt like I would have to completely...

My son went on a 5-day cruise while he is on dialysis. When he told me that, I thought he had lost his mind. I was a nervous wreck. He...

How ya’ll doing? I consider myself a man’s man. Nothing can move or shake me, so I thought. When I was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), it was a...

While I was on dialysis in 2013, my grandfather called and asked if he could be tested to see he if he could be a potential match to donate his...

Fatigue can be a lot. I was never officially diagnosed with fatigue, but I have certainly experienced it many times. Imagine waking up for the day and you are unable...

When I was diagnosed with Lupus, I was too young to understand the importance of mental health and how essential it would be along my health journey. I went through...

How ya’ll doing? Today, I want to talk about a topic that has been close to my heart since my CKD diagnosis. That is finding meaning and purpose in life...

The first thing I want people to know is that some illnesses may not be visible, until they are. I have had really bad experiences and lectures about not being...

I had my kidney transplant and after a year, I started to see significant changes to my body. The hospital I went to for my yearly check up found that...

There are 12 months, 365 days, and 8,760 hours in a year and somehow, there is still not enough time. Somehow we all find ourselves wishing and wondering what would we...

When I say the big 'D', a few things might come to mind: something totally irrelevant to kidney disease, something that can happen in a worse case scenario of chronic...

When we say that we are suffering from a chronic condition, it does not just mean that it just includes our physical existence in jeopardy, it also means that there...

In case you missed it, check out Part 1 of this series! The issue wasn’t who I was becoming, the issue was the other person not being able to see...