The Holiday Season can be a time of excitement, parties, gift giving and family gatherings. But for some people, it is a time of self-evaluation, loneliness, failures and anxiety about …
Reprogramming Cells: Another Answer to Kidney Disease Treatment
Researchers may be one step closer to harnessing the power of stem cells to help treat, and potentially cure, kidney disease. Two new studies, both published in a recent issue …
Modern Dialysis Treatment. How did we get here?
‘Sending your blood to the cleaner’s is a modern medical miracle. A device called an “artificial kidney” makes it all possible.’ So states an article gleaned from a 1951 issue …
Making A Plan For Your Life
Sometimes we drift through life, letting it take us wherever it pleases, but when it backs us into a corner we can get frightened. We don’t understand what happened, how …
Getting to the finish line
Standing at the starting line with three thousand runners felt so exciting. A year ago, running one minute was an achievement and now I was standing at the beginning of …
Bringing Back the Magic to Our Lives
It seems to me that almost everyone I meet who is on dialysis or going to be on dialysis either has or is on the way to losing that spark …
Attitude Is Everything
When we find out that we have Chronic Kidney Disease, our world comes to a stop, and FEAR (false experiences appearing real) sets in. Feelings like life is over and …
Choosing Your Motivations
I would like us to think about a four letter word for a moment. This word can cause us to do great things, but it can also cause us to …