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Kidney Care in the News.
September 10, 2020
Pamplin Media Group
By: Various Authors
I am a lifelong Oregonian and suffer from stage 5 chronic kidney disease, meaning I depend on dialysis to live. Through my treatments, I've seen first-hand the importance of coordinated care for myself and others with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
Kidney Care in the News.
September 1, 2020
Community Reporter
By: Ramona Banks
Since 2009, I have served as my father’s in-home caregiver as he undergoes dialysis treatments. In that time, we’ve had the incredible fortune of working with supportive and attentive medical staff who helped us as we learned about life with dialysis.
Kidney Care in the News.
August 16, 2020
Indy Politics
By: Abdul Hakim-Shabazz
You might be hearing a lot about what’s not happening in the nation’s Capitol right now but one thing that is happening is the BETTER Kidney Care Act—to expand care coordination opportunities for dialysis patients.
July 7, 2020
Since she was just three days old, my daughter has struggled with kidney failure. After over 30 years and three transplants, it’s become clear that more needs to be done to help kidney patients.
June 10, 2020
As a patient with Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) who has undergone 65 surgeries, including a kidney transplant, and received dialysis treatments for over eight years, I know the importance of coordinate care for dialysis patients.
May 25, 2020
The Cap Times
Dear Editor: For over three years, dialysis has been a central part of my life. Three times every week I go to the dialysis center, where I check in on my friends who also get treated there and catch up on my favorite cooking shows during my treatment.
May 20, 2020
Bama News Now
One of the most difficult moments of my life was finding out that, despite being only 24 years old, my kidney was beginning to fail. After years of dialysis and a kidney transplant, I learned through my experiences in the health care system what needs to be improved.
May 15, 2020
The Missouri Times
When I first learned I had kidney disease, I was fortunate to not have to start dialysis right away. For about six or seven years, my doctor worked hard to keep me healthy, doing everything he felt was safe before finally recommending that I begin dialysis treatments.
May 8, 2020
Deseret News
My experience with dialysis extends four years: from when my first kidney transplant failed in 2014 to when I received my second transplant in 2018.
June 13, 2020
When my kidney issues started in 2009, I was fortunate enough to receive a donor kidney from my mother, which lasted until 2017. Unfortunately, new medications caused that kidney to fail and ultimately forced me to go on dialysis.
June 4, 2020
Dialysis has forced me to make major adjustments, requiring me to make three weekly trips to the clinic for four-hour treatments while I continue my years-long wait for a kidney transplant.
May 24, 2020
Daily Journal
When my doctor told me I had kidney disease, I wasn’t aware of just how serious it was. Two years later, though, I passed out and woke up in the emergency room, where doctors said I was experiencing both kidney failure and heart failure.
May 20, 2020
WisPolitics
For over three years, dialysis has been a central part of my life. Three times every week I go to the dialysis center, where I check in on my friends who also get treated there and catch up on my favorite cooking shows during my treatment.
May 13, 2020
Omaha World-Herald
Too often, we forget about the personal and mental health struggles facing patients with serious medical illnesses.
April 1, 2020
As a dialysis patient, it has become clear to me that one of the biggest flaws in the American health care system is the disjointed way care is often provided to patients.
June 12, 2020
Finding out I had kidney disease in 1984 forced me to change a lot in my life. Thankfully, due to my work to stay healthy, I was able to avoid needing dialysis until 2007.
May 29, 2020
The Report
Finding out I had kidney disease in 1984 forced me to change a lot in my life. Thankfully, due to my work to stay healthy, I was able to avoid needing dialysis until 2007.
May 23, 2020
Mercury News & East Bay Times
While dialysis created a lot of anxiety for me at first, I've gotten to work with an excellent treatment team.
May 19, 2020
Augusta Chronicle
I have struggled with kidney disease my entire life. I was diagnosed when I was 7, then started dialysis at 25 before finally receiving a kidney transplant in 2018.
May 8, 2020
Arizona Capitol Times
While most people with COVID-19 experience mild symptoms, dialysis patients like me who have a weakened immune system are more vulnerable to serious complications from the highly contagious virus.
April 20, 2020
Efforts to modernize the delivery of quality care to dialysis patients reach several milestones in 2020