by PKD Foundation Staff | Aug 3, 2018 | Education, PKD Connect
If you, a family member or friend are impacted by PKD, sometimes you need advice, encouragement or a shoulder to lean on from someone who knows firsthand what you’re going through. Enter our PKD Connect Peer Mentor Program. This new program, part of our PKD Connect...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Jul 31, 2018 | Walk for PKD
Our annual Walk for PKD is just around the corner! As our signature fundraising event, 100% of the funds you raise go to PKD research to help find treatments and a cure. Our Community Fundraising Strategist, Julie Russell, shares her go-to fundraising tips to gear up...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Jul 27, 2018 | Positivity, Transplantation
Our own Nicole Harr, Director of Community Engagement, has spent the last two years sharing pieces of her journey as she’s prepared to receive a kidney transplant. Now, as the day of her surgery approaches, she shares her reflections on the journey and her...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Jul 26, 2018 | PKD Will Not Beat Me
Sometimes the littlest thing at an unexpected time can trigger emotions that have been building up for a while. For me, it was a hospital food tray. On Dec. 2, 2017, I woke up severely ill with a high fever. This was the fourth time I had sepsis in the past year. Noah...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Jul 23, 2018 | Voices of PKD
As many PKD patients know, PKD can often be accompanied by other ailments. Join guest blogger Rob Herman as he shares his and his family’s story about how PKD has impacted their lives: Though it has yet to be officially determined by experts, I have to wonder if...
