Living with PKD During COVID-19
Published May 12, 2020 | In these unprecedented times, families across the globe are adapting their way of life to stay safe and healthy. Living with PKD during the COVID-19 pandemic can be even more challenging. Whether you're a transplant recipient, currently on...
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The PKD Foundation Blog is contributed to by PKD Foundation staff and members of our incredible community. Focused on bringing you important PKD and Foundation updates, our blogs cover advocacy initiatives; awareness events; education for patients, caregivers, and health care professionals; and updates from and for our researchers.
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Germaphobe
Upon becoming a kidney transplant recipient, we must take lifelong medicine that suppresses our immune system to help prevent our body from rejecting the donated organ. At this same time, germs...
32 Candles
During the silent moment prior to blowing out my birthday candles, I always think of the reality that I was not expected to see my 19th birthday. Also, that it is a true miracle I have turned 32...
A Wild Adventure
It is easy to become creatures of habit. Some parts of our daily routine are mundane while others we look forward to. Noah and I used to have a steady routine of taking evening walks and hiking...
The Confluence of Life and Loss
I stood up from my workstation and looked around to take in my surroundings. Try to envision “Santa’s Workshop” and that is what my eyes saw and what filled my heart on Dec. 27, 2014. Lots of...
Dialyzing Daze
In order to enter my eye doctor’s office, I must walk past the entrance of the Davita dialysis facility. This triggers memories of my dialyzing days and fills every cell of my being with...
The Mountains Are Calling
“Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became.” – Louis Kahn I discovered the above quote the evening of December 30, 2014. Ironically the same day I...
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When diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), facing and overcoming challenges are part of the disease. This month, the PKDRead More -
I was standing with my back toward the wall at Starbucks in the Sacramento International Airport, waiting for my tall,Read More
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I was in my early 20s when I first met my husband, Noah. We saw each other two nights inRead More
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Upon becoming a kidney transplant recipient, we must take lifelong medicine that suppresses our immune system to help prevent ourRead More
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During the silent moment prior to blowing out my birthday candles, I always think of the reality that I wasRead More
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