by PKD Foundation Staff | Mar 26, 2019 | Voices of PKD
My name is Kate Callahan and I’m a 21-year-old college student from the San Francisco Bay Area. My journey with PKD begins when I was seven years old. My father became increasingly ill with PKD and was told that he needed to go on kidney dialysis while waiting for a...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Mar 14, 2019 | Transplantation, Voices of PKD
To know me is to know my family and PKD: how PKD defines my family, but does not hold us back. How PKD is in our daily thoughts, but does not hold us back. How PKD challenges us, but does not hold us back. How PKD tests our strengths, but does not hold us back. I am a...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Jan 17, 2019 | Advocacy, Voices of PKD
My name is Jim Myers. I have been fighting PKD/kidney disease for nearly 40 years. I currently live in Hammond, Ind. My mother and father ran a couple of grocery stores in my hometown, Cedar Lake, Ind. My dad was afflicted with polycystic kidney disease. On his side...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Dec 11, 2018 | Voices of PKD
My paternal grandmother, Helen, is the first that we know of who had autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) in the family. We only figured it out when others in the family started to get diagnosed and we realized that it must have been the cause of her...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Nov 28, 2018 | Voices of PKD, Walk for PKD
My name is Taylor Karlo, I’m 17 years old and I’m a senior at Olentangy Liberty High School in Powell, Ohio. I am also a volleyball player and I’m committed to the University of Saint Francis to continue my volleyball career. I live with my mom, Heather, my dad, Andy,...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Nov 13, 2018 | Transplantation, Voices of PKD
Nicole Harr, our Director of Community Engagement, has officially received the gift of life! Now post-transplant, Nicole is ready to share more about her time leading up to and following her surgery with the PKD community: Four months ago, I received the gift of life...
