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 | Feb 14, 2019 | Awareness, Transplantation
We’re spreading double the love today for National Donor Day! In the US alone, more than 120,000 people are waiting for a life-saving organ donation. We recently reached out to New England Chapter Co-Coordinator Judy Ehrlich to share how her donor has impacted...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Feb 6, 2019 | Staying Healthy
Here at the PKD Foundation, we love seeing how engaged the greater community is when we reach out for your stories. In the past couple of weeks, we’ve been asking on social media for your best lifestyle tips and wanted to share a few of your best suggestions:...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Jan 9, 2019 | Recipes, Staying Healthy
Are you ready to kick off the new year right? Keep 2019 kidney-friendly with healthy, delicious recipes from our cookbook, Cooking Well. Start now with fresh and flavorful chicken lettuce wraps: Ingredients Vegetable oil cooking spray 4 medium carrots, peeled and...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Aug 17, 2018 | ARPKD, Education
We’re excited to feature our new ARPKD Patient Handbook as a resource for both parents of children with ARPKD and older ARPKD patients who are interested in learning specific information about their disease. We recently reached out to Michele Karl, ARPKD parent and...
