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 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 | 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 | Jan 4, 2019 | DIY for PKD, Run for PKD
Our Fundraise Your Way program is one of the best ways you can help create a future without PKD. When you turn your hobbies and passions into creative fundraisers, 100% of the money you raise goes directly to fund PKD research. You can help give hope, like our friend...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Aug 15, 2018 | Chapters
My name is Erin Burden and I live in Metro Atlanta with my husband, Christopher, and our three children. We first learned of PKD when my oldest daughter’s ultrasound revealed some kidney abnormalities in utero. Since she is a fraternal twin, I was having scans...
