Sharing a kidney and a lifetime of love

My husband is the best. He took those marriage vows to heart, in sickness and in health, only thanks to him I’m not sick anymore! Larry and Jan Blaylock first met when they were teachers at the same school. Now married for nearly thirty years, they enjoy...

Shar Carlyle

I have been a PKD Foundation Chapter member for 14 years. I have been to Washington D.C. three times representing kidney patients from California on a number of fronts, both with the PKD Foundation and with NKF. But I’m getting tired now. I invite you younger...

Heather Gillis

When a child passes away, there are no words that can take away the pain of a parent’s loss. It is unimaginable to think of a child dying, but in many people’s lives this is their reality, especially in those affected with autosomal recessive polycystic...

Scott Peppet

My mother died from PKD complications at 61, after having two kidney transplants. Her kidneys failed around age 50, and she had a very rough decade after that. She was constantly in and out of the hospital. I was in my 20s, and it was very hard to watch her suffer. I...

Rachel Kunstadt

My father has PKD, and in the summer of 2012, he was dying from complications of PKD. My dad had been on dialysis since 1999 and it took a toll on his heart. He was waiting for a transplant but things looked bleak. He was in and out of the hospital and it was a hard...