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Coping with Chronic Kidney Disease: “Being an Advocate Saved My Life.”

Derek Forfang's journey with kidney disease has been a long, winding road filled with anxiety, depression, and heartbreak. Even after receiving one pa...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Patient advocacy,

Chronic kidney disease

We Never Heal Alone

Written by: Jennifer Cramer-Miller On the evening on May 5th, Andrea Deanovic Schmidt attended the Minnesota National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Orange G...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation

Singer, Stylist, and Chef: “Life On Dialysis Doesn't Have to be Bleak.”

Dione Bullards passion for creative expression has followed him throughout his entire life. From his early days in church choir to his time as a cele...

Treatments and therapies,

Transplant recipients

Hemodialysis Technician Teacher Turned TikTok Star

If you asked Lamarr Holland a few years ago if he expected to become a TikTok influencer, he probably would have laughed and said, "No. I run a hemodi...

Treatments and therapies,

Medical professionals,

Love and Faith: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

Whitney Johnson was born to Tanya Watters on February 17, 2000. She was born with an omphalocele, a rare condition in which a newborns organs are out...

Diseases and conditions,

Children and adolescents,

Rare kidney diseases and disorders

Choosing Life: Finding New Purpose After End-Stage Kidney Disease Diagnosis

Wilson Du's life took an unexpected turn when an unhealthy lifestyle caught up with him in his early thirties, and he was diagnosed with end-stage kid...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Healthy habits,

Transplant recipients ,

Donating a Kidney: “Having a Healthy Body is a Gift You Can Share with Someone.”

Have you ever wondered what drives someone to become a living donor? Meet Amy Hewitt, a woman who not only dedicated the last 20 years of her life fig...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donor evaluation,

Living donation,

Kidney Failure After Tragedy: “I Thought My Life Was Over.”

When Precious McCowan lost her child and kidney transplant it would have been easy to succumb to the tragedy. Instead, she channeled her grief into ad...

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Embracing a New Normal After Kidney Transplant

On AndrewKendris' 25th birthday, a trip to the urgent care changed his life forever. What he thought was a rash turned into a diagnosis of kidney fai...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Transplant recipients ,

Fundraising and volunteering

A “Lucky” Donor Shares the Gift of Life and Love

Written by: Jennifer Cramer-Miller When Jeff Piotraschke heard Mallory Olson, Executive Director of the National Kidney Foundation (Serving Minnesot...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation