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Patients Share their Hospital Experiences during COVID-19

Recently, we both had to visit our local medical facilities. For most people this might be concerning, however for transplant recipients like us it wa...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Diseases and conditions,

Infectious diseases,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Patient advocacy,

Patient Perspectives on Managing Routine Blood Tests during COVID-19

By Risa Simon, NKF patient advocate and founder of The Proactive Path and Transplantfirst Academy; and Michael Stevenson, NKF National Board Member an...

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Infectious diseases,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

My Experience with COVID-19 as a Kidney Patient

By Michael Phillips, Transplant recipient and Kidney Advocacy Committee member I was looking forward to bringing some major changes to my familys liv...

Diseases and conditions,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney Transplant Patient Beats COVID-19 After Six-Week Bout of Deadly Disease

The symptoms of COVID-19 were difficult for Maryann Starick, a five-year kidney transplant patient, but not as hard to deal with as the anxiety she fe...

Diseases and conditions,

Infectious diseases,

There’s No Place Like Home for Dialysis

By Melissa Bensouda, Kidney Patient and NKF Kidney Advocacy Committee Member My appreciation for the phrase Theres no place like home has reached a...

Treatments and therapies,

Home hemodialysis

Finding Community in Isolation

by Elizabeth Fortune, freelance writer and ESRD patient Some days, the quarantine seems normal; some days it hits me in a way that makes me think, wh...

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Infectious diseases,

Glomerular diseases,

Patient Story: Managing Medication During COVID-19 Outbreak

byHaley Jensen, kidney transplant recipient andNKF patient advocate As a kidney transplant recipient, medication is one of the most essential parts ...

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Chronic kidney disease

Seeing the Silver Lining: Injecting Positivity and Hope Back into the World

by Risa Simon, NKF Advocate, Peer Mentor, and Inspirational Author COVID-19 is forcing transplant centers to cancel live kidney donor transplants and ...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Diseases and conditions,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Mental health and wellness,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney transplantation,

Coping and self-care,

Legacy of Love

Legacy of Love Patient Stories Kidney transplantation Organ and tissue transplantation and donation Living donation Caregivers of adults Caregivers Ki...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Kidney transplantation,

Care partners of adults

72-Year-Old Kidney Donor Hopes to Inspire Others to Do The Same

72-Year-Old Kidney Donor Hopes to Inspire Others to Do The Same Patient Stories Kidney transplantation Organ and tissue transplantation and donation L...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney transplantation