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From the Stage to the Hospital Bed

From the Stage to the Hospital Bed Patient Stories Living donors Kidney groups Living donor evaluation Organ and tissue transplantation and donation J...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donor evaluation,

Love in the Time of Dialysis

Love in the Time of Dialysis Patient Stories High blood pressure Cardiovascular disease Diseases and conditions Dialysis Treatments and therapies Copi...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Treatments and therapies,

Diseases and conditions,

Mental health and wellness,

Cardiovascular disease,

Coping and self-care,

High blood pressure

Angelica’s Got Talent - And Heart!

With big pipes and an even bigger smile, Angelica Hale couldn’t have predicted her journey from kidney transplant recipient to kid superstar - but jus...

"I Lost 100 Pounds While on Dialysis and Chose Life"

From obese to CrossFit, Wilson Du lost weight by running and training while on dialysis three times a week.

Diseases and conditions,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Exercise and physical activity,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Kidney failure,

Mom, Donor, Hero: Story of an Altruistic Donor

Kristen Fuller donated her kidney annonymously in June of 2017.

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donor programs

Hopeful For the Future

I was diagnosed with kidney disease when I was 22 months old. This came as a shock to my parents – we had no family history of kidney disease th...

Treatments and therapies,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Childhood nephrotic syndrome,

Transition to adult care

A New Kidney for Joe

Although it may seem like kidney disease only affects older people, Joe Mein and his family know that's not the case... In May 2008, at the age o...

Diseases and conditions,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Living donor evaluation,

Transplant recipients ,

Everybody Needs an Avocado

My mom sat down next to me at her kitchen table. “I want to do this,” she said. “Holy sh*t, Mom.” I thought of the thousands of convers...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney transplantation,

Patient advocacy

Angelica Hale Has Our Vote on AGT Tonight

Angelica Hale Has Our Vote on AGT Tonight Patient Stories Active living Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing Transplant recipients Kidney groups Chi...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Children and adolescents,

Transplant recipients ,

We're All Right

Hayley and Tim’s relationship started out pretty uneventfully. But a few months after they started dating things changed. “He texted me January 11th&n...

Tests and procedures,

Children and adolescents,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Prenatal testing