Podcasts
A Patient’s Journey Through ESRD
Being diagnosed with End-Stage Renal Disease can be both scary and confusing. However, with proper education and guidance the transition can be much smoother. This two-part series podcast takes you through a patient’s experience of crashing into dialysis and the journey to transplant. Download the podcast outline for more information on this series.
- Introduction
- Crashing Into Dialysis
- Journey to Transplant
A Patient’s Story About Working While on Dialysis
Living With Kidney Disease
Listen to real patients sharing their real stories about living with kidney disease.
Peer to Peer Support
Barabara Briggs, long-time Patient Advisory Council member and patient advocate, talks about her experience with beginning in-center hemodialysis and her journey to two kidney transplants, one with a high-risk kidney.
Kidney patient advocate and ten-year Patient Advisory Council member, Della Major, discusses her chronic kidney disease journey, her road to kidney transplant, and her failed transplant leading back to in-center hemodialysis.
Patient care partner, John Tomko, shares his mother’s end-stage renal disease journey and his decision to be her care partner. He advocates for home dialysis and the benefits it provides, including flexibility with treatment and the freedom to travel.
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