Renal Support Network

“I can’t tell if you are this happy all the time or if you are just faking it.” Lost in the mix of busy...

As he accepted The Mark Twain award, Jon Stewart said, “Comedy survives every moment.” It has been scientifically proven that laughter and smiling lowers...

I have kidney troubles.  At 3 years old, that was my declaration to my nephrologist as to why I had come to the clinic that...

It’s not far-fetched to say things have been difficult recently. In fact, it’s hard to recall “how things used to be!” Coping strategies have...

As I am led into the dialysis clinic, my temperature is taken and I begin breathing slowly in and out, counting to 10, and...

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.” - Emily...

I was born imperfect, on the cold midwinter’s day. It was February 21 of 1996, when I came “squaloring” out of my mother’s womb,...

For the past five years life has basically consisted of four daily peritoneal home dialysis treatments. Thankfully, as a photographer, I was able to...

“Do you see the cloud elephant?” asked Mom. I looked up at the billowing clouds, studying each. Finally, I noticed one shaped like an...

Remember the song by Bobby Womack, “Nobody Wants You When You’re Down and Out”? He said he used to be a millionaire. I could...

It's been 30 years since hearing those words rocking my world and changing it forever.  Words throwing me into a fear of the unknown.  Words delivered...

I was a retired bakery owner and professional chef when I got the news that I had chronic kidney disease. I knew for several...

I was diagnosed with Stage 4 chronic kidney disease, or CKD, in 2014. I immediately changed my diet to delay my descent into Stage...

When I tell my story about my end-stage renal disease (ESRD) I often talk of my kidneys and being in counseling. We were in...

Living with chronic kidney disease has been really challenging, but since I have been doing it for so long it has just become second...

Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am a 56-year-old African American male from Cleveland, Ohio. My favorite home teams are...

“Are you okay?” my aunt asked me this in a text after deep-diving through my Instagram posts. I realized I’d never quite known how...