Renal Support Network

Unimaginable fatigue, like cotton candy melting and wilting on a hot day, slows the mind and body; sleep becomes an escape, but the body...

For the fifth time that day, mired in hopelessness, I stood in front of my refrigerator and stared at its contents. I wanted my...

I am a baker. I usually work out of the left side of my brain. I’m very methodical and list oriented. I do everything...

Let’s flip the script: My kidney disease supports my creativity. We must begin with the simplest fact: In my life, I have people who...

In 2022, I got very sick, and my mom told me I almost died. I spent five months in the hospital at UCLA Mattel...

I am a photographer. I photograph along the Crystal Coast, a few steps from the sea. I capture moments in time others will want...

“Did you eat yet?” or “Are you hungry yet?”  are two phrases I hear frequently since I was a child.  Is cooking a creative...

Smorgasbord: A wide variety of something.             Happy Pens: An oasis in the ever-changing smorgasbord of medical opinions. I am more than my diagnosis. Regarding my “condition,”...

I would not have considered myself to be an artist as a child. Toddlerhood was marked by hastily scribbled drawings. Childhood into the preteen...

I dream of food. In the way a painter stares at a blank canvas and sees a sunset or perhaps a portrait of dogs...

They say good things come in threes. There is red, white, and blue in our nation’s flag. “Goldilocks and The Three Bears” is a...

I would have a hard time painting a stick-figure portrait, even by number. I would only successfully be able to put the clay in...

Being on dialysis is like having a part-time job that doesn’t pay. So what I’ve done is use my treatment time in ways that...

The first time I was wheeled into the dialysis room I was met with a sea of lime green blankets covering a sea of...

I am a registered nurse by profession. My resume lists gardening and singing as my hobbies. Little did I know when I composed my...

Living with kidney disease can present numerous challenges, both physical and emotional. However, for me, creativity has played a significant role in helping me...

Being one of twelve children, there was never any extra money for flowers or birthday cards. But my mom always baked each of us...