Renal Support Network

In the quiet hours of the night, when the world outside slept, I found solace in the familiar rhythms of my home dialysis routine....

Growing up, my dad and his brothers all read comic books. This was in the ’70s and ’80s when comics were not seen as...

As far back as I can remember, music has been a huge part of my life. Both my mom and dad loved music. My...

It's hard to narrow down what I consider to be my favorite anything, but there is one show that has helped me cope with...

I love the television series titled "Matlock." In the show, Attorney Ben Matlock is sagacious to say the least. He is so down-to-earth on...

“Ni chi bao le ma?” (pronounced knee zhe bao leh mah) in Chinese translates to “Are you full?” and loosely means “How are you?”...

There were two. First was My Hero Academia. There could, and would, be days or even months between watching episodes, but it’s always been...

What is comfort? How does an eight-year-old find comfort? When the only thing she saw were doctors trying to figure out what she had....

Living with kidney disease is not a walk in the park, whether it is developed later in life, or was diagnosed at birth such...

I sit in my dialysis chair, plumbed into the Slurpee machine as it purifies my black cherry syrup, in renal failure for a few...

Research has long shown that music (both instrumental and worded) is processed in a different part of our brain than simple speech. How often...

Remember the very first time you stepped into the sea? For me it was 1975. I was eleven years old and it was life...

I have end-stage renal disease, and I have been on dialysis for over ten years. There’s so much to think about and keep track...

“Come let me love you, let me give my life to you” is in the opening verse to John Denver’s “Annie’s Song.” Little did...

Comfort. Being comfortable. Finding solace from pain. A snippet from a song, a line from a movie, a character from a television series, an idea...

“Three hours ago, this man was in a battle. Two hours ago, we operated on him. He's got a 50-50 chance. We win some,...

At the age of five, I went through daily life in terms of clock hours. The chimes from the grandfather clock in the living...

My father was my first love. He was a tall, handsome, strong, Bible-toting man who loved his wife and family. Dad worked hard as...

“Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has. Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one.” The wise words...