Celebrating its eighteenth year, KidneyTalk® is the only magazine dedicated to empowering and enriching the lives of people who have chronic kidney disease (CKD). This publication provides people who have kidney disease with education, encouragement and strategies to help navigate this illness. Many of the articles are written by people who know firsthand what it’s like to manage this illness and succeed.
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Read the digital 2021 Fall/Winter Issue:
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Enjoy Life, but Don’t Play Around With the Coronavirus By Lori Hartwell
Courage to Self-Cannulate By Michelle Carver, BSN, RN, CNN
Tina’s Gift, 1st Place, RSN 19th Annual Essay Contest By Abigail Clary
Ode to Nurse Mary the Pirate, 2nd Place, RSN 19th Annual Essay Contest By Mike Gothard
24K Magic, 3rd Place (tie), RSN 19th Annual Essay Contest By Joy Araujo
Dialysis Wonder Woman, 3rd Place (tie), RSN 19th Annual Essay Contest By Phillip Minnich
Tabitha Taught Me to LIVE, President’s Pick, RSN 19th Annual Essay Contest By Georgene Sims
David Trujillo: Living Proof That “Can’t” is Not a Word By Mary Nesfield
Read the digital 2021 Spring/Summer Issue:
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Redefining Yourself and Choosing Happiness By Mary Nesfield
Tune Into Me, Please By Lori Hartwell, RSN Founder and President
Kidney Donor Options By Rafael Villicana, MD
Eat This, Not That By Lubna Akbany, RD, CSR
Life/Work Choices By Mary Beth Callahan, LCSW
Exer – what??? Life Before and After RSN’s Exercise Program By Cheryl Moormann
Read the digital 2020 Fall/Winter Issue:
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Distanced But Not Disconnected By Lori Hartwell, RSN Founder and President
Eat, Wink & Thrive By Kristin Brunstein, 1st Place Winning Essay
Happy as a Clam By Elizabeth Usher, 2nd Place Winning Essay
Cooking with a Renal Twist By Makeisha West, 3rd Place Winning Essay
Kidney Diet Hero By Joseph Hardison, 4th Place Winning Essay
So Long, Mrs. Freshley’s By Mike Gothard, President’s Pick Essay
A Recipe for Success: The Impact of Home Therapies on the Renal Diet By Jessica Braxton, RD, LD
Renal Recipe: Pumpkin Strudel: Published with permission by Fresenius Kidney Care
Ten Tips to Maintain Long-Term Health After Kidney Transplant by Ashley Pearce, RN, BSN, CCTC
Original Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage Plans By Lori Hartwell, RSN Founder and President
Renal Recipe: Rice Pilaf Baked in a Pumpkin By Judith (Judy) Beto, PhD, RDN
Read the 2020 Spring/Summer Issue:
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Battle Wounds are Beautiful By Lori Hartwell
Say Hello to Lili: A warrior who replaced fear with a sense of purpose By Mary Nesfield
Skin Deep By Lubna Akbany, RD, CSR
Nutrients to Promote Healthy Skin By Judith Beto, RD
Your Bright, Beautiful Smile By Cher Thomas, RDH
Why We Walk: A passion for going the distance By Kathleen Hostert
Rachel Cluthe: A mother determined to raise a happy family By Mary Nesfield
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I Have CKD. Is it Safe to Keep My Pets? By Lori Hartwell
The Warrior, 1st Place Winning Essay By Mary Wu
Cape of Triumph, 2nd Place Winning Essay By Sandra Kisselback
Nephrons of Wisdom from a Kidney Shaken Survivalist, 3rd Place Winning Essay By Stacy Hoblitzell
My Mother’s Tool Box, 4th Place Winning Essay By Joy Araujo
Yes, I am: A 40-year Survivor’s Declaration, President’s Pick Essay By Tim Atkins
Sex, Meds & CKD, By Robbi Waller, LCSW, and Amy Weissman-Hunt, MSW, LCSW
Read the 2018 Fall/Winter Issue:
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Second Opinions: You don’t know what you don’t know By Lori Hartwell
Boomerang – 1st Place Essay By Gordon LaBuhn
Unexpected Inspiration – 2nd Place Essay by Joy Araujo
The Benefits of Home Dialysis By Dinesh Chatoth, MD
Blood Stream Infection Prevention By William R. Omlie MD
An Angel on Earth – President’s Pick Essay by Carlo Rodriguez
2018 Spring/Summer Issue:
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Articles in The 2018 Spring/Summer Issue:
The Yellow Brick Road by Lori Hartwell
It’s Hot, Drink Not! By Shari Gilford
What’s in the Dialysis Bundle? Info-Graphic
I Keep on truckin’ By Denny Burgess
14 Ways to Win the Waiting Game By Vernon Silva LCSW, NSW-C and Swagata Pandit LMSW
What My Patients Have Taught Me About Thriving by Frank W. Maddux, MD, FACP
2017 Fall/Winter Issue:
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Articles in The 2017 Fall/Winter Issue:
Q&A with Lori Hartwell
Making Lemonade out of Lemons (Brad Chaffee)
Life or Death (Debra Ramsey)
Know Your Lifeline: Prevent dialysis access complications (Lana Kacherova, RN)
Deciding I Could Lose Weight (Karen Delfin Peacock)
Tony’s Kidney (Ferris Anthony)
Squirming Toward My New Normal (Sandra Kisselback)
Kidney Disease Can Be a Real Pain (Raffi Minasian, MD)
2017 Spring/Summer Issue:
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Articles in The 2017 Spring/Summer Issue:
Trust: A Healthcare Essential (Lori Hartwell)
Traveling the World with My New Kidney (Shari Gilford)
Donor, Sister, Hero (Rosemarie Kelley)
Good Grief (Cher Thomas)
My Five year Plan (Donald Ferguson)
Living to Inspire (Billie Jo Seffrin)
Finding Acceptance: Psychological Stages of Chronic Illness
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