Stories from the KIN Community

KIN stories are blogs written by patients, clinicians, and carers about life with chronic kidney disease. Often the best information is gained when a person tells you about their experience.

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Our stories include things like:

How someone found a solution, managed a situation, or made a decision
Experiences of real life, what to expect, and how to cope
Emotions around managing one or more competing conditions
Different treatment options and what they involve
Things you wish someone had told you

Caregiver

Is It Hard for Carers to Express Stress?

Read on to hear a perspective on the difficulties of expressing feelings of stress about caring.

Caregiver

Tea, toast and a box set: haemodialysis at home.

Read on for a carer's perspective on home haemodialysis.

Caregiver

Peritoneal Dialysis – an alternative to Haemodialysis

Learn more about peritoneal dialysis (PD), along with some useful tips based on a carer's firsthand experience.

Clinician

Q&A: When will I start dialysis?

Answer to a common question about dialysis.

Clinician

Q&A: HLA Tissue Typing

Clinician

Q&A: Clinical Psychology

Jessica Dean offers advice on how to approach discussing a CKD diagnosis and potential treatments with loved ones.

Patient

My Week on Home Haemodialysis

Patient

Line Versus Fistula? – My Personal Experience

Patient

Stories from the KIN Community

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Is It Hard for Carers to Express Stress?

Tea, toast and a box set: haemodialysis at home.

Peritoneal Dialysis – an alternative to Haemodialysis

Q&A: When will I start dialysis?

Q&A: HLA Tissue Typing

Q&A: Clinical Psychology

My Week on Home Haemodialysis

Line Versus Fistula? – My Personal Experience

My Dialysis Journey So Far by Pat Greenwood

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