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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.

To submit a story of your own, please click here.

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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
Clinician

Q&As with Hilary Brothwood

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Clinician

Q&As about clinicians with Dr Hameed Anijeet

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Lockdown Blues
Patient

Lockdown Blues

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Scrub Hub
Patient

Scrub Hub

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Patient

The travelling kidney…

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a picture of Patti O'Kane
Clinician

Q&A with Patti O’Kane (RN)

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Patient

Emotions and Music (slight return)

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Clinician

Complementary Therapy Blog – Summer 2019

An update from Janet on new and returning therapists joining the Complementary Therapy program, the participation in World Kidney Day with information and therapy sessions, a staff meeting at the Wigan Renal Dialysis Unit to raise awareness about the project, and the delivery of mini therapy sessions to nurses on Nurses Day.
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Caregiver

Poem: Gift of Life

Peggy, a caregiver, shares a poem she wrote about life with a partner on dialysis.
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