Kidney Matters

Issue 21 of our Kidney Matters magazine is out now!

Kidney Matters is our free quarterly magazine for everyone affected by kidney disease.

This issue includes features on:

• How counselling helped Chef Paul Ripley cope after a shock kidney cancer diagnosis
• Home dialysis reimbursement - are kidney patients who dialyse at home getting a raw deal from NHS trusts
• Calciphylaxis: a rare and difficult to detect complication of chronic kidney disease
• How the Gift of Living Donation (GOLD) peer buddy phone scheme – and simple conversations – are helping Black kidney patients receive living donor transplants
• Chicken tikka with kachumber – a wonderful dish full of fresh ingredients, plus low in salt, potassium and phosphate

We know that being a kidney patient can be tough at times and that accessing the right help at the right time isn’t always easy. We’ve spent a great deal of time talking and listening to kidney patients about what we can do to address this at every stage of kidney disease. The response was overwhelmingly ‘improved communication’ on what is going on in the kidney world, how other patients manage their life with kidney disease and what is available to them in terms of support and how to access it.

Kidney Matters has been developed to tackle this as well as the many other issues kidney patients face in day-to-day life. Along with shared patient experiences, Kidney Matters provides information on how to access emotional and practical support, financial assistance through our grant schemes, advice from leading kidney specialists and tips on how to keep as well as possible by eating a healthy diet whilst on dialysis.

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