Live Well With Kidney Disease - You Don't have To Die From CKD

Why are so many people still dying from kidney disease? In a country as developed as ours you would be astounded to know the morbidity and mortality rates lag many less developed countries.

One in 5 patients are likely to die in the first 120 days of treatment and 50 percent are unlikely to survive beyond 3 to 5 years.

How can we turn this around. Here you will find practical steps you can /help someone else to take to not only survive dialysis and kidney care but to live well despite kidney disease.

Author: Magdalene Robinson is a retired RN(BSN,MSHA) who has lived well on dialysis for most of the last 20 years. In 2021 she finally got a matched kidney transplant. She has spent the last couple decades advocating for a more compassionate, engaged approach to kidney patient care.