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Kidney experts meet to discuss how best to protect kidney patients from Covid-19

Kidney experts meet to discuss how best to protect kidney patients from Covid-19 17 June 2021 On Thursday 17 June, kidney doctors and scientists gathered online to share and discuss the very latest research working out how best to protect kidney patients from Covid-19.    At the webinar, hosted by the UK Kidney Association, the British Transplant Society, the Royal Society of Medicine and Kidney…

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My road to Rituximab

My road to Rituximab by Matthew Englefield 19 December 2018 Matthew Englefield is 18 and has been living with nephrotic syndrome for the past six years. During that time he has been on a range of drugs and treatment to help manage his condition and to keep him alive.   Matthew Englefield He has written…

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Impact of Kidney Research UK: a patient writes

Impact of Kidney Research UK: a patient writes by David Prosser – Kidney Research UK trustee 25 October 2018 David is a transplant patient and a trustee at Kidney Research UK. A Chartered Accountant by training, in 2013 David left the City after a career of 32 years at PwC, where he was a Senior…

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The special life of a kidney patient

The special life of a kidney patient by Paul Chear – Volunteer / ACE Project Peer Educator 14 August 2018 Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow’. – Mary Anne Radmacher I should start by saying that the special…

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Every down has an up – view from a teenage kidney patient

Every down has an up – view from a teenage kidney patient by Grace Acklam 04 May 2018 Disease. A word that sends shivers down spines, and forms lumps in people’s throats. A word associated with the likes of the Black Plague and Polio. A word that is avoided and is desperately hidden from. A…

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My kidney heroines – where do I start? 

My kidney heroines – where do I start?  by Sarah Harwood – Patient Involvement Co-ordinator 22 February 2018 This World Kidney Day, Kidney Research UK is celebrating all the women and girls who are fighting kidney disease in their own way. We are getting people to post the stories of their kidney heroines (#mykidneyheroine). So I…

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Stacy Rowe – celebrating her kidney-versary

Stacy Rowe – celebrating her kidney-versary by Stacy Rowe 05 January 2018 Stacy Rowe is a transplant patient and a member of our Lay Advisory Committee (add link). She’s been sharing her kidney journey with us over the past few years. January 2018 “I write this as a brand new being – and feeling like…

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