Kidney Patient Guide

I heard about this new holiday dialysis unit in Wells in Norfolk and thought it may be of interest. http://www.wellshospital.org.uk/renal_dialysis/introduction/ There is a large campsite with mobile homes and cabins etc next to the beach in Wells making it a good holiday destination. http://www.pine...

I hope it's gone well. Good luck with everything.

I'm 54 - but my daughter who is the kidney patient is 18.

We were away for the weekend in Bridlington and got the call on Friday late afternoon when we'd just arrived saying that there was a kidney available for my daughter. They almost didn't get hold of us - they rang our home, my work, my husband's work and then an old mobile number! We had given them u...

I'm a bit late to this but I'd also recommend Tesco - we got annual European cover from them for us as a family, including Tanith just 4 months after she was transplanted and have just got fairly reasonable insurance for a 2 week trip to California in the summer.

I couldn't bring myself to watch it having spent so much time in the Nottingham children's renal unit with my daughter. As it seems it was so good I might watch on i-player.

We wrote to our daughter's donor family and were asked to leave the letter unsealed and undated as apparently they may not pass it on immediately if it's not appropriate (for example if they're having a difficult time) We didn't say anything about future contact, though in fact they wrote back immed...

How lovely. Congratulations!

We wrote after a few months to our daughter's donor family and she sent a card. We were asked not to put any date on the letter as the transplant co-ordinator would judge if they were in the frame of mind to receive it, and possibly wait a while before giving it to them. In the event we got a lovely...

This short cookbook is available to download for free.

http://www.worldkidneyday.co.uk/docs/Ki ... okBook.pdf

I'm a bit late to this thread as I didn't see it before, and as you know I'm the carer of a kidney patient, not one myself. But I wanted to reassure you as far as possible with my own story, which is that I had an abnormal smear, colposcopy and then laser treatment around 25 years ago. I went on to ...

I love the NHS. When my daughter was first diagnosed with kidney failure I did some googling for information and came across a lot of US sites with information about how to pay for dialysis. I can't imagine having had such a devastating diagnosis and also having to worry about the cost of care. From...

So so sorry to hear this. I hope that he can return to at least some normality after the op. Very sad for him - it's been really tough.

I think the last I heard he was out of hospital after having had such a difficult time, but the kidney was still sleeping.

Is there any more news? I so hope he is doing well.

I am so so sorry to hear about your daughter. I can't imagine how awful it has been for you on top of the emotion of the transplant. My daughter (16) had a transplant in November and I'm glad to say is doing well so far. She's in Newquay this week on a post-GCSE trip with her friends. I am hugely gr...