Anthony E Reed

My First Year

Ashley “Smash” McGinnis Dialysis Patient Technician Fresenius Medical Care, North America

Are you ready for some football? The Super Bowl will be happening soon in 2021. Perhaps this year you are watching the Super Bowl at home with your family due to the pandemic. You can still enjoy appetizer type foods and not feel guilty about “cheating” on your renal diet. Even if you areContinue reading “Are you a fan!”

The Kidney Disease Rollercoaster

From a 20 year old Sports & Fitness Studies student, to kidney Failure, to becoming the “Fastest Sick Person in Europe”. Or, I could start with; healthy student, to dialysis patient, to transplant recipient, back to dialysis patient, to transplant recipient again, to husband and father, to… I love the KidneyTrails.com goal of “…bringing real life experienceContinue reading “The Kidney Disease Rollercoaster”

Light at the End of COVID Valley

So I beat COVID right? To think about beating COVID to some may be unthinkable and unattainable but to me it was attainable and very possible and now it is a story that I will share with my future grandchildren. I can see it now sitting in my easy chair and my future grandchildren sittingContinue reading “Light at the End of COVID Valley”

Kitchen Creations

I like to be creative in the kitchen. Most nights I assess what is available in the refrigerator and cupboard, then go straight to work, making what I call “a concoction”. My family has learned to approach with caution, but they end up enjoying most dishes. They have started rating me on the dishes asContinue reading “Kitchen Creations”

Traveling through COVID Valley

Through I walk through the valley of shadow and death I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. As I looked at the number on my phone I knew that it was the on call doctor calling me back. Hello Anthony, this is the on-call physician I wanted to let you know yourContinue reading “Traveling through COVID Valley”

I am a kidney transplant patient, and I had COVID.

This is a statement that never dreamed that I would say but yet I am saying it today as I write about my experience with COVID. This is part of the adventure and part of my journey along the Kidney Trails. I remember being at work one day and hearing COVID. It is a wordContinue reading “I am a kidney transplant patient, and I had COVID.”

Dialysis, Drawing and Motivational Talks….

Fall was here and I was still waiting, hoping that some miracle would happen. Maybe my kidneys would regain function and I would not have to do dialysis. I know what the doctor said that I was ESRD and my kidneys would not regain function but still was anything possibly or maybe I would getContinue reading “Dialysis, Drawing and Motivational Talks….”

The End of Summer…

To every thing there is a season. Once back from my vacation it was time to go back to work which I did and put all that I had into it. It did not take as long this time to get back to full strength, in fact, I believe I was able to work fullContinue reading “The End of Summer…”

Redesigning my Dialysis Treatment: By Thelma Desjarlis

Three days after we had just moved into our newly purchased home, our seemingly normal life was about to be rattled by this unforgiving disease. We were so busy unpacking our things when all of a sudden, I felt funny, and a nagging pain in my head became so excruciating that I started vomiting endlessly.Continue reading “Redesigning my Dialysis Treatment: By Thelma Desjarlis”