Category Archives: From the Experts

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”

 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”

My name is Marco Antonio Santana and I was born in Paterson, New Jersey.  My large family spent only the first few years of my life there before moving to Massachusetts, where we have lived ever since.  My childhood was very normal and included all the typical bumps and bruises associated with having four siblings. Continue reading “Dialysis from the Inside (Part 1)”

​The aroma of the clinic was not one that was familiar to me. It was odd, and was the first thing I noticed upon entering the treatment floor to tour the clinic after my interview. The patients were consistent throughout the clinic; eyes closed, bodies covered with thick blankets. I proceeded into the reuse andContinue reading “Patient Care First”

Being a nurse is not for everyone, we often spend more time with our patients and their families than we spend with our own.  We miss holidays, birthdays and anniversaries because we are taking care of our patients and THEIR families.  We work long hours.  We work hours during the day, hours during the nightContinue reading “My Why…..”

Hey folks, My name is Alex Berrios. I was diagnosed with Kidney disease at the age of 26. I am a one-time kidney transplant recipient. It lasted for 13 years. When first diagnosed I did in-center hemodialysis for about 18 months. I crashed into the disease and had no idea what to expect. It was aContinue reading “Alex’s Story”