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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can affect anyone. Patients, carers and Kidney Care UK fundraisers from all over the UK share their stories of diagnosis, dialysis, kidney-friendly cooking and more.

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    • Diet and nutrition
    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Peritoneal dialysis
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    • Transplant

    Niven's story: CKD, dialysis and running marathons

    Niven discusses his experience of kidney disease and dialysis, and shares how and why he chose to run London Marathon 2025 for Kidney Care UK while living with kidney failure.

    • Diet and nutrition
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Tyler's story: kidney disease and body building

    Tyler discusses his experiences of kidney disease, how it impacted his body building training, and competing in the 2025 Mr Olympia competition after receiving a kidney transplant.

    • Fundraising
    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Steve and Christy's story: leaving a legacy

    Steve shares his and his late wife Christy's experiences with her kidney failure, and explains why he decided to set up a legacy fund at Kidney Care UK in Christy's honour.

    • Fundraising
    • Haemodialysis
    • Home therapies
    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Rare renal
    • Transplant

    Kate's story: kidney disease and London Marathon 2025

    Kate shares her experiences of her husband Lee's kidney disease, from family life to failed transplants and why she chose to fundraise by running the London Marathon 2025.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney Care UK staff
    • Kidney failure
    • Peritoneal dialysis
    • Transplant

    Karolina and Oskar's story: living with CKD

    Kidney Care UK Patient Support & Advocacy Officer Karolina shares her and her son Oskar's experiences of CKD, from emergency dialysis to living donation and British Transplant Games.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Carla and Lynsey's story: living kidney donation

    Carla and Lynsey share their experiences of living kidney donation, from Carla's diagnosis and struggles with haemodialysis to Lynsey's decision to donate a kidney to her sister.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Peritoneal dialysis
    • Transplant

    Keith's story: dialysis and transplantation

    Keith discusses being diagnosed with Medullary Sponge Kidney and shared his experiences with peritoneal dialysis and coming back to dialysis after kidney transplant failure.

    • Diet and nutrition
    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Hayley and Bertram's story: living with CKD

    Hayley and Bertram talk about living with Hayley's kidney disease, from living kidney donation to cooking in the Kidney Kitchen and singing with the Black Living Donor Choir.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney failure
    • Peritoneal dialysis
    • Transplant

    Frankie's story: transplantation and CKD

    Frankie talks about her experiences with haemodialysis and kidney transplantation, from living donation to the paired/pooled scheme and finally receiving a kidney from the transplant list.

    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Becky's story: World Transplant Games 2025

    Becky shares her incredible story of transplantation – both the failures and the successes – along with her amazing efforts at the World Transplant Games 2025.

    • Transplant

    Kay's story - pregnancy and CKD

    Kay talks about her experiences of pregnancy and CKD, the risks and the joys, and the kidney transplant that she received from her mum.

    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Paul and Andrea's story: kidney donation

    Paul and Andrea discuss their decision to donate their son James's organs after his death, including donating one of his kidneys to Paul's footballing friend.

    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    John's story: kidney donation

    John discusses living with kidney failure and his incredible experience of receiving a kidney donation from the son of a footballing friend.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Bharti's story: living with CKD

    Bharti chats about her diagnosis as a five-year-old, from bullying at school and haemodialysis to starting a family and her new transplanted kidney.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Deirdre's story: living with CKD and cancer

    Deirdre talks about her experiences with kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation, and her cancer diagnosis and remission.

    • Kidney conditions
    • Rare renal
    • Transplant

    Alex and Will's story: PKD and transplantation

    From meeting at a pub to donating a kidney, Alex and Will share their story of PKD, transplantation and Will's family history of kidney disease.

    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Ben's story: living with IgAN

    After his kidney function deteriorated, Ben's cousin Matt donated a kidney to him. Ben discusses life after transplantation as well as the impact that kidney disease has had on his mental health.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney Care UK staff
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Holly's story: living with CKD

    Holly, Kidney Care UK's Young Adult Kidney Group leader, chats about transplant, dialysis and how her role supporting young people living with CKD has been informed by her own experiences.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney Care UK staff
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Allison's story: living with CKD

    Kidney Care UK Patient Support & Advocacy Officer Allison discusses her 'favourite' Uncle Jackie, who lived with kidney failure when she was a child, and how those experiences have influenced her.

    • Kidney Care UK staff
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Ellen's story: living with CKD

    Ellen, Kidney Care UK's Support Line Leader, discusses her and her husband James's experiences of living with CKD and how those experiences influence her role.

    • Diet and nutrition
    • Haemodialysis
    • Home therapies
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Cade's story: living with FSGS

    Cade was diagnosed with FSGS when he was a teenager. He discusses life with a rare condition, from diet to dialysis, and explains how a Kidney Care UK grant helped him to finish college.

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