Author: Juliet Auer

This practical and inspiring book will give you the confidence to live a full and rewarding life. Drawing on the experiences of a number of very different people, from all walks of life and ages and family situations with kidney failure, these shared personal accounts celebrate the fullness of life that people living with kidney failure can, and do, achieve.

Sharing the first-hand experiences of others, the book covers the issues surrounding initial diagnosis and treatment, whether peritoneal or haemodialysis, the continuation of treatment, and the pros and cons of transplantation. There is extensive coverage of lifestyle choices, about work and leisure, relationships with partners and family, as well as the hospital kidney unit.

There is useful, practical advice on how to cope with crises and deal with problems, and the book shares other people’s experiences. There are also appendices on financial aspects, medical and benefit help, prescriptions, mortgages and other matters.

Living Well with Kidney Failure:

• Offers practical and vital information if you have kidney failure, or are caring for someone who has
• Features candid personal accounts of other people’s experiences of kidney failure and its treatment
• Provides details of organisations, self-help groups, helplines and websites for information, advice and useful aids

Contents

• Introduction
• Diagnosis
• Preparing for dialysis
• Treatment during the pre-dialysis period
• Types of dialysis treatment
• Starting dialysis
• Kidney transplants: the choices
• Building a relationship with a kidney unit
• Work, leisure activities and holidays
• Relationships with partners
• Carers, friends and the wider family
• Lifestyle for kidney patients
• Ways of coping
• What helps when you hit low points
• Information on finances for renal patients
• Further reading and resources
• Useful addresses
• Glossary

"This cheerful book will be a great help and encouragement to patients and their families trying to become experts on renal failure"
Dr Christopher Winearls, Clinical director at the Oxford Kidney Unit

For further information about kidney failure please contact the National Kidney Federation, www.kidney.org.uk, the only UK charity run by kidney patients for kidney patients.

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