Kidney Matters - Issue 16 Spring 2022
Kidney Matters is our free quarterly magazine for everyone affected by kidney disease. This issue includes features on delayed graft function, the impact of CKD on families, friends and care-partners, improving organ donation, a husband's perspective on the challenges faced from caring for someone with CKD, and an article all about a family's journey from dialysis to transplant and all the things in between. As well as this, the Kidney Kitchen features a warming pear and blackberry crumble, perfect for Valentine's Day! We know that being a kidney patient can be tough at times and that accessing the right help at the right time isn’t always easy. We’ve spent a great deal of time talking and listening to kidney patients about what we can do to address this at every stage of kidney disease. The response was overwhelmingly ‘improved communication’ on what is going on in the kidney world, how other patients manage their life with kidney disease and what is available to them in terms of support and how to access it. Kidney Matters has been developed to tackle this as well as the many other issues kidney patients face in day-to-day life. Along with shared patient experiences, Kidney Matters provides information on how to access emotional and practical support, financial assistance through our grant schemes, advice from leading kidney specialists and tips on how to keep as well as possible by eating a healthy diet whilst on dialysis.
Kidney Matters is our free quarterly magazine for everyone affected by kidney disease.
This issue includes features on delayed graft function, the impact of CKD on families, friends and care-partners, improving organ donation, a husband's perspective on the challenges faced from caring for someone with CKD, and an article all about a family's journey from dialysis to transplant and all the things in between.
As well as this, the Kidney Kitchen features a warming pear and blackberry crumble, perfect for Valentine's Day!
We know that being a kidney patient can be tough at times and that accessing the right help at the right time isn’t always easy. We’ve spent a great deal of time talking and listening to kidney patients about what we can do to address this at every stage of kidney disease. The response was overwhelmingly ‘improved communication’ on what is going on in the kidney world, how other patients manage their life with kidney disease and what is available to them in terms of support and how to access it.
Kidney Matters has been developed to tackle this as well as the many other issues kidney patients face in day-to-day life. Along with shared patient experiences, Kidney Matters provides information on how to access emotional and practical support, financial assistance through our grant schemes, advice from leading kidney specialists and tips on how to keep as well as possible by eating a healthy diet whilst on dialysis.
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Welcome to
Kidney Matters
Welcome to the first edition of Kidney Matters for
2022, and best wishes for the New Year from all of
us at Kidney Care UK. I do hope 2022 brings good
news for you and your family, and indeed the whole
community, after the tough couple of years we have
all been through.
At Kidney Care UK, 2022 will see us continue to push
for more support for patients and to ensure you
have a strong voice in policy making and the service
improvements that we all hope to see as part of
the Renal Services Transformations Plan. We will of
course continue to be there for you every day with
financial, practical and emotional support for you
and your families.
Finally, a huge thank you to everyone who took the
time to write to us saying how important Kidney
Matters was in keeping you connected to the
wider kidney community during the isolation of
the last year. I know that Deborah and the team
are absolutely determined to ensure that Kidney
Matters continues to inform, educate, and entertain
in 2022.
We hope you enjoy the latest edition.
Paul Bristow,
Chief Executive, Kidney Care UK
©Kidney Care UK 2022 is the operating name of the British
Kidney Patient Association. A charitable company limited
by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales (1228114). A
charity registered in England and Wales (270288), and Scotland
(SCO48198). Kidney Kitchen is a registered trademark of the
British Kidney Patient Association.
Who’s who
Message
from the
editor
Welcome to the spring 2022 issue of Kidney Matters.
With the second anniversary of this pandemic fast
approaching, life before Covid-19 seems a distant
memory. However, the one thing we should never
forget is how strong and resilient we really are.
As patients, we often forget how important it is to
look after our wellbeing or that of our loved ones.
With this in mind, we know you will love reading
the article Partners in care: who’s supporting the
supporters? followed by our feature interview with a
carer, which focuses on tackling mental health in a
society that still expects men to always be strong.
Many of us hope that this year it is safe enough to get
away for that much-needed break. And whilst we may
be afraid to take the plunge across the globe, there are
many places at our doorstep waiting to be enjoyed.
We bring to you the Lakeland Dialysis clinic in the Lake
District, which we know will be hard to turn down.
And speaking about things that are hard to turn
down, why not try our kidney-friendly pear and
blackberry crumble, a mouth-watering dessert for a
Valentine’s Day treat?
Speaking of delicious food, it’s time to brush up on
your cooking skills as we are delighted to launch the
much-awaited Kidney Kitchen recipe book. Keeping
patients at the heart of everything we do, we have
created over 100 easy-to-follow, scrumptious
recipes that show what you can eat, not what you
can’t – get yours now!
Enjoy the read!
Deborah Duval
Editor...............................................Deborah Duval
Deputy Editor............................................Sue Lyon
Deputy Editor... .................................Sumaya Masood
Designer ...............idmedia (contact jd@idmedia.uk.com)
Kidney Kitchen photos ...Beth Druce www.bethdruce.com
Printing, packing & posting..........www.pollardsprint.co.uk
Get in touch
Visit: www.kidneycareuk.org E: info@kidneycareuk.org
Call us on: 01420 541424
Kidney Care UK, 3 The Windmills, St Mary’s Close,
Turk Street, Alton, GU34 1EF
Issue 16 | Spring 2022
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