Where Else Can I Get Information?
Knowledge is power. You are a partner in your own care. The more you know, the more you are able to make good decisions for yourself and work on positive changes.
Northwest Kidney Centers offers two free two- to three-hour single session classes at various locations for chronic kidney disease patients, and also individual sessions for special situations:
Our Eating Well, Living Well class, taught by a dietitian, covers how to enjoy the foods you love with chronic kidney disease and have a healthy lifetstyle.
• About Eating Well, Living Well class
• Class schedules and how to sign up
Choices is a class to help you learn more about dialysis and transplant and how to plan.
• About Choices class
• Class schedules and how to sign up
There are many excellent sources of information on the Internet. Here are a few:
www.kidneyschool.org All the basics in one place! Learn about how kidneys work, dialysis, transplant, and how to stay healthy with kidney disease.
www.kidney.org The website of the National Kidney Foundation; lots of patient education.
www.homedialysis.org A great source of information on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and home hemodialysis. Articles, patient stories, message boards, research, and more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIhGhB7xXIk A fun animation, The Amazing Kidnerellis, shows what the kidneys do.
www.nephron.com A clearinghouse for kidney-related news and research. Also has an eGFR calculator, so if you know your creatinine number, you can figure out your eGFR.
www.rsnhope.org An organization of patients with resources for education, support and encouragement.
www.nwrenalnetwork.org The website of Northwest Renal Network, the federally funded agency that monitors quality of dialysis and transplant centers. The site includes patient education information.
www.lifeoptions.org Education for patients on how to live long and live well with kidney disease.
www.aakp.org The website of the American Association of Kidney Patients; patient educational resources.
www.heart.org The website of the American Heart Association; information on keeping your heart healthy.
www.diabetes.org The website of the American Diabetes Association; many resources for diabetics
www.billpeckham.com Bill Peckham is a Northwest Kidney Centers home dialysis patient as well as a member of the NKC board. He has been very active in working for the interests of all kidney patients. Visit his website for insights, links, commentary and much more.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ On this government site, you can search for the nutrient values for most foods, including calories, fat, protein, sodium, potassium and phosphorus.