- Title
- Who punched me in the back? becoming a CKD researcher
- Creator
- Firmin, Sally
- Date
- 2024
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/199139
- Identifier
- vital:19135
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0033-2_2
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-981-97-0033-2
- Abstract
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a silent, deadly killer. CKD causes your kidneys to become damaged and can no longer clean your blood. As a result, your body becomes overloaded with fluid, and you suffer from headaches, migraines, nausea, vomiting, and most days, it feels like someone punched you in the back, amongst other symptoms. Like many other Australians, it was too late when I was diagnosed with CKD. My kidney function had reduced to 18%. Despite following a strict diet and medication schedule, within 2 years of diagnosis, my kidney function reduced to less than 5%, and I became a haemodialysis patient. I have survived this time by using a positive mindset and regular meditation. This chapter is my story of CKD from a young child to the current day and how becoming a haemodialysis patient inspired me to become a CKD researcher with lived experience.
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Relation
- Research partners with lived experience : stories from patients and survivors Chapter 2 p. 17-26
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright @ The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024
- Subject
- Chronic kidney disease; CKD; Kidney reflux disease; Nephropathy; Haemodialysis
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