Here you can find a number of stories from our renal patients, explaining their personal journeys. We hope you will find them of interest, that they may give you an insight to what treatment is like and it shows you the difference that our work has made to their lives.
Patient Stories
Hafeez Ahmed’s Remarkable Journey: Triumph at the British Transplant Games
In a heartwarming testament to the power of resilience and the support provided by the NHS, Hafeez Ahmed, a remarkable […]
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Jo’s story #lifeonthelist
My name is Jo and I’m45 years old, here’s some of my story.. I’m currently waiting for a kidney transplant […]
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Emma and Stuart’s story
Me and Stuart became a couple on 16th September 1995. 10 years later we married on 16/09/05 little did we […]
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Rachel’s story
My name is Rachel Gibson and I would like to share my story of leading up to My Kidney Transplant. […]
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Howard and Peter’s Story
As a live Kidney donor to my very good friend Howard, I thought it important to tell our story from […]
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Darren, a two-time kidney transplant recipient, shares his journey
How can we build resilience facing a chronic illness? Lilla Nafradi, Ph.D. Resilience is a complex concept that, when interpreted […]
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Lydia Beckett
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on Christmas day shortly after my 8th birthday. My family was aware of […]
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Lucy Wrigley
I was diagnosed with kidney failure shortly after I was married at 28 and on dialysis by 32, I was […]
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Elliott Family
In the summer of 2013, while playing with her big brother Ben on holiday in the US, Natalie (aged 9) […]
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Rosser Family
In July this year Andy and daughter, Abigail, took on the X-Runner Nottingham 10K on what was possibly the hottest […]
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Caroline Williams
It was 2006, not too long after my 29th birthday. I had been feeling tired for some time and suffering […]
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Albert
Albert was born in February 2015, he was born with a very rare condition called Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease […]
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Janine
Janine Winfield is about to take part in the Salzburg to Vienna Cycle Challenge in aid of Kidneys for Life […]
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Amitaśūrī ‘s Story by James Yule
It was 1993, when aged 23 my daughter, Amitaśūrī was first diagnosed with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD), an […]
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Lucy Cort
In 2006 whilst on holiday I was diagnosed with kidney failure. I was 24 years old and whilst I had […]
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Daniel Bailey
My name is Daniel, I am 29 years old and consider myself to be a very lucky young man and […]
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Melanie & Carl
Please help us raise £10,000 for ‘Kidneys for Life’ 10 years ago today my whole world changed forever …… On […]
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Bob Devlin
In 2002 I went for a job interview. I got the job then had to undergo a medical where the […]
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Leonie Scott by Amanda
My mother, Leonie Scott, was a renal patient at Manchester Royal Infirmary and Macclesfield Dialysis Unit and sadly she passed […]
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Peter Baines
Up until last November I was a healthy, young, fit man, running a business and living life to the full […]
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Angela Nicholls
“My journey started in the 1990’s when I was in my teens, due to scarring on both of my kidneys, […]
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Jane McDowell
I have decided it’s about time I did something truly challenging to raise money for charity. The charity choice is […]
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Vicky Brand
It was May 1993, I was 23 years old, life was good, I had recently got engaged to my boyfriend, […]
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Millie-Mae Burgess Greenwood
Millie-Mae has gone from being born a healthy baby to a very poorly baby with kidney failure. The doctors didn’t […]
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Lorenza Casini
Back in 2008 I suffered from an unpleasant kidney infection, which developed into some more kidney problems. Between 2008 and […]
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Evan Compston
In July 2011, I achieved the milestone age of 60 years, which of course is the new 50! I decided […]
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Sarah Cullen
My life changed forever on 22 April 2008, the day I had a pancreas transplant. I awoke at five to […]
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Liam Dorsey
Kidneys for Life produced a short DVD to explain a little about kidney disease, transplantation and dialysis which was shown […]
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Elaine Elkin
“Let’s do a sponsored trek. Oh, and we’ll aim to finish it six months after the operation.” This was what […]
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Des Gardner
Legal expert, husband and father of 2, Des Gardner is 42 and just a tiny bit crazy. Over the years […]
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Helen Godley
“My mum was diagnosed with gradual kidney failure a few years ago now, and at the beginning of 2007 she […]
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Paul Heapy
Paul Heapy was diagnosed with acute renal failure at the age of 23 and had several operations and dialysis before […]
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Tony Kershaw & Mike Kewley
Mike Kewley & Tony Kershaw met on Ward 9 in 2005 having both suffered from kidney disease and on the […]
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Kay Knowles
Kay Knowles who many of you may know passed away in September 2008 just after her 69th birthday. Kay was […]
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Mandy Lake
In Memory of Mandy Lake We asked the family and friends for memories of Mandy and these are just a […]
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Paul McCabe
Machu Picchu. A place I had always wanted to visit since I was a boy. Last year a good friend […]
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Lorraine Pooley
I begin this feature with ‘My Story’ and then move onto how Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) changed my life and […]
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Kate Quinn
Kate Quinn who received a kidney from her Mum in 2003 is the partner of Justin who took part in […]
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Joanne Roberts
If loosing an eye, crippling a foot and having my stomach sliced open several times wasn’t enough to ruin my […]
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Jean Ross
At the age of 12, I started to feel ill at school, dizzy spells, blurred vision and tiredness. Prior to […]
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Alan Silcock
Three Transplants and still going strong photo available Alan Silcock turned 60 in Oct last year, a milestone for anyone […]
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Ellie Wharf
I am currently living and working in Auckland, New Zealand and last October, whilst here, I was told that my […]
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