AV Fistula

An AV fistula-the second type of access I had. It's the same concept as the graft, but with my own veins. It worked well for 3 years before it clotted and stopped working. The bumps are aneurysms, from the veins being repeatedly used and stretching out of shape. It actually looked like I had two golf balls in my arm, but my vascular surgeon removed most of it for me.

Two Types of Kidney Failure

All kidney disease is not created equally...and sometimes it's just hereditary, like mine.

Recap of Kidney Disease Awareness Month (March)

Last month was Kidney Disease Awareness Month and while I posted on Facebook and Instagram, I didn't think until well into the month that I could be posting this information here and possibly changing someone's life, so I decided that I'm also going to post it in April. So here goes

How your kidneys work