This year, World Kidney Day continues to raise awareness of the increasing burden of kidney diseases worldwide and to strive for kidney health for everyone, everywhere. The 2022 campaign has been declared "Kidney Health For All" to bring awareness to the persistent and ongoing CKD knowledge gap exists, one that...
"I was diagnosed with PKD in 1989 when pregnant with my first child (the disease was diagnosed on my first pre-natal ultrasound). My only prior symptom was slightly elevated blood pressure. I had never heard of the disease, and on learning that it is a hereditary disease, I researched its’...
Welcome to the PKD Foundation of Canada's February e-News! We have provided information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.To view the e-News in French click here!
Welcome to the PKD Foundation of Canada's January e-News! We have provided information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.To view the e-News in French click here!
"My name is Lisa Werner. My twin sister and I were born with polycystic kidney and liver disease (PKD1), a genetic disorder, but I wasn’t diagnosed until the age of 29. I received a kidney and liver transplant on November 16, 2020. The liver team removed my 35 pound liver,...
Welcome to the PKD Foundation of Canada's December e-News! We have provided information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.To view the e-News in French click here!
With 2021 drawing to a close, we hope you remember the PKD Foundation of Canada in your holiday plans and consider making a year-end gift to help advance Canadian research, advocacy and support for more PKD patients and their loved ones.
"On December 29th 2020, I went for what I thought was just a routine blood work check up. Our family had been on a waitlist to find a family doctor for a few years and we finally were matched. Our new doctor sent me for blood work while she waited...
Welcome to the PKD Foundation of Canada's November e-News! We have provided information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.
"Inspirational stories used to be just stories to me. We've all seen and heard them - you listen to a story about someone who has lost a limb, had a incurable diagnosis, lost their husband or wife, or had some form of tragedy and how they readjusted to their life."