Feeling 100 Times Stronger: How Nocturnal Dialysis Changed Gina’s Life
Gina never could have imagined that a simple scrape on the shin could lead to total organ failure, until it…
Home Dialysis Changed My Life: Lioudmila’s Story
In 2017, when Lioudmila received permission from Toronto Community Housing to dialyze at home, she was in heaven. A single…
Big Freedom: How Home Dialysis Gave Suzana the Life She Dreamed Of
Suzana was only 41 when, despite transplants at 3 and 18, her kidneys failed and she learned she would need…
Empowering Nephrology Patients: Transition Care Unit opens at Humber River Health
Yesterday marked the official grand opening of the Transition Care Unit (TCU) at Humber River Health’s Church Campus. Humber’s Nephrology…
In Honour of Rose: Always Giving, Always Smiling
“Mom was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2002 and spent the next 17 years going for dialysis treatment several times…
NxStage Home Dialysis: Keith’s Story
In 2008 Keith was at his doctor’s office for a physical and his doctor suggested a urine test. “I got…
NxStage Home Dialysis: Umberto’s Story
“My mother Diana was on dialysis for twelve years,” remembers Robert. “Three times a week for hours at a time,…
David’s Home Dialysis Story: Humber Changed My Life
David Brooks passed away peacefully on September 11, 2022 at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital with his immediate family by his…
NxStage Machines Improve Quality of Life for Home-Dialysis Patients, Thanks to an Anonymous Donor
For many of us, our healthy kidneys are constantly at work, removing waste and extra fluid from our blood. But…