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Transitioning
out of Childhood for Young People with CKD
Lori has a heart-to-heart with Dr. Maria Ferris, Pediatric Nephrologist from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and specialist in treating
adolescents and young adults with CKD. They discuss the unique challenges a
young person can face, both those with childhood-onset CKD and those who develop
CKD in their adolescence. Dr. Ferris and the team at UNC Kidney Center have
developed helpful guidelines and tools for young people with CKD and their
parents to help "smooth" what can often be a difficult transition; growing up
can have a whole new meaning when you have CKD! All this and more, including
discussion on the challenges of completing your education when you have CKD.
For more, check out the
UNC Kidney
Center's homepage, and their page on
Smooth Transition to Adulthood with Renal Disease (STARx)
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With your Hosts...
Stephen Furst
got his big break into movies in
"Animal House," in which he played Flounder. Stephen has also
starred as Dr. Elliot Axelrod in "St. Elsewhere" and as Vir Cotto in "Babylon5." He is
a successful television and movie producer/director and a kidney patient.
Lori
Hartwell is the author of Chronically Happy - Joyful Living in
Spite of Chronic Illness, and President/Founder of Renal Support Network.
A kidney patient since the age of two, she has consistently strived to
instill hope into the lives of people who live with chronic kidney disease.
Posted January 26th, 2010
