KidneyTalk - An Online Radio Show By Renal Support Network

Bryan Stewart (Director of Communications for One Legacy) describes the communities efforts to improve awareness.

Sharon Pahlka, a kidney patient for over 30 years and a certified life coach, shares strategies for winning at the game of life.

Cher Thomas (a dental hygienist and transplant recipient) discusses the relationship between healthy gums and a healthy life.

Long-term kidney patient survivors--Roanne Dale, Sharon Pahlka, Lori Hartwell--share tips and strategies on living a long and fulfilling life.

Mary Polucci, RD, shares tasty tips on eating well while sticking to your renal diet.

Doing Dialysis in the Comfort of Your Home Guests: Scott Rasgon, MD, and Rafi Minasian, MD

Marcel Levique (a dialysis travel specialist) shares tips on traveling with dialysis to ensure an uneventful trip.

Sally Satel (a New York Times Op-Ed writer and transplant recipient) shares her perspective on increasing organ donation.

The definition of dialysis success for this long-time kidney patient, Roanne Dale, is looking great and feeling great while on dialysis. While this might sound like an oxymoron, one look at Roanne proves that dialysis success is achievable.

Deb Hurdle, an "Animal-Assisted Therapy Expert," shares the therapeutic benefits that pets have on helping people who have a chronic illness heal.

Comedian Howie Mandel, host of the TV game show "Deal or No Deal," discusses how humor can help you through a chronic illness. Oftentimes, humor is just the medicine we need!

Lana Kacherova, RN and Vickie Peters, RN discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different dialysis accesses - your lifeline, so you will make the best choices and avoid complications.

Hasmik Mouradian shares her thoughts on how home hemodialysis has helped her feel more in control, as well as some of the fears she faced in taking dialysis home and how she overcame those fears.

Bill Peckham has undergone hemodialysis since 1990 and has traveled all over the world, dialyzing in 19 countries on five continents. Learn about his adventures and hear firsthand what dialysis is like in other parts of the world.

Peter Quaife, a former member of the popular British rock group "The Kinks," who began hemodialysis in 1998. To pass the time, Peter began drawing cartoons about what went on at his dialysis clinic. A collection of his cartoons was recently published under the title "The Lighter Side of Dialysis."

Two patients who provide real-life advice and insight on dating in light of the special restrictions of living with renal disease.

Jodi Picoult, a best-selling novelist and author of "My Sister's Keeper," the story of a young woman conceived in order to be a blood cell and tissue donor to her older sister. The young woman balks, however, when asked to donate a kidney.

An introduction to the KidneyTalk online radio show featuring Lori Harwell and Stephen Furst.