FEELING BLUE?

It’s not uncommon for people with kidney disease to feel down or "blue". So what can you do? Be proactive in your mental health. Exercising, meditation and getting good sleep can make a difference.

Dealing with an illness like chronic kidney disease (CKD) can bring up many emotions, anger being one of them. Check out this interesting article about anger and kidney disease from our friends at Davita.

Anger is a normal and healthy emotion everyone feels from time to time. Dealing with an illness like chronic kidney disease (CKD) can bring up many emotions, anger being one of them. Many people feel it is unfair they became ill and are mad about it. People may also feel angry about the loss of control over their lives that renal disease and treatments such as dialysis or kidney transplant can bring.  Some examples of things people with kidney disease often feel powerless to control are:

• dietary changes

• dialysis schedule

• employment/income

• medication regime

Read the article in its entirety here.

Source: Davita.com