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Education is Key to Living a Better Life with Kidney Disease (Podcast)
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According to this week’s guest, Dr. Ken Kleinman, MD, president of Nephrology Medical Associates and CEO of South Valley Regional Dialysis Center in Tarzana, CA, education is the key to managing any chronic illness, especially kidney disease. It’s hard to learn everything you need to know about kidney disease. And when you do learn, you run the risk of forgetting it. But don’t worry... it happens to all of us. Dr. Kleinman says, “You don’t just have kidney disease—your entire body is out of whack because kidney disease affects your whole body. There is so much information to learn that you just can’t do it all in a 15-minute visit.” So what are we to do? It’s up to us as patients to learn all we can about our disease, since we’re the ones who have to live with it every day. We can begin the learning process by asking questions, starting with our own nephrologists.
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 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. The opinions, recommendations, statements, and advice contained on KidneyTalk! are for information only. You should not use the information on this show to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without first consulting with a qualified healthcare provider. Please consult with your healthcare provider about any questions or concerns you may have regarding your condition or dietary regimen. For more information, visit
Last Updated March 2009 |