Hello there,
Just saying hello in here as a Nutritional therapist and yoga teacher and writer...who also happens to currently be on PD - nearly three years, before that almost two decades with a cadaveric kidney and before that 7 years on HD! My own kidneys failed at 14. I'm thrilled to share that I live a life I absolutely love so it's so true that our greatest challenge can become our greatest gift. My first book, 'Wholly Aligned, Wholly Alive: Awakening your inner physician' is in typesetting and design stage, due out later this Spring. I hope you will find it both useful and inspiring as I share my transformation and how I navigated the journey and continue to do so with yoga, meditation, deep self inquiry and nutrition as well as large doses of belly laughing along the way! I am based in London and am also involved in bringing yoga and nutrition in our NHS (national health service) which is hugely exciting. There is now a big sea change around a truly integrated healthcare model. I am presenting to the renal unit at the hospital I attend in my professional capacity on the movement referred to as social prescribing where General Practise doctors can prescribe yoga to their patients. I already run two such community classes that the GP practise funds and are free to those who attend.
I am starting to work more with doctors who have not had the benefit of nutritional science or indeed the opportunity to learn about the power of breathing and how much that can resolve in the body and nervous system. Healthy doctors - healthy patients! Both matter and both need to be in the conversation so always express your concerns or views and ask questions when it comes to your health. It is always your decision and there is so much you can do to keep yourself well.
