Encouragement & Inspiration

• AAKP Says I Can! - brief profiles of people with kidney disease
• American Self-Help Clearinghouse - self-help sourcebook online provides tips for starting a support group or finding one in your community and includes a resource listing of toll-free phone numbers
• An Unanticipated Journey - book by David Axtmann that describes his over 30 years on dialysis
• Chronically Happy: Joyful Living in Spite of Chronic Illness - motivational book of tips and stories of her own and others' experiences with chronic illness written by Lori Hartwell, who has lived with kidney disease since childhood; good for anyone with a chronic illness
• Dialysis Patient Achieves Dream by Completing Cross-Country Cycling Tour - story of dialysis patient Bryon Vouga's bike ride across America in the summer of 1999
• Dialysis Patient and Triathlete: Shad Ireland - story of Shad Ireland's history with kidney disease, training for the Ironman competition and links to stories of his progress and successful completion of the competition
• Dialysis Success: A Self Help Guide to Live Well on Dialysis - after living with dialysis for 32 years, Roanne Faith Dale wrote Dialysis Success: A Self Help Guide to Live Well on Dialysis, a sound and empowering set of guidelines on how to live a happy and fulfilling life while meeting the challenges of dialysis (Also available on CD)
• It's Your Life - A Practical Handbook for Chronic Ailments - read online or download free "It's Your Life - A Practical Handbook for Chronic Ailments" and "The Caregiver's Manual", based on overÊ13 years experienceÊas a primary caregiver
• Lori's Dialysis Cartoons - Lori Hartwell's cartoons on kidney disease
• Renal Support Network - nonprofit organization established by Lori Hartwell, transplant recipient and person with kidney disease since childhood, to provide education and advocacy, also has information on teen prom, and "Find a Friend" linking service
• Yes I Can! - story in Nephrology News & Issues about Sheila Shaw, former peritoneal dialysis patient and kidney recipient