Meet Trisha (@DXMS06) Before Trisha Bordelon, a 69-year-old PatientsLikeMe (PLM) user from Springfield, Missouri, officially received any diagnosis, she was guilty of what many of us in her shoes would do – spend hours going down a rabbit hole of internet searches to try and figure out what was going on with her health. She… Continue reading Lessons Learned on a Seventeen Year Journey to Diagnosis
Tag: Chronic Kidney Disease
44 Celebrities With Kidney Disease
Roughly 37 million US adults have chronic kidney disease (CKD). Kidney disease is a silent killer, ranking as the number one leading cause of death. Your kidneys are about the size of a computer mouse and filters all the blood in your body. Their primary role is to remove waste, toxins, and excess fluid. They also… Continue reading 44 Celebrities With Kidney Disease