Thriving with Kidney Disease

As a medical researcher, the author has the unique ability to present the key relevant information in lay patient language. This book is easy to read for most kidney patients.–Nursing TimesKidney patients have been waiting a long time to have in their hands a readable, authentic accounting of what kidney disease is all about and how patients cope with it … a masterful job to give lucid descriptions of the kidney’s work and the consequences of renal insufficiency that we nephrologists commonly obscure with scientific word jargon.–Jared Grantham, MD, PKD FoundationPeople with the disease can lead full and productive lives, and Hunt’s readable and empathetic book will help them do just that.–Book Bargains and PreviewsThe paucity of consumer health information on kidney disease and treatment makes this essential for consumer health collections.–Library JournalThis book should be widely available as a reference to chronic kidney disease patients and their families and by all those involved in chronic kidney disease care.–American Journal of TransplantationWalter Hunt has provided careful and understandable explanations, and he’s offered his personal experience with and perspectives on how kidney failure has affected his life. I congratulate him for providing this excellent guide for people with kidney disease.–Ronald D. Perrone, MD, Tufts Medical Center

Walter A. Hunt holds a doctorate in neuropharmacology from West Virginia University. As a medical researcher with the National Institutes of Health, he examined the biological basis of diseases, never considering that one day he would be dealing with a serious disease of his own. Now free of kidney problems, he is the author of Writing My Name in the Snow: How I Adapted to Kidney Failure, Found My Inner Strength, and Began Life Anew.