Kidney Disease

“Because of the living donor match, they scheduled the surgery for spring break of her sophomore year,” Mary Lindsay said. “They timed it around marching band, winter guard and color guard.” Meredith's aunt, Robyn Morefield of Irvine, turned out to be the closest match. Meredith said she was confident when testing began her aunt would be her closest match because Meredith's father, Stanley Merrell, had suffered from leukemia and Morefield was his closest bone marrow match.

Kidney disease screening offered Free kidney disease screening will be offered from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Main Street. The screening is open to all people age 18 and older who have diabetes or high blood pressure or have a parent or sibling with diabetes, high blood pressure or kidney disease. Call (800) 737-5433 for an appointment. The program is sponsored by Boyle County Diabetes Coalition and Boyle County Health Department. Choir to hold auditions Auditions for the fall season of Sounding Joy, Danville's community women's choir, are today and Saturday.

Ephraim McDowell Health recently was awarded the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for its quality diabetes self-management education program. The ADA believes this program offers high-quality education that is an essential component of effective diabetes treatment. The Association's Education Recognition Certificate assures educational programs meet the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs. These standards were developed and tested under the auspices of the National Diabetes Advisory Board in 1983 and were revised by the diabetes community in 1994, 2000 and 2007.

4,300. This is the number of people in the commonwealth who currently suffer from kidney disease or kidney failure and rely on dialysis machines to stay alive. Kidney failure is a result of when kidneys lose most of their ability to remove waste and maintain fluid and chemical balances in the body. Patients who are faced with kidney failure have but two choices: undergo regular dialysis or have a kidney transplant. These choices aren't optional - without one or the other, patients like me, with kidney failure, will die. For those of you who are unfamiliar with dialysis, let me tell you what I go through.

For the 14th year, Heart of Kentucky United Way has organized a Day of Caring where volunteers take a day to help others in the community. Whether it be cleaning up an overgrown garden for a school, building a wheelchair ramp for someone's home or helping care for animals at the humane society, each year hundreds of people make a difference in the lives of those around them. "I think the people who reside in our area of central Kentucky, they have the most generous hearts," said Libby Suttles, marketing director for Heart of Kentucky United Way. "If you let them know what the need is, they will rise to the occasion and create change.

Wow! How many times have you said or heard “When it rains, it pours”? Normally, we don’t mean it literally. As you well know, the saying refers to the times when it seems that everything happens or goes wrong all at once. It means that it seems like just when you get complacent and nothing is really happening, bam, everything happens all at once. That’s when we say “When it rains, it pours.” Obviously, last Sunday’s monsoon type rains were the inspiration for this week’s article.

RICHMOND ? Dean Hood's return to Richmond didn't go as planned, but he wouldn't have had it any other way. A few months after being hired as coach at Eastern Kentucky University, Dean Hood faced adversity off the field, the same kind he has consistently taught his players to overcome from the opening kickoff to the final buzzer. More than a year ago, Hood's daughter Jada was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a kidney disease, which typically requires a kidney transplant in five to 12 years following initial diagnosis.

Ephraim McDowell Health recently was awarded the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for its quality diabetes self-management education program. The ADA believes this program offers high-quality education that is an essential component of effective diabetes treatment. The Association's Education Recognition Certificate assures educational programs meet the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs. These standards were developed and tested under the auspices of the National Diabetes Advisory Board in 1983 and were revised by the diabetes community in 1994, 2000 and 2007.

“Because of the living donor match, they scheduled the surgery for spring break of her sophomore year,” Mary Lindsay said. “They timed it around marching band, winter guard and color guard.” Meredith's aunt, Robyn Morefield of Irvine, turned out to be the closest match. Meredith said she was confident when testing began her aunt would be her closest match because Meredith's father, Stanley Merrell, had suffered from leukemia and Morefield was his closest bone marrow match.

Wow! How many times have you said or heard “When it rains, it pours”? Normally, we don’t mean it literally. As you well know, the saying refers to the times when it seems that everything happens or goes wrong all at once. It means that it seems like just when you get complacent and nothing is really happening, bam, everything happens all at once. That’s when we say “When it rains, it pours.” Obviously, last Sunday’s monsoon type rains were the inspiration for this week’s article.

Child and adult care food program available The Danville-Boyle County Senior Citizens Inc. Adult Day Care, 569 Jean Drive, is participating in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program administered by the Kentucky Department of Education. Meals will be served at no separate charge to enrolled participants at the center and are provided without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. Participants eligible for free and/or reduced price meals must have a complete application with documentation of eligibility information which may include a SNAP, SSI or Medicaid case number or names of household members and income information.

RICHMOND ? Dean Hood's return to Richmond didn't go as planned, but he wouldn't have had it any other way. A few months after being hired as coach at Eastern Kentucky University, Dean Hood faced adversity off the field, the same kind he has consistently taught his players to overcome from the opening kickoff to the final buzzer. More than a year ago, Hood's daughter Jada was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a kidney disease, which typically requires a kidney transplant in five to 12 years following initial diagnosis.

For the 14th year, Heart of Kentucky United Way has organized a Day of Caring where volunteers take a day to help others in the community. Whether it be cleaning up an overgrown garden for a school, building a wheelchair ramp for someone's home or helping care for animals at the humane society, each year hundreds of people make a difference in the lives of those around them. "I think the people who reside in our area of central Kentucky, they have the most generous hearts," said Libby Suttles, marketing director for Heart of Kentucky United Way. "If you let them know what the need is, they will rise to the occasion and create change.

4,300. This is the number of people in the commonwealth who currently suffer from kidney disease or kidney failure and rely on dialysis machines to stay alive. Kidney failure is a result of when kidneys lose most of their ability to remove waste and maintain fluid and chemical balances in the body. Patients who are faced with kidney failure have but two choices: undergo regular dialysis or have a kidney transplant. These choices aren't optional - without one or the other, patients like me, with kidney failure, will die. For those of you who are unfamiliar with dialysis, let me tell you what I go through.