Personal Stories – Blogs

Here you will find blogs from patients, carers, friends and family wishing to share their story to help others. We are very grateful to all.

Resilience Over Adversity: The Mental Toll of VHL

Living with a rare disease can be challenging enough, especially when it impacts you physically. But for those ...

This is a blog from Charlie Peschardt Charlie is a veteran of the Royal Navy’s Commando helicopter force, was ...

At the end of 2016, Kidney Cancer UK formed a multidisciplinary committee to look into the quality of services ...

Grab a cuppa, sit down and please take a few minutes read this blog about a second chance; I so hope this message ...

It seems that many people touched by cancer are turning to the Turkey Tail Mushroom trend, the extract from which ...

A special blog for Kidney Cancer Awareness Week 2023 by Alistair McKay I’m 58 and I’m originally from Belfast, ...

A special blog for Kidney Cancer Awareness Week 2023 by Richard Jetten I was 41 and running our own Spanish ...

A special blog for Kidney Cancer Awareness Week 2023 by Janet. Having had a successful career as a chartered ...

A special blog for Kidney Cancer Awareness Week 2023 by Amanda Towse Hi, I’m Amanda I’m 55 and I live in Devon ...

A special blog for Kidney Cancer Awareness Week 2023 by Karen Farrant Hi, my name is Karen Farrant, I am 55 ...

As Kidney Cancer Awareness Week 2023 is about to start, we are grateful to Mike Tunstall for this special ...

By Lucy Willingale I was privileged to be asked by Cancer 52 to speak at a workshop at the NHS cancer ...