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.

My kidney cancer journey

Hi there, my name is Ali Gorman and I have been asked by Kidney Cancer UK to share my own personal kidney cancer ...

A blog for Kidney Cancer Awareness Week updated for 2025 by Carol Ann Smith-Canavan “I can't leave my kids ...

A blog by Pete Webester: Hello, my name is Pete Webster, I am a Personal Trainer (PT). Thank you for taking ...

Many of us have considered or do take supplements. However, what evidence is there to support taking them? We ...

A blog by Hazel Jackson - Kidney Cancer UK Health Care Professional Nurse On Monday 8th July, 2024, I had the ...

A blog by Phil Richards MBE - June 2024 Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read my story and I hope you ...

By Hazel Jackson Kidney Cancer UK Healthcare Professional Nurse A Renal Artery Embolisation simply means ...

Taste changes are common with a kidney cancer diagnosis, this can either be down to treatment or the cancer ...

A blog for Kidney Cancer Awareness Week 2024 by Niki Ridge DIAGNOSIS My story starts in the latter part of ...

A blog for Kidney Cancer Awareness Week by Alyson Murphy ROUND 1 At the age of 20 I emigrated to South Africa with ...

A blog for KidneyCancer Awareness Week 2024 by Andrew Luff June 2015, all seemed to be going well. I was 54 ...

A blog for Kidney Cancer Awareness Week 2024 by Louise Gartside Cancer! Such a scary word. I didn’t know ...