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Mental Wellness
While Living With
CKD

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Importance of mental health

While the physical effects of the CKD treatments are addressed widely, experiencing stress and anxiety during your treatment is equally common. While the medication and diet can take a toll on you, constantly trying to figure out ways to keep yourself mentally well, is important. The close links between mental equilibrium and physical well-being are well-established and working on your mental health can work wonders to improve your journey on dialysis.

The problem

Maintaining good mental health is a struggle for most
people in today’s world – it gets even more difficult if
you have kidney disease. Each stage of kidney disease
comes with a new level of stress that impacts your life
in many ways.

 

The change in your lifestyle makes your brain feel
overwhelmed and can affect your ability to respond
to stressful situations. It can also affect your eating
habits, sleep cycle, energy levels and more. Some
common stressors are:

  • Financial stress of dialysis
  • Time spent on dialysis
  • Feeling of being dependant on others
  • Fearing the pain that dialysis entails
  • Lack of restful sleep
  • Eating restrictions
  • Low energy levels

The solution

While you can speak to your loved ones, and try to get away from your stress, seeking professional help, however, is always considered to be a better solution. Consult a therapist or a psychologist who can help you with tangible steps that you can take towards healing from the trauma. Self-help or self-care has also proven to be a great help in such cases. Read your favourite book, exercise, learn new skills, focus on your hobbies or join support groups that never make you feel alone.

NephroPlus x LISSUN

NephroPlus has partnered with Lissun, a mental and emotional wellness company to provide end-to-end solutions to its dialysis guests and their caregivers for their mental and emotional well-being needs. Guests going through dialysis and those who receive kidney transplants face a lot of stress connected with their illness and its impact on their life. As a result of this stress and other factors, Guests may experience depression, anxiety, sexual problems, psychosis, problems in rehabilitation, etc. 

Caregivers, like patients, are also likely to experience depression and anxiety symptoms, due to the disruption in their lives. This initiative will include one-on-one sessions and group interventions by trained psychologists on issues such as sleep, pain management, stress relief, and mental well-being. Guests will also be provided with online resources to assist and understand their wellness journey.

It is important to realise that an impact on how you feel because of your Kidney Disease diagnosis and having to be on dialysis is nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed about. If you seek and get the help you need for this, just like the help you are getting for the kidney condition, you will feel much better and have better motivation to deal with the problems kidney failure can cause. The brain is an organ of the body and can have problems like other organs. Just like the other organs are treated, the brain also has to be treated.

So, please reach out to Lissun if you need help with how you are feeling without inhibitions. You will benefit from this interaction and get tools to deal with the problem you are facing. Your identity and records are kept completely confidential.

The first appointment for NephroPlus guest is free.

 

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Hear it from
our guests

Mrs. V. D.

“I do not have to wait for my dialysis sessions at all. I used to wait for 1 – 2 hours to get on to dialysis in other corporate hospital centers.”

Mrs. V. D.

Mr. BP from UK

I wanted to say thank you to you and all the staff whilst I had dialysis at the clinic. Also thank you to Dr Parikh for all the attention I was given. Please pass on my thanks to all the nurses for their care. Health permitting if I decide to come back to India I will definitely come back to your clinic for dialysis.

Mr. BP from UK

Mr. AB from Gujarat

I appreciate the treatment given to me by you and the staff of NephroPlus dialysis centre. The staff was very polite & courteous and gave me homely treatment.

Mr. AB from Gujarat

Mr. JC from Kolkata

My father undergoes dialysis at your Kolkata unit which is situated at Health Point Hospital. Today, due to travel, my father underwent dialysis at your Varanasi centre at Shubham Hospital.
I really appreciate your service, guidance and the care provided to my Father. The NephroPlus unit is doing a good job here in Varanasi as well as in Kolkata.

Mr. JC from Kolkata

Mr. KD from Mumbai

My tour of Mussoorie, Nainital, Dehradun and Jim Corbet national park was full of fun, thanks to your arrangements with Swami Rama, Himalaya hospital, Dehradun.
As per schedule I underwent two dialysis sessions at the above hospital. The staff was very cooperative. The hospital was huge and clean.
I once again thank you for your efforts and look forward to get your help in my future tours.

Mr. KD from Mumbai

JJ from Pune

I am from Pune, i have been getting my dialysis done from Ruby Hall, Wanowrie, Pune from the last two years. Recently I had gone for a holiday to my hometown Dehradun and my dialysis was tied up at SHRU Jolly Grant. I was very apprehensive and extremely nervous to get my dialysis done there because of the new environment and it was the first time I had gone out of Pune. I’d like to share my experience of Nephroplus (SHRU) with you.

JJ from Pune

Mr. K.G.

“The best part about NephroPlus is the personalized care given to the patients. Right from the management to the doctors to the technicians and nurses, everyone treats us like family. It does not feel like a hospital. It feels like an extension of home.”

Mr. K.G.

Mrs. S. G. from Chandigarh

“We had a great experience at your Margao, Goa centre. The staff was very cooperative and efficient. Thank you! Because of the Goa centre my husband travelled after two years. It has given him confidence and he had a great change. Please open more centres in holiday destination.”

Mrs. S. G. from Chandigarh

Ms. A.V. from U.S.A.

“I want to extend my sincere thanks to you and your staff at the East Maredpally center. Everyone was so courteous and extremely helpful. You all made my stay in India very comfortable. I will recommend your facility to anyone on Dialysis who plans to visit India. Once again thank you so much. Thanks”

Ms. A.V. from U.S.A.