A Peterborough councillor says more people need to be aware of kidney disease
Daisy Blakemore-Creedon tells us about her experience with the disease
Last updated 14th Dec 2024
A Peterborough councillor tells us about her battle with kidney disease.
Daisy Blakemore-Creedon says more people should be aware of the disease.
It's something I struggle with daily
Daisy was 8 years old when she contracted e. coli.
This later led to her being diagnosed with kidney disease.
After being told she might not make it whilst in hospital, Daisy suffered with PTSD.
When talking about her experience of living with kidney disease she said:
"It's not knowing in the future when your kidneys will fail and when everything will go downhill."
"There needs to be more awareness; you don't realise how many people are affected by kidney disease."
"When I was 16 I lost control completely of my bladder because of the kidney disease."
"That is something I struggle with daily and have to live with."
"Having PSTD after the hospital was an awful experience."
"Coming out of the hospital, I had lots of therapy sessions and lots of sleepless nights waking up and recalling my hospital experience. It was a struggle."
It's not knowing in the future when your kidneys will fail
Britain's youngest councillor recently spoke about her experience for the first time at Kidney Research UK’s annual advent service in Peterborough.
Now, Daisy Blakemore-Creedon is co-chairing a project in Peterborough with the charity.
In 2023 a report from Kidney Research UK found that the economic burden of kidney disease in the UK is £7 billion per year, with £6.4 billion being direct costs to the NHS, approximately 3.2% of total NHS spending across the four nations.
By 2033, if projected figures for the number of dialysis patients are realised, those figures could rise to as much as £13.9 billion and £10.9 billion respectively.
A total of 30,000 adults and children were on dialysis in 2023.
The report predicts that by 2033, the number of people in need of dialysis treatment could rise to as much as 143,000 – meaning existing capacity would need to grow by almost 400% to meet essential demand.