PKD-Atlanta Chapter going blogging!

After much thought I felt as the Coordinator of the Atlanta Chapter of the PKD Foundation, the best way to help  Chapter members and hopefully many other PKD Patients, is to begin a blog that can provide information about PKD news, events and articles. You will see that I will refer to the national website in many of these posts as this is truly a great resource to refer to when providing news about PKD.

I realized after the turnout from the last few meetings that even PKD patients are busy with their lives!  We have become such a social media and internet savvy culture that most of the information we retrieve concerning our lives is from the internet including information about our disease. More than ever we turn to and rely on the internet seeking new information and research results about our disease.  It seemed to me that the natural thing to do was follow suit by beginning this blog.

Please feel free to comment on things written here, things that you would like to know. There is an available email here to write me but the best email is atlantachapter@pkdcure.org.  We also have an Atlanta Chapter page on FaceBook so don't forget to "like us" and become our friend.

I look forward to bringing exciting news and fun things to you.

Marlene Stewart
Atlanta Chapter Coordinator - PKD Foundation

Pictured at our 2012 walk from Left to Right: Duluth Mayor Nancy Harris, Walt Hunt, Elizabeth Tuttle (2012 chapter walk coordinator), myself, Dr. Arlene Chapman (one of the top researchers for a cure for PKD) and Julia Roberts (ARKPD Chapter)