Patients with kidney disease are struggling to keep warm and pay for their dialysis, a charity says.
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The family have decided not to turn the heating on until nearer Christmas, but Ian finds it hard. He feels the cold more because he's anaemic, he has bone disease and is waiting for a fifth kidney transplant."Lyra is so good with him, she wraps him up in a blanket and she cuddles him to keep him warm. We just pull together as a team because it's the only way we can get through these difficult times," she says.
Ian gets personal independence payments from the government - which help disabled people cover things like transport - but with the rise in fuel costs, he finds it is no longer enough. He also needs to eat a special diet containing a sufficient amount of red meat, which has got more expensive. Roxy Greensmith, from Crewe in Cheshire, similarly uses a home dialysis machine, which is costing her an extra £50 a week to use.Roxy Greensmith is not yet turning her heating on even though she is living with medical conditions
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