KidneyViews
Welcome to the non-profit Medical Education Institute's Home Dialysis Central blogspot! This page is an umbrella under which Home Dialysis Central staff and guests can share their perspectives about home therapies and what we need to do to raise their profile and enable more people to use them. We'd like your comments as well! Bookmark our site and like us on Facebook! Help us tell the world about home dialysis.
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About Me: Before, During and After Starting Dialysis
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I woke up from surgery, with the surgeon leaning over me saying “from now on you must treat your arm like it is your lifeline, because it is!” and so my journey began.
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Published on 03/22/2018 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better,
I Will Not Let This Illness Define Me – Part 2
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Within 2 weeks of running 5 short daily treatments at home, using a much slower pump speed, I started to feel clear headed and energetic and hungry, like I hadn't in years.
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Published on 03/15/2018 by Colin Mackay
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
I Will Not Let This Illness Define Me – Part 1
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I hadn't realized that it was possible to feel numb, terrified, and nauseous all within the same heartbeat. But here I was, feeling all three. My GP at least had the good manners to look just as mortified as I felt.
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Published on 03/08/2018 by Colin Mackay
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Why Home Hemodialysis?
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Many people ask me why I choose to do home hemodialysis. To me the answer is quite simple.
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Published on 03/01/2018 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Enhancing Shared Decision Making & Avoiding “Hostage Bargaining Syndrome”
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Today, people in healthcare speak of “patient engagement,” “partnership in care,” and “shared decision-making.” A new study has identified a barrier to all of these efforts:
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Published on 02/08/2018 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,