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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Dispelling PD Myths: Abdominal Surgery and Obesity
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Dr. Rob Quinn from Canada talked about the myth that patients with prior abdominal surgery or who are obese should not be offered PD.
Published on 06/02/2022 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Muscle Relaxants Mess with Dialyzors!
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Muscle relaxants have often been associated with altered mental status, fall, and fracture in the general population—and patients on hemodialysis are at particularly high risk of these unfavorable outcomes.
Published on 05/26/2022 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Permission to Thrive—Part 4: Accept Your Diagnosis
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I knew that I had started reaching some acceptance when I gave up my dialysis nursing job at the hospital and started looking for a new job that worked with my dialysis schedule.
Published on 05/19/2022 by April McGraw, RN, CNN
Tags: Making dialysis better,
My Dialysis Empowerment Journey
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As I experienced dialysis, I wanted a better understanding of the process, because others’ perspectives of dialysis were attempting to create fear inside of me. Those fears, as I know now, were part misconceptions.
Published on 05/12/2022 by Lisa Love
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
The Best Part about Peritoneal Dialysis is that it is Continuous
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So, in yesterday's situation, what would have happened if I were on PD?
Published on 05/05/2022 by Kamal Shah
Tags: How dialysis works, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Remembering the Indomitable Chris Blagg
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nephrology lost a brilliant mind, and the world lost a good, unfailingly kind, funny man who was passionate about life and travel and helping people with kidney disease to live their best lives.
Published on 04/28/2022 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Permission to Thrive—Part 3: Grieve Your Diagnosis
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I encourage my clients to work through the five stages of grief when they receive a chronic illness diagnosis. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance are the five stages of grief. For me, this was by far the most difficult of steps.
Published on 04/21/2022 by April McGraw, RN, CNN
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,
Involuntary Dialysis Clinic Discharges: Can More Be Avoided?
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I recently read a post from a PD patient on the Home Dialysis Central Forum who was involuntarily discharged (IVD) from his clinic and couldn't find another one willing to accept him.
Published on 04/14/2022 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Building a Community in the Home Setting
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Over the last 10 years working with dialysis patients, I have seen the benefits of home dialysis, and I encourage more people to choose home.
Published on 04/07/2022 by Robbi Waller MSW, LCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Where is the Humanity in Our Suffering? Part 2
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As I think about the importance of Minority Mental Health Month, I would like to share my personal journey about battling mental health issues while living with a chronic disease.
Published on 03/31/2022 by Patrick O. Gee, Sr., Ph.D.
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,