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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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Dialysis Choices: My Journey to Nocturnal Home HD
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I started my dialysis life in April, 2017. We’d had some talks about treatment methods, and with my huge fear of needles I opted for PD initially. (See my earlier post) as to how I dealt with that issue).
Published on 10/29/2020 by Stephen Hewitt
Helpful Home Hemo Hacks
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Before each dialysis session, the machine is put through a 32-minute disinfection cycle. I use this time to attach the bloodlines, saline, and heparin.
Published on 10/08/2020 by Anthony de Villiers
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, home, home-dialysis-equipment,
Dialysis Success: What’s in a Word?
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Recently, I have noticed a lot of discouraging posts from members of the Facebook dialysis support groups. People are frustrated with their treatments, dialysis machines, even their lives.
Published on 10/01/2020 by Nieltje Gedney, VP/Treasurer of Home Dialyzors United
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
A Whisky Primer: Every Day Should Begin with a Distillery Tour
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What does drinking the local spirits have to do with travelling with chronic illness?
Published on 09/24/2020 by Henning Sondergaard, Psychologist, Danish Kidney Association and David Rosenbloom
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, How dialysis works,
Advocating to Stay with a Hospitalized Dialysis Patient
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My husband does nocturnal home hemo. My greatest fear has nothing to do with dialysis itself, but with him needing to go to the ER for any reason and needing to be admitted.
Published on 09/17/2020 by Linda Narucki Pham
Tags: Making dialysis better, How dialysis works, Education issues: for patients and professionals,