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.
My Home Haemo Routines (I’m a Creature of Habit)
(0 comments)
I do home haemodialysis, every other day, overnight (nocturnal) for between 8 & 9 hours, and that is the key routine that everything else serves.
Published on 05/04/2023 by Stephen Hewitt
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
My Faith Carries Me Past My Health Obstacles
(1 comments)
My name is Pedro Rivera III, I was diagnosed in 1998 with end stage renal disease at the age of 31. Along with this diagnosis came a history of other problems.
Published on 04/06/2023 by Pedro Rivera III
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
We’ve Lost Another Nephrology Inspiration: Farewell Andreas Pierratos
(2 comments)
a nephrology giant who was a thoughtful, deliberative, and kind man who inspired countless others to offer optimal care for people with end-stage kidney disease.
Published on 03/09/2023 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
PD and Protecting Myself in the Hospital
(1 comments)
But, the biggest obstacle was getting the doctors to accept that their cyclers weren’t functioning properly.
Published on 02/23/2023 by Susan Smith
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Let’s Talk About PAIN
(0 comments)
Did you know that you don’t need a “pain management“ doctor exclusively to deal with your pain?
Published on 02/16/2023 by Liz Ramos
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,