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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Dialysis RV Tour - Part 1
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Our excitement has been nearly uncontrollable for the new experience, meeting new people, and connecting with old friends and new friends!
Published on 10/21/2021 by Dawn Smith Bates
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better, travel,
Reflections on Two Months of Home HD
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I have now been dialysing at home for around 2 months and am slowly getting used to things, getting quicker at setting everything up and connecting, and learning something new every time.
Published on 10/14/2021 by Kaye Noone
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
In-center HD Complaints that Could be Solved by Going HOME
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This post is both for people who might want a better life and to help sensitize dialysis staff to the lifestyle impact of the “default” treatment option.
Published on 09/23/2021 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,
COVID-19 Vaccination and Dialysis
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This virus maximally impacts those with pre-existing conditions and “sleepy” immune systems—like patients with diabetes, CKD, dialysis-dependence, transplants, and other immune-sapping conditions such as autoimmune disease and malignancy.
Published on 09/09/2021 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Training for Home Haemodialysis in the U.K.
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Consequently, I have become completely independent and have required no nursing intervention for quite some months now.
Published on 09/02/2021 by Kaye Noone
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,