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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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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

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

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

Road Trip 3: Across the Country and Home Again

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We are home in Chicago after having spent 2 months on the road. During that time, we were able to visit with various friends, immerse ourselves in nature and, of course, dialyze.

Published on 06/10/2021 by Richard Stacewicz

Dialysis is Not Your Life

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Your experience on dialysis is all up to you. You must decide to live while on dialysis and not just exist on dialysis. Dialysis is a lifeline. It is not your life.

Published on 05/13/2021 by Fred L. Hill