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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.
View from the Chair: Solo Home HD—Overcoming the Fear Factor
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Part of the challenge for patients that I often see in online forums is what I call the Paradox of Safety.
Published on 02/13/2025 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,
My Home Hemodialysis in Numbers - 2024
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For the past few years, I have had this ritual that I perform at the end of every year. I put out my home hemodialysis numbers on this blog.
Published on 01/30/2025 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
A Poem to Commemorate Our Home Hemodialysis Learning curves
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When we were offered home dialysis, we jumped at it – to spare us the drive and gas, and give us more flexibility in our daily schedules!
Published on 01/23/2025 by Pat Milone
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Alport’s Syndrome and My Life
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I inherited kidney problems from my mom, who carried Alport Syndrome. In my family all the boys were affected
Published on 12/12/2024 by Evan Coaker
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,
Daily Nocturnal Home HDF - 2 Year Update
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Two years hence, it seems I did the right thing. It was, by no means, an easy journey.
Published on 11/07/2024 by Kamal Shah
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,