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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.
My Failing Fistula and A Big Reality Check
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HewittMy fistula & I have had a pretty complicated relationship. I didn’t want one, but reluctantly agreed to have one made in December 2017, in my left forearm.
Published on 04/01/2021 by Stephen Hewitt
Aberdeen to Copenhagen – The Art of Flying with a Dialysis Machine
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After ten fabulous days touring Scotland's magnificent rural countryside and its biggest city, Glasgow, it was time to head "home"—to Henning's home town, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Published on 03/25/2021 by Henning Sondergaard , David Rosenbloom and Linda Chiavaroli
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Medicare May Be Better than a Marketplace Health Plan
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The Biden Administration re-opened enrollment from February 15-May 15, 2021. This is a good thing for people who do not have and cannot get health insurance any other way.
Published on 03/18/2021 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,
Life on the Road with ESRD
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I was diagnosed with Idiopathic Glomerulonephritis. I was prescribed blood pressure meds and prednisone to help preserve whatever function I still possessed.
Published on 03/11/2021 by Richard Stacewicz
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Home HD: The Value of Flexibility
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I received a call this week from my donor coordinator, who wanted to first determine if I was still willing to donate and, if so to schedule the next set of evaluations.
Published on 03/04/2021 by Michael Howington
Glasgow: The Tale of the 5-Amp Fuse, and “What's for Dinner?”
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When one travels, something alwaysgoes wrong. Transportation is delayedor cancelled, luggage goes missing, therental car you reserved is not available,and so on.
Published on 02/25/2021 by David Rosenbloom
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Medicare Advantage Plan Pros & Cons—and a Fix for Buyers’Remorse
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Dialysis patients have faced health insurance discrimination for decades, because ESRD is a pre-existing condition.
Published on 02/18/2021 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Connecting While Connected or "Hooking up on Hemo"
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Our sexual activities have produced four very special daughters. Lucy did most of the work, I just had the fun part. Two of our girls were born in Florida and the youngest two were born in Colorado. The five-plus decades have all been wonderful. We never
Published on 02/11/2021 by David Crook
Dialysis: The Goal is to Thrive, Not Just Survive
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Well, I did make it, and was transferred to La Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. It was there after a couple of weeks, that doctors diagnosed me with Lupus, an autoimmune disease, where the body attacks itself.
Published on 02/04/2021 by April McGraw, RN, CNN
Glasgow: Wheelchairs, a Spitfire, and Mackintosh (Not a Raincoat)
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Located on the banks of the River Clyde, Glasgow became one of the greatest production centers of heavy engineering and shipbuilding in the world during the 19th Century.
Published on 01/28/2021 by Linda Chiavaroli , Henning Sondergaard and David Rosenbloom
Tags: Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better, Making dialysis better, travel,