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88Hemodialysis vs Peritoneal Dialysis
Once chronic kidney failure has been ascertained, a form of dialysis will be needed to keep you alive. As scary as this sounds, there is no reason why you cannot live a relatively normal life. My own hemodialysis story is in a sense a testament to...
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82Peritoneal vs. Hemo Dialysis: One Patient's Experience
A comparison, based on my experiences, of hemodialysis and at-home peritoneal dialysis as treatment for End Stage Renal Disease.
82How to Leach Potassium in Vegetables
At first glance, an article dedicated to lowering select and useful minerals may seem like nit-picking to the majority of food-lovers. As I write this, Rome's baking thirty-three degree sun is causing me to sweat-out valuable nutrients that I will...
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83Life on Dialysis: How it works, How I cope
In March of 2000 I was diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disorder called GoodPasture's Syndrome and renal failure, which was secondary to the disease. "Goodpasture Syndrome is a rare disease that can affect the lungs and kidneys. Also called...
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81Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis Questions
Somewhere around 2 ½ years ago, while having a physical done, it was explained to me by my primary care physician (pcp) that there was blood showing up in my urine for some reason. This phenomenon is called hematuria. Though I didn’t know what...
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81Choosing To Die
There are two thoughts on this matter. The first is that declining to take Dialysis any longer in end stage renal failure is a person's right and lead's to a "natural death". The second is that if a person declines to take their dialysis then they...
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80health and fitness with dialysis
Introduction This is the basis for my journal of exercise. Having dialysed for 6 years now (dec '09. Anniversary is September. In case any-one is interested, best treat as a day of mourning!, or a holiday). As I watch my condition gradually...
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79Kidney Failure, Dialysis And My Fight for Normality
The single most important event in my life so far. A dark and exhausting road, with the promise of huge rewards. In the form of a new and improved perspective and outlook.
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77Kidney Donation. Becoming a living donor.
My life changed forever on the morning of March 10, 2012. My husband worked his normal shift at the fire station the previous day and I was expecting him home any minute.He called shortly after 8 am and the first words out of his mouth were, "I have...
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78Herbal remedies; herb Punarnava for diabetese and kidney disease
This hub discusses how the herb Punarnava could help a diabetic and kidney patient stop dialysis and lead a healthy life afterwards. Preparing the herb decoction also has been illustrated.
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