Kidney Patient Guide

Somersetmark, if staff laugh at you for having a low BP you should report them. it is grossly unprofessional and IMO they are in the wrong job.

this pattern is typical as your renal function declines. what is your GFR and when are they talking dialysis? start asking the questions, start researching so that when the issue of the Big D. is raised, you are well informed and armed with questions.

the amount of pain depends on who is taking the blood. if you are having blood taken at a,hospital suggest you ask for a phlebotomist to take it since they usually have more expertise. I would discourage you from using your left arm. each time the vein is used, scarring occurs. there are several,sit...

I don't live in the UK but I would,highly reccommend using a Nx stage machine and doing home dialysis. It has transformed my life. More frequent dialysis is better and there are Indications that it decreases the mortality rate of patients using it when compared to conventional in-unit dialysis and P...

strange country, Sporting. I live in the bible belt but when it co es to reaching into their pockets to pay higher taxes, they don't give a damn about their 'neighbours'. never quite worked that one out.

you MUST go, you cannot jeapordise your transplant. how old is DS?

and this is the place to come and vent. even though I accept what I have, sometimes itcan all get frustrating. I believe that I deal what I have pretty well. I believe that my cup is half full (until something or someone turns it upside down, then it's empty!

I understand where you are coming from, Ponder. kidney failure is a forgotten disease in my opinion. The majority of the general public appear to think that it is cured, I.e. you can have a transplant and then It's all hunky dory. that's why there are jokes about it. well it ain't cured and it is st...

please see my PM.

Yes, and they are very common, even in the absence of poly cystic kidney disease.

A way of overcoming he people only looking at their area of interest is to set it up so that there is a 'new posts/topic function. I go onto the 'I hate dialysis' forum and go the new pistes since last visit. I do a similar thing on here. If a topic diversifies too much maybe it couldbe arranged for...

Diverd's list is great but I think that in unit and home haemo should be split because hey are very different beasts.

A long shot I knowbut is anyone inthe US in August and attending AAKP conference in Atlanta? Would love to meet up and put some faces to names,.

Home haemo is the way to go if you can do it.

I have been on a paired donor list for the past year. My husband was lined up to be my donor partner. The other week they told me that they had a kidney available as part of a three pair swap headed by an altruistic donor. We had a whole load more tests done and were all ready to book the plane tick...