Category Archives: Catheter

Dialysis and Football


Green Bay Packer’s Football Player Goes the Extra Yard to Live‏ The Renal Support Network has a new podcast that’s all about kidney issues.  I posted about it previously in “Dialysis and Kidney Talk” Today RSN has a great interview with … Continue reading

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Dialysis and When to Begin


Update 9/16/14:  When you are done reading this, please check out the comments at the bottom of this post.  They are excellent.  I found this fascinating question and answer in “Ask the Doctor” My dad has stage 5 kidney disease. … Continue reading

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Dialysis and Self-cannulation


I got this wonderful couple of questions recently in a comment on the blog.  Rather than answer them there, I will create this blog post so everyone can read it.  Here are the questions: I am about to start the needles in the … Continue reading

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Dialysis and Home Hemo


Update 11/7/13:   Here’s a post from Dialysis Patient Citizens website about setting up for Home Hemo.  Very good ideas! To read it, CLICK HERE If you’re thinking about doing home hemodialysis, this is an excellent source for information.  Mike uses … Continue reading

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Dialysis and the Access


07/05/13:  Reposted of the original 6/30/13 posting I’ve accumulated some information over the past several months about Dialysis and the Access; the A/V Fistula, the A/V Graft, and the Dialysis Catheter.  (This was originally published on 6/30/13 and I’ll leave … Continue reading

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