Tag Archives: control

Dialysis and Fluid Control (updated 5/4/16)

Posted on May 4, 2016 by DevonTexas

  Update: 5/4/16:  Well, well, well.  It’s certainly been a long time since I posted about this.  It’s a few years later (time flies when you’re having kidney failure, doesn’t it?) and fluid control isn’t the problem for me as … Continue reading →

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Dialysis and Bone Disease

Posted on June 6, 2015 by DevonTexas

From the DPC Education Center comes a conference call on Bone and Mineral Disease. Why is this important or relevant to dialysis patients?  Well, that pesky phosphorus (See Dialysis and Phosphorus Control) leaches calcium from your bones and replaces it with … Continue reading →

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Dialysis and Nutrition Labels

Posted on March 25, 2014 by DevonTexas

The National Kidney Foundation is involved with the FDA on some proposed changes to nutrition labels that will benefit kidney patients.  Read about it by CLICKING HERE.   As it stands, there’s a great deal of information on a nutrition label … Continue reading →

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Dialysis and Emotions

Posted on July 30, 2013 by DevonTexas

Okay I’m speaking from the heart this time.    I am going to use a word I really don’t like to use so you can rest assured I mean all this with every fiber of my soul. I hate dialysis! … Continue reading →

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