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Because I Said I Would


Recently I heard Alex Sheen, the founder of “Because I Said I Would” speak about his program to make the world a better place.   Well, I took that to heart and one suggestion is that we should write our promise … Continue reading

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Dialysis and Blog Talk Radio


Here are some interesting spoken blogs on BlogTalk Radio from Dialysis Advocates… This particular episode deals with How to Ask For What You Want as a dialysis patient.  John Rider, the guest speaker, has decades of experience in this matter. … Continue reading

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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 Kidney Talk


  The Renal Support Network has a great resource called, “Kidney Talk”.  From their website… KidneyTalk is an online bi-weekly, half-hour radio talk show featuring RSN Founder & President Lori Hartwell. All shows (over 200 of them!) are available 24hrs … Continue reading

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Dialysis Centers and @CMS 5-star Rating


In a previous related post,  I promised I would post more about the Davita position on this when I got it.  So, here it is and it makes some good points.  “What’s Wrong With the 5-Star Rating System for the … Continue reading

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Dialysis and Disagreement


Repost from a while back but still relevant. I got the following comment the other day in response to my blog posting “Dialysis and Opening Day”.  I figured I’d share it with you because, although it’s rather bitter, it makes … Continue reading

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Dialysis and Kidney Care Bill


A bill has been entered into the House of Representatives that is extremely important to all of us kidney and dialysis patients.   According to the Dialysis Patient Citizen: This bill seeks to advance several proactive kidney care policy initiatives … Continue reading

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Dialysis and Comments


Update 10/13/13:  Thank you to all my readers that left comments!  That was very kind.  I feel rewarded by what you wrote.  I really needed that.  It inspires me to write more! Hey all.  It’s a rainy Saturday and I’ve … Continue reading

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Dialysis and Patient-Centered Care


I was originally diagnosed with CKD somewhere about the turn of the century.  I worked my way up the kidney disease ladder to each stage of the disease and finally I went on dialysis in 2008;  Exactly five years ago … Continue reading

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Dialysis and Medicare/CMS Cuts


  Update 7/18/14: I came across this post and thought I should update it. The proposed cuts got kicked down the road to 2015 when they will be phased in.    That’s not the end, however.  The dialysis community will … Continue reading

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