Dr. John Agar will answer questions relating to the how and why of the dialysis process and the impact of dialysis on human physiology.
Dr. John Agar, MBBS, FRACP, FRCP (London), OAM, is the Director of Renal Services, Geelong Hospital, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He directs and...
Dear Home Dialysis Central Readers: Dori has asked if I would be happy to trial a 'question and answer' spot on HDC for issues relating to...
Your medical condition is unique to you. Any information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship between you and...
I recently began treatment with NxStage, but I am not feeling well. In-center I was dialyzing for 5 hours at BFR 350 3x a week. Since being on...
Dr. Can you tell me or discuss the relationship between irregular dialysis treatment and its affects on a person's mental health?
The following post is meant as food for your thought ... I have never considered myself a ‘greenie’ and, while I have always looked in wonderment...
Hello Dr. Agar, I, like many other dialysis patients need erythropoietin to keep my hemoglobin and other blood counts at reasonable levels....
Hi My mom has been undergoing hemodialysis for the past 10 years. Once in a while, when the dialysis clinic does the weigh-in after dialysis,...
As I fly to Seattle, I am trying to see how we can spread these pages to more patients on dialysis ... and not only to you, the 'home' patients. ...
I am on my way home from the Asia Pacific Congress in Seoul and, as I await my connecting flight to Hong Kong then on to Melbourne, I reflect on the...
Now that I am feeling so improved with nocturnal txs, I have a burning desire to put the balance back into my life with nutrition and exercise. It...
In our program, patients must come to the unit to get iron. I place a buttonhole needle and the nurse gives me iron through the bh needle line. I...
Dear Dr. Agar, My questions are: 1) Do nocturnal length txs improve bone health...should one doing nocturnal txs begin to notice any changes...
Dear Dr Agar, Without your website I would not be doing NHHD, and I can say with great certainty I would probably be dead by now were it not for...
Hi Dr.Agar....having solved one problem, now I have another that has been on-going for nearly the duration of my dialysis of 11 months. When I get...
I have a AV fistula created June24/09....on the upper left arm.The first fistula on the wrist did not work. The fistula is very deep and they have to...
Hello everyone. I have been busy and have not been able to keep up with everything and now catching up. I want to thank all of the experts of this...
hi Dr Agar, 1. I have found it extremely helpful. I often log in to see what your're speaking about.The fluid explanation is brilliant, so simple,...
With diminished ability to take in fluids, how does one avoid dehydration? What exactly is dehydration and how much fluid minimum must one take in in...
Hi Dr. Agar, I have been on PD now going on 3 months, I do 4 exchanges a day 2.5%, 15%, 2.5%, 1.5%. . It was my understanding that with PD, my...
I am not sure of the correct term as I know there are a number of conditions re uncomfortable acid flare ups. But what are the most prevalent...
Dear Doctor Agar. I was confirmed with CKD May last year and the Nephrologist said that it would be about 1 year to 18 months before I needed...
A nearby facility offers home hemo on an every-other-night schedule (with monitoring) and we are trying to get our facility to also offer this...
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