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Forum: HD For Patients

This forum is for patients to share thoughts, concerns, or suggestions about home hemodialysis.

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Ask our EXPERTS!

    If you've bookmarked this particular message board, you may be missing a lot of other information on Home Dialysis Central--like our NEW Expert...

    Posted By Dori Schatell
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    November 23, 2009 05:51 PM Go to last post
  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: NIH More Frequent Dialysis Study Sites & Contact Info

    In November, 2005, we ran a Topic of the Month article on this site describing details of the NIH More Frequent Dialysis Studies....

    Posted By Dori Schatell
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    May 26, 2006 06:17 PM Go to last post
  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Know a clinic offering home hemo that's not in our database?

    Do you know a clinic that is starting a home hemo training program or expanding to offer new home hemo therapies? Tell them about Home Dialysis...

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    November 26, 2005 10:13 PM Go to last post
  4. Sticky Thread Sticky: Search our message boards!

    Did you know that you can use the "Search" function in the message board menus (at the top of the page) to look for a topic you want to learn about?...

    Posted By Dori Schatell
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    April 30, 2005 06:56 PM Go to last post
  1. I would like to start a home hemo staffing agency

    I need to known what steps I need to take to make this happen I have over 13yrs exper and would to make this happen any suggestion

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    February 8, 2010 07:46 PM Go to last post
  2. Sleep problems on nocturnal hd

    Hi! So happy I found this site. I recently switched to NHD after 10 years on PD. Started training in August using short daily. Switched to nocturnal...

    Posted By amadden45
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    February 7, 2010 12:38 AM Go to last post
  3. NxStage Reaches the Netherlands (can Canada be far away?)

    Hi y'all, Just found this... NxStage(R) and Nordic Medcom Sign Distribution Agreement for the System One(TM) NxStage's portable home...

    Posted By Dori Schatell
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    February 5, 2010 10:00 AM Go to last post
  4. Join us for our next FREE Webinar on Weds 1/27!

    Please join us for the next FREE Home Dialysis Central Webinar! Our special guests will be Linda Gromko, MD, and Designer Jane McClure. Find out how...

    Posted By Dori Schatell
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    February 3, 2010 04:35 PM Go to last post
  5. Vein Patch for Fistula

    Just wondering if anyone has ever had a vein patch for their fistula? This is where they take a piece of vein from another part of the body and slice...

    Posted By MiracleMan
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    February 3, 2010 12:29 AM Go to last post
  6. Did your clinic provide a chair for home HD?

    Hi y'all, Beth and I are trying to get a sense for practices around the country. When you went home for HD, did your clinic provide a chair for...

    Posted By Dori Schatell
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    February 2, 2010 11:27 PM Go to last post
  7. whats the normal life expectancy of a dialysis patient

    just wanted to know read it was not looking good for us about 5 years at the most do anyone have any info on this

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    February 2, 2010 11:16 PM Go to last post
  8. NxStage System One

    I have been dialyzing with the Aksys PHD for 13 months. I just learned about the NxStage System One. I would like to correspond with anyone who is...

    Posted By Debby
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    February 2, 2010 12:11 PM Go to last post
  9. 2010 Freedom Cruise

    Taking a cruise with the NxStage System One has an element of risk because should the machine break during the cruise you would be on your own to get...

    Posted By Bill Peckham
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    February 2, 2010 11:42 AM Go to last post
  10. Lynchburg Nephrology

    I was putting up a post on our DialysisEthics board and I wanted to mention Lynchburg Nephrology in Virginia and link to them, but I notice their...

    Posted By plugger_
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    February 1, 2010 10:42 AM Go to last post
  11. Duke University Hospital incident

    I just wanted to mention one of our patient advocates, Larry Hall, who already has seen more than his share of trouble now had to deal with the Duke...

    Posted By plugger_
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    January 28, 2010 08:11 PM Go to last post
  12. Question Hepatitis C and dialysis

    Hi all, I have been HCV positive for the last 4 years. I was wondering what the prognosis was for folks on dialysis with HCV. I read somewhere...

    Posted By kamalshah20
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    January 27, 2010 02:54 AM Go to last post
  13. Disheartened. Trying to travel overseas.

    I am discouraged. I have always wanted to bring our son to Europe and eagerly began the plans to go there this summer. Then I discovered I can't...

    Posted By Wendy Ramsay
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    January 25, 2010 06:36 PM Go to last post
  14. delaying the start of dialysis

    Does anyone know of a good article which explains preventive steps to delay the start of dialysis? Also, when one is in the waiting stage, how often...

    Posted By Jane
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    January 23, 2010 07:29 PM Go to last post
  15. Talking Blackout - Potentially scary

    Last night we had a 2 hour blackout when the power failed all around town. Luckily I wasn't dialysing at the time, or I could quite easily have lost...

    Posted By JW77
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    blackouts, dialysis, emergency lighting, london
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    January 21, 2010 11:52 AM Go to last post
  16. Stand Up for Your Rights

    I just received a call from the Executive Office of American Airlines saying they have started an investigation regarding issues I had with...

    Posted By Rich Berkowitz
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    January 20, 2010 01:00 AM Go to last post
  17. Question blood presure falling

    does anyone have trouble with their blood pressure dropping during dialysis

    Posted By pdstar55
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    January 18, 2010 11:23 PM Go to last post
  18. Startup Packs Dialysis Into Wearable Device-Video

    EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands — Frank Simonis hopes to use nanoparticles and electronics to shift dialysis from the hospital to the home. The Dutch...

    Posted By NDXUFan12
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    January 14, 2010 01:04 PM Go to last post
  19. new format

    Well I did notice from the start that we have a new format here. Haven't had a chance to look around yet. Noticed I am still logged in since 2 days...

    Posted By Jane
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    January 13, 2010 09:41 AM Go to last post
  20. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

    Hope Everyone Here at Home Dialysis Central had a Merry Christmas. Hope your day was full of joy with many more to come. May your next year be...

    Posted By MiracleMan
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    January 3, 2010 09:45 AM Go to last post

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