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Journals of a Kidney Failure patient undergoing Dialysis treatment

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Are Your Kidneys Okay?

CKD can go unnoticed because your kidneys have a lot of spare work capacity. Your kidneys may be able to lose more than 75 percent of their ability to function before you realize that anythingâ€™s wrong. Consequently, CKD can be quite advanced before itâ€™s discovered. That spells trouble not only for your kidneys but for your cardiovascular system as well. The risk of cardiovascular problems â€” which mainly include heart attack and stroke â€” rises dramatically when you have CKD. In fact, cardiovascular problems are the top cause of death in people with CKD.
–Source: PCHRD Library
I went to my dialysis treatment the other day as scheduled. It went okay, generally speaking, though the only setback was that I had to endure the scorching summer heat during the travel from our [Read Full Article...]

julius santos
27 April 2009
Health, Journals, dialysis, kidney failure
CKD, dialysis, ESRD, Health, Journals, kidney failure, teens
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Poverty: One of the Causes of Death of Dialysis Patients

“Bawal Magkasakit” (It is forbidden to get sick). You can see this words on Ad campaign billboards by the DOH, the Philippines’ national health agency, and on most of their TV Ads. This rings true for most Filipinos, and is a bitter fact among us dialysis patients. It’s not news anymore to hear that a fellow patient died because of the lack of means to sustain treatment. This is quite depressing, though all I can do is contemplate on the matter.
Dialysis treatment, or most medical conditions for that matter, is not fully subsidized here in the Philippines. Although government agencies like Philhealth and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) provides assistance and financial aid to patients, it still falls short on dialysis patients’ [Read Full Article...]

julius santos
25 April 2009
Health, Journals, dialysis, kidney failure
death, dialysis, Health, Journals, kidney failure, money, poverty
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Exercise Your Way To Dialysis Fitness

Dialysis patients have to maintain a certain ideal weight that is established by their clinic’s medical staff. This is called Dry Weight. The excess weight you accumulate in between dialysis sessions would be your Weight Gain and that’s what will be removed from you during treatment in order to attain your Goal or dry weight. Simply said, it’s your actual weight at the time of treatment minus (-) your dry weight equals (=) your Goal.
There are many ways to manage your weight while on dialysis. One is a strict discipline and sensible choices on diet and nutrition. Another is exercise to maintain your weight gains to more tolerable levels.
The National Kidney Foundation couldn’t have said it better:
Physical fitness is very important in today’s world. [Read Full Article...]

julius santos
23 April 2009
Health, Journals, dialysis
dialysis, exercise, Health, Journals, tips, weight management
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Blog Design

If you have ever visited my blog before, you might notice that I frequently change my theme. You might wonder why is this so and others might say that this is not good for blog establishment. Well what can I say? I have been into blogging just late last year and I must confess that I still can’t get the feel of a template for my blog. So the result was my frequent theme switching, getting the feel and look and testing the viability of every theme that catches my interest.
The only themes that endured my blog for a few days were Rock Solid by For The Lose, and Evidens by Design Disease. Until I stumbled upon Indomagz by Magznetwork. Fret no more, dear readers for my blog design is here to stay… (to add that I finally got tired of tweaking my blog everytime I change my [Read Full Article...]

julius santos
22 April 2009
Journals
blog design, blogging, Journals
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Summer Heat Reprieve

It has been overcast here in Manila since yesterday, with occasional rainshowers. I am quite thankful for the reprieve from the summer heat, however temporary it may be. It’s been quite a drag for me tolerating the heat recently, and I’ve been silently praying for rain to alleviate the heat. Who would think that I would get the reprieve I’ve been hoping for? Lucky me.
I am preparing for another session of dialysis as of this writing. I also hadn’t eaten anything for lunch because I overdid breakfast this morning. Wondering why am I limiting my food? No, I’m not on a diet. I will elaborate more on the aspect of food and the eating habits of dialysis patients on my next post.
For now, I’ve got to run or I will be caught on another traffic jam and would [Read Full Article...]

julius santos
21 April 2009
Journals
Journals, reprieve, summer
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Raincheck

I was waiting for my turn at the dialysis clinic last Thursday when I overheard the conversations of the other waiting patients. Somebody has “Graduated” recently from kidney failure and dialysis treatment. In our clinic, and I’m guessing on others as well, “graduating” has two different meanings. One is that you’ve recently underwent kidney transplant, thus freeing you from the bonds of dialysis sessions; and the other is simply succumbing to the disease and passing to a much happier world. In this case, “graduated” pertains to a patient who recently died.
Pardon me if I sound a bit morbid, but death, for us patients, is an inevitable aspect of our fight against kidney failure. The moment you are diagnosed with it and required to undergo [Read Full Article...]

julius santos
18 April 2009
Journals, kidney failure
ESRD, Journals, kidney failure
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