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Texas man visits Palm Harbor to Demonstrate Home Dialysis System

Seeded on Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:55 PM EST
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My husband and I have been practicing home hemodialysis for several months now with this same system by NxStage. The difference between the in-center treatment and home treatment is like night and day. This goes way beyond the convenience of staying home. My husband is doing so well on this system that his treatments have been reduced to four days from the five that we were doing originally and his fluid restrictions have been greatly relaxed.

For anyone currently doing traditional dialysis or for anyone suffering from renal disease that may be at risk for needing dialysis in the future, I strongly recommmend exploring home hemodialysis as an option.

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Levi777

Yeah! And you can pad around in your underwear!

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Reply#1 - Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:18 AM EST
chefaz-1319563

Well, actually...I can. Husby's stuck sitting in the chair getting his treatment and doesn't dare move since he is "hooked up" to the machine. He doesn't have the luxury of sitting in his underwear either since dialysis treatments routinely make patients very cold. So...whether he's at home or in-center, I still have that luxury!!! :)

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#1.1 - Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:23 PM EST
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Ixor Kleb

When my best buddy was away studying I would visit his dad on H.D.. Home dialysis was a reletively new phenomonon. This was1978. Despite the machine could heat blood passing through it he would lie under a blanket . He loved to tell the story of how one morning he woke, walked into the bathroom and slowly poured a large glass of water down the toilet. He was born from long line I-a-way farmers and had a highly devleoped sense of midwestern humor. His wife's reation was priceless. He also loved honey-moon salads. Never had a honeymoon salad?? Lettuce alone with no dressing.

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Reply#2 - Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:22 PM EDT
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