Thriving Beyond Dialysis: A Journey of Hope and Resilience

See Kamal Shah’s TEDx Talk about his 26 years on PD and nocturnal home HD and NephroPlus, the largest dialysis provider network in Asia he co-founded, where patients get quality care and are encouraged to live full lives. Kamal has written or shared a number of blogs for Home Dialysis Central. Listen to his 17 minute talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mwsTsAq-Mg.

Kidney Views Blog Topics: Join us for our weekly home dialysis blog. Click here to subscribe to new post alerts. Tell us what YOU think—we welcome comments and guest blog posts!

• Preparing for a New Routine on Your Dialysis Journey
  12/14 – Lyndsay Crowson, MSN, RN
• Red Light, Stupid Light: PD Color-coding Gone Wrong
  12/07 – Fabio’s Mom
• A Lesson Accidentally Learned
  11/30 – Jennifer Ravert, RN
• A Very Thankful Thanksgiving
  11/23 – Erich Ditschman
• How to Survive and Even Thrive During Holidays When You Have a Chronic Illness
  11/16 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Adjusting to Dialysis at Home
• Traveling on Peritoneal Dialysis
• Recycling Medication & Dialysis Supplies

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• Should We Drop PD “Adequacy” as a Measure?
• Perhaps Prophylactic Omentectomy Should be Standard in Pediatric PD Patients
• How Sugar Harms the Peritoneum and Causes Fibrosis
• The PD Surprise Question Predicts Transfer to HD
• Lessons from Almost 15,000 PD Catheter Placements
• Dietary Protein Intake and Survival on PD
• A Home Dialysis Primer for Internists
• High Ultrafiltration Volumes May Contribute to Pruritus

Featured Link: 2-minute Animated Videos on ALL ESKD Treatment Options

Help your patients understand their options with these hopeful, accurate, and brief videos. https://lifeoptions.org/learn-about-kidney-disease/kidney-disease-treatments/.