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	<title>therenalunit.com &#187; Dialysis</title>
	<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com</link>
	<description>Kidney dialysis and transplant news and views</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Six months post transplant, haven&#8217;t been back to visit dialysis</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/08/14/six-months-post-transplant-havent-been-back-to-visit-dialysis/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/08/14/six-months-post-transplant-havent-been-back-to-visit-dialysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s more than six months since I received my wonderful new kidney.
&#8230;.and I haven&#8217;t been back to the dialysis centre to clean out my locker, much less visit the people I spent so much time with there.
What&#8217;s up with that?
My wife keeps nagging me to go back and visit the people I dialysed with. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patients put at risk by dialysis centers closing before treatment is completed</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/07/20/66/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2007/07/20/66/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Patients put at risk by dialysis centers closing before treatment is completed]]></description>
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		<title>Jut 48 hours</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/11/07/jut-48-hours/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/11/07/jut-48-hours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Dialysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Annoyances]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just 48 hours&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.
with no fluid restriction - mmmm that beer tasted good, I think I&#8217;ll have another
Just 48 hours&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.
With no fear of dying from potassium overdose. I think I&#8217;ll have a banana split for dessert
Just 48 hours&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..
Without worrying about phosphate - that block of cheese looks good!
Just 48 hours&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.
Without those damned needles.
Just 48 hours&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.
Not thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloody Christmas</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/10/15/bloody-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/10/15/bloody-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[kidney disease]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we&#8217;re getting closer to another Christmas on dialysis (my fifth in a row).
After my Freaky High Potassium last Christmas, I&#8217;ve been giving some thought to boycotting Christmas altogether this year.
After having four &#8220;get-togethers&#8221; between dialysis sessions last year, it comes as no great surprise that I had a potassium high enough to hospitalise me. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And still we wait!</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/09/17/and-still-we-wait/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/09/17/and-still-we-wait/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[kidney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had a phone call from my renal specialist the other day, letting me know that he had turned down a transplant on my behalf.
Apparently the donor was a 74 year old, and the kidney didn&#8217;t work in the recipient. So although I was glad to have missed out on a kidney that didn&#8217;t work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four fun things to do at the dialysis center</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/23/four-fun-things-to-do-at-the-dialysis-center/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/23/four-fun-things-to-do-at-the-dialysis-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 06:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[kidney]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/23/four-fun-things-to-do-at-the-dialysis-center/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dialysis is as boring as bat-shit - right?
We spend far too much time at the dialysis center as it is, so it might be a bit of fun to try to think of some things to do which might brighten it up a bit.
(You might want to make sure you get along pretty well with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple pleasures of a dialysis patient</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/23/simple-pleasures-of-a-dialysis-patient/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/23/simple-pleasures-of-a-dialysis-patient/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
I&#8217;ve had a gutfull!
I&#8217;m a sick to death of fluid and dietary restrictions. Is it too much to ask that once in a while I be able to just &#8220;let my hair down&#8221; and enjoy myself?
I have a habit, when I&#8217;m allowed the tiniest of nibbles of something I really enjoy (chocolate, almonds, beer (mmmm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New dialysis frequency poll</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/22/new-dialysis-frequency-poll/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/22/new-dialysis-frequency-poll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m interested to see how many days people dialyse in different parts of the world. So I&#8217;ve added a poll to the left sidebar of the page. If you happen to drop by, and are on dialysis, why not head over and vote in the poll?
Cheers
Stu
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		<title>4 years, 4 months, and 4 days</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/21/4-years-4-months-and-4-days/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/21/4-years-4-months-and-4-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bizarre I know, but today is a sort of anniversary for me. (If I have my claculations correct)
One of my favourite albums from the early nineties was Arrested Development&#8217;s 3 Years 5 Months &#038; 2 Days in the Life of&#8211;, as of today, I&#8217;ve spent four years, four months, and four days on dialysis since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kidney donors pay the price</title>
		<link>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/21/kidney-donors-pay-the-price/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.therenalunit.com/2006/07/21/kidney-donors-pay-the-price/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across an interesting article at EurekAlert.org today.
Apparently, most altruistic kidney donors end up out of pocket by their generous act.
Generally, the medical costs are covered by private or public insurance, but there are other costs involved, such as travel and convalescence. 
This seems crazy, and would act as a major disincentive to potential [...]]]></description>
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