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Apparently, the potassium meter does exist.
It’s called the Cardy Potassium Ion Meter, and you can read about it here.
Whilst not specifically designed for dialysis patient, this piece of kit looks like it would do the job.
The unit is available here
At a price of around $US239, it might be out of the reach of the […]

*not really
But how good would it be?
Since my freaky high potassium at Christmas, I’ve been really paranoid about killing myself by having a high potassium level. I’ve become so damned careful what I eat, and so hyper-aware of any symptoms of high potassium that I’m just about driving myself crazy.
Wouldn’t it be great if we, […]

Like most dialysis patients, I have low calcium and high phosphate levels.
Basically, this is because I’m crap at taking my phosphate binders. I take Caltrate and Alu-tabs to try to keep my phosphate levels down.
I hate the damned things, they taste like crap, they wreck the taste of the food I eat, and they’re like […]

There’s been a little bit of talk here where I live (Australia) about whether people should be able to sell their organs to those in need.
Now we have a (very) right wing conservative government here in Australia, and a frustrating thing about conservative governments is that they’re really good at forcing their religious views on […]

Welcome to the new look Renal Unit Blog
I expect to spend a lot more time around here now, discussing the issues that are important to dialysis patients and kidney transplant recipients.
So check back soon!

So it’s just about five months to the day since I wrote this post.
The interesting thing is, that in that time, I’ve had absolutely no visitors at dialysis, other than my wife and kids, my dad, and my younger sister. Not a single friend has found the time to visit me at dialysis, even considering […]