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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’t work in the recipient. So although I was glad to have missed out on a kidney that didn’t work […]

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 […]

I’ve had a gutfull!
I’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 “let my hair down” and enjoy myself?
I have a habit, when I’m allowed the tiniest of nibbles of something I really enjoy (chocolate, almonds, beer (mmmm […]

I’m interested to see how many days people dialyse in different parts of the world. So I’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

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’s 3 Years 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of–, as of today, I’ve spent four years, four months, and four days on dialysis since […]

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 […]