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Poverty: One of the Causes of Death of Dialysis Patients

April 25, 2009

“Bawal Magkasakit” (It is forbidden to get sick). You can see this words on Ad campaign billboards by the DOH, the Philippines’ national health agency, and on most of their TV Ads. This rings true for most Filipinos, and is a bitter fact among us dialysis patients. It’s not news anymore to hear that a [...]

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Exercise Your Way To Dialysis Fitness

April 23, 2009

Dialysis patients have to maintain a certain ideal weight that is established by their clinic’s medical staff. This is called Dry Weight. The excess weight you accumulate in between dialysis sessions would be your Weight Gain and that’s what will be removed from you during treatment in order to attain your Goal or dry weight. [...]

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Blog Design

April 22, 2009

If you have ever visited my blog before, you might notice that I frequently change my theme. You might wonder why is this so and others might say that this is not good for blog establishment. Well what can I say? I have been into blogging just late last year and I must confess that [...]

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Summer Heat Reprieve

April 21, 2009

It has been overcast here in Manila since yesterday, with occasional rainshowers. I am quite thankful for the reprieve from the summer heat, however temporary it may be. It’s been quite a drag for me tolerating the heat recently, and I’ve been silently praying for rain to alleviate the heat. Who would think that I [...]

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Raincheck

April 18, 2009

I was waiting for my turn at the dialysis clinic last Thursday when I overheard the conversations of the other waiting patients. Somebody has “Graduated” recently from kidney failure and dialysis treatment. In our clinic, and I’m guessing on others as well, “graduating” has two different meanings. One is that you’ve recently underwent kidney transplant, [...]

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Beat The Heat

April 15, 2009

Summer is one of the seasons we dialysis patients dread. It’s because the intense heat that this season brings makes us want to drink more water to quench our thirst. This is not possible for us patients because we cannot get rid of the excess water we take due to our malfunctioning kidneys. If we [...]

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Happy Easter!

April 12, 2009

Happy Easter to all! I woke up at dawn today to witness the easter festivities at our church today. It is called Salubong here in the Philippines and it involves two different processions at the same time. One bears the Virgin Mary and the other bears Jesus. They set out from church on different directions, [...]

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Lenten Contemplations

April 9, 2009

You might be wondering why posts with earlier dates keep popping up in this blog? Well, it’s because I’m used to writing darfts and just saves them rather than publishing them immediately. I guess it became a matter of habit for me, my impulsiiveness to write something whenever an idea pops in my head. I [...]

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FAQ’s Part IV

April 6, 2009

How is dialysis done? Dialysis is done by using a special fluid called dialysate. Dialysate, a mixture of pure water and chemicals, is carefully controlled to pull wastes out of your blood without removing substances your body needs. A semipermeable membrane keeps the blood apart from the dialysate. This membrane lets the wastes and fluid [...]

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