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Blogging Hiatus

April 21, 2011

It’s been quite some time since I last made a post here in DP. Some of you might think that I already lost interest in sharing my experiences on treatment. Well, this is not true and is not the case. Simply put, I have been busy this past few months and didn’t found the time [...]

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Don’t Let The Flu Get You

August 7, 2010

Don’t let the flu get you. This is my mantra whenever the rainy season sets in. Influenza or the flu is more rampant during this season and being a dialysis patient puts me in a much higher risk of contracting the virus. People with kidney failure have weak immune systems, so therefore we are more susceptible [...]

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Do Patients Ever Get Tired of Dialysis?

July 18, 2010

I started my dialysis treatment on September 2003 and has been through it for almost seven years now. I have experienced so many things all that time, have seen fellow patients come and go , but still I’m at it up until now. A friend once asked me if I ever get tired of dialysis? Of [...]

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Dialysis Update – June Laboratory Test Results

July 10, 2010

I had my monthly laboratory test for the month of June taken last week and only just now did I find the time to post it here. The past week had been quite busy for me, redesigning Dialysis Postings and my other blogs - Private Corner and Itlog de Arina, and my grandfather being rushed to [...]

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Fish be with You

April 21, 2010

Based on randomized, controlled data, omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil are now routinely used to prevent the progression of IgA nephropathy, the world’s most common glomerulopathy Image courtesy of Club Marine I was surfing the net and happen to pass by this article about Omega 3 fatty acids. Being a kidney patient, I am [...]

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El Niño – Maximum Tolerance for Dialysis Patients

April 20, 2010

In a few hours I’ll be off to my dialysis treatment. I’m already planning in advance how I would conduct my travel from our house in Manila, to the clinic in Quezon City. It’s only about 30 minutes away from our home, that’s if you have your own car, which I don’t. I take public [...]

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Hiatus

April 19, 2010

It’s been quite some time now since the last time I’ve posted on this blog. My last post, Blogging Again, is somewhat of a filler, and is actually not what you may call “article”. I may be accused of neglect. Well, I might have, and might have not. I have been busy with my dialysis [...]

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Nature’s Wrath When Least Expected

October 6, 2009

The previous onslaught of Tropical Storm Ondoy last Saturday, September 26 left people here in Metro Manila stunned and grieving. Floods devastated the city and left traffic almost non-existent, if not leaving them at a stand still, on streets. Here in our immediate area, where the deepest flooded area reached waist high, we weathered out [...]

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Hypertension – Living with It, Dealing with It

July 17, 2009

Hypertension or High Blood Pressure, as it is more commonly known, is one of the silent killers that plagues the general population. It owes its lethal efficiency to the fact that it goes on undetected for months, and even for years, up until a point where significant damage has already been done. Such as it was in [...]

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