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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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A Road Trip That Did Me Good

October 1, 2010

I had a recent hiatus from blogging and wasn’t able to update my blogs due to a road trip I just took recently. My aunt, the one who’s been supporting my treatment, came here in the Philippines and we went on vacation. We went to our hometown in Bangui, Ilocos Norte. I had a chance for a [...]

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Gearing Up for the Rainy Season

July 31, 2010

It’s raining again outside our house and it just seem like a good time to make a post about it, and reminisce my past experience about the rainy days here in the Philippines. Tropical storms or Typhoons are common occurrences here. When the season sets in, nobody could predict the effects it would bring. Sometimes it’s just the [...]

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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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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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Back from the Dead

September 14, 2009

It has been quite some time since the last time I have updated my blog. I’ve been recently experiencing internet connection problems. This, together with my current set up of my personal small graphics design business, I have been out of touch with my blog. But now I am back and I have made some [...]

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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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