Dialysis & CKD Blog Report 3/31

By Kamal D Shah

CKD related blogs updated since Bill's update on 3/29. If you have or know of a blog that should be on the list let Bill know. Comments in parentheses are mine.

• Dialysis from the sharp end of the needle analyzes a ruling in the National Renal Alliance vs. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia case; increase in number of people with CKD5 is better than expected; an interesting hemodialysis co-op experiment in China
• Kamal Shah's Blog the difference between his old job and new job
• The Life of a 20-Something With Lupus a not-so-pleasant clinic appointment (I hate the preachy ones too - "you should really drink less fluid" - "oh really? I thought folks on dialysis should drink at least 5 liters a day!")
• Really, I'm as Old as I Feel? celebrating seventh wedding anniversary (hope you had a great day!)
• I Am. Are you? amazing story of how a stolen car led to a kidney donation
• Renal Fellow Network reviews an article on the 'polypill'
• Uremic Frost a new procedure for refractory hypertension; a new ASN Mastercard; the 'polypill'
• Free range fish sticks frustrated that hospitals don't realize that there is a loss in quality that results in outsourcing dialysis
• The Ballad of Billy The Kidney  link to how video game sharpens vision
• My Chronic Kidney Disease donor possibilities; diet helps bring BP to normal; theorizing about illness
• Kidney Community Emergency Response flood alerts and helpful links
• Work In Progress continues the bladder cancer story (thanks so much for sharing this)

Comments

[Tracy Lynn]

I am beginning to get a complex.

[Miriam Lippel Blum]

Tracy -
Don't worry, I'm doing the next blog report and I'll make sure to get yours in. Kamal is in India and the time difference impacts what posts he sees.

[Tracy Lynn]

I ♥ you, Miriam.

[Kamal Shah]

Oh no! I really must apologize Tracy. I promise it is not intentional! What happens is once I complete the blog report, I send an email to Bill who sets it to go 'live' which is when it actually appears on the site. If someone posts between when I have saved the post and when Bill publishes it, that post gets 'missed'.

I really hope you understand!