Dialysis & CKD Blog Report 6/21

By Miriam Lippel Blum

Happy Father's Day to my Dad and to all loving fathers out there.  Here are the CKD related blogs updated since my update on 6/18.   If you have or know of a blog that should be on the list let Bill know. Comments in parentheses are my reactions or opinions.

• Dialysis from the sharp end of the needle has a blog report.
• Kamal Shah's Blog Kamal is appalled at a urologist's ignorance of the advances in HD;  educates another doctor about the impact HD may have on the antibiotic prescribed. (You're right, Kamal, one should never  assume doctors know everything about HD.  Always remind them and ask if meds will dialyze out.)
• Kaply, Inc. doesn't gamble; discusses her friend's blog stalker;  a silly dinosaur video; and a memorial to the Puppy Monster.
• poetry on dialysis continued has a new poem "Short Thoughts."
• Toastiest has a video of his dog in chewing bliss; is extremely depressed and lonely.
• Hasten down the wire is appalled at the media "coverage" and privacy invasion of Steve Jobs' liver transplant.
• Becky Perry lists four more things that make her happy; awaits her transplant evaluation with nervous anticipation.
• CHRONIC POSITIVITY - Life with Polycystic Kidney Disease it took 2 months but his sister is finally home post-transplant and is doing much better.
• Life on dialysis ... and now life after my transplant! still has her fistula, is very busy planning talks with students; details her calendered events through August; encourages people to get their local cinemas to promote organ donation during the run of "My Sister's Keeper."
• Let us Consider One Another Dan thanks and updates friends and loved ones on his condition, now uses an electric scooter to get around.
• I Am. Are you? Donate Life Illinois and their mascot, Morgan D'Organ have a registration event at a baseball game.(Cute mascot!)
• Transplant Alliance is excited to feel well enough post-transplant to participate in a Kidney Walk. (You go, Girl!)
• Bud's Ramblings shares happy family photos from a train ride; photos of gem panning on Raccoon Mountain.(I've panned for gold in Colorado and even found a small nugget once.)
• Precious Bodily Fluids In preparation for a visit by Myles Wolf, MD, Joel gives a quick review of FGF-23, or fibroblast growth factor-23, a newly discovered molecule which regulates the phosphorous in the body; and grumbles about the iPhone ATT relationship.
• Renal Fellow Network the importance of AAMI  water quality standards  within dialysis units;  a report on the development of a potentially useful dipstick test able to detect urinary Kim-1, a promising new biomarker for acute kidney injury; a simplified Winter's formula for rapid Arterial Blood Gases analysis.
  
• Uremic Frost reports a study revealed that almost half of older dialysis patients will die waiting for a transplant;  an NFL rookie needs to retire due to kidney disease; a very funny music video "Save a  Kidney, Drink a Dasani" ; and a study showing that in order to get the best blood pressure benefit from the Mediterranean diet: high fruit and vegetable consumption must be coupled with less than 15 grams/day of olive oil.
•  Neophron's Senescence recommends and links to a NYT article on Obama and the obstacles to Universal Coverage.
• Kidney Notes - Exploring the Intersection of Medicine and Technology has a short clip of a baby in the middle of the night; comments on timing of the announcement of Steve Jobs' liver transplant; and links to Renal Fellow Network's post "Why this catheter doesn't work?"
• Lemonade and Kidneys is exhausted from advancing PKD and it is impacting home and work life.
•  Mid-life ramblings needs cataract removal and feels old; expresses gratitude to those whom have quietly helped her; is grateful for technology that allows access to an inspirational talk from 1974. 
• My Chronic Kidney Disease is looking into two alternative therapies. (Be careful. Take a look at Kamal Shah's blog posts here  and  here. He lives in India.)
• Mushroom's Blog has photos from Trevor's graduation from UCSB.
• Eating Well on Dialysis - Delicious low-sodium, low-potassium, low-phosphorus food for dialysis patients has a recipe for Balsamic Pork with Shallots.
• Unfiltered Hope discusses the organ donor shortage and the perils of the national waiting list.
• Kidney Community Emergency Response reports on the work of the Medical Reserve Corps.
• The Renal Unit Latest renal tweets, blogs. and news.

Comments

[Alison Hymes]

Please take me off your list of blogs. I don't blog on dialysis and I don't rant. I almost lost my bladder due to forced treatment and arrogance. And by the way, I'm a woman. Alison Hymes of Disability Civil Rights and Prejudice Watch.