By Miriam Lippel Blum
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Here are the CKD related blogs updated since my last report on 12/3. 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 the blog report.
- Kamal Shah's Blog Kamal reminds healthy people to not take their bodies for granted.
- Kaply, Inc. Tracy shares moments from her super productive day.
- Toastiest posts a Michael Damien music video; reviews the movie Dan in Real Life.
- CHRONIC POSITIVITY - Life with Polycystic Kidney Disease 10 days of Cipro brings down Jeff's BK virus, neuropathy gives him foot problems, gives kudos to a young woman dealing with a devastating dermatologic illness.
- Transplant, Tantrums, & Tiaras Holly describes a star-studded party she attended at Number 10 Downing Street to which she was personally invited by Sarah Brown, the Prime Minister's wife; updates on her Live Life Then Give Life campaign.
- On the Road to a Lupus Cure reminds how important donations are to the Lupus Foundation of America and different ways to contribute.
- Lupus and Humor Carla reviews Model Patient: My Life as an Incurable Wise-Ass by Karen Duffy, finds it a funny, colorful, well-written, page-turning memoir, but strongly disagrees with Duffy's attitudes towards alternative medicine and compliance without question.
- Bud's Ramblings Bud describes the first snow of the season, too cold to go out in his power chair.
- Linda Gromko MD kidneycare Linda gives caregivers ten tips that may help make the holidays more pleasant and less stressful.
- Precious Bodily Fluids Joel Topf, MD shares his recent presentation which looks at five different issues with hyponatremia; saw a patient with the highest urine urea he had ever seen.
- Renal Fellow Network shares the results of last week's poll on the use of steroids in treating Acute Interstitial Nephritis; discusses a promising new class of oral hypoglycemic agents for type 2 diabetes; a study describes an association between CKD5 patients with CMV-positivity and those with EPO resistance.
- UKidney Blocking the effects of high levels of urea might benefit patients with CKD5; a new model can help physicians determine if a kidney disease patient on dialysis is likely to die within the next few months.
- pkdmom2five shares holiday photos.
- Kidney Notes - Exploring the Intersection of Medicine and Technology links to a description of a Grand Rounds on participatory medicine, given by E-Patient Dave and his doctor, Danny; Dr. Rob's 6 Rules for Doctors; how Google now personalizes everyone’s search results.
- The Ballad of Billy The Kidney John reports that the National Health and Medical Research Council announced that the ban in Australia on xenotransplantation is about to be lifted; highlights heart transplant recipient, Jerry Richardson, who is owner and founder of the Carolina Panthers.
- ....And Bells on Her Toes is proud of her bright daughter, describes a recent parent-teacher conference; Alex undergoes his last pre-transplant tests and they hope for a kidney in January.
- Jenna Franks describes her involvement with the Renal Support Network's 2010 Renal Teen Prom and tells how you can help.
- Unfiltered Hope Darren's condition improves with steroids but the joint inflammation has gotten worse in his knees and ankles.
- DailyHemo - Home Dialysis Advocates New Video: Delivering the Prescription for Hemodialysis; David Rosenbloom, Kidney Patient, Lectures to USC Med Students; Malaysia Kicked Off Its First Free Dialysis Clinic; Steven Olsen's Life Changed With Nocturnal Dialysis; Sometimes Kidney Disease Can Shatter Your American Dream; Home Dialysis Units Increase Freedom For Kidney Patients;Gambro Prismaflex Sure Looks Home Friendly.
- Free range fish sticks After 6 months of silence, this caregiver blogger reports that his wife Sheila has been very ill with CKD5 and often in the hospital, he turns to his faith and religious music for comfort.
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