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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: petey on November 23, 2008, 04:43:26 PM

Title: Marvin has been published!
Post by: petey on November 23, 2008, 04:43:26 PM

About six months ago, Marvin's clinic asked him to submit an essay on what it's like to be on home hemodialysis for a contest DaVita was having ("Super Star" Patients).  Marvin didn't win the nation-wide contest, but he did place in the top five in the nation.  His essay was published twice -- once in a DaVita publication and just a few weeks ago in "Dialysis and Transplantation" (Nov. issue).  Here are the links to both:

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121503279/PDFSTART

and

http://patients.truthaboutdialysis.com/?p=14

Title: Re: Marvin has been published!
Post by: mikey07840 on November 23, 2008, 04:51:06 PM

Congratulations!  :bandance; ;D

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Post by: G-Ma on November 23, 2008, 05:02:23 PM

Congratulations to both of you.

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Post by: Rerun on November 23, 2008, 05:21:25 PM

The truth about dialysis.... Very well done!

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Post by: pelagia on November 23, 2008, 05:29:34 PM

cool!  very great article.  :thumbup;

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Post by: monrein on November 23, 2008, 05:45:16 PM

That's terrific.  Thanks for sharing it with us Petey.   :cuddle;

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Post by: kitkatz on November 23, 2008, 06:17:45 PM

Awesome.

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Post by: David13 on November 23, 2008, 06:23:26 PM

Great work!  It is always best to hear it straight from the patient's perspective!   :2thumbsup;

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Post by: okarol on November 23, 2008, 06:30:51 PM

I posted the recent one here http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=11221.0

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Post by: Sluff on November 23, 2008, 07:13:19 PM

Good Job Marvin.  :thumbup;

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Post by: Gramapat on November 23, 2008, 10:39:34 PM

Wow!  That's good Marvin!  It "almost" makes me want to try home hemo.  ;D

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Post by: rose1999 on November 23, 2008, 11:53:05 PM

Fantastic, well done Marvin, great article. :2thumbsup;

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Post by: Lucinda on November 24, 2008, 01:49:47 AM

That was terrific Marvin.  Well done.

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Post by: idahospud on November 24, 2008, 02:24:49 AM

:bandance; I Reilly like reading this . The Dr's Reilly wont me to do home but Ive bean sacred and whored I wooed not babel to do it but after reading your story I fell better about it ! Thanks :thx;     Carol

Title: Re: Marvin has been published!
Post by: willieandwinnie on November 24, 2008, 04:49:53 AM

petey, how wonderful is that. Give Marvin a big  :grouphug; from us.  :cuddle;

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Post by: Slywalker on November 24, 2008, 10:10:57 AM

 :yahoo;  Yeah for Marvin and Petey!!!  Great article and nice picture.  Isn't life grand?   :cheer:

Hugs to both of you

Sandyb

 :bunny:

Title: Re: Marvin has been published!
Post by: Meinuk on November 24, 2008, 12:50:47 PM

Petey,

That is great!  What a nice essay, and picture too!  You are both great examples of living and thriving when CKD strikes your family.

Title: Re: Marvin has been published!
Post by: Zach on November 24, 2008, 01:02:35 PM

Excellent!

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