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« on: December 05, 2008, 11:37:07 AM »
Hello everyone.  I am new to this website.  I heard about it from one of my customers and think it's a much needed site.  I do not have CKD but I have been working in the dialysis community for about 5 years now.  I am amazed at how little is known about CKD and dialysis by the general population.  Everyone in the world has heard of Mad Cow disease when there were just a few cases ever reported and yet we have over 400,000 dialysis patients in the US and very few people understand what dialysis is, what impact it has on the lives of our patients and what can be done to help educate everyone about the risk factors for developing CKD.  How can we translate a site like this that targets the dialysis community into an effort to educate the masses?  For now, we can all talk to everyone we know to get them thinking about CKD and it's most prominent precursors, hypertension and diabetes.
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« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2008, 12:42:58 PM »
G'day and  :welcomesign;
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« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2008, 01:01:57 PM »
 :welcomesign; aboard.
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2000-Diagnosed IGA Nephropathy
2002-1st biopsy (complications)
2004-2nd biopsy
10/03/07-Tenckhoff Catheter Placement
10/22/07-Started Peritoneal Dialysis
03/2008-Transplant team meeting
04/2008-Transplant workup
05/2008-Active Transplant list
3/20/09-Cadaver Kidney Transplant
4/07/09-Tenckhoff Catheter removed
4/20/09-New kidney biopsy
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« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2008, 02:33:31 PM »
 :welcomesign;
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« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2008, 02:36:20 PM »
Welcome to IHD. so glad you joined us. We try every day to let people know about CKD one way is to let them know about IHD. Hope you tell everybody and welcome again


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« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2008, 04:32:35 PM »
 :welcomesign;  and thanks in advance for helping to spread the word about ESRD.
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« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2008, 01:35:37 AM »
Welcome to our community!  We do share your feelings here - there is lots of misinformation concerning this very serious problem of renal failure.  We like to think that we are doing our bit by our promotion of this website where the buzz word is "Information is Power!" 
You told us that you work in the dialysis community, but you didn't specify.  We like it when workers join us, in fact when anyone joins us, because then we feel they get to see somethings from the perspective of the patients.
The site has become a real family  :grouphug; and we welcome you among us.  There is lots to read here, lots of information, lots of questions to be answered.  So keep posting.
Looking forward to hearing from you.



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« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2008, 02:24:39 AM »
Welcome jessiesgirl, good to have you aboard.
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« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2008, 04:13:20 AM »
  :welcomesign; jessiesgirl. Please pass the word about is.  :cuddle;
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« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2008, 02:34:13 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2008, 04:46:03 PM »
 :welcomesign;
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As for me, I'll borrow this thought: "Having never experienced kidney disease, I had no idea how crucial kidney function is to the rest of the body." - KD
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« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2008, 05:02:25 PM »
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