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« on: March 01, 2011, 02:39:37 PM »

Hi All,

I've been asked by many about the dialysis industry. Hopefully this short video will help answer some of those questions. Please feel free to add comments and add more questions. Hopefully these are helpful; if they are, I will make more.

http://kidneyfriend.com/blog/2011/03/01/73/

Hope this helps!
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I used to be a Director for one of the two largest dialysis providers in the US. That means I managed more than 10 dialysis centers, some PD and some Home Hemo Programs. I'm here to answer any questions that you have about dialysis care. I have some interesting things to share with all.

http://terryforsyth.com/
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2011, 07:44:05 PM »

That is a strange blog and I have seen a lot of CKD blogs in my day. Where are you getting your content? Why are you posting it?
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http://www.billpeckham.com  "Dialysis from the sharp end of the needle" tracking  industry news and trends - in advocacy, reimbursement, politics and the provision of dialysis
Incenter Hemodialysis: 1990 - 2001
Home Hemodialysis: 2001 - Present
NxStage System One Cycler 2007 - Present
        * 4 to 6 days a week 30 Liters (using PureFlow) @ ~250 Qb ~ 8 hour per treatment FF~28
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2011, 10:52:39 PM »


I was wondering Terry, if you're working now and why you left the dialysis industry.
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Admin for IHateDialysis 2008 - 2014, retired.
Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
Was on in-center hemodialysis 2003-2007.
7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
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Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2011, 09:38:08 AM »

Hi All,

I've been asked by many about the dialysis industry. Hopefully this short video will help answer some of those questions. Please feel free to add comments and add more questions. Hopefully these are helpful; if they are, I will make more.

http://kidneyfriend.com/blog/2011/03/01/73/

Hope this helps!
Hi Dinsider.  Being an insider, what do you think is the most egregious practice you have seen and is it worth being a whistle blower on such practice as Dr. Bander did in 2001 against Gambro which effectively made Gambro retreated from the US dialysis clinic business?

For example: " Whistle-blowing nephrologist gets award from the FBI.
St. Louis Today: Bander filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against Gambro Healthcare in 2001 that resulted in a $350.5 million civil settlement in 2004. Federal law allows whistle-blowers to collect as much as 25 percent. Bander received $56 million for his efforts"
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Newbie caretaker, so I may not know what I am talking about :)
Caretaker for my elderly father who has his first and current graft in March, 2010.
Previously in-center hemodialysis in national chain, now doing NxStage home dialysis training.
End of September 2010: after twelve days of training, we were asked to start dialyzing on our own at home, reluctantly, we agreed.
If you are on HD, did you know that Rapid fluid removal (UF = ultrafiltration) during dialysis is associated with cardiovascular morbidity?  http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=20596
We follow a modified version: UF limit = (weight in kg)  *  10 ml/kg/hr * (130 - age)/100

How do you know you are getting sufficient hemodialysis?  Know your HDP!  Scribner, B. H. and D. G. Oreopoulos (2002). "The Hemodialysis Product (HDP): A Better Index of Dialysis Adequacy than Kt/V." Dialysis & Transplantation 31(1).   http://www.therenalnetwork.org/qi/resources/HDP.pdf
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