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« Reply #25 on: February 28, 2012, 12:46:34 PM »

wow Plugger, I'm can't believe sometimes that things like that are happening there. Thank you for all you do for my friends overthere.

Good luck Cas
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I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left

1983 high proteinloss in urine, chemo, stroke,coma, dialysis
1984 double nephrectomy
1985 transplant from dad
1998 lost dads kidney, start PD
2003 peritineum burst, back to hemo
2012 start Nxstage home hemo
2020 start Gambro AK96

       still on waitinglist, still ok I think
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« Reply #26 on: February 28, 2012, 08:51:09 PM »

Glad I can help!  I'm hearing it ought to be smooth sailing in the Senate - as long as nothing unforeseen happens.  I remember though back in 2007 the Senate committee was where davita almost stopped us - we got out by a vote!  So we aren't taking anything for granted.
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« Reply #27 on: February 29, 2012, 06:15:44 AM »

Here is the audio from the state House committee:

http://dialysisethics2.org/open_images/audio/coloradoga_02_21-2012_hearing.mp3
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*2007 - Members of DialysisEthics worked for certification of hemodialysis
technicians in Colorado - bill passed, renewed in 2012 and 2019

*1999 to present - nonviolent dismissed patients returned to their
clinics or placed in other clinics or hospitals over the years

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« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2012, 07:32:07 AM »

While we are waiting for a state Senate committee date, thought I would post the graphs we gave to the Colorado state legislators.  Particularly we asked them to pay attention to the sepsis graph - a worrisome uptrend for an infection that can be fatal, but from 2008-2009 there was a significant dip for Colorado.  Could it be because here in Colorado we were implementing our tech certification program?

We compared Colorado to California after reading about their 56% tech pass rate, compared to Colorado's 80-93% pass rate.







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*2000 US Senate hearings

*Verified statistics on "Dialysis Facility Compare"

*Doctors have to review charts before they can be reimbursed

*2000 and 2003 Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports on the conditions in dialysis

*2007 - Members of DialysisEthics worked for certification of hemodialysis
technicians in Colorado - bill passed, renewed in 2012 and 2019

*1999 to present - nonviolent dismissed patients returned to their
clinics or placed in other clinics or hospitals over the years

On my tombstone: He was a good kind of crazy

www.dialysisethics2.org
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