dialysis

What: "Good dialysis is like good lovemaking The longer, the better The slower, the better The more gentle, the better The more frequent, the better"

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Date: Jul 30 2013 4:33 PM

What: "Put very simply, dialysis is like the filter you use to make your coffee. When you make coffee, you put ground coffee in the filter. Water can pass over the coffee and then through the filter. The coffee itself cannot go through. This is an example of a selectively permeable membrane. That's a fancy way of saying that some things can go through the membrane but not others."

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Date: Jul 30 2013 4:35 PM

What: "When a patient's kidney fails, the body cannot remove impurities or regulate fluids and chemicals in the blood. Dialysis is like an artificial kidney, performing the work the kidney used to do. But to optimize dialysis, access to your bloodstream needs to be created to allow continuous and high volumes of blood to circulate through the dialysis machine."

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Date: Jul 30 2013 4:37 PM

What: "Dialysis is like a part time job," said Dr. John Hix, medical director at the new clinic...Many patients spend a minimum of nine hours attached to dialysis machines each week. This can be especially burdensome when the patient must travel to a hospital for treatment."

Writer: Dr. John Hix

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Date: Jul 30 2013 4:39 PM

What: "Dialysis removes excess water and toxins from your body, very much like when you pee. So, essentially, dialysis is like peeing for several hours. This should be a man's dream come true. While on dialysis you can eat, watch TV, play on the computer, or just sit back and relax. What man wouldn't love to have a bathroom with a television, phone, and computer, and be able to eat while sitting on the throne for 3 or 4 hours!"

Writer: Ron Bethel

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Date: Jul 30 2013 4:41 PM