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@maxwell123 I look forward to your story! The two largest dialysis franchises, Davita and Fresenius, have convinced many doctors and medical companies to not back the artificial kidney research. Their thought is that with an artificial kidney there is less need for all the medications and dialysis units and that would be bad business for them. Big pharmaceutical companies don't want to see cures for things like kidney disease and cancer. Sad to say but it's the truth. I'll get off my soapbox now
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4. Let me try posting my story from yesterday regarrding how I came off dialysis? You are right. I was absolutely determined! That was one of the most important factors (determination). I wrote a short story about my experience. It is lengthy, but here is a link to the section that describes what I did to come off dialysis -- http://bit.ly/2JVCa49. You can scroll to the top to read the entire document if you are interested in the full story of dealing with cancer and kidney failure simultaneously. By the way, I fully understand coming off is not something everyone can do and certainly, their medical team must be a part of any effort.
I’d like to find a dietitian who specializes in CKD, but I think they are hard to come by. When I search, I can pretty much only find those affiliated with the dialysis centers. Does anyone have advice for helping me get access this resource? My nephrology group has to refer me (if they do!) when I see them next month. I bring this up because of the dialysis center soapbox. 😉
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Ginger, I don't lean too much toward the conspiracy side, but I think there is some truth in what you say. Dialysis is a very big business! I can see that with the funding issue on the artificial kidney. I also see that with the docs in the clinics who have no interest in working to get you off of dialysis unless you move in the direction of a transplant -- which they know is a fairly low percentage of patients who are on dialysis.