Concentrate on what you can eat and not what you cannot eat. By doing this, you can develop healthy and nutritional eating habits. Many patients become depressed and non-compliant because of unhealthy eating habits. It is essential that both dialysis and transplant patients eat to live and not live to eat! The following helpful hints have been taken from the U.S. Renal website: www.usrenalcare.com/living-with-kidney-disease/nutrition.html
Join Us at Our New Time, 2pm EST, for the Next DPC Kidney Chat - April 9th!
Thank you to everyone who joined our Kidney Chat earlier this week!
Our next call will be April 9th at our new time, 2:00pm EST, with guest speakers Merida Bourjolly, DPC Ed Center Board President, and Andrew Conkling, DPC Board President. Read Merida and Andrew’s full bios on our Board Member page. .
To join the call: Dial: 866-230-9002 Enter Meeting Code: 420 835 078#
As always, this a safe place to discuss aspects of living with kidney disease and connect with fellow patients in the kidney community. We hope you will join us!
Join DPC Education Center for a Special Instagram Live!
The DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Dr. Scantlebury, is going live on Instagram! Come with your kidney questions and get answers from our expert.
Join us Wednesday, April 3rd at 12:30pm EST to ask your kidney questions!
Follow @patientcitizens on Instagram to be notified at the start of our live session.
February Instagram Live – Kidney Questions for the Doctor
If you missed our February Instagram Live, the recording is now available!
February was American Heart Month, so Dr. Scantlebury dives right in on the connection between heart disease and your kidneys. This month, we also discussed what goes into figuring out your dialysis time, why skin color changes happen while on dialysis, what is meant by "perfect match" when on the transplant list, and many other important kidney-related topics.
How does a renal social worker provide support for dialysis and kidney transplant patients?
In February, we had a special Instagram Live event with Elizabeth Jones, MSW, LCSW, a Clinical Social Worker for Nephrology and Transplant at Walter Reed National Medical Center!
Elizabeth discussed how social workers provide support for dialysis and kidney transplant patients, with additional emphasis on supporting veterans.
