Archive for January, 2010
January 30th, 2010 | 
Author: I have been contacted by Annika Hambilton who is a student researcher at the University of Birmingham and she is currently doing a degree in Healthcare ethics and is conducting a research project on altruistic living kidney donation in the UK. She has asked if I will post her request here to see if any altruistic donors or potential ones would assist. The below is the letter she wishes me to post on her behalf.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a medical student at the University of Birmingham. I am writing to invite you to take part in a research study being undertaken for the purpose of my degree.
The study intends to look at the attitudes of people who have donated a kidney to a stranger and those who intend to in the near future, about whether they should be allowed to pick which kind of person receives their kidney. Currently, this is not allowed in the UK. I would also like to look at what factors motivate people to donate their kidney to someone they do not know. Read the rest of this entry »
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Home Dialysis – not always a picnic!
Home dialysis has great advantages over hospital dialysis. With hospital dialysis generally one goes about three times a week and each session lasts 3 – 4 hours. Not every hospital can do dialysis so ofter the person has to travel very long distances each time. The whole day can be taken up. Read the rest of this entry »
Dialysis/Transplant Patients - Getting to the Hospital
How is everyone coping in the snow? I really feel for people who have to go to hospital for dialysis. I know a lot of people live many miles from the hospital and in this snowy weather, travelling must have been really difficult. I hope you are all coping.
Anyone booked for a transplant I hope the operation was not postponed and you all managed to get to hospital.
But to everyone in this cold wintery weather – keep warm and keep safe.
x DF