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	Forum	Last Post	Threads	Posts
General dialysis
	Share your experiences - General dialysis (9 Viewing) Introduce yourself! Tell your story, relate your feelings and chat with others. Sub-Forums: New to dialysis , Living on dialysis , What helps me cope , My care partner and me , Other experiences , Treatment options & vascular access , Nocturnal dialysis (in-center)	Coping strategies by Shirly Today 12:04 AM	1,936	14,564
	Health conditions - General dialysis Sub-Forums: After dialyzing, I feel . . . , Diabetes, hypertension, PKD, etc. , Depression , Hospitalization	after dialyzing by mab 05-14-2012 01:48 PM	8	40
	Employment & insurance - General dialysis	Never	0	0
	Medication - General dialysis Sub-Forums: Prescriptions , Over-the-counter medicines	Never	0	0
Kidney disease, not on dialysis
	Share your experiences - Kidney disease (6 Viewing) Sub-Forums: Just Diagnosed with Kidney Disease , Living with kidney disease , Preparing for dialysis , Treatment options and vascular access	Leg Cramps by Travellady56 Today 09:23 AM	292	2,176
	Health conditions - Kidney disease Sub-Forums: Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, PKD, etc. , Depression	Symptoms and Causes of Major... by Tonia 05-10-2012 07:28 AM	3	5
	Employment & insurance - Kidney disease	Never	0	0
	Medications - Kidney disease Sub-Forums: Prescriptions , Over-the-counter medicines	anyone heard about Cordyceps? by Madi's Granny 05-19-2012 03:59 PM	7	25
Home dialysis
	Share your home dialysis experiences (2 Viewing) Sub-Forums: New to home dialysis , Living on home dialysis	Plane travel with cycler by lcavender Yesterday 04:13 PM	478	3,353
	Home dialysis caregiver support (2 Viewing) Support forum for caregivers of home dialysis patients.	Tired and overwhelmed spouse... by bevnel1 04-20-2012 12:48 PM	54	460
Diet & nutrition
	The Kidney Diet (1 Viewing) Sub-Forums: Dialysis diet , The CKD diet , Recipe Exchange , Dining out , DaVita Diet Helper	cod/potassium ?? by davpro Yesterday 05:46 AM	627	4,786
	Nutrition reports & lab values (2 Viewing) Sub-Forums: The 3 P's: phosphorus, potassium & protein , Understanding my lab values	18 year old BUN/Creat ratio... by Tonia 05-15-2012 12:02 PM	179	1,077
	Exercise & weight loss (2 Viewing) Sub-Forums: Exercise , Weight loss	Energy for a Bike Ride by dac0214 Today 07:34 AM	67	532
Education, inspiration & lifestyle
	Resources & education (3 Viewing) Sub-Forums: Best resources , Helpful books , Other education topics	Anti-inflammatory... by Marina 05-12-2012 06:27 PM	345	1,471
	Support Sub-Forums: Online support group	Lithium-induced CKD (stage 3) by shysha 04-13-2012 09:10 AM	305	1,888
	Advice & inspiration (1 Viewing) Sub-Forums: Jokes, funny stories , Helping others cope , Who helps me deal with my kidney disease , Best advice I ever got , Best words of inspiration , In Memory Of , Other inspiration	Funny pictures by Marina 05-12-2012 05:06 PM	228	2,154
	Lifestyle (1 Viewing) Sub-Forums: Lifestyle issues	Sick to stomach by I Am Blessed 03-29-2012 05:13 PM	103	528
Travel
	U.S. travel (1 Viewing)	Nervous about travel by jguzman89 05-08-2012 03:57 PM	70	329
	International travel	Never	0	0
	Traveling on PD/HHD	Travel help/advice/tips by jguzman89 05-08-2012 03:53 PM	1	1
Transplant
	Transplant recipient	Artificial Kidneys available... by M3Riddler 05-06-2012 02:53 PM	249	2,001
	Waiting for a transplant	My brother waiting for... by megan_barnes 04-08-2012 05:25 PM	1	4
	Donors	Never	0	0
Caregivers
	Coping	not sure where to put this... by kettle farm 06-23-2011 07:19 AM	5	43
	Caring for someone with kidney disease	New Caregiver here by Kimmy29 05-04-2012 05:42 AM	191	1,423
	What I do for my caregiver (1 Viewing)	Hubby woke up confused and... by quiltlover27 04-03-2012 05:14 PM	63	610
DaVita online
	Announcements from the DaVita Online team (1 Viewing) We'll post announcements on upcoming content or tools we add to DaVita.com here. You'll have a chance to respond to our changes.	Coming soon: Finding topics... by Dia Hurren 03-10-2012 10:17 PM	22	130
	How can we improve the DaVita.com website? Tell us what features and enhancements you want.	Timely response from... by mteran 04-26-2012 01:27 PM	58	510
	Troubleshooting and bug reports (1 Viewing) Finding something hard to use? Is something broken? Get help from other forum members or let the DaVita Online team know there is a problem.	Contact Us Database Error by mteran 04-02-2012 12:23 PM	43	299
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