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This question is for members who do daily home hemo, have Medicare as primary insurance, and dialyze through a DaVita center. Are you ever charged...

My husband and I are leaving on a cruise tomorrow. I was wondering if any of you have checked your NxStage and medical supplies and allowed it to be...

I want to do a treatment tonight without pulling any fluid. Last night I tried to pull only .3 at 350 BFR and the machine gave a treatment time of...

I made a big blunder today - I drew labs, but my arterial clotted and I couldn't finish drawing them. I was distracted and forgot to clamp when I...

I figured it out today - I am getting less dialysis with 5 NxStage treatments a week than I was with 3x weekly in center. My in-center treatments...

Aloha We are scheduled to begin training on the NxStage in a few weeks, and then will begin "short Daily" treatments. As of now my treatment time...

What kind of snacks can you eat when you begin your dialysis treatments? I will be starting soon and they stated I should eat one hour prior to...

After about 5 years of having this fistula, I decided it was time to get it checked out. I had been having slightly elevated venous pressures, but...

Hello. We are getting closer to using the nxstage system. Had a question come up. Since the blood is running thru more with the nxstage system,...

Hello everyone. Went to a meeting last night where all the available home methods were on display, (PD, Home hemo (big machine), Nxstage), so...

Does anyone out there have a permacath? It seems most have fistulas. My daughter had one briefly but it collapsed. If you do have a catheter, do you...

Now that I am using the NxStage I am eager to move forward and do nocturnal. I know DaVita doesn't support it yet, but does anyone know if there is...

Hello Just reading these notes to get an idea of what is being talked about, this past wk I thought that I would like to take a cruise but so...

My doctor gave me a prescription for a dialysis chair, but I can't find a company that will work with the insurance. I'd be interested in knowing...

I can't seem to keep my blood pressure up. I stopped taking any blood pressure medicine when I began training for NxStage. I am taking off less and...

I'm feeling needy and depressed today. All these boxes of NxStage equipment stacked everywhere serves as a giant reminder of what the rest of my...

Hello. We are getting closer to using the nxstage system. We have been a bit worried about it, but we saw a couple of video's on "youtube", which...

Hello. Getting closer to using the nxstage system. Yet another question has popped up. We have ITP (low platelet count). Was wondering if anyone...

I know I am asking a lot of question, but there are just so many things on my mind. My next question is how are monthly and bi-monthly labs drawn and...