Tips & Stories
Patients' Stories
- The Confessions of a Renal Tippler
- Living, Not Just Surviving with ESRD
- Volunteering: Better Than a Drug
- Transcendental Meditation: Mental Dialysis
- Express Cooking (Includes Recipes)
- Dealing with Grief When You Have ESRD
- Quick and Easy Thirst Quencher
- Tips for Skin Care
- Take Control of Your Health and Your Life
- Bonding Dialysis with Exercise
- Positive Outlook Leads to Healthy Activities
- Creative Bag Warming
- Create Your Own PD Pouch
- More Creative Bag Warming for CAPD Patients
- Attention New Patients
- Thirst Starts in the Mind
- Exercise: You Can Do It!
- When Your Thirst Is at Its Worst
- Peer Counseling Eases Stress
- Everyone Benefits from the Knowledge Chain
- Covering Your Hemodialysis Access
- Does Low Energy Keep You From Working?
- Travel Tips
- Inserting Your Own Needles
- Don't Forget Your Survival Kit
- Squeezeball Songs for Fistula Development
Professionals' Stories
- Exercise: Different Levels Match Everyone's Needs
- Motivational Tools for Exercise
- Wellness Challenge Benefits Patients and Staff
- The Magic of Being Heard
- Healthy Competition Can Lead to Healthy Habits
- S.H.A.R.E.—The Motivation Association
- Spray Bottle Helps Limit Fluids
- Newsletter Motivates Patients Monthly
- Monthly Education Benefits Patients and Staff
- Contest Inspires Patients to Reach Treatment Goals
- Nephro-Glider Patients Support Each Other
- What Physical Therapy Can Do: One Patient's Story
- Getting PT Services for Your Patients
- Showing your Team Spirit!
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NOTE: The main purpose of the Professionals' & Patients' stories is to allow sharing of information among members of the renal community. Inclusion of strategies and tips does not imply endorsement by the Life Options Rehabilitation Program or the Life Options Rehabilitation Advisory Council (LORAC). Information displayed in either category is not intended as a substitute for medical counseling or other professional advice, and should not be considered as such. Patients are encouraged to check with their physicians if they have any questions.