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Week of January 30, 2007
Understanding Anemia: Learn all you can about this energy draining
condition
Okay, all
you couch kidneys out there, listen up! (We can’t be couch potatoes because
we have to watch our potassium, right?!). Do you feel tired? Out of
energy? Cold? Have you failed the “stair test”?
On
KidneyTalk this week, Lori and Stephen discuss anemia (a complication of
chronic kidney disease) with Dr. Mahesh Krishnan, Medical Director of Amgen
in the Dialysis Services Department and author of The Kidney Guide.
Dial in to
your favorite Internet station −
KidneyTalk − and learn why
you need to know about anemia, how it affects kidney patients, the treatment
for it, and other important issues regarding this energy-draining disease.
You’ll also find out how to energize yourself and stop being a couch kidney!
