Sebastian Schaffer
Climbing Mt. Batulao
Keeping Active - Part 1 of 4. After 4 years of hemodialysis, it is quite obvious - at least to me - that physical activity is a key...
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Sebastian Schaffer
Feb 21, 20211 min read
The Dangerous Triumvirate
There is now good evidence that many hemodialysis patients are affected by low protein status (here defined as albumin < 3.8g/dL) and...
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Sebastian Schaffer
Feb 20, 20211 min read
4x Higher Risk of Death in Dialysis Patients with COVID-19
In a new study (published February 2021) conducted by researchers from the Ontario Renal Network at Western University in London...
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Sebastian Schaffer
Aug 11, 20201 min read
Keeping COVID-19 At Bay During Dialysis
Until early February 2020, I only would wear face masks occasionally, e.g. when coming down with a simple cold. Since March, face masks...
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Sebastian Schaffer
Aug 7, 20202 min read
A New Way of Experiencing Home Dialysis
The time consumed by dialysis sessions is one of the most frustrating aspects of having to live with malfunctioning kidneys. Hence, home...
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Sebastian Schaffer
Aug 6, 20201 min read
Hemodialysis and Exercise: Friend or Foe?
In 2019, Graham-Brown and colleagues reviewed "Cardiovascular adaptations associated with exercise in patients on hemodialysis"...
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Sebastian Schaffer
May 28, 20191 min read
Out of time?
'A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.' -- Charles Darwin (1808 - 1882) Dialysis, especially...
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Sebastian Schaffer
May 14, 20193 min read
Music improves a wide range of health parameters in hemodialysis patients
‘Music therapy, to me, is music performance without the ego. It’s not about entertainment as much as its about empathizing. If you can...
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Sebastian Schaffer
May 13, 20191 min read
Thinking 'out-of-the-box': What if you fractured your arteriovenous access arm?
Ever since the day of my arteriovenous fistula (AVF) surgery, I take particular care of my left arm to make sure nothing bad happens to...
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Sebastian Schaffer
May 11, 20192 min read
Survival strategies – Part 1
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable...
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Sebastian Schaffer
May 7, 20191 min read
New hemodialysis access point: AV fistula
Today is day 12 after my 2 hours long operation (local anesthesia) to create an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) near my left wrists (see...
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Sebastian Schaffer
May 5, 20192 min read
Truly Tasty: Carrot cake for CKD patients
Back in 2012, when I got diagnosed with FSGS, my wife bought for us the book 'Truly Tasty' (compiled by Valerie Twomey; Cork University...
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Sebastian Schaffer
May 4, 20192 min read
Hemodialysis Session #10
"Good life consists of the roots that lead to flow." Martin Seligman (In: Eudaemonia: The Good Life) Let's face it: hemodialysis sucks....
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