Taking responsibility for your health and wellbeing can mean different things to different people. In this video, five patients who are doing daily home hemodialysis with the NxStage System One share their stories and the benefits they have experienced. It also showcases three nephrologists who have witnessed these benefits in their patients.
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Lives transformed by daily, more frequent Home Hemodialysis
These patients have given NxStage permission to share their experiences with daily, more frequent home therapy using the NxStage System One™. Please note that the experiences and results reported by these patients will not necessarily be experienced by another patient. All patients differ and their experiences and results will vary. Training and treatment requirements reported by these patients are determined by their clinic. Your experiences and clinic requirements may differ. Patients on NxStage typically are prescribed to perform treatments 5 to 6 days per week at 2.5 to 3 hours per treatment.
Despite the health benefits that daily, more frequent home hemodialysis may provide to those with chronic kidney disease, this form of therapy is not for everyone. The reported benefits of home hemodialysis may not be experienced by all patients. The risks associated with hemodialysis treatments in any environment include, but are not limited to, high blood pressure, fluid overload, low blood pressure, heart-related issues, and vascular access complications. The medical devices used in hemodialysis therapies may add additional risks including air entering the bloodstream and blood loss due to clotting or accidental disconnection of the blood tubing set. Certain risks are unique to the home. Treatments at home are done without the presence of medical personnel and on-site technical support. Patients and their partners must be trained on what to do and how to get medical or technical help if needed.
To learn more about the responsibilities and risks of daily, more frequent home hemodialysis, please click here, and talk to your doctor to see if daily, more frequent home hemodialysis with NxStage is right for you.
Patient advocate Jim Smith travels extensively with the NxStage System One and shares his experiences with other dialysis patients along the way. Jim recently visited NxStage Medical and spent some time with NxStage CEO and founder, Jeffrey Burbank.
NxStage user and avid gardener, Joe Contreras, recently visited NxStage Medical headquarters. There, he sat down with NxStage’s Joe Turk to discuss his daily, more frequent home hemodialysis journey.
On Wednesday, August 17, 2011, NxStage and Indiana University Health (IU Health) brought together home dialysis patients and their care partners for an educational event and to celebrate the seven year anniversary of IU Health's home dialysis program.
IU Health has been a pioneer in daily, more frequent home hemodialysis. Their patients range in experience using the NxStage System One from a few months to more than 7 years. These are their stories.
Part One: Vanessa’s Journey
Wife, mother, and experienced NxStage user, Vanessa, recently sat down with NxStage CEO and Founder Jeff Burbank to discuss her life and her journey with kidney disease.
Part Two: Vanessa’s Advice for Dialysis Patients
Wife, mother, and experienced NxStage user, Vanessa, recently sat down with NxStage CEO and Founder Jeff Burbank to share her experiences and advice for other patients.
