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PODCAST: Voice of the Patient

Posted on April 20, 2016 by kns544

I had a chance to speak with David Reed for his new podcast, The Voice of the Patient. Dave is a humble but knowledgeable, thoughtful man who practices physiotherapy in North Carolina, USA. It was wonderful to engage in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazing People, Message, Progress, Uncategorized | Tagged advocacy, chronic illness, Chronic Kidney Disease, Clinical Education, clinician, David Reed, dialysis machine, Fitness, gym, health, Karen NIcole Smith, Kingston General Hospital, lived-experience expert, patient, patient advocate, patient experience advisor, physiotherapy, podcast, Queen's University, The Voice of the Patient | Leave a comment

What is PsychoNephrology? Interview with Kidney MD . . .

Posted on May 28, 2015 by kns544

Had the opportunity to meet a kidney doctor, named Dr. Gavril Hercz. He is a staff nephrologist at Humber River Hospital. An Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. And a member of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society. He’s part of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazing People, Message, Progress, The Bigger Picture | Tagged adherence, anxiety, Associate Professor, balance, blood pressure, blood test result, Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, care-giver, chronic illness, Chronic Kidney Disease, CKD, clinician, communication, comorbility, concentration, coping, depression, dialogue, dialysis, dialysis transition unit, disease management, doctor, Dr. Gavril Hercz, education, emotion, emotional disturbance, emotional support, family, home dialysis, Humber River Hospital, kidney disease, kidney doctor, kidney MD, kidney medicine, machine, modality, nephrology, nephrology therapy, normal response, nurse, outcomes, patient, patient centered care, patient concerns, peer support, pharmacology, physical disease, psychonephrology, psychosocial, quality of life, self-management, sleep disturbances, social worker, staff burnout, staff nephrologist, technology, transition to dialysis, treatment, University of Toronto | Leave a comment

iObsession: The Relationship between Pre-Transplant Patient and iPhone . . .

Posted on September 26, 2014 by kns544

It’s hard enough to have a healthy balance with technology, in 2014, without having my iPhone be my primary means of communication for my transplant centre. I know one day my phone will ring and it will be St. Michael’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged bigger fish to fry, call, Canada, care-giver, check out, clinician, communication, dialysis, faith, forum, freedom, good news, gym, higher-consciousness, important, iPhone, journey, kidney, kidney transplant, know, miracle, nervous, obsession, paranoid, perspective, phone charge, phone-free, progress, relationship, small price to pay, social media, spiritual, St. Michael's Hospital, surgeries, technology, timing, Toronto, transplant, transplant center, transplant coordinator | Leave a comment

The Lived-Experience Expert Title. . .

Posted on September 16, 2014 by kns544

I consider myself a lived-experience medical expert. From my perspective everyone who’s experienced challenges in their health (who lived to tell) qualifies as a lived-experience expert. My experience with Chronic Kidney Disease and Heart Failure has given me a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Message, Progress, The Bigger Picture | Tagged advocacy, advocate best care, anti-rejection medication, assumptions, astronomy, benefit, book, cardiac arrest, carepartner, chemotherapy, Chronic Kidney Disease, clinician, collaborate, consult, cycler, executive, expert, expertise, fear, fellow patients, health, healthy, heart disease, high price, Home Hemodialysis, in-centre dialysis, kidney transplant, learned the hard way, lived-experience expert, manual, medical conditions, milestones, negotiating, new kidney, no confident, operations, out of control, patient centered medicine, patient experience advisor, patient voice, peace, peritoneal dialysis, perspective, practical, practice and policy, pre-dialysis, price, procedures, sick, speak, surgeon, tired, transplant list, value, voice KGH nothing about me without me, write | Leave a comment

Sneak Peak: Website Info Video . . .

Posted on January 19, 2014 by kns544

Here is a video that I co-created to use on my upcoming website. (A short and personal introduction.) A HUGE shout-out goes to Jamie Patterson who helped me complete it.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged active living, advocacy, author, awareness, cardiac arrest, chronic illness, clinician, consultant, dialysis, executive, health experience, Heart and Stroke Association, heart disease, hospital, independent dialysis, Karen NIcole Smith, kidney disease, Kidney Foundation, kidney transplant, message, organ and tissue donation, patient experience advisor, policy, practice, public speaking, sick to fit journey, transformation, transplant, website, Writing | Leave a comment

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