Written By: Barbara Abrams for AAKP Kidney Transplant Today The words, “I would like to help you out with your kidney,” jump off the screen and hit me in the face like a knockout punch. Dazed and numb, I feel like a prize fighter who is “Down for the Count.” I slowly drift back to reality. Am I dreaming? Nightmare?
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President’s Message from aakpRENALIFE Jan/Feb 2018 (Posted Jan. 25, 2018)
To our Members and Allies: Welcome to 2018!
End of 2017
As 2017 came to an end, my very good friend and AAKP Vice President Richard Knight and I shared a unique and deeply emotional honor as AAKP patient advocates, former dialysis patients and as long-time kidney transplant recipients.
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FLORIDA TO HOST LARGEST KIDNEY PATIENT MEETING IN AMERICA – AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS ANNOUNCES DATES AND EDUCATION CREDITS FOR KIDNEY PROFESSIONALS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTSFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2018 MEDIA CONTACT: Deborah Pelaez, AAKP Marketing and Communications Managerdpelaez@aakp.org; 813-400-2394 Tampa, FL – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) announced the new date for its 43rd Annual National Patient Meeting.
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2018 Hill Days
Kidney Cookies for the Holidays (Posted December 20, 2017)
By Laura Levitan, LCSW, FMC West Pensacola I wanted to share with you the Christmas kidney sugar cookies that I made for my dialysis patients because everyone should get a “kidney” for Christmas even if it is grandma’s sugar cookie recipe. Kindness – pass it on.
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December 1, 2017 – AAKP expresses concerns about continued access to kidney transplantation with the Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 (S. 2065 / H.R. 4143)
On behalf of the leading national transplant organizations, we write to you as original sponsors of the “Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017” (H.R. 4143) to express our significant concerns about the potential impact of this legislation on Medicare beneficiaries’ continued access to kidney transplantation.
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2017 Ambassadors in the Field
Ambassadors at ASN’s Kidney Week, New Orleans, Johns Hopkins’ Caring for Kidney Disease patient education conference and the NAACP Convention in Baltimore
Home Dialysis Holidays Reflection (Posted November 20, 2017)
Written by Melissa Bensouda – AAKP Ambassador, Missouri Oh how I look forward to the holidays. The smell of pine, caramel lattes and time with the family excite me! The holidays can also be filled with the unexpected and I would love to share with you my tips for survival and fun:
First, let’s talk about food.
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TRANSPLANT PATIENTS HONORED BY WORLD’S LARGEST ORGANIZATION OF KIDNEY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : November 2, 2017 FOR MORE INFORMATION:Deborah Pelaez,dpelaez@aakp.org / 813-400-2394 NEW ORLEANS, LA – The leadership of the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), President Paul T.
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October 20, 2017 – H.R. 1133 Letter in Support of the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017
October 20, 2017 Representative John R. Carter
U.S. House of Representatives
2110 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington D.C. 20015 Re:
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