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2017 SCHEDULE:
EASTERN STANDARD TIME
4-12 at 3 pm
5-11 at 3 pm
6-21 at 3 pm
TOPIC PRESENTER
RUSH[ED]- Living with Dialysis David Rush
Touring with Pitbull while on dialysis? David
Rush didn’t let his diagnosis stop him!
Depression and Kidney Disease: Coping
with a Long-Term Illness
David Rush is a platinum selling recording artist
signed to Pitbull’s label, Mr.305 inc. As a patient in
center, home, transplant recipient and back to home
David Rush truly knows what it means to live life
while on Dialysis. As a Nxstage patient David took
his machine on a 40 city world tour in 2009 with
Pitbull as an opening act. In present-day David Rush
is now married with two children after a successful
transplant in November 2010 that was given to
him by his brother. David went back to Home
Hemodialysis in Janurary 2017 when his transplant
failed. He works now as a patient consultant and
Advocate for Nxstage Medical while all still pursuing
his dreams on a daily basis.
Dr. Maureen O’Reilly-Landry, Ph.D. is a licensed
Life with a chronic illness can be a bumpy road
with many hurdles to navigate along the way.
Emotional ups and downs due to stress are
common among people undergoing dialysis
treatments. If you find yourself experiencing
issues of depression, anxiety, fear and anger,
you are having a normal reaction to stressful
circumstances. And you are not alone in this.
Yet, despite being surrounded by other people,
a sense of isolation may arise. There are ways
to address these normal feelings. This webinar
will present some guidelines for coping with
the array of emotions common to life with
dialysis and chronic illness. You also will learn
positive ways to manage the stress associated
with a chronic illness. psychologist and a member of the clinical faculty
of Columbia University Medical Center. She is
former Director of Psychological Services for Apollo
Healthcare, a dialysis company dedicated to the
psychological well-being of patients and their families.
Dr. O’Reilly-Landry has worked individually with many
dialysis patients, both in-center and as part of a home
hemodialysis dialysis program, and has run support
groups for dialysis patients. She writes about the
psychological aspects of dialysis and medical illness
and gives talks to groups of patients and staff. She
edited the book, A Psychodynamic Understanding of
Modern Medicine: Placing the person at the center
of care (Radcliffe, 2012). Dr. O’Reilly-Landry maintains
a private practice in New York City and is available
for consulting to dialysis staff to teach them how to
enhance the emotional well-being of patients and
their families.
Travel Tips, Travel Sips, Travel Grub: Vacationing
with kidney disease doesn’t mean you have to
take a vacation from health. Jessiana Saville, RD, MS, RDN, LD, CSR is a
registered dietitian who has a blog and web site at
www.kidneygrub.com
Learn how to successfully stay on track with
doable and practical traveling tips.
*Topics are subject to change please visit www.dpcedcenter.org for most current schedule
How to join:
visit www.dpcedcenter.org/education-call to be automatically redirected to the meeting room or you can dial in by phone
at 1-877-399-5186 conference code: 433-459-5474
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