Tuesday, 09 November 2010 20:56

Theories that sound nice but have no factual basis

Written by  Kamal Shah
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Over the years, I have heard some really fascinating theories about many aspects of kidney disease. Only one thing though - they have no factual basis. For the uninitiated, however, they make a lot of sense.

Sample this. When I was in my initial days diagnosed with kidney disease, a family friend came home. She had a fantastic theory. She made me lie down on my bed with three big pillows below my head. Another three pillows were placed below my legs. The rationale: excess water from the top of my body and from the lower part of my body would collect in my bladder and flow out as urine! Never mind the fact that the kidneys were not producing urine at a normal rate!

I tried a lot of alternate therapies to try and cure my kidney disease. One of them was acupuncture. The practitioner had cured someone with kidney disease. So, we decided to try it out. This person had a really amazing theory. He said that my kidneys had gone to sleep and by putting these sharp needles in the right points, he could 'wake' the sleeping kidneys by giving them a 'jerk'!

I was told by a well-wisher recently that I should not dialyse daily. My body will get used to dialysis and I will not be able to tolerate life without dialysis. Never mind the benefits of daily dialysis. Never mind the left ventricular hypertrophy it has helped me overcome. Never mind the improved hemoglobin. Never mind the active lifestyle this modality has afforded me.

All these theories sound really good. They are, of course, only that - theory. Not practical or scientific at all!



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Kamal Shah

Kamal Shah

Hello, I'm Kamal from Hyderabad, India. I have been on dialysis for the last 13 years, six of them on PD, the rest on hemo. I have been on daily nocturnal home hemodialysis for the last four and half years. I can do pretty much everything myself. I love to travel and do short weekend trips or longer trips to places which have dialysis centers. Goa in India is a personal favorite. It is a great holiday destination and has two very good dialysis centers.

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