Living Well with Kidney Disease
Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) Education Center Podcasts provide individuals with the latest news on kidney disease while focusing on what patients can do to ensure their optimal health. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Twitter and Youtube.
Episodes
FB Live – Dec 17th: In December’s episode of Ask the Doctor, Dr. Velma Scantlebury goes live to help answer patients’ questions about living well, both physical and mentally, with kidney disease. This month’s discussion focuses on navigating the holidays, staying ready for transplant, and understanding how stress impacts renal health, along with many other kidney-related topics.
Holiday celebrations can be challenging for kidney pat...
FB Live – Dec 3rd: In this bonus episode of Ask the Doctor, Dr. Velma Scantlebury goes live to help guide patients through some of the most common, and confusing, parts of the kidney disease journey. She’s breaking down treatment choices, special considerations around the holidays, cramping in both dialysis and transplant patients, and many other kidney-related topics.
Dr. Scantlebury breaks down what it means to be diagnosed with c...
FB Live – Nov 19th: Dr. Velma Scantlebury is back for another episode of Ask the Doctor, answering important kidney-related questions submitted by patients across the country. This month, she dives into how the transplant list works, shares essential holiday travel tips for kidney patients, and explains why some dialysis patients experience numbness in their hands, along with many other kidney health topics.
Dr. Scantlebury discusse...
FB Live – October 15th: Dr. Velma Scantlebury is back and answering important patient questions for another episode of Ask the Doctor! This month, she’s talking about cancer screenings, how skipping dialysis treatment impacts your body, the role of binders versus blocker in phosphorous management, and many other kidney-related topics.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Dr. Scantlebury emphasizes the importance of using th...
FB Live – September 17th: In this episode of Ask the Doctor, DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Dr. Velma Scantlebury, goes Live on Facebook to answer patient questions about living well with kidney disease. This month, she answers patient questions regarding important guidance on vaccines, recognizing the signs of kidney failure, the importance of routine cancer screenings, and many other kidney-related topics.
Because d...
FB Live – August 20th: In this episode of Ask the Doctor, DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Dr. Velma Scantlebury goes Live on Facebook to answer patient questions about life with kidney disease. This month’s discussion focuses on transplant options, organ donation, the critical impact of anemia on kidney patients, and many other kidney-related topics.
Is there a limit to how many transplant lists a patient can join? Dr....
FB Live – July 16th: In this month’s episode of Ask the Doctor, DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Dr. Velma Scantlebury, renowned transplant surgeon and advocate for kidney health, goes Live on Facebook to answer your most pressing questions about living with kidney disease. Tune in to hear her advice on preventing sepsis, managing post-transplant viruses, and addressing caregiver burnout, along with many other kidney-r...
FB Live – June 18th: In this episode of Ask the Doctor, DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Dr. Velma Scantlebury goes Live on Facebook to answer real questions from kidney patients across the country. This month, Dr. Scantlebury covers essential summertime advice, transplant readiness tips, explains the importance of albumin in managing your health, along with many other kidney-related topics.
Hot weather can pose serious...
IG Live 06.04.2025 – DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Velma Scantlebury, MD, Live on Instagram to answer your kidney related questions. This month, Dr. Scantlebury answers questions on maintaining good standing on the transplant list, what happens with fluid overload in dialysis patients, vacation tips, and many more kidney-related topics.
Maintaining active status on the kidney transplant list involves more than just w...
FB Live – May 21st: DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Velma Scantlebury, MD, Live on Facebook to answer your kidney related questions. This month, Dr. Scantlebury answers patient questions about getting pregnant as a kidney patient, why some dialysis patients need additional estrogen, pediatric kidney transplants, and many other kidney-related topics.
Dr. Scantlebury explains the risks and considerations for kidney patie...
IG Live 05.07.2025 – DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Velma Scantlebury, MD, Live on Instagram to answer your kidney related questions. This month, Dr. Scantlebury answers questions on kidney disease and transplant in children, the importance of vitamin D, how organ matching on the transplant list works, and many more kidney-related topics.
Important to know your numbers, going to the doctor, know you blood pressure, ch...
FB Live – April 16th: DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Velma Scantlebury, MD, Live on Facebook to answer your kidney related questions. This month, Dr. Scantlebury answers patient questions about paired exchange transplants, the effects of calcium build up in dialysis patients, why fluid overload is so dangerous, and many other kidney-related topics.
Kidney paired exchange, or a "kidney swap," is a donor matc...
Special IG Live March 26th – The DPC Education Center live on Instagram for a special event, hosted Nancy Scott, a transplant recipient and the Education Project Manager of the DPC Education Center. Join for a discussion with patients on their individual journeys with kidney disease. Derek Powers, a dialysis patient; Al Brisbane, a transplant recipient and Christopher Richards, a dialysis patient: are three resilient patients who s...
FB Live – March 19th: DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Velma Scantlebury, MD, Live on Facebook to answer your kidney related questions. This month, Dr. Scantlebury answers patient questions about what can happen if you miss a dialysis day, how patients might feel after dialysis treatment, possible side effects of anti-rejection medication, and many other kidney-related topics.
As a dialysis patient, it’s important to ad...
IG Live 03.05.2025 – DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Velma Scantlebury, MD, Live on Instagram to answer your kidney related questions. This month, Dr. Scantlebury talks about being listed on multiple transplant lists, exploring living donation, the importance of continuing your anti-rejection medications, and many other kidney-related topics.
Getting on the transplant list is a huge step towards receiving a kidney and ...
FB Live – February 19th: DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Velma Scantlebury, MD, Live on Facebook to answer your kidney related questions. February is American Heart Month and Dr. Scantlebury is highlighting the importance of heart health, no matter if you're a dialysis patient, transplant patient, or a caregiver. She talks about anemia and its effect on the heart, why you should be keeping in contact with your tr...
IG Live 02.05.2025 – DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Velma Scantlebury, MD, went Live on Instagram to answer your kidney related questions. February is American Heart Month, and it's crucial to remember that kidney disease is closely linked to heart health. Dr. Scantlebury talks about the particular importance of heart health for dialysis and transplant patients, as well as when you can be referred back to your n...
Happy New Year and welcome back to Kidney Questions for the Doctor! DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Velma Scantlebury, MD, went Live on Facebook this month to answer your kidney related questions. Post-holidays can be a bit gloomy, so Dr. Scantlebury talks a bit about seasonal depression, staying up-to-date on your screenings and testing for transplant, emergency preparedness, and many other kidney-related topics.
Seas...
IG Live 12.04.2024 – DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Velma Scantlebury, MD, Live on Instagram to answer your kidney related questions. December is a huge time for gathering with friends and family, so Dr. Scantlebury talks about staying healthy and the best ways to protect both yourself and others from getting sick. This month, she also discusses treating COVID infections in transplant patients, heart failure and kidn...
FB Live – November 20th: DPC Education Center’s Healthcare Consultant, Velma Scantlebury, MD, Live on Facebook to answer your kidney related questions. We have officially entered into the holiday season, which means lots of gatherings with friends and family and lots of holiday foods. Dr. Scantlebury talks about the importance of being up to date on your vaccines, washing your hands, and even wearing a mask to keep yourself protect...
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