Visits With Vanessa

Listen to our podcast, "Visits with Vanessa," to learn more about home hemodialysis (HHD). Vanessa Evans, Senior Manager of Patient Advocacy, will invite patients, care partners, and healthcare experts to talk about the dialysis journey, how HHD has impacted their lives, and many other important therapy related topics. Special guests will share their experiences, tips, and more.

Commonly Asked Q&A's Around Home Hemodialysis (HHD) Training 04/03/2024

Commonly Asked Q&A's Around Home Hemodialysis (HHD) Training Rosie, a Facility Administrator for Home Therapies, joins Vanessa to go through some of the most asked questions and answers surrounding HHD training. How long does HHD training usually take? What do I learn about during training? Tune in to hear these questions and more, answered. /episode/index/show/visits-with-vanessa/id/30660393

Customer Service and Tech Support are Here to Help… Part 2! 07/17/2023

Customer Service and Tech Support are Here to Help… Part 2! On this episode, David, from the NxStage Customer Success team, joins Vanessa for a part 2 follow up about more ways the team is here to help HHD patients. What role do they play supporting patients during things like storms, water main breaks, ordering emergency supplies etc.? Tune in to hear these questions and more, answered. /episode/index/show/visits-with-vanessa/id/27398925

Customer Service Is Here to Help! Learn More About the NxStage Team 03/28/2023

Customer Service Is Here to Help! Learn More About the NxStage Team David from NxStage Customer Service talks about some of the different ways the team helps HHD patients every day. From some of the key training the team goes through, to how many people they help over the phone every week, hear how the team is ready to assist. /episode/index/show/visits-with-vanessa/id/26155599

Home Hemodialysis Now and in the Future: An Epidemiologist’s Opinion 11/01/2022

Home Hemodialysis Now and in the Future: An Epidemiologist’s Opinion Dr. Eric Weinhandl shares why he is an advocate for HHD and his thoughts on how patients and care teams can break down barriers when it comes to getting patients home. Eric also discusses the importance of health equity and what he thinks the future of home dialysis could look like. You don’t want to miss this knowledgeable discussion between patient and professor. /episode/index/show/visits-with-vanessa/id/24745791

Freedom and Flexibility with Home Hemodialysis 08/30/2022

Freedom and Flexibility with Home Hemodialysis Patient Advocate Dawn tells us all about her and husband Jimmie’s 3-month RV road trip. Hear the details about how they were able to leave home for 3 months without skipping a beat in Jimmie’s HHD treatments. /episode/index/show/visits-with-vanessa/id/24096210

Balancing a Full Life: Home dialysis fits in when and where you need it 06/28/2022

Balancing a Full Life: Home dialysis fits in when and where you need it The fifth episode of our patient-centered home hemodialysis (HHD) podcast, Visits with Vanessa, is available now. Our guest Nieltje is the current Executive Director of Home Dialyzors United, an HHD patient, and a NxStage user. Vanessa and Nieltje discuss how they balance very busy lives and schedules, including work, family, travel, and HHD. Nieltje explains the importance of finding your “why” and how doing HHD independently has let her live her life on her terms.. /episode/index/show/visits-with-vanessa/id/23550722

Managing Home Dialysis in Smaller Spaces 04/13/2022

Managing Home Dialysis in Smaller Spaces Dawn, a home hemodialysis (HHD) patient and Patient Advocate, lives in a smaller space and makes dialysis work for her. See how she manages her supplies and gets creative with storage for successful home therapy. /episode/index/show/visits-with-vanessa/id/22783769

Staying Connected: Home Hemodialysis with Nx2me Connected Health 03/01/2022

Staying Connected: Home Hemodialysis with Nx2me Connected Health Maaya, a Patient Advocate, lost her kidney function in 2014. With a busy career and family life, Maaya found that traditional in-center dialysis wasn’t the right fit for her lifestyle and transitioned to home hemodialysis, freeing up more time for what’s important to her. /episode/index/show/visits-with-vanessa/id/22299041

Exploring HHD Options: Making the Choice That's Best for You 12/16/2021

Exploring HHD Options: Making the Choice That's Best for You The second episode of our patient-centered home hemodialysis (HHD) focused podcast, Visits with Vanessa, is available now. Our special guest, Dawn, is a NxStage Patient Advocate, nocturnal home hemodialysis (HHD) patient, and a NxStage user. Vanessa and Dawn will discuss a variety of HHD options—more frequent HHD with a care partner, solo/independent HHD, nocturnal HHD—as well as portability and travel. Tune in to understand what HHD options are available and get more information to make the choice that's best for you. /episode/index/show/visits-with-vanessa/id/21508550

Traveling While on Home Hemodialysis 10/04/2021

Traveling While on Home Hemodialysis Hear about traveling with the NxStage Home Hemodialysis (HHD) system from Dawn, NxStage Patient Advocate, and care partner for her husband Jimmie. Jimmie has been on HHD for 12 years and has successfully integrated home therapy into his lifestyle. Dawn and Vanessa share tips and tricks on traveling by car and by plane with the NxStage system. Our host, Vanessa, is an avid traveler and has taken almost 30 trips with her HHD machine in the last five years! /episode/index/show/visits-with-vanessa/id/20700737

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