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Michael undertaking self-care dialysis in Port Laoise, 2021
2026-08-192026-08-19 Michael McFarland Campbell

Five Years On: From Self-Care to Shared Care

2026-08-06 Michael McFarland Campbell

From ICU to Hope: Lessons from a Cardiac Admission

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2026-08-03 Michael McFarland Campbell

A Bit of an Unexpected Detour

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2026-08-03 Michael McFarland Campbell

A Familiar Name on the Monitor

Michael and Andrew smiling together through a rainbow-coloured Belfast Pride photo frame at the Belfast Trust stall. Michael wears a bright yellow hoodie, while Andrew wears a pink hoodie and glasses. The frame reads “Belfast Pride,” “Love is love,” and “#BelfastTrust.”
2026-07-25 Michael McFarland Campbell

Back Where My HIV Story Began

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2026-07-25 Michael McFarland Campbell

Shared Air

2026-07-17 Michael McFarland Campbell

Tidying Seventeen Years of HIVBlogger

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2026-07-172026-07-17 Michael McFarland Campbell

For the Media

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2026-07-142026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

A Small Adjustment

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2026-07-112026-07-16 Michael McFarland Campbell

Some Weeks Are About Progress. Others Are About Persistence.

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2026-07-022026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Heatwaves, Dialysis, and Learning When to Rest

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2026-06-262026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Accessibility Is More Than Installation

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2026-06-242026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Fourteen Years Later: Ireland Is Finally Rethinking the War on Drugs

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2026-06-232026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Schooled for the Path: St Alban, Strength Training, and a New Milestone

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2026-06-212026-07-16 Michael McFarland Campbell

One Week In: What a Notebook Taught Me About Strength and Health

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2026-06-182026-07-16 Michael McFarland Campbell

Strength & Health Log

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2026-06-152026-06-16 Michael McFarland Campbell

Irish AIDS Day

2026-06-132026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

The Power of Small Gains

2026-06-102026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Sometimes the Workout Moves

2026-06-04 Michael McFarland Campbell

Kilkenny Steps & Clever Pivots: Listening to My Body on Exercise Day

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2026-06-032026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Why I Don’t Want Dialysis at Home

2026-05-302026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Strength Between Sessions: Fitness on Dialysis Since 2018

2026-05-272026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Forget DrABC: The Definitive “High-Vis” Triage Protocol

They should now better. But sometimes, they don't. A red ribbon, and living with HIV since March 2009.
2026-04-152026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

HIV Is Not a Political Football. Treatment Works. Full Stop.

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2026-04-062026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Patient Autonomy and Safety Matter—Even Between Patients

2026-03-282026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Life Is Good — Just Mostly Elsewhere These Days

2026-03-05 Michael McFarland Campbell

Seventeen Years of Blogging — and the Journey that Followed

2026-02-022026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

When the Dialysis Machine Has “One of Those Days”

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2026-02-022026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Dialysis Days: Starting the Week a Little Heavier

2026-02-022026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Stepping Away from Social Media for hivblogger

U=U Undetectable = Untransmittable
2026-01-022026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Why Accurate CCI Scoring Matters for People Living With HIV

2025-12-292026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

A small step, a warm pancake (or seven)

2025-12-262026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

A Year of Faith, Creativity, and Community

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2025-12-262026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Christmas Dialysis: the first session back

2025-12-11 Michael McFarland Campbell

Writing Through Resilience: An Irish Writers Centre Membership

2025-12-09 Michael McFarland Campbell

🌍❤️ Last week we marked World AIDS Day.

2025-12-072026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Writing, Publishing, and What Comes Next

2025-12-05 Michael McFarland Campbell

⏱️ A Day in the Emergency Department

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2025-12-052026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

An update from dialysis

2025-11-272026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

On the Threshold: journeying to Beaumont, waiting for World AIDS Day 2025.

Michael in front of his dialysis machine.
2025-11-242026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Dialysis day: the Aranesp question

Two teddies - members of the Council of the Bears.
2025-11-192026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Bearing the Cold: Asthma, Chest Lines, and the Ethics of Dialysis Support

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2025-11-172026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

A Dragon at My Side

2025-11-122026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Bearing the Numbers: Blood Pressure, Dialysis, and the Ministry of Presence

2025-11-122026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Mask. Shift. Breathe.

2025-11-122026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Still Too High: A Blood Pressure Snapshot of Chronic Life

2025-11-102026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Managing Hypertension on Dialysis: A Patient’s Tightrope

They should now better. But sometimes, they don't. A red ribbon, and living with HIV since March 2009.
2025-11-102026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

They Should Know Better. But Sometimes, They Don’t.

2025-11-102025-11-10 Michael McFarland Campbell

Dialysis, Decisions, and Sticky Blood: A Gentle Pause

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2025-11-102026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

From Diabetes to Dialysis: Plushie’s new mission.

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Michael McFarland Campbell

Michael McFarland Campbell is an independent journalist, editor, author, hymn writer, photographer and organist. Through Gyronny Herald and NeuroDivine.ie, he explores politics, society, faith, identity, chronic illness and the sacred in everyday life.

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