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Year: 2025

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

A green dragon plushie with white tablet sitting in front of him on a table.
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.

2025-11-072026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

🧠 Remembering Phosphate Binders: A Real-Life Struggle

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2025-11-032026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

🛑 PrEP Access in Ireland: A Public Health Promise Unfulfilled

2025-10-202026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Finally: Costa Drive-Through in Port Laoise Installs Emergency Alarm Cord in Accessible Toilet

2025-10-152026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Why I Skip My Blood Pressure Meds Before Dialysis

2025-10-132026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Still Waiting: Accessibility Delayed at Costa Coffee Port Laoise

2025-10-052026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Stepping Forward: A September of Heart and Hope

2025-09-222026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Dialysis, Alarms, and a Patch of Sunlight

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2025-09-152026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

🟢 Standing Up for Mental Health: Why I’m Proud to Wear the Green Ribbon

Michael in front of his dialysis machine.
2025-09-152026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Back on Track: A Step Closer to the Transplant List

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2025-09-072026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

🚶‍♂️Stepping Up for Heart Health: My Week of Walking for the Irish Heart Foundation

2025-09-052026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

🥡 From Sweet & Sour to Emergency Room: My Accidental Adventure with Chinese Takeout

2025-09-02 Michael McFarland Campbell

☕ A Step Toward Better Service: Costa Coffee Responds

2025-09-01 Michael McFarland Campbell

When Accessibility Is Just a Sign on the Wall

2025-08-212026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Today’s Journey: A vascular scan with sensory sensitivity in mind

2025-08-152026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

🧠 Your Voice Matters: Share Your Experience with HIV Treatment in Europe

View From Above Shot of Coffee and Oat Milk
2025-08-11 Michael McFarland Campbell

🩺 Why We’re Rethinking Milk and Tomatoes: A Dialysis-Friendly Diet Journey

Memorial to Mgr Hugh O'Flaherty
2025-08-07 Michael McFarland Campbell

God Has No Country: A Pilgrim’s Journey Through Kerry by Rail

An orange Irish Rail locomotive in a station.
2025-08-05 Michael McFarland Campbell

Exploring Ireland by Rail: A Journey from Monasterevin with Heart and Hope

2025-07-302026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Enhancing Safety and Peace of Mind: The Role of Cameras in the Dialysis Waiting Room

2025-07-30 Michael McFarland Campbell

A Delightful Dublin Discovery: Tea and Toast at The Pepper Pot

2025-07-232025-07-23 Michael McFarland Campbell

📝 Patient Perspective: adjusting to the new afternoon dialysis time

2025-07-212026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

🕊️ Still at the Heart of Our Home: Remembering Scholastica

2025-07-212026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

⏳ Dialysis diaries: a day of beeps, battles, and breakthroughs

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2025-07-082026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

The post went live, then the phone rang

2025-07-082026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Undetectable, breathable, endurable

Michael McFarland Campbell

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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