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2026-06-04 Michael McFarland Campbell

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

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.

2025-12-05 Michael McFarland Campbell

⏱️ A Day in the Emergency Department

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

Dialysis, Decisions, and Sticky Blood: A Gentle Pause

2025-09-01 Michael McFarland Campbell

When Accessibility Is Just a Sign on the Wall

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

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

📝 Patient Perspective: adjusting to the new afternoon dialysis time

2024-06-132024-06-13 Michael McFarland Campbell

AV fistula considerations: exploring options at Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore

2024-06-012024-06-01 Michael McFarland Campbell

Daily dialysis care: recording key measurements for medical monitoring

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2024-05-092026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Blood pressure continues to worry

2024-05-09 Michael McFarland Campbell

Hospital clinics at awkward times

2024-03-05 Michael McFarland Campbell

New blood pressure medication dosage has desired effect

2023-11-02 Michael McFarland Campbell

Yet another diagnosis

2023-10-18 Michael McFarland Campbell

Not so great sleep last night

2023-10-162023-10-16 Michael McFarland Campbell

High heart rate alert, high blood pressure today

2023-09-10 Michael McFarland Campbell

Sunday in hospital: feeling low but also feeling good

2023-09-09 Michael McFarland Campbell

Another week of more challenges on dialysis

A blue plate with a model of a brain on it.
2023-07-04 Michael McFarland Campbell

Neurology: all clear today

2023-06-292023-06-29 Michael McFarland Campbell

Up and down like a rollercoaster

2023-06-13 Michael McFarland Campbell

Hospitalised. Again.

2023-06-01 Michael McFarland Campbell

Best sleep in a long time…

2023-03-30 Michael McFarland Campbell

Hello how are you?

2023-01-052023-01-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

Monthly bloods repeated

2023-01-04 Michael McFarland Campbell

Day 4 of 2023 — hopefully, today is better

2022-12-24 Andrew McFarland Campbell

A technical writing Christmas miracle!

2022-11-01 Michael McFarland Campbell

Finally activated on the list

2022-08-22 Michael McFarland Campbell

Monday dialysis: it must have been a good weekend!

2022-07-26 Michael McFarland Campbell

Monkeypox – some thoughts

2022-07-262022-07-26 Michael McFarland Campbell

Unable to breathe on dialysis

2022-06-072023-10-16 Michael McFarland Campbell

Hospital social workers in Tullamore: an update

2022-05-262022-05-26 Michael McFarland Campbell

725% of the target, can we get it to 1000%?

2022-04-232022-04-23 Michael McFarland Campbell

Gardening is good for my mental health… and helps some charity as well as I #PlantPink

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2022-04-19 Michael McFarland Campbell

Referral to neuropsychology

2021-08-132021-08-13 Michael McFarland Campbell

Progress on gay blood donation: does it take account of U=U?

2021-06-13 Michael McFarland Campbell

Revised format for recording dialysis and HIV medications and stats

2021-06-11 Michael McFarland Campbell

HSE computer hack has helped mental health for me as a dialysis patient

2021-03-24 Michael McFarland Campbell

Epilepsy Awareness “degree” awarded

2021-03-18 Michael McFarland Campbell

End of an era… new chapter begins tomorrow

2021-03-11 Michael McFarland Campbell

Living well with kidney disease: towards patient-centred care

2021-03-112021-03-11 Michael McFarland Campbell

1 in 9 people worldwide have kidney disease

Beaumont Hospital coat of arms
2021-02-12 Michael McFarland Campbell

Next stage in work up to transplant

2020-09-232020-09-23 Michael McFarland Campbell

Ireland needs sick pay for all

2020-05-20 Michael McFarland Campbell

Welcome from UNAIDS for new tool for HIV prevention for gay men and other men who have sex with men and trangender women

2020-05-20 Michael McFarland Campbell

Keeping track of the potassium is vital for renal patients

2020-03-29 Michael McFarland Campbell

And so into lockdown I go

2020-03-11 Michael McFarland Campbell

GP appointment

2020-03-09 Michael McFarland Campbell

Get involved with THT to help them shape their work

2020-03-072020-03-09 Michael McFarland Campbell

Bit of a mix-up: but it’s all sorted now!

2020-03-04 Michael McFarland Campbell

Latest Coronavirus advice for people living with HIV

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