The Kidney Tracker blog
Practical notes on keeping the records your clinical team asks you to keep — about the writing-down, not the clinical decisions.
General
Kidney transplant
Tracking fluid after a kidney transplant
Keeping intake, output and weight records tidy in the early weeks at home, ready for your clinic visits.
Tracking weight and blood pressure after a transplant
Two daily readings, kept in one place and plotted over time, ready before you sit down at clinic.
Keeping a medication routine after a transplant
A med list and on-device reminders that nudge at the times you set with your team.
Recording blood results between clinic visits
Note the values your clinic reads back to you and follow them on a chart between appointments.
Dialysis
Managing a fluid restriction on haemodialysis
Log every drink and watch a running total against a daily limit you set with your team.
Tracking interdialytic weight gain at home
Log your weight between sessions and see the change drawn out as a line, not a list.
Fluid and weight logging on peritoneal dialysis
One tidy place for fluid and weight when treatment, and the record-keeping, happen at home.
Chronic kidney disease
What people often track through the CKD stages
A plain look at the everyday records people are often asked to keep, and how to log each one.
Blood pressure and weight tracking with CKD
Two home readings, kept together and drawn as a line, ready to share at your next appointment.
Keeping a fluid and symptom diary with advanced CKD
Fluid, temperature, glucose and notes in one private place, with the totalling done for you.
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