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February 2018
Potassium test kit - your help is required
 A collaboration between Cambridge University Hospitals and the University of Cambridge has led to early developments towards a sensor kit which would allow patients to check their own blood potassium levels at home.
The proposed kit would consist of a small handheld device, similar to glucometers used by people with diabetes, coupled with single use, disposable test strips to measure potassium levels from a very small drop of blood from a
finger-prick. As you may know, kidneys regulate body potassium levels; this is important for nerves and muscles including the heart. When kidneys do not work properly it is important to know the blood level so that diet or medication can be adjusted to correct as needed.
As a kidney patient, we believe you might benefit from such a kit and would like to gather your honest opinion to help us in further developing this technology.
The survey should only take 5 minutes and your responses are completely anonymous.
Please download
the questionnaire by clicking here and
send the completed form to potassiumkit@gmail.com
You can also contact us or complete this survey on our website:
www.mypotassium.com.
If you have any questions about the survey, please email us:
potassiumkit@gmail.com
March 2017
Rare Bird Raises Funds
 Dr Meryl Griffiths had the good fortune to find a dipper in her garden. Although not rare in other parts of the country this little bird has only been recorded twice before in Cambridgeshire. The Royal Society for
the Protection of Birds was very excited about his appearance and arranged for groups of bird watchers to come and see him. The RSPB practice is to ask for a donation to a nominated charity in return for coming into someone’s garden and Dr Griffiths nominated AKPA.
She had visits from groups of Cambridgeshire members of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and each time the little bird turned up on cue. As a result she collected a total of £195 for
AKPA.
Our thanks to Dr Griffiths and her Dipper.
Find more news from AKPA at www.akpa.org.uk/news
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"I entered the ballot for the London Marathon never thinking that I would be chosen. I am still in shock that I have been given a place. I have chosen to donate my sponsorship money to the AKPA because they have helped my brother Ralph, a cousin and also a family friend who have had kidney transplants in Addenbrookes Hospital."
"I am doing this 50k walk as my husband Nigel Wood has been doing dialysis for the past 4 years and is currently on the transplant list waiting for a kidney."