Guides
The guides
Everything we know how to explain, in the order it tends to matter. Start anywhere. Most people arrive at the middle of this list, frightened, having been handed a leaflet and a date.
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Understanding kidney disease
What the kidneys actually do, what the numbers on your blood test mean, and how anyone decides that dialysis is needed.
Choosing treatment
The four real paths, compared honestly, plus transplantation and why the question should be asked early.
Starting dialysis
Your access, and what a first session is really like. Most of the fear is surprise, and surprise is fixable.
Living with dialysis
Food, fluid, medicines, work, exercise, relationships and mood. Dialysis is hard, and a life is still a life.