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Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on living with kidney dialysis.

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Ignore: Having dialysed for three years my advise is to carry on as normal a life you can .

Answered 5/30/2014

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Dr. Donald Collins answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ignore: To succeed with dialysis, stay on your diet, take meds as ordered, do dialysis on schedule.

Answered 4/24/2015

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Ignore: Minimize phosphate containing foods. Always take your phosphate binders every time you eat.

Answered 2/23/2015

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Dr. Ronald Hamner answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Ignore: Carbonated drinks increase bone pain in dialysis patients. avoid sodas and your bone pain improves.

Answered 8/6/2015

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Ignore: Don't eat processed food. Watch your fluid consumption. Always take binders.

Answered 1/15/2016

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Ignore: With dialysis, a disciplined regimen is essential.

Answered 6/8/2019

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Ignore: Dialysis is a chronic treatment for life but substituted by kidney transplant.

Answered 1/21/2018

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