Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about living with kidney dialysis.

Ignore: Potassium in the diet should be watched and checked periodically.

Ignore: Ask your nephrologist for helpful tips to help limit your fluid intake.

Ignore: Most dialysis patients have decreased urine output. Ask about ways to limit fluid intake.

Ignore: Ask what the time commitment is on a weekly basis and what you can do to pass the time.

Ignore: Write a list of questions and hand it to your doctor at the beginning of your office visit .

Ignore: Be blunt. Education is the first step. You need to make your own decisions about dialysis choices.

Ignore: Ask how much dialysis do I need. Is home dialysis good for me. What do my labs show.

Ignore: Get on transplant list, seek a living donor, do not despair!

Ignore: Ask to be seen at a transplant center to see if you can be considered for a kidney transplant.