My Kidney Life
Kidney disease can affect every part of your life. You can keep doing the things you value —IF you make a choice that is a good fit for your life.
Use these resources to learn how your values work on all types of dialysis, with a transplant, or if you choose no treatment (comfort care).
My Kidney Life Plan
A free tool to help you RATE (using stars) how well a kidney treatment works for your values. Share your summary with your health care team.
My Kidney Life: A New Direction
If your kidneys—or a loved ones’—don’t work well, you may be angry, sad, scared. Or, you may feel all three ways at the same time. This is 100% normal! When you can move past fearto HOPE, you can make the rest of your life as good as it can be. In this book, we teach you your job with a chronic disease. We help you sort out what matters to you. And, we tellyou about each of the treatments, so you can make a choice that fits the way you want to live.
My Kidney Life Values
Learn how your lifestyle, relationships, and health values can be impacted by each type kidney treatmentwith these eClasses.
My Lifestyle Values: I Want To…
- Work or Go to School
- Travel
- Eat and Drink What I Like
- Swim and/or Take Baths
- Have My Pets
- Feel Well from Day to Day
- Afford My Care
- Feel in Control of My Life and My Treatment
- Not Turn My Home into a Clinic
- Avoid Needles
- Professionals to Take Care of Me
My Health Values: I Want To…
- Sleep Well
- Get a Transplant
- Take as Few Medicines as I Can
- Protect My Bones
- Protect My Heart
- Protect My Brain and Nerves
- Stay Out of the Hospital
- Live as Long as I Can