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    1. About Kidney Disease
      1. OVERVIEW
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      9. Insurance & Managing Costs
      10. Choosing Not to Treat
    3. Life On Dialysis
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      1. About Kidney Disease
        1. Understanding Chronic Kidney Disease
          1. Symptoms
          2. Risk Factors
          3. Causes
          4. Diagnosis and Testing
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        2. Kidney Disease Stages
          1. Stage 1
          2. Stage 2
          3. Stage 3
          4. Stage 4
          5. Stage 5
        3. What Is a Nephrologist?
        4. What to Expect with CKD
        5. Kidney Disease Management
          1. Kidney Diet Basics
          2. CKD Medications
          3. Your Kidney Care Team
          4. Diabetes
          5. High Blood Pressure
        6. Understanding Acute Kidney Injury
          1. Acute Kidney Injury Treatment and Recovery
        7. How Kidneys Work
        8. Take a FREE CLASS on Kidney Disease
      2. Treatments
        1. Dialysis Basics
          1. How Does a Hemodialysis Machine Work
          2. Starting Dialysis
          3. Types of Dialysis Access
          4. Your Care Plan
          5. Dialysis Medications
          6. Monitoring Your Lab Results
        2. Benefits of Home Dialysis
        3. Home Peritoneal Dialysis
          1. What to Expect
          2. Getting Prepared
          3. PD Access
          4. PD Training
          5. PD Monitoring
          6. Your Care Team
        4. Home Hemodialysis
          1. What to Expect
          2. Getting Prepared
          3. HD Training
          4. HD Monitoring
          5. Your Care Team
        5. Sign up to Talk to a Home Dialysis Expert
        6. In-Center Hemodialysis
          1. In-Center Treatment Options
          2. What to Expect
          3. Types of Vascular Access for Hemodialysis
          4. Your Care Team
          5. How to Choose a Center
        7. Transplant
          1. Finding a Kidney Donor
          2. Considering Kidney Donation
        8. Insurance & Managing Costs
          1. Understanding Medicare Coverage
          2. Understanding Medicare Advantage
          3. Understanding Employer Plans
        9. Choosing Not to Treat
      3. Life On Dialysis
        1. Your Emotional Health While on Dialysis
          1. Managing Your Emotions
          2. Talking About Dialysis
          3. Intimacy
          4. Body Image and Dialysis
          5. Building Your Dialysis Support Network
        2. Staying Engaged
          1. Tips for Working While on Dialysis
          2. In-Center Activities
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        3. Staying Healthy
          1. Managing Your Time on Dialysis
          2. Dialysis & Exercise
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          5. Managing Multiple Conditions
          6. Fighting the Flu
        4. Dialysis Travel Services and Information
        5. Tips for Loved Ones
          1. In-Center Hemodialysis
          2. At-Home Hemodialysis
          3. At-Home Peritoneal Dialysis
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      4. Recipes & Nutrition
        1. Recipes
        2. Managing Your Diet
          1. Eating Well on a CKD Diet
          2. Eating Well on a Dialysis Diet
          3. Salt and Kidney Disease
          4. Potassium and Kidney Disease
          5. Phosphorus and Kidney Disease
          6. Talking With Your Dietitian
        3. Fluid Management on Dialysis
        4. Dialysis Diet Planning
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          2. Eating Out
          3. Holiday Diet Tips
          4. A Chef’s Advice | Chef Aaron McCargo on Kidney Friendly Meals
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      Staying Employed While on Dialysis

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      Working full or part time while on dialysis can be a key part of creating a satisfying life. To help you balance your job and your treatment, your doctor can determine which type of dialysis will work best with your schedule.

      Know your rights

      Want to stay at your job or find a new one? Go for it. There are laws that protect your rights as a worker, like the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvements Act and Social Security Work Incentive Programs. To learn more about any one of these laws, please see below, and "Get Details" will direct you to the appropriate external sites for additional information.
      Americans with Disabilities Act
      Requires companies of 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified people with disabilities, which may include time off for dialysis or extra breaks.

      Get details
      Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
      Requires companies of 50 or more employees to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to its employees to take care of their health or a loved one’s health. Qualified employees can take 12 weeks all at once or in separate blocks of time.
      Get details
      Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvements Act
      Allows states to provide Medicaid coverage to disabled workers, as well as Vocational Rehabilitation services from your state or a private employment network. Going on disability for end stage renal disease (ESRD) and receiving benefits does not prevent you from working.
      Get details
      Social Security Work Incentive Programs
      Provide benefits for people who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Income (SSDI).
      Get details

      Watch to learn about home dialysis.

      LEARN ABOUT THE FREEDOM OF HOME DIALYSIS

      There are big benefits to home dialysis—it offers greater flexibility so you can keep the lifestyle you love. Find out if starting or switching to home dialysis is right for you.

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      GET TIPS ON TALKING ABOUT DIALYSIS

      Learn ways to communicate effectively about your health and what you're going through.

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      3 helpful conversations to have about treatment

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        Discuss dialysis and work schedules with your doctor and social worker. Your treatment team wants you to be able to keep a satisfying job and fulfill your work obligations. You may want to discuss peritoneal dialysis (PD) or at-home hemodialysis (HD) as an option. At-home dialysis offers you a more flexible schedule and PD even allows you to dialyze at work. You may also want to consider overnight (nocturnal) dialysis at one of our centers. Check with your social worker, since not every center offers nocturnal treatments.
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        Educate your work supervisor. Depending on your work environment and your relationship with your supervisor, it may be helpful to let him or her know that you are undergoing dialysis. Remember, though, to use your discretion. You are not required to share your health information with your employer unless you wish to.

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        Get advice from your social worker. Ask about ways to balance the dynamics of life, dialysis and working. Your social worker can help you find ways to master life on the job.
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