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Working While On Dialysis

Keeping Your Job When You Have Chronic Kidney Disease

When you have chronic kidney disease or need dialysis, you can keep working. There are benefits to working such as keeping your insurance and maintaining your lifestyle. However, you may need to make adjustments depending on how you feel or your dialysis schedule. From managing fatigue to knowing which dialysis treatment works best for your schedule; find out how keeping your job when you have chronic kidney disease can be possible and positive.

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Home Dialysis and Employment

There are tips for overcoming fatigue at work, establishing a flexible schedule and educating coworkers about your condition that can make it easier for people on home dialysis to maintain a job. Learn more about home dialysis and employment.  

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Going to School on Home Dialysis

Home dialysis is a treatment option that offers more flexibility with your daily schedule. People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) requiring dialysis who wish to go to school often choose home dialysis. School is a place to be around your peers while becoming educated in a field that interests you. Learn how going to school on home dialysis is possible.

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Work and Travel on Dialysis

Chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis can find it challenging to schedule their life around dialysis. But many people on dialysis find that keeping a job and allotting vacation time are great ways to get out and enjoy life. You do not have to quit work when you are on dialysis. Whichever dialysis modality you choose, you can schedule dialysis around your work. Travel is also doable if you make sure to plan before you head out on the open road, in the air or on the high seas. Learn how you can work and travel on dialysis.

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