Do you notice that the first person on the team is YOU?

Whether you realize it or not, you are the leader of your healthcare team. All of the other people on your team come together at various times and places to help you manage your kidney disease. But you are the one who is always there. And you are the one who knows you best!

Your healthcare team looks to you for information about how kidney disease and its treatment are affecting you––and for follow-through on what they recommend.

Some teams achieve great things––and others lack focus and direction. You need to do your part, so your healthcare team can help you to do better. They depend on you as much as you depend on them.

 Here's what two patients say about being on their healthcare team