Let me add one additional comment regarding the point of reduced dialysis mentioned in the previous post. You can review this section of the story to see the reasoning for doing this. http://bit.ly/2SisuWC The bottom line for me was "if you don't use it -- you lose it." That is atrophy. That's what the body parts do if you don't use them (my theory). And that's what I saw for my kidneys in my future if I remained on dialysis.