ldrlsw Yes, things will be different from now on, definitely. I hope your husband listens to his DaVita team, and follows their advice. The nausea is always a big flag when your eGFR gets low, and they use that to gauge getting onto dialysis. When I started PD, my eGFR was about 13%, and I had decided that the combination of active chemo for multiple myeloma and rapidly dropping eGFR was a bad combination. My energy was so bad. Now my kidneys have recovered to 18% since September, and my chemo meds are working more efficiently! That's a win-win in my book.

Here is a link to what the National Kidney Foundation has to say about fluids while on dialysis: https://www.kidney.org/newsletter/thirst-tips-dialysis-patients#:~:text=Most%20dialysis%20patients%20need%20to,and%20make%20dialysis%20very%20uncomfortable.

And what they have to say about fluid overload, and its effects: https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/fluid-overload-dialysis-patient#:~:text=Most%20dialysis%20patients%20need%20to,ice%20chips%2C%20or%20frozen%20grapes.

We cannot force someone to do something they do not want to do, or are willing to do, so I hope your husband will be able to see how being non-compliant may affect his health.
Ginger