Handy Dialysis Hints 1

Here are a few handy hints which dialysis patients may find helpful.


1. Apply for your Freedom pass for free travel on tube, bus, rail and tram from your local council.

2. Apply for a Taxicard for black taxi journeys of 3 miles for £1.50 or 5 miles for £3.00.

Visit www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/taxicard

3. Don't forget you can substitute potato portions for other Caribbean ethnic starches such as yam, cassava, sweet potatoes, plantain, green banana (Still double boil as per usual). Talk to your dietician for more information.

4. DANGER DANGER - Avoid Star fruit which contains a chemical ingredient which can be toxic to a dialysis patient.

5. ENJOY - Grapefruit. Transplant patients aren't allowed grapefruit

or grapfruit juices!

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