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Kidney DailyPractical kidney care

Tools · 9 local-only organizers

Keep the details together—without a score, target, or judgment

Fill these tools in on screen and print them, or print blank copies and write by hand. They organize information for your own conversations; they do not interpret it.

Prepare

Appointment question checklist

Collect and rank your questions so the most important one gets asked first.

Write down what you want to ask between visits, then put the list in order before you go in.

My most important question

Put this first even if it feels small or difficult to explain.

My other questions

One question per line makes the printed list easier to scan.

Something that changed since my last visit
Something I did not understand last time
Before I leave, I want to confirm

For example: who to contact, what to bring, or when to follow up.

This checklist holds the questions you already have. It does not generate answers, interpret results, or recommend treatment choices.

Prepare

Medication and supplement list

One page for prescriptions, over-the-counter products, vitamins, and supplements.

Copy each item exactly as it appears on its label and bring the list to a clinician or pharmacist for review.

Date this list was last updated
Prescription medicines

One per line: name, dose as prescribed, timing as prescribed, and prescriber.

Over-the-counter products

Include products used only sometimes.

Vitamins, minerals, herbal products, and supplements
Pharmacy contact
Questions for my clinician or pharmacist

This list records instructions as given. It never suggests a dose or a change. Do not start, stop, or change a medicine to make the list simpler.

Food labels

Food-label comparison worksheet

Put two products side by side without assigning a score or winner.

Copy facts from both packages, beginning with serving size. Use the separate calculator below if you need serving arithmetic.

Product A

Copy its name, labeled serving size, and serving weight or volume.

Product B

Copy its name, labeled serving size, and serving weight or volume.

Facts copied from Product A
Facts copied from Product B
Ingredients I want to ask about
Questions for my dietitian or care team

This worksheet records package information. It does not decide which product fits your needs or turn label values into personal targets.

Food labels

Sodium serving arithmetic

Scale the sodium number printed on a label to the amount you used.

Enter the label's sodium value, its serving amount, and the amount you used in the same unit. The calculator shows the arithmetic only.

Enter all three numbers to calculate

The labeled serving must be greater than zero, and both amount fields must use the same unit.

This performs one equation only. It does not compare the result with a personal limit or decide whether the amount fits your care plan.

The result is not a sodium target, product rating, or recommendation. Packaging and serving information can change, so check the current label.

Food labels

Literal “PHOS” ingredient finder

Highlight the letters “PHOS” in an ingredient list without judging the product.

Paste the ingredient wording exactly as printed. This spelling aid highlights only the literal character sequence, regardless of capitalization.

Literal text check

Paste an ingredient list to check its spelling.

This is a literal spelling search, not a complete phosphorus check. It can miss ingredient codes or wording that does not contain these four letters. A highlight is not a warning, and no highlight is not an all-clear.

A match does not measure phosphorus or say whether a food suits you. No match is not an all-clear: ingredient names, codes, labels, and formulations vary.

Keep records

Blood-pressure and weight log

Record values your care team asked you to track, exactly as measured.

Keep dates, times, readings, units, and context together so you can bring a factual record to a conversation.

No target bands, colour codes, warnings, or trend judgments are applied. Values stay exactly as you enter them.

Entry 1
Blood pressure
Weight
Entry 2
Blood pressure
Weight
Entry 3
Blood pressure
Weight

This log does not set targets, interpret changes, diagnose a condition, or mark values as good or bad. Follow the care and emergency instructions you already received.

Keep records

Records and care-team organizer

Make an index of documents and a one-page list of important contacts.

Record where originals are stored and how to reach the people or services already involved in your care. No files are uploaded.

Care-team contacts

List people, clinics, pharmacies, or labs already involved in your care. Keep emergency instructions in your established emergency plan.

Contact 1
Contact 2

Records index

Index what a document is and where the original can be found. This tool does not upload, read, or interpret the document.

Record 1
Record 2
Record 3

This organizer does not read or interpret records and does not recommend providers. Keep emergency contacts and instructions in the place your care team has recommended.

Plan the week

Weekly kidney-care routine planner

Make a flexible plan around the routines and instructions you already have.

Sketch the week, notice the harder days, and write down the tasks or records your care team already requested.

Week of
The days that may need more preparation
Meals and shopping I have already chosen
What my care team asked me to record
Appointments, travel, and things to bring
If the week gets busy, I can simplify by

Blank days are fine. This planner has no streak, score, target, or medical recommendation.

Prepare

Care-partner visit-preparation checklist

Agree on roles, gather documents, and decide who will write things down.

Prepare for an appointment you are attending with someone else while keeping their preferences and consent at the centre.

What the person has agreed I may share
What they want me to do in the room
What they want to answer or discuss themselves
Documents and current lists to bring
Questions we agreed to bring
Before leaving, we want to confirm

Consent comes first. This worksheet records agreed roles and questions; it does not create a care plan or make decisions for another person.

Prefer to keep this on your phone?

The Kidney Daily Android app can keep daily records between visits and prepare a Doctor Export to share. The website tools above remain separate and do not send their entries to the app.

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