Debra Elmore: The sooner that they join when they find out that they have decreased kidney function, the better. Most of the people that come to our support group tend to be either they just found out that they have some sort of kidney problem, and they want to learn about dialysis and transplant.

Christopher Springmann: That’s Debra Elmore, Executive Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Association of Kidney Patients, a support group reaching over 1100 patients, family members and nephrologists. Debra is joined by Phillip Wyche, President of the BAAKP.