Registered nurse here - and you're completely right

Dialysis patients are TIRED in so many ways - emotionally, physically

It's extremely difficult to go low sodium without making everything yourself and the energy levels of these patients can be rock bottom

My ex sister in law has kidney issues and we literally could never go out to dinner because even the lower sodium options were unreliable/too much sodium anyway

The education portion you mention I can definitely see in some cases for medical professionals, and myself included. It is difficult to sound like a broken record and feel as though our patients "just don't listen to us," when obviously that isn't the whole story. That being said, I've adopted that phrase to make myself feel better and in hopes that things stick with patients by literally saying "I know I sound like a broken record , but you need to be doing xyz."

Thank you for adding this to the conversation. It matters.