Thanks to effective patient advocacy, many dialysis patients will have a wide array of new choices of Medicare Advantage plans to consider for their insurance coverage for the first time. While these new health choices offer patients the prospect of saving money and having more closely coordinated care, patients will need help choosing a plan with premiums, benefits, and in-network providers that fit their needs. Choosing health plans is a challenging but essential job. Health insurance a necessary part of getting the care you need. Although, selecting the wrong plan can leave you spending tho ..read more

Hello, and welcome back to our blog here at Hemowear. This is part two of our blog series about what you should know about peritoneal disease. Read part one if you haven’t already or keep reading to learn more. Potential Risks Although peritoneal dialysis may seem like the saving grace for anyone faced with choosing a dialysis option, there are some risks involved. Effectiveness After several years of being on peritoneal dialysis, some patients find that this dialysis option becomes ineffective and need to make the switch to hemodialysis. Weight Gain Dialysate is the fluid in a dialysis proces ..read more

Peritoneal dialysis is one of several ways of removing waste from the blood when kidneys are no longer able to perform the job correctly. A tube called a catheter is used to send a cleansing fluid into the abdomen, filtering out waste. And after a certain period of time, the fluid flows out of the abdomen and is disposed of. Chances are, you’ve heard of hemodialysis, a common form of blood-filtering procedure. Peritoneal dialysis differs in that you can give yourself treatments while at work, traveling, or in your very own home. This form of dialysis should only be considered if you either hav ..read more

Hello, and welcome back to our blog here at Hemowear. In part one of this blog, we talked about knowing your limits and taking your time when deciding to work as a dialysis patient. Although it can be devastating learning that you have kidney disease and you may think you’ll be confined to a hospital bed, you won’t need to be constantly attached to a dialysis machine and you should be able to live a full and happy life. However, there are a few things to consider. Keep reading to learn more. Dialysis options When you’re going over dialysis treatment, you may find that you have several options ..read more

Learning that you have kidney disease can be a heartbreaking experience, and your first worry may be that you won’t be able to live life the way you used to, concerning your career and aspirations. And although dialysis treatment can be difficult to handle at first, you’ll soon realize that you’re able to do a lot of things you never thought were possible while having kidney disease. There’s no understating how vital your kidneys are to the function of your whole body. They detoxify your body, regulate blood pressure through the production of hormones, and help with the production of new red b ..read more

Hello, and welcome back to Hemowear’s blog! In our last post, we talked briefly about the first dialysis machine created by Dr. Kolff constructed from sausage casings, drink cans, a washing machine, and other odds and ends. Though successful treatment using the machine wasn’t immediate, Dr. Koff’s invention paved the way for the modern dialysis machine and saved the lives of many along the way. Though many in the medical industry thought Dr. Kolff’s invention was “an abomination,” he and his colleagues continued to research better treatments for dialysis patients. Today, we are are continuing ..read more

Today, we are going to take a quick break from our current blog post topics and cover a bit of history: specifically, the history of dialysis. Like many things, there are indications that those in the ancient world may have had their version of dialysis. However, we can trace the method of dialysis used today back to the 1940s. Dr. Willem Johan Kolff, a Dutch doctor is credited with creating the first ever machine for dialysis and creating it while under Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Though the first machine was a jumble of working garbage, we all are so thankful for Dr. Kolff’s ingenuit ..read more

Welcome back to the Hemowear blog! Over the last several weeks, we talked about ways to cope with dialysis. To catch you up on our last couple blogs, we will summarize: Adapt Though finding out that you will have to undergo dialysis can be difficult to accept, understand how dialysis is keeping you healthy and saving your life. Many have to undergo this treatment, and it will soon feel like a regular part of your life. Be Informed To put it concisely, know what’s going on in your body, not only in what your body needs and what your condition causes, but in how dialysis helps keep you healthy ..read more

Welcome back to our blog! In our last post, we were discussing different ways to cope with your diagnosis of needing dialysis treatment. Dialysis can seem scary, but with these tips, we can help you understand that your treatment is not the end, it is just the beginning. At Hemowear, our company is designed to help make your dialysis easier with comfortable and convertible clothing. In this next post, we will be continuing to give you tips and tricks to help put a positive spin on your dialysis. Appreciate Dialysis Time While many dialysis patients look at their time spent on the dialysis mach ..read more

When learning you have been diagnosed with kidney disease, the realization is startling. Millions of thoughts race through your mind, one being: Will I survive? Thankfully, treatments like dialysis exist to help you with this disease. Dialysis is the process of helping the kidney properly function again. With Hemowear, we can make your dialysis treatment that much easier with our comfortable and convertible dialysis clothing. Our clothing makes treatments at home or on site much more simple. Never struggle with your clothing again; our dialysis clothing has zippers in place to get to the place ..read more