Arranging Your Life When Dialysis Comes Home: "The Underwear Factor"

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When Steve Williams' kidneys stopped working in September 2007, he and his wife Dr. Linda Gromko were presented with two choices: a kidney transplant or kidney dialysis. There was, of course, the option of no treatment - but that would mean certain death for this husband and father of a teenaged daughter. Steve and Linda eagerly embraced the technology of Home Dialysis - treatments that could be done on their own time and on their own terms. But nothing could have prepared them for the onslaught of medical supplies that descended upon their home, making it seem more like a medical clinic or an ICU! Home Dialysis - while life-saving - was taking over, consuming their lives and redefining their family as one tethered to illness. That's where Interior Designer Jane McClure saved the day. "Arranging Your Life When Dialysis Comes Home: 'The Underwear Factor'" shows you how to:Create your Home Center for Hemodialysis or Peritoneal Dialysis Design a Home Dialysis space that is comfortable, safe, and easy to use Manage the storage or necessary medical supplies Use the tricks of the trade that expensive Interior Decorators use Save money through sure-fire choices and bargain decorator shopping Support the caregiver and prevent caregiver burnout Reclaim as much as your "normal" life as you can. "Arranging Your Life When Dialysis Comes Home: 'The Underwear Factor'" is the first in a series of books from the Seattle non-profit Arrange2Live, dedicated to making life more livable for people dealing with Home Dialysis and other health conditions requiring health care in the home.