Patient: Mr. & Mrs. Qiu

Medical history: Hemodialysis patients, 2 years

Symptoms: Extremely fine blood vessels

Hospital: Tao* Clinic, Taoyuan

I am 55 years old and I own a Chinese Traditional Medicine Shop. I have been on hemodialysis for 2 years now. In the past year, I have been troubled by insomnia. I go for my hemodialysis twice a week and I am able to sleep on these 2 days. But I frequently have problems sleeping on the days when hemodialysis was not performed. Sometimes I go hiking in Hutou Mountain Park and even go swimming to make myself sweat. But even then, I find myself unable to go to sleep all night.

To relieve my insomnia, I started to take tranquilizers every day. Although I am worried about the side effects of long-term consumption of tranquilizers, I have no choice. I grieve on non-hemodialysis days when insomnia is a misery for me. I don’t know what to do.

Wife: Improvements in fine blood vessels

My wife is also a hemodialysis patient. Her blood vessels were too fine and created problems for her dialysis. For two years, she had been using Firapy (WS™ Far-infrared Therapy Unit) in the hospital regularly and her conditions improved gradually. To save time traveling to and from the hospital, we bought the device and started self-management at home.

Before that, she had to go for angioplasty to solve the problems with her fistula. Her condition, however, greatly improved after she used Firapy (WS™ Far-infrared Therapy Unit). Her blood flow became stronger; and instead of using the device daily, she only uses it once every other day. Now she doesn’t have to worry about having to go for an operation again.

Husband: Doesn’t require surgery anymore

As for me, I use Firapy (WS™ Far-infrared Therapy Unit) on the fistula at home whenever there are problems with my dialysis. I am proud to say that this is the reason why I did not need an operation or angioplasty after 2 years of hemodialysis.

My aunt is 74 years old and she is also a hemodialysis patient. She has dull veins and she underwent angioplasty last year. After her operation, I suggested that she come to my house to try out Firapy (WS™ Far-infrared Therapy Unit). After using it a few times, her fistula condition improved and her hemodialysis became smoother. She is doing very well now.

As we are financially stable, we sometimes invite dialysis friends to use the device at our place. After all, the fistula is an important lifeline for hemodialysis patients. We hope that this will help dialysis patients with vessel access problems and build up their confidence.