by Carla Barnes | Aug 28, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ If you have done any research about your disease, you have likely run across promotional material about clinical trials. What are they all about? Should you get involved? Clinical trials are utilized by medical...
by Carla Barnes | Aug 20, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ You need to change the scenery every once and awhile. I have been vacationing quite a bit this summer and it does so many things. It helps you relax, eventually, LOL. But pay attention to your...
by Carla Barnes | Jul 15, 2019 | Patients Blog, Related - Patients
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Rules for being human handed down from ancient Sanskrit You will receive a body. You will learn lessons. There are no mistakes, only lessons. A lesson is repeated until it is learned. Learning lessons does not end....
by Carla Barnes | Jul 11, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ It is easy, sitting there with your diagnosis and your oxygen cannula, to feel alone. (Or your cane or your wheelchair or your chemotherapy treatments. Choose your particular demons.) Your friends are out somewhere...
by Carla Barnes | Jul 10, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ When a patient and/or a caregiver is faced with a chronic disease such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), it is awfully easy to fall into the trap of seeking a cure! Any cure! This is not a modern...
by Carla Barnes | Jun 25, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Easier said than done, you ask? And I respond with, Why? How Come? What is better than living, getting up every day, and enjoying what is right in front of you? If you just look at one side of...
