by Carla Barnes | Aug 31, 2023 | Patients Blog, Related - Patients
Contributed by Natalie Haglund, consultant to CAIRE Inc.~ I’ve been thinking about support systems lately. Thankfully, I have many. They were in place prior to my interstitial lung disease (ILD) diagnosis, and they have continued to show up in full force after...
by Carla Barnes | Jul 19, 2023 | Patients Blog, Related - Patients
Contributed by Natalie Haglund, consultant to CAIRE Inc.~ In July 2016 I started pulmonary rehab. Interstitial lung disease had slowed me down a lot, and one of the medications I had been put on (to try to manage and slow down the progression of my lung disease),...
by Carla Barnes | Jun 21, 2023 | Patients Blog, Related - Patients
Contributed by Natalie Haglund, consultant to CAIRE Inc.~ So, now what? Almost two years in, living with an interstitial lung disease, I was asking myself this question. I was working full time and doing everything I could to stabilize and manage an unpredictable...
by Carla Barnes | Jun 14, 2023 | News + Events - Corporate, Patients Blog, Related - Clinicians, Related - Corporate, Related - Providers
Respiratory Repair Specialists Quality Biomedical Named Authorized Service Center Ball Ground, GA, June 13, 2023 — CAIRE has announced the further expansion of its company’s Authorized Service Center network with the addition of Quality Biomedical, a nationwide...
by Carla Barnes | May 18, 2023 | Patients Blog, Related - Patients
Contributed by Natalie Haglund, consultant to CAIRE Inc.~ Eight years ago, I was diagnosed with idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). An interstitial lung disease that has had me on, off, and on supplemental oxygen. I’ve used several delivery systems...
by Carla Barnes | Apr 27, 2023 | Patients Blog, Related - Patients
Contributed by Natalie Haglund, consultant to CAIRE Inc.~ Breathe. Just Breathe. Inhale. Exhale. You see these words on inspirational signs, shirts, stickers, social media posts, etc. But why? The human body is designed for the respiratory drive to function without...