by CAIRE Inc. | May 10, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Yes, the warm weather has started to arrive here in the Midwest as in most areas throughout the country. And with it comes things we as chronic lung patients have to deal with. Allergies, quick...
by CAIRE Inc. | May 4, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ COPD includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, which can damage the lungs. As the disease progresses, the bronchial tubes become increasingly restricted through swelling, inflammation, or an excess of thick mucus....
by CAIRE Inc. | Apr 19, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ It is hard enough to get a decent night’s sleep in today’s world. With jobs and kids, or grandkids, and finances and that idiot yappy little dog next door, sleep sometimes feels very far away. Those of us with...
by CAIRE Inc. | Apr 16, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ When an individual is faced with a morning cough, shortness of breath and possibly chest pain, their thoughts will many times turn to lung cancer. We tend to look toward the worst possible scenario when symptoms...
by CAIRE Inc. | Apr 10, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Do you or have you experimented with different ways to go about receiving your oxygen therapy? I remember how confusing it was at first. It was easy when you were in the hospital and the hose came...
by CAIRE Inc. | Apr 5, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Part 2 ~ This is the second installment of the three important questions that I answered as a part of trying to qualify for an advocacy video. I answered the first two in the last installment, and I am dealing with...