by CAIRE Inc. | Oct 31, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Halloween is here, and it can be a “SCARY NIGHT,” no doubt. But, DON’T GET SPOOKED when you are told you need oxygen therapy of any kind, large flows, low flows, once in a while. They are all just...
by CAIRE Inc. | Oct 24, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ It has been suggested that I interview someone with lung disease as a subject for my blog posts. I decided that, as a beginning, I tell the story with which I am the most familiar… ours. Buildup to the diagnosis …...
by CAIRE Inc. | Oct 10, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Don’t get me wrong … I love nature! I like hiking and biking, wandering the mountains of Colorado or the Sonoran Desert around Tucson. Thing is, I remember what it was like before my transplant, back when I was...
by CAIRE Inc. | Sep 26, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Life in today’s world is stressful enough for most everyone. Life complicated by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) can be infinitely more stressful, for both the patient and for caregivers. Health...
by CAIRE Inc. | Sep 5, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ The idea for this article was poached from Ann Lornie, an inspiration who lived in England. Ann was a fellow patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and like me, she was an exercise nut! We never...