by Carla Barnes | Nov 18, 2020 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the third largest killer of Americans, after only heart disease and cancer. Further, it is the only one of the major diseases that is increasing. It has been known...
by Carla Barnes | Oct 30, 2020 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob “Oxygen Man” Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Halloween originated a long time ago with a Celtic festival known as Samhain. It then continued to evolve into All Saints Day. Which most people will recall and talk about. Either way...
by Carla Barnes | Oct 22, 2020 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob “Oxygen Man” Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Yes, another change of seasons. How are you fairing the change? With about three months left in the year, do we start thinking about what we have accomplished, or what we want to...
by Carla Barnes | Oct 12, 2020 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ If you have followed my writings for any appreciable length of time, you are aware that I consider my wife Mary to be the world’s greatest caregiver. I am obviously biased towards her, given that she has helped to...
by Carla Barnes | Sep 11, 2020 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob “Oxygen Man” Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Summertime … What is your thought when you hear this word? It’s a great song if you haven’t heard it before by Ella Fitzgerald, and if you have, take a listen to the words the...
by Carla Barnes | Aug 14, 2020 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Loneliness is the stuff of which country-western songs are made. It is an emotion, a feeling that we all have experienced, whether we are in a crowd or in fact alone. Why must we feel the longing for companionship,...