by CAIRE Inc. | Apr 22, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Palliative: adjective (of a medicine or medical care) relieving pain without dealing with the cause of the condition. Palliative Care – Care afforded to a patient of a chronic disease to offer comfort and an...
by CAIRE Inc. | Mar 14, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Simply put, an advocate is someone who speaks for another. In the case of a patient, it is someone who gathers information, researches the disease, and attends appointments. Their function is to protect, to augment...
by CAIRE Inc. | Dec 5, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ I opened Facebook this morning to this picture. It really jarred me! We all talk so much about attitude, about making the right choices, about looking forward. I have tried, since my COPD diagnosis some 24 years...
by CAIRE Inc. | Nov 15, 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. Jim and Mary Nelson – Our...
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 …...
