by CAIRE Inc. | May 16, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ What do you wish you knew when you were first diagnosed with COPD? What would you tell yourself? The diagnosis is not a death sentence! Far from it! Yes, people do die from lung disease, and it can be an unpleasant...
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 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...