by Carla Barnes | Aug 28, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ If you have done any research about your disease, you have likely run across promotional material about clinical trials. What are they all about? Should you get involved? Clinical trials are utilized by medical...
by Carla Barnes | Aug 20, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ You need to change the scenery every once and awhile. I have been vacationing quite a bit this summer and it does so many things. It helps you relax, eventually, LOL. But pay attention to your...
by Carla Barnes | Jul 11, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ It is easy, sitting there with your diagnosis and your oxygen cannula, to feel alone. (Or your cane or your wheelchair or your chemotherapy treatments. Choose your particular demons.) Your friends are out somewhere...
by CAIRE Inc. | Mar 20, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Part One ~ I was at my daughter’s Leadership Breakfast this past week. Being an 8th grader and waiting for the next big step towards high school can be and is a big thing. Her school has these...
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...
