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...
by CAIRE Inc. | Mar 23, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ A little over 6 years ago, I was near death. For several reasons, including my personal cigarette smoking for 20 years, my lungs were in tatters, no longer able to absorb enough oxygen to maintain life. Due to the...
by CAIRE Inc. | Mar 19, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Prior to the major miracle of a lung transplant, I had emphysema and chronic bronchitis, also known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD. That means that my lung capacity was only a fraction of what it...
by CAIRE Inc. | Mar 16, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Yes, I know it may be hard to dance like we use to, but you can move a little. I always introduce my SeQual, eQuinox portable oxygen concentrator, as my dancing partner. “This is my Ginger Rogers,”...
by CAIRE Inc. | Mar 7, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ I was inspired to write this piece this morning while I was on the treadmill, watching special clips of the athletes for the Winter Olympics. They were of course doing things that would appear impossible to us mere...
