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,...
by Carla Barnes | Mar 11, 2020 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob “Oxygen Man” Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Some might suggest, do we ask the right questions? Understandable, however, if I stopped to check if I’m asking the right question before I ask the question, I might never ask any...
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. | May 2, 2019 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Used to be, they just called it life. People were born, grew up, married, and created their own family, usually within the confines of the same few acres. If Grandpa died, Grandma moved into the spare bedroom...
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...