Designed to support and inspire individuals suffering from serious respiratory diseases
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ A quick follow-up to or our last conversation about your comfort zones and how you manage them. Do you attempt to get out of them, stay within them always, or as I said last time, tried to at least venture out into the... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ The idea for this article was poached from Ann Lornie, an inspiration who lived in England. Ann was a fellow patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and like me, she was an exercise nut! We never met, but we became fast friends over the years... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ In my email this morning, I found an invitation to an online presentation by a stem cell clinic about whether I might be a candidate for stem cell therapy. All of the researchers to whom I have talked agree that successful treatment of lung disease with... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ So, many talk about it, many think about it, but how many actually challenge themselves when it comes to moving out of our comfort zones? This really applies to everyone that is healthy, chronically ill, or even work and home challenges. I think... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Myth #1 - COPD is a death sentence In a word, (okay, three words) not even close! I remember my shock and dismay when I was diagnosed with Severe (Stage 3) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). I knew that my breathing had not been good for... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Whenever you see anyone wearing an oxygen cannula, please favor them with a “thumbs up” gesture and a smile! As I have explained previously, I am trying to ignite the COPD Community. For entirely too long, we have been invisible! The first stages of COPD, as... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Do you have things to do? Not just the “stuff” we have to do, but things you want to do. What about a bucket list? Do you revise it often? Are the things on your list realistic, in other words, not a fantasy... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ I recently wrote an article titled, “Required reading for caregivers, family, and friends of lung disease patients.” It dealt with the terrible misunderstandings, the lack of knowledge among caregivers, family, and friends of what the lung disease patient is going through. The main thrust of the... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ Since you were just a little bitty thing, you were told not to be selfish. Selfishness, coveting something, refusing to put others first, was portrayed as a bad thing, a sure way to incur the displeasure of Mommy and Daddy. As you grew, you carried that... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ The start of summer in the US of A!! As a kid, this always was the time of year when I thought summer began and the closer to going back to school started. 🙂 I don’t think you can watch the news, read... Continue Reading →
