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Journals

Persistence Pays Off

flyfisher
  • By flyfisher · Posted May 24, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • ALS New Mexico Partner now has all of our New Mexico Delegation signed on to the ALS Registry Act, when Senator Pete Domenici added his name as a Co-Sponsor. Please go to: http://nmindependent.mypublicsquare.com ...

Missing my mother

una4dable
  • By una4dable · Posted May 24, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • Mother's Day is always hard to get through...but this year was even more difficult as my daughter graduated from high school the Sunday following Mother's Day. My mother wanted so badly to live long enough ...

Sometimes we make mistakes

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted May 23, 2008
  • 34 replies
  • Two months ago, when we launched Inspire 2.0, we added a group called 'Team Inspire'. We did this with the best intentions: we wanted the group to be a space for new members to get oriented, ask questions ...

pics

greensmile
  • By greensmile · Posted May 13, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • well ,,hello to all, i've finally put a pic of me up together with my grandsmile.he loves sitting on my lap and doing bagels(doughnuts) and always holds on to my hoses.it's funny because he thinks that ...

New feature - additional reply notifications

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted May 5, 2008
  • 19 replies
  • Hello everyone. We just added a new feature to help you follow the conversations that you are participating in. You will now get a notification whenever someone replies directly to one of your replies ...

Explaining to kids

WayneLampe
  • By WayneLampe · Posted April 30, 2008
  • 6 replies
  • Have you been able to explain things ...

Why does God allow Pain & Suffering

WayneLampe
  • By WayneLampe · Posted April 29, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • We often look for a physical cure but we know our spirit inside is who we really are. My web site is devoted to helping people seek the truth about God and Jesus Christ. If posted 16 lessons about 30 ...

New feature - See what you've replied to

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted April 25, 2008
  • 26 replies
  • Hello everyone. We just added a feature that many of you have requested - a list of all of the posts that you have replied to. To get to your list, all you need to do is: 1. Sign in 2. Click "Me" in the ...

Frustration!

angelplus5
  • By angelplus5 · Posted April 17, 2008
  • 4 replies
  • Good morning to all. Since writing is my outlet, bear with me please. As a nurse who has cared for ALS patients, I have never had to deal with the insurance side of this disease until I became a patient ...

strange beats

greensmile
  • By greensmile · Posted April 12, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • hi every one, it has been discovered that have periventricular beats or contractions.the docs say i have nothing to worry about,but i am concerned.does any one out their know about this?if so please fill ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted April 11, 2008
  • 135 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Home with Dad

Jan7
  • By Jan7 · Posted March 31, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • They let me go, use the FMLA to take off three months from work. HR assured me that I would be alright taking time off after he passed, in order to start settling his earthly affairs. That never happened ...

Changes that you have requested are on the way

Beth
  • By Beth · Posted March 28, 2008
  • 15 replies
  • Hello everyone. We've been hard at work on many of the great suggestions that you've sent us. This week we've been cooking up some changes to the group home page, and hope to make them public very soon ...

ALS

angelplus5
  • By angelplus5 · Posted March 28, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • Good morning to all! I have recently joined ALS of Nevada as the Patient Service Coordinator. I took care of a man named John a couple years back who had ALS in his home. We became very close, and I had ...

breath

greensmile
  • By greensmile · Posted March 21, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • hello and happy purim and happy easter.my vent was upgraded to the top with total back-up in every aspect.now i'm on the vent just under 24 hrs per day as compared to 20 up till now.still working but ...

Progress...

momomagic77
  • By momomagic77 · Posted March 20, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • It seems like it's been so long since I heard the words "Hunny, i'm sick." Ugh, those were some tough words to hear. And even longer since i heard the words "Your mom's gonna live with your aunt for a ...

My Mom

momomagic77
  • By momomagic77 · Posted March 19, 2008
  • 3 replies
  • My mom was diagnosed about a year and a half ago. She's had so much trouble, and I feel like a can never help her. But everytime I translate for her because someone can't understand it makes me understand ...

update

fec139
  • By fec139 · Posted March 16, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • I can finally breathe a sigh of relief knowing that the Medicaid recertification went out. Now it's time to take care of me and my issues. I am loving the Oprah Winfrey/Eckhart Tolle web workshop. Considering ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
  • 35 replies
  • Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...

Welcome!

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted March 13, 2008
  • 19 replies
  • I am pleased to present Inspire 2.0 -- the result of many months of fun and hard work. We have made numerous improvements to your community, the vast majority of which are ideas that came from you! We ...

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