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What - Inspire is a place where you can connect with people who share your health concerns and find information and advice in groups sponsored by organizations you know and trust.
Why - As a member you can use Inspire to let friends and family know how you're doing, contact others who share your health concerns, receive personalized updates and information about participating in surveys and clinical trials, and more.
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Hello
- By TheBorkFamily · New reply September 3, 2008
- 12 replies
- Hello ALS Community, My name is Amy and I am the daughter of an ALS patient, John Bork. Living with ALS has been a struggle for everyone touched by the disease including my 3 sisters, brother, mom, and ...
Privacy and control
- By Brian · New reply September 1, 2008
- 48 replies
- At Inspire, we think about privacy all the time. Virtually every web site has a privacy policy; you can read ours here: http://www.inspire.com/about/privacy/. But simply following the letter of a privacy ...
Welcome!
- By Brian · New reply August 31, 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 ...
Over 1 month since Diagnosis
- By Chuck1106 · New reply August 23, 2008
- 9 replies
- Well...I have been diagnosed over a month... I still slur my speech..(getting worse) and have problems eating and swallowing... (getting worse). I have been to a nutritionist...I did tests for him that ...
Info
- By fraulibby · New reply August 11, 2008
- 3 replies
- My mom has been diagnosed with Bulbar ALS. She is elderly and I guess I thought this was something that occurred earlier in life. Any one out there who has a parent diagnosed late in life ...
believing
- By greensmile · New reply August 10, 2008
- 15 replies
- hi to all, i was wondering if any one out there has had to deal with a family member who stubbornly says your problem is only psychological.i do,my eldest sister says this and has convinced her children ...
changes and news
- By greensmile · New reply August 10, 2008
- 2 replies
- hi to all :) well....it's been a while-naughty me...;) we'll be beginning "project elevator" in a few weeks which will make life much easier,big time and will facilitate getting out with greater ease,and ...
Long Island Walk 2008
- By alsgny · Posted August 5, 2008
- 0 replies
- We are gearing up for our Long Island Walk on September 27,2008. If anyone wants to join us please go to the website. Or if you just want to donate, please do so as well ...
Explaining to kids
- By WayneLampe · New reply August 3, 2008
- 6 replies
- Have you been able to explain things ...
Living the life in peace...
- By metaroc · New reply August 2, 2008
- 1 reply
- Thank you God for giving me peace... I am so grateful for relative good health... I am glad to be alive... I feel good and I'm happy ...
I'M SORRY
- By missinmyangel · Posted July 31, 2008
- 0 replies
- I just want to say I'm sorry.Not that I feel responsible for this disease,but I understand anyone's pain.Both the diagnosed and the family members. All suffer.I am her e to talk to anyone who wants to ...
Reading binge.
- By lynalee · New reply July 25, 2008
- 4 replies
- I love to read, so this weekend I picked up pleasure books from the library by two of my favorite authors to read at the river and was just a little disappointed in both-Dean Koontz' The Darkest Evening ...
I Just Found Out
- By Chuck1106 · New reply June 25, 2008
- 16 replies
- I was just diagnosed with ALS on Wednesday June 11, 2008. I had to tell my sons on Father's Day, which was not fun!! My wife has been tremendous...so protective , sometimes too protective. I do not know ...
I believe they're ahead of the pack
- By Eddiespaza · Posted June 21, 2008
- 0 replies
- After nearly 1 full year of nonstop surfing on the Internet for answers & hope, I've seen a lot of encouraging scientific breakthroughs, yet none have even come close to delivering a basic and or effective ...
Missing my mother
- By una4dable · New reply June 21, 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 ...
Navigating Through ALS - A final solution to bowel issues?
- By awallac1 · New reply June 12, 2008
- 3 replies
- Hi All, I want to share a recipe that I use to keep my bowels regular. Check it out here: http://navigatingthroughals.blogspot.com Please share your thoughts on the site about what you have done to cope ...
Doctors know Best!!!!
- By Dee8 · New reply June 11, 2008
- 10 replies
- My husband was diagnosed with ALS in 2006. His progression is slow. We recently moved and had to deal with finding new doctor. My fustration is dealing with idiots because he can still move his arms and ...
my life with ALS
- By ro44bo55 · New reply June 4, 2008
- 7 replies
- now today I can no longer walk and I can't dress myself either.living with ALS sucks ...
Sometimes we make mistakes
- By Brian · New reply May 27, 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 ...
Persistence Pays Off
- 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 ...
