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Diehard19
  • By Diehard19 · Posted November 11, 2009
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  • I need to remember for my own sake, what Not to do ; prevention medicine to keep my hip from dislocating again? Pain is the deterrent too. Wow, I would love those memories to fade, all 8 of them to date ...

SO excited to share what I have found!

pwrsrg77
  • By pwrsrg77 · Posted November 4, 2009
  • 41 replies
  • I have received TONS of wonderful support from this amazing community of people just like myself. All that struggle with debilitating symptoms, wrong diagnosis, less than quality doctors etc... I wish ...

1st blog

mel9300
  • By mel9300 · Posted November 3, 2009
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  • All in all, things for me have been going steady and well for a while. I am here to see if I might be able to help others ...

Somebody PLEASE HELP!!! ={

pwrsrg77
  • By pwrsrg77 · Posted October 29, 2009
  • 83 replies
  • Well, I'm now 2 years into a disease that is sucking the life out of me. If I had a nickel for every time I've balled my eyes out & said my famous quote "I can't take this anymore" I'd be a very rich ...

Inspire members featured

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
  • 29 replies
  • Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...

Diagnosed with N.A.S.H. recently.

ChristineMary
  • By ChristineMary · Posted October 25, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • I'll be seeing my doctor next tuesday, Oct. 27th and will then have a better idea of my full diagnoses. A complete blood work was just done and will find out results on tuesday. I'm now trying to change ...

Scooter

Diehard19
  • By Diehard19 · Posted October 7, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • my dog Scooter turned one year old. His adorable, miniture schnawzer, his a bright energetic handful. I'm responsible for his energy, walks. " A good dog is a tired dog, a tired dog is a good dog? " I ...

It's A New Day

CyndiRella
  • By CyndiRella · Posted September 21, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • Can't believe summer just passed by! Not looking forward to the cold days ahead. Been wearing my gloves since August with funny stares already. It's important to take care of our bodies, no matter the ...

Rejection

Scribner
  • By Scribner · Posted September 3, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • My son did have some rejection. We knew it pretty much because of his labs being so bad. What a rough month August was! We went to Mayo for his 1 year post transplant check up and they did a biopsy ...

Hope is not a stradegy

Diehard19
  • By Diehard19 · Posted August 28, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • outcomes, consequences, are of no control to any of us. What to do with the infomation and names of diseases we adhere to daily? your not alone, that's a start. being here proves you want something more ...

5 minutes on the lysosome. Because it's time we know.

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted August 13, 2009
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  • So did you ever wonder what happens to the tadpole's tail? Does it just fall off? No actually. Lysosomes eat it. (autophagy: the cell's ability to eat itself...) And the webbing in our fingers and toes ...

Mom is gone :(

kris12304
  • By kris12304 · Posted August 13, 2009
  • 17 replies
  • Mom passed away July 31st at skilled care! I have to admit it was sort of a relief she isn't in anymore pain! Me and my brother and her husband were there to say goodbye. It has been so hard without her ...

Back Muscle Spasms and water 4 relief!!!

Henry32
  • By Henry32 · Posted August 12, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I worked very hard chopping and splitting wood working and perspiring heavily working with my dad in NH. I now recognize how I did not keep well hydrated for the level of sweating I was causing in myself ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...

Liver Function Improvement Naturally-Simply Amazing!!!

Henry32
  • By Henry32 · Posted August 3, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I was having back spasms that were very significant to my way of life, so much so I considering spine fusion surgery for relief. It was a problem for many years. Got some very good relief with Celebrex ...

Skilled Care...Not looking good :(

kris12304
  • By kris12304 · Posted July 28, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Today is Tuesday mom was moved from the hospital to skilled care on friday after a week stay at the hospital. The plan was to do physical therapy and get her strength back. He cellulitus (Sp?) in her ...

Lysosomal Disease and Alzheimer's

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted July 27, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Hi, Here is another little boy affected with Lysosomal Disease, Dillon. The correlations between Lysosomal Disease and much more well-known issues like Alzheimer's are being uncovered every day. With ...

Very trying times

Scribner
  • By Scribner · Posted July 23, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • My (20 year old) son "missed" a day and a half of his anti-rejection meds (I don't know how , but it happened - can't change it now). He gets labs every 2 weeks. The labs from a couple weeks ago were ...

In the hospital again...

kris12304
  • By kris12304 · Posted July 22, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • Last Tuesday mom was admitted in hospital for chest pains and the swelling in her legs were so bad they started leaking fluid. They got some of the swelling to go down and she swore she was ready to go ...

try and remain positive

hartaches
  • By hartaches · Posted July 13, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • im trying to remain positive on all of my aspects and medicalconditions of my life but its soooooooo hard as im inpain all the time from the osteo especially now its winter here in oz if anyone has any ...

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