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Support your group and raise awareness with badges

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 20, 2008
  • Journal · 33 recommendations
  • Hi everyone. We added a new feature today that you can use to support your groups and the organizations that sponsor them, and get the word out about the causes that are important to you. If you visit ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 23 recommendations
  • Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...

New feature - See what you've replied to

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted April 25, 2008
  • Journal · 21 recommendations
  • 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 ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 12 recommendations
  • We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...

Inspire members featured

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Journal · 10 recommendations
  • 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 ...

New feature - profile completeness gauge

Tasha
  • By Tasha · Posted June 12, 2008
  • Journal · 9 recommendations
  • Greetings from TeamInspire! I'm your friendly neighborhood designer, here to tell you about some new features. You might notice that today we revamped your member homepage - https://www.inspire.com/member-home.pl ...

New feature - additional reply notifications

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted May 5, 2008
  • Journal · 8 recommendations
  • 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 ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 7 recommendations
  • Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 5 recommendations
  • Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...

Familial Amyloidosis and Neuropathy

kennethpletz
  • By kennethpletz · Posted August 2, 2009
  • Discussion in Familial (hereditary) and TTR amyloidosis · 2 recommendations
  • I haven’t really seen much mention of familial amyloidosis and neuropathy mentioned. I have severe neuropathy – went from cane to walker to now a wheelchair. My legs are so weak and they feel like tree ...

Bladder Amyloid

cathyb
  • By cathyb · Posted February 6, 2009
  • Discussion in Primary amyloidosis (AL) · 2 recommendations
  • Anyone out there that has been diagnosed with amyloid of the bladder? Also looking for anyone has had the DSMO bladder washes, Thanks,, Cathy ...

Lyso-What?

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted March 9, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
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Cherry Red Spot is a telltale sign...

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted March 4, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • Today I returned a telephone call to a woman who's cousin's 7 month old son, Ben, has been displaying possible symptoms of a neurometabolic disease. You know, darting eyes, not rolling over, trunk weakness ...

Amyloidosis Support Groups Inc. - Centers of Excellence

Muriel
  • By Muriel · Posted February 23, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • When people ask where I should be treated now that I have been diagnosed with amyloidosis; I always tell them they have overcome the biggest hurdle. As in any rare disease that would be getting an accurate ...

Leukemia Lymphoma Society Benefits also for MM and Amyloidosis

Muriel
  • By Muriel · Posted February 18, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • Are you aware of the financial assistance offered by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society? They have two programs, one is the Patient Financial Aid program for up to $500.00 each year and covers such things ...

Mark your calendars now!!

GaPeach
  • By GaPeach · Posted November 11, 2008
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • Hello All, I have the most exciting news!!! MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW, you won't want to miss this meeting! Coming to the February 7th, 2009 Atlanta support group meeting will be none other than Dr. David ...

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