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Need medical info for 6 yr old with pancreas problem?

By KathyG · New reply August 28, 2008
Journal · 4 replies
My 6yr. old grandson has been sick since he was 6 months old with respitory problems. He also developed a food allergy very young. Dr's said that he had Asthma. It kept getting worse over time and he ...

Went to Doc today

By LadyForce · New reply August 21, 2008
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Well, I went to the Doc today, first time in a long time... I know, I know, I should have gone a long time ago... bad me. The doc refilled my presecriptions (Thank the Goddess that he refilled my vicodin ...

Its been a while since I last posted!

By CanadaNuse · Posted August 21, 2008
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There has been alot going on, since our last post, and honestly I don't know where to start. We had over TEN doctor visits and still not closer to anything. But we keep on getting more clinical DX for ...

Went to State for assistance

By LadyForce · New reply August 19, 2008
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Well, I finished my appl for State Assistance and sat/stood/walked, etc... there for 3 hours. Now it hurts like *#&@*# !!! The 'good news' is that I got a 'Pending Medical' slip so I could go see a doctor ...

Back to Day-to-Day Stuff

By LadyForce · New reply August 19, 2008
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Well I thought that I was on the mend from the other day, but alas, I was wrong... or it's just the day to day stuff getting to me again. My hips are bad today. My left side is the weakest, thanks to ...

My First Journal

By LadyForce · New reply August 18, 2008
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Well, I'm an idiot!!! First of all, I wanted to spend time with my husband... how silly of me :). My husband is a drummer, and a courier. We spent the day together, and then decided that I would go with ...

Patience

By LadyForce · Posted August 17, 2008
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Well, really haven't been out of bed much since we got home this morning. The pain has mostly subsided, but I haven't really done anything either. I am still having muscle spasms, although they are not ...

Why are we here?

By Brian · New reply July 30, 2008
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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 ...

Hello...

By 13amyers · New reply July 24, 2008
Journal · 9 replies
I have had NF1 since I was born. At first it started out with some here and there, but now I have a gazillion everywhere. YOu cant really tell I have it unless im wearing shorts or a dress because they ...

Anybody from Northwestern PA area?

By 13amyers · New reply July 21, 2008
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We live in northwest pa along the lake just outside of erie. I was wondering if anybody with nf lives around here that we could have get togethers and maybe start some fundraising or relays for life ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

By Walter · New reply July 7, 2008
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Hello everyone. I'm writing to let you know about some long overdue improvements that we'll be making to this site's messaging system later this week. The messages section is the most frequently visited ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

By Walter · New reply June 22, 2008
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Hello everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that the improvements to the message system that I wrote about previously are complete. You can check them out now. You'll notice that we've grouped your ...

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simplydeliciouslove

By simplydeliciouslove · Posted June 15, 2008
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It seems that as I've gotten older my NF has progressed. In the last few years I have developed scoliosis. When I was younger my doctors used to check for it all the time. Every single doctors visit I ...

Updated System maintenance: Tuesday June 10th, 5 am - 7 am Eastern

By Walter · New reply June 5, 2008
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** Updated ** Due to power outages caused by storms in the Washington, DC area, we need to postpone this maintenance until Tuesday June 10th, from 5 am to 7 am. Thanks for your patience. ** Updated ...

asthma & osteoporosis

By ileend · New reply May 20, 2008
Discussion in Living with asthma · 2 replies
My endocrinologist is concerned that I use a corticosteroid inhaler and that it may be contributing to my severe osteoporosis. My general doctor says I must take the corticosteroids to maintain and not ...

Firsts

By mamasmurf · New reply May 12, 2008
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I am again surprised at my reaction. I have been very emotional over mothers day. It's like it's a reminder of how thankful I am to get to celebrate another Mother's Day and how thankful I am to be here ...

Getting started

By GAMommie · New reply May 2, 2008
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Well this week has been a really hard one, and we are only at Tuesday. Yesterday I was on the couch all day due to a really bad flare up of my RA, I still have much pain in my lower back, hips, knees ...

my Asthma is getting WORSE !

By Rj · Posted April 30, 2008
Discussion in Living with asthma · 0 replies
tried several meds so far. brought home 4 more meds yesterday. CVS is getting rich, but my asthma is worse ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

By TeamInspire · New reply April 7, 2008
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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!

By Brian · New reply April 7, 2008
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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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