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John Wayne is Dead and Oprah is Busy
- By theGardener · Posted August 22, 2007
- 26 recommendations
- John Wayne is Dead and Oprah is Busy Just a forewarning, I’m feeling really cynical today. I would like to say that I’m one of those folks that flutter around with gossamer wings; ever positive; ever ...
Welcome from TeamInspire!
- By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
- 25 recommendations
- 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 ...
Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- 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 ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
- 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 ...
ENOUGH
- By Blkjewelz8960 · Posted June 12, 2009
- 11 recommendations
- ENOUGH: Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged, and the mother said ...
CRAP for a CURE!
- By theGardener · Posted February 19, 2009
- 11 recommendations
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Screaming Bloody Murder in the Streets and other Medical Advances.
- By theGardener · Posted March 27, 2009
- 8 recommendations
- (April is National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month) We Americans are a verbose lot, especially in large perturbed groups when we smell an outrageous injustice. Just ask any AIG executive hiding under a manhole ...
Disjointed Thoughts VI
- By theGardener · Posted February 27, 2009
- 8 recommendations
- Disjointed Thoughts VI For the sixth time, I shall endeavor to dislodge the gritty biddies of my cerebral spackle; scraped, usurped, and shucked from the colon walls of my seething skull oyster; all unabashedly ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
- 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 ...
"HYPOKALEMIA OR LOW POTASSIUM"
- By mandyblue · Posted June 2, 2009
- 7 recommendations
- I want to share this research information in "My Journal". This is a very long collection of articles, that explains in great detail, about Hypokalemia or Low Potassium. It is for anyone who needs help ...
Snarky Sarkies... Everywhere!
- By theGardener · Posted February 6, 2009
- 7 recommendations
- The bad news is: There are a lot of Snarky Sarkies out there. The good news is: There are a lot of Snarky Sarkies out there making noise about it! A quick update on the grassroots Snarky Sarkie campaign ...
“You order red dog, you eat red dog!” Shroomsville Experiment UPDATE
- By theGardener · Posted April 20, 2009
- 6 recommendations
- “You order red dog, you eat red dog!” I’m off the Red Reishi Mushroom bandwagon. It does not work. The only thing it seems to benefit is the person selling it. As you may have read (re-printed below ...
ACCEPTANCE
- By Blkjewelz8960 · Posted August 14, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- I have several quotes on the wall of my cubicle at work. But I kept looking at this one the other day and felt it must be meant for someone so I am posting it here now so that it can reach who it is intended ...
Almost at my breaking point
- By Terri9967 · Posted May 9, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- Well things go from bad to worse for me it seems! I got a call yesterday from my pcp and he wanted me in today to discuss the results from that 30 day event heart monitor. So I went in today at 10am ...
Moms, you rock!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
- 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 ...
So sick of pain today
- By deebelle · Posted April 2, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- So tired of this pain. I am so miserable today..so sad and angry, all at the same time. It hurts so bad. My pinched nerve in my back really hurting right leg, and groin and hip. Barely tolerable today ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 65-70
- By theGardener · Posted April 1, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- LINER NOTES: After an all-to-brief interlude of symptoms, Sally is thrust back into the blender of Sarcoidosis cure-alls. READ NEXT CARTOON >>> To read Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes from the start, Click ...
RESENTMENT vs GUILT
- By Rj · Posted October 2, 2008
- 5 recommendations
- I just stopped myself from replying to a post regarding caregiver resentment for cancer patients, and it's acceptance! I feel this is a 'open wound' subject that 'we' should discuss with a broad range ...
My Strength Comes From This Website!!
- By BeachBumJan · Posted April 17, 2008
- 5 recommendations
- Janet Grant, BJ2 and everyone else out there. Thanks for the encouraging words re my last posting. Strength, Fortitude??? Not sure but Attitude that's me (and it usually gets me in trouble) I spent a ...
THEY Walk Among Us!
- By theGardener · Posted August 30, 2007
- 5 recommendations
- THEY Walk Among Us! Hey kids! I just stumbled across this old black and white 1954 science fiction horror film about Sarcoidosis while I was at a garage sale. It was in a musty cardboard box under some ...
