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Five million

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply yesterday at 8:08 pm
  • Journal · 243 replies
  • Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

MRSA/Cellulitis

stephyny
  • By stephyny · New reply May 26, 2013
  • Discussion in Infections · 3 replies
  • I had a "minor" outpatient surgical procedure done on 4/26 to remove a small lesion (lymphangioma) from under my left breast. I was in and out in less than an hour. I was slightly sore but nothing that ...

Helicobacter pylori, second time treatment

Alme
  • By Alme · Posted May 18, 2013
  • Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
  • Hello all I am 29 years old male. Last year I had huge heartburn therefor I did an endoscopy+biopsy which found gastritis and H. pylori. I started the treatment for H. pylori using Amoxicillin/omeprazole/clarithromycin ...

bone infection, osteomyelitis please help

Charlot
  • By Charlot · New reply May 9, 2013
  • Discussion in Treatment · 3 replies
  • Hello, has anyone had chronic osteomyelitis and get cured? Please share your experiences and advices. What are the possible treatments? Your help is much appreciate as I am having a chronic osteomyelitis ...

MRSA and ME

GENIVADIANE
  • By GENIVADIANE · New reply May 9, 2013
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • My life was normal like many others were, I had my kids, my family, my friends we were always togethere, my health was good, theirs as well, just a normal everyday life. I never thought my life would ...

A light in the midst of a nightmare

love4t
  • By love4t · New reply May 7, 2013
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • A brief history of my husband of 11 years battle. Terry was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma (probable origin of the lung) on Jan. 28, 2013. He was 46 years old. He had a cough and congestion for a month ...

A new Inspire report in collaboration with Stanford Medical School

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 5, 2013
  • Journal · 84 replies
  • As many of you know, Inspire has a professional collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine. Inspire members have written personal stories for the Stanford Scope column. I am pleased ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Deanna Attai, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 16, 2013
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • Dear members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people in this ...

We're hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted January 22, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hello everyone, We have a position open with our engineering team at Inspire, and I'd like to share the job description with you in the event you know just the person we're looking for. We found our most ...

does it go away

kodaking
  • By kodaking · New reply November 17, 2012
  • Discussion in Infections · 3 replies
  • When I had my colonostomy in 2011 I got mrsa does it go away ...

Phage Therapy for MRSA

AndrewH_Globalyz
  • By AndrewH_Globalyz · Posted November 17, 2012
  • Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
  • Bacteriophages, or phage, are viruses that infect and destroy bacteria. As nature’s natural predators against bacteria, phages are noted for their high specificity, and can be isolated against nearly ...

C- DIFF

war_eagle-1

Coughing from chronic infection?

Normah
  • By Normah · Posted May 10, 2012
  • Discussion in Living with bacterial infections · 0 replies
  • Has anyone heard about any kind of chronic throat infection that can cause coughing when you laugh ...

malabsorbtion problems? maybe?

patpatpat
  • By patpatpat · Posted April 15, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • so after a devastating few months,. I finally foudn the strenght to move forward!. No one (doctors, family, friends) was helping me,. or giving any advise,. which I would have been open to too,. no matter ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Howard Luks, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 15, 2012
  • Journal · 59 replies
  • Dear Inspire Community Members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people we feel are making contributions to helping patients worldwide. We are posting ...

The Inspire Q&A--Inspire talks with Susan Grant

John2
  • By John2 · New reply February 15, 2012
  • Journal · 31 replies
  • Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. We are posting these interviews ...

Inspire is hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply January 20, 2012
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • Inspire is hiring, and we're wondering if you know someone who would be the perfect addition to our team. Hello everyone, I'm Walter, one of Inspire's founders and the head of our technical team. I'm ...

plesiomonas sp

patpatpat
  • By patpatpat · New reply January 5, 2012
  • Discussion in Living with bacterial infections · 1 reply
  • I spent three years trying to convince myself , what others, including professionals, were saying. I was under to much stress,. everything I was experiancing was "in my head". About a year ago,. I said ...

I ate a bad oyster

patpatpat
  • By patpatpat · New reply January 4, 2012
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • I heard that people get sick,. especially the weak, immune supressed,.ect. ok,. that didnt include me. I was a personal trainer, strong, health,. never been sick, never had the flu. so why not indulge ...

The Inspire Q&A--Inspire talks with Michele Baldwin

John2
  • By John2 · Posted January 3, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people making contributions to patients and caregivers worldwide. We are posting these interviews in a Q&A ...

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