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- By levi · Posted November 16, 2009
- Journal · 15 replies
- wife ask to put somothing on it ...
FINALLY GETTING BETTER
- By nanomary · Posted October 30, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- AFTER 16 MONTHS OF TERRIBLE PAIN, INFECTION AND NOT BEING ABLE TO WALK, I AM FIANNLY GETTING BETTER!!!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!! THANKS FOR PRAYERS ...
Septic Arthritis
- By nanomary · Posted September 29, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Hi, I'm looking for others that have had septic arthritis. I just had total hip replacement because of the dmage done by the septic arthritis that I had last year. Would just like to connect with some ...
Faith
- By ttlouise · Posted September 19, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- When I was young my family and I would go to church every Sunday and I was extremely religious. I even was in the choir and was involved in all of the church activities. There became a point in my teenage ...
Finally back
- By nanomary · Posted September 18, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- WOW it seems like so long since I have been here. I have needed to journal for my own sake but just refused to do it. I had surgery Aug. 26 to reconstruct part of my pelvis and have my hip replaced. Surgery ...
Another Bad Day
- By ttlouise · Posted September 12, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- Well I have just had the worst day today. It's not just because my mother left either. For the last quite a few days I have been so tired that I can barely stay awake. My head also feels all fuzzy again ...
Separation Anxiety!
- By ttlouise · Posted September 12, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- Well I knew this day was coming for a while now but it doesn't make it any easier. My mom has been staying with us since the middle of June and she just pulled out of the driveway to go home. She has ...
Surgery in 2 days
- By nanomary · Posted August 24, 2009
- Journal · 5 replies
- In 2 days I go for surgery. reconstruction of part of my pelvis and a new hip. I wish there was an easier way. I told my husband that the next person that told me it was going to be great after it is ...
Scheduled maintenance this evening
- By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
- Journal · 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 ...
Corynebacterium
- By stage1 · Posted August 7, 2009
- Discussion in Infections · 1 reply
- Has anyone ever heard of this bacteria? This is the bacteria that I was told I had in my lung that was contracted during my lung surgery to remove a cancerous mass. This caused severe infection in my ...
Klebsiella infection
- By nanomary · Posted August 4, 2009
- Discussion in Infections in kids · 8 replies
- My 10 year old granddaughter had a culture for strep throat after having a sore throat and headache. The culture came back negative for strep but positive for klebsiella. She has no known conditions that ...
Off methotrexate today
- By nanomary · Posted August 1, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- Today is the day I usually take my weekly metho. Due to elevated liver enzymes my rheumy tols me to go off it for a month and then have enzymes rechecked. In 2 weeks I go off Enbrel so I can have hip ...
Septic Arthritis
- By nanomary · Posted July 27, 2009
- Discussion in Living with bacterial infections · 0 replies
- Any one out there had septic arthritis? I was diagnosed last Septmember after almost 3 months of symptoms and seeing 7 doctors. It was caused by Strep. I was on Iv and oral antibiotics for 2 months. Now ...
MRSA and the toll it takes
- By MaFrogz · Posted July 9, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- 2 weeks ago I had what looked like a bug bite. 5 Days later I couldn't touch my leg and had a baseball size knot. 3 days after that they hospitalized me for the holiday weekend. In 8 days time I had 2 ...
Water Electrolyte Balance/Hyponatremia
- By mandyblue · Posted July 8, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- Please check out the site listed below for information concerning water electrolyte balance. There is a video that I was not able to post in this journal. I am hoping that this site will be helpful to ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
- Journal · 28 replies
- 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 ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
- Journal · 32 replies
- 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 ...
Electrolyte Abnormalities
- By mandyblue · Posted June 7, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- This information is being posted in "My Journal" for anyone who wishes to use it as reference material to help understand their electrolytes, and metabolic disorders. I have previously promised my friends ...
Today It Is Up To Me
- By Brokenwings · Posted June 3, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- I would like to thank you all for the encouraging words and empathy. I decided to make every day count and "try not" to sweat the small stuff. I am drinking more water and trying to decrease my intake ...
"HYPOKALEMIA OR LOW POTASSIUM"
- By mandyblue · Posted June 2, 2009
- Journal · 32 replies
- 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 ...
