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Welcome from TeamInspire!

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

TeamInspire
  • 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!

TeamInspire
  • 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 ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • 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 ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • 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 ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • 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 ...

my NIH experience

dizzybee
  • By dizzybee · Posted October 2, 2009
  • 3 recommendations
  • THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE -- I HAVE TRIED TO LEAVE THE DOCTORS' INVOLVED NAMES OUT SO AS NOT TO CAUSE ISSUES -- AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. Well, where to start--nurse took my vitals and some allergy ...

AGENT ORANGE

JWNugent
  • By JWNugent · Posted July 31, 2008
  • 3 recommendations
  • AGENT ORANGE It flowed like a cloud Ground bound crop dusting An odd orange yellow mist Silently from the trees Sweeping into our clearing Expecting this as riot gas We all held our breath Couldn’t under ...

Isn't it strange...

ShannonZ
  • By ShannonZ · Posted July 22, 2008
  • 3 recommendations
  • that quite a few of us on here have more then one health "issue"? We ALL must be tough cookies ...

SO excited to share what I have found!

pwrsrg77
  • By pwrsrg77 · Posted November 4, 2009
  • 2 recommendations
  • I have received TONS of wonderful support from this amazing community of people just like myself. All that struggle with debilitating symptoms, wrong diagnosis, less than quality doctors etc... I wish ...

Your Dizzy Laugh of The Day

Unsure
  • By Unsure · Posted August 20, 2009
  • 2 recommendations
  • I'm lightheaded allllll the time! Have been for years. I often say that if the cops ever pulled me over, I could never pass the drunk driving test because I'm so dizzy all the time. I remember the first ...

I Let Em' Have It Today! How Dare They?!

Unsure
  • By Unsure · Posted August 18, 2009
  • 2 recommendations
  • Anyway, how do you deal with people not really knowing what we deal with and the daily fight that we deal with feeling that they have the right to tell you that you need to fight? I am so sick and tired ...

Irregular Heart Beats

JWNugent
  • By JWNugent · Posted September 22, 2008
  • 2 recommendations
  • They never have determined what was going on with me. I started passing out. They checked and were supposed to put me on a heart monitor for a week but didn't have the equipment available. I started timing ...

FEVERS

JWNugent
  • By JWNugent · Posted July 31, 2008
  • 2 recommendations
  • FEVERS You can feel it coming on The heaviness of false exhaustion Arriving with a warning Foretold by respiratory distress Fits of sneezing difficulty breathing Feel your self slowly breaking down The ...

HEAL ME

SANDARD
  • By SANDARD · Posted August 4, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • Heal me by Sandra Desapin 8-4-09 Dedicated to Jennifer and her family all those suffering: Heal me How can I explain my feeling’s Put yourself into my shoes Standing in a dark place With a mask upon my ...

TO ALL OF YOU HERE WITH SARC - HUGS SANDRA

SANDARD
  • By SANDARD · Posted July 27, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • TO EVERYONE: I URGE YOU TO READ THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING ALSO, THE LEADER OF THE SARC SUPPORT GROUP HERE ION INDY DIED A FEW DAYS LATER AFTER BERNIE MAC....SO IF NOONE DIES FROM ...

VICTIM BY SANDRA DESPAIN

SANDARD
  • By SANDARD · Posted July 26, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • She doesn’t recognize the face she sees in the mirror anymore Since whatever it is,got a hold of her she don’t feel like she did before The bruises on her legs don’t fade It takes everything she’s got ...

Tell me.

cjolie
  • By cjolie · Posted March 18, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • tell me, where did it go, the hopes that i had the belief, that all would be well. when did it get replaced by memories, distant, not quite real, of rainbows and sunlight, stardust glittering on the snow ...

sick of being tired

hayley
  • By hayley · Posted April 24, 2008
  • 1 recommendation
  • ive had enough of being tired this disease is always making me tired even little things like picking the kids up from school is exhausting any tips on how to get energy would be gratefully appreciated ...

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