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Travelling on the King's Highway - one step at a time!
- By Great-gram · New reply November 9, 2009
- 1 reply
- Hi Everybody! I haven't posted or written any journals because life has gotten pretty hectic. Our grand-daughter just turned 19 - we kept it simple and still she was happy, because it was our day off ...
Sinking and Scared
- By WandaJ · New reply October 25, 2009
- 9 replies
- Yesterday I made an incredibly difficult and scary decision: to take a leave of absence so I can heal after the roller-coaster ride of the past year. A difficult decision for several reasons: I am a woman ...
Beyond Anxious About Blood Pressure
- By lonewolf7 · New reply September 28, 2009
- 3 replies
- I'm editing this journal because there were no responses and I'm really concerned about my BP. Why do these things always happen weekends? For the past few days, my blood pressure has been quite high ...
Traveling the King's Highway - Quite a bumpy road - with a lot of stress
- By Great-gram · Posted September 27, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi to all my friends, We had some "interesting" episodes with our grandaughter and her friends yesterday and today - won't get into details, but it was quite hectic. This morning I grabbed my heart medications ...
Traveling on the King's Highway - Heart didn't like me today.
- By Great-gram · New reply September 26, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hi! I was really pushing today because the auctioneer was coming to the house to assess things. Seems like the best bet is to just get rid of it all. He was really nice and said if we call ahead, he will ...
Just Can't Believe It
- By lonewolf7 · New reply September 25, 2009
- 26 replies
- Today I had an appointment with my cardiologist. I found out that when they did the angioplasty in March, I had another artery that was 50% blocked and they did nothing about it. It seems that an artery ...
Traveling on the King's Highway - trip to the PCP
- By Great-gram · New reply September 25, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hi! Because of yesterday's symptoms, I took 100 mg of metoprolol (lopresser)(Toprol) this morning. That was my usual dose before I went in the hospital. My B/P was still low enough that I didn't take ...
Can't Do It - Why
- By lonewolf7 · New reply September 24, 2009
- 21 replies
- Today I was supposed to have a nuclear stress test. I didn't go - it's the second time I've done this. Both times, I have become extremely anxious and scared and don't know how to deal with these feelings ...
Traveling on the Kings Highway - heart having it's say
- By Great-gram · New reply September 22, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hi All! Not much time to post, but try to read articles periodically. You are all so great. Our 18 year old grand-daughter is here, kind of off and on. I'm seeing some growth in her. She is at a friends ...
New again
- By Nekashell · New reply September 9, 2009
- 8 replies
- I've decided that I want to start this over again and stick to this I need to be a new healthier me! Its not going to be easy, Hopely I will meet some people on here that will be inspiring, and share ...
blood pressure med.
- By 123wisdom · New reply August 20, 2009
- 1 reply
- Hello, is there anyone taking the drug Bystolic? It is a new class of BP med. without alot of the side effects. I started it about 1 week ago and so far its working ok. I dont understand how you can go ...
On the King's Highway - problems with hip and back
- By Great-gram · Posted August 16, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hi! everyone - sure has been a bumpy road lately. My husband got out the hospital just in time to take care of us. Plumbing under the sink went - he semi took care of it. Will need a plumber this time ...
Scared
- By lonewolf7 · New reply August 16, 2009
- 27 replies
- After having a heart attack, angioplasty and stent put in back in March, I find that I am having increasingly frequent "terrors" I am having another heart attack. My BP is up and I can't see the dr till ...
No Support from Family
- By lonewolf7 · New reply August 16, 2009
- 16 replies
- I'm not sure how this journal is going to turn out but I'll try to be coherent and hope I don't sound like I'm having a pity party. Last weekend, I phoned my oldest son to ask him if he would phone me ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 15, 2009
- 6 replies
- 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 ...
On the Jericho Road - In Need of Prayers
- By Great-gram · New reply August 13, 2009
- 28 replies
- Hi! Just asking all of you to pray for my husband. He took ill last night; we went to the doctor this morning - he sent us to the ER because his blood pressure is so low, (systolic went down to 60 while ...
Answered Prayer on the Jericho Road
- By Great-gram · New reply August 13, 2009
- 2 replies
- Thanks be to God and thanks to all of you. I just shared all of the responses with my husband. He is now home. No diagnosis - but then, that is not necessary when God is at work. We can never get too ...
Scheduled maintenance this evening
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 12, 2009
- 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 ...
Another Journal
- By lonewolf7 · New reply August 2, 2009
- 6 replies
- I find that writing these journals really helps, even if I have nothing to say. However, what I am wondering about it something in particular. My drs are ambivalent and disagree about giving me nitro ...
Left side weakness, Is it from mini strokes?
- By 2bxplrd · New reply July 9, 2009
- 7 replies
- When I had a follow-up with my PCP I questioned her about the subtle weakness that has been getting progressively more noticeable on my left side. I will be seeing a Neurologist on June 8th to find out ...
