Journals
- By Walter · Posted yesterday at 10:03 pm
- 7 replies
- Hello everyone. We'll be upgrading some bits of Inspire during the evening of Wednesday, December 3rd. As a result Inspire will be offline from roughly 7 pm to midnight Eastern time. Thanks so much for ...
- By tammysci · Posted yesterday at 7:01 pm
- 0 replies
- This past Thanksgiving weekend I got in my car, as many other millions of people did, and headed out on a 3 hour road trip. One thing that I need to think about now, when I travel is how to make my trip ...
- By tammysci · Posted November 25, 2008
- 9 replies
- This past week I was reminded that I have a lot to be thankful for, and especially since it is almost Thanksgiving. Out of nowhere I received a letter in the mail announcing that a health professional ...
- By marimar · Posted November 20, 2008
- 0 replies
- hello i was diagnosed with sacroilitis at 31 it can be very painful does anyone know anybody with this disease ...
- By Rj · Posted November 19, 2008
- 8 replies
- I have been accepted for this study and will actually start the drug, sativex or the placebo on friday 11/21/08. the study is still open and conducted in Hagerstown, MD. If your interested you can e-mail ...
- By tammysci · Posted November 19, 2008
- 8 replies
- Over the past 15 years I have struggled with pain and it can be very frustrating. When I wake up, the first 15 minutes of my day are the worst. I even bought a new mattress this year to try to help my ...
- By tammysci · Posted November 13, 2008
- 12 replies
- In the last couple of months people have asked me what I miss about my life before my injury. The answer is everything! How could I not miss things, it changed everything about how I thought my future ...
- By joyrmttx · Posted November 12, 2008
- 4 replies
- I've recently received my latest PET scan results and I'm still hangin true! I'm 9 months and no lymphoma! What a great feeling. That alone makes up for the side effects that I still have from the chemo ...
- By Unsure · Posted November 11, 2008
- 4 replies
- I am still so unsure about sarcoidosis. I read everything I can get my hands on, but I'm just not quite understanding my own, individual case. I'm seeing several specialists and am getting multiple stories ...
- By tammysci · Posted November 11, 2008
- 5 replies
- Veteran's Day was not a day that meant much to me personally until I started meeting veterans coming back from Iraq. I was surprised to find out that the amount deaths because of the war in Iraq was 4193 ...
- By KathyS · Posted November 11, 2008
- 0 replies
- I had a severe reaction when I took Boniva with the vomiting, muscle pain and joint pain and actually all over broken bone pain. The worst of it lasted 3 days with ongoing pain lasting around two weeks ...
- By Rj · Posted November 8, 2008
- 13 replies
- My friend, who was like a brother to me, was diagnosed with renal cell cancer, died yesterday. He was diagnosed last July and went so fast I and his family are stunned. And I know this is just the beginning ...
- By tammysci · Posted November 7, 2008
- 5 replies
- Traveling Tips Part 1: Renting a car In the past 15 years since I have been using a wheelchair, traveling has never been easy, but I don’t let it stop me. Just a few weeks ago I had to go to Atlanta ...
- By tammysci · Posted November 3, 2008
- 0 replies
- When you use a wheelchair it can be hard to find accessible apartments and housing. Over the last 10 years, I have always been someone that rented an apartment and at one time I even had a small house ...
- By Rj · Posted October 26, 2008
- 16 replies
- I've searched through all of my groups, but, haven't found any mention of "HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY" Please let me know if you have heard of this diagnoses? The pain is in all of my joints and bones ...
- By tammysci · Posted October 22, 2008
- 6 replies
- I know that stem cell research is a very controversial subject among people with disabilities, but I was forwarded this link on the candidate’s views on Stem Cell Research. If you are not informed on ...
- By tammysci · Posted October 20, 2008
- 13 replies
- According to a website on the census of how many people have disabilities of some sort in the United States; are about 58 million people. With that amount of people affected by disabilities in the United ...
- By KathyS · Posted October 15, 2008
- 8 replies
- I went to a rheumatologist last week and got the results back on my xrays on my knees... and it's Osteoarthritis.. so they recommended the injections in my knee once a week over a 5 week period.. I had ...
- By tammysci · Posted October 15, 2008
- 6 replies
- In life, we all have people that inspire us, and sometimes they don’t always realize how much. I hear from a lot of people that say I inspire them, and while that is a compliment, I feel it has a lot ...
- By JaidaMoon · Posted October 13, 2008
- 0 replies
- I've been thinking a lot about how I feel, and that I know I don't communicate very well how my body feels. I tend to ignore things until they're un-ignoreable, which probably isn't the best thing to ...
