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Welcome from 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
- 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!
- 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!
- 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 ...
"HYPOKALEMIA OR LOW POTASSIUM"
- By mandyblue · Posted June 2, 2009
- 7 recommendations
- 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 ...
The journey begins
- By Rock44 · Posted June 13, 2008
- 7 recommendations
- I am telling you, I NEVER would have thought that I would be where I am right now at age 42. But the fact is, I am. What am I gonna do about it? I can cover my eyes and pretend like its not happening ...
On my knees
- By hopeful3 · Posted April 26, 2008
- 6 recommendations
- I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go . Abraham Lincoln ...
ACCEPTANCE
- By Blkjewelz8960 · Posted August 14, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- I have several quotes on the wall of my cubicle at work. But I kept looking at this one the other day and felt it must be meant for someone so I am posting it here now so that it can reach who it is intended ...
Almost at my breaking point
- By Terri9967 · Posted May 9, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- Well things go from bad to worse for me it seems! I got a call yesterday from my pcp and he wanted me in today to discuss the results from that 30 day event heart monitor. So I went in today at 10am ...
Moms, you rock!
- 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 ...
So sick of pain today
- By deebelle · Posted April 2, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- So tired of this pain. I am so miserable today..so sad and angry, all at the same time. It hurts so bad. My pinched nerve in my back really hurting right leg, and groin and hip. Barely tolerable today ...
RESENTMENT vs GUILT
- By Rj · Posted October 2, 2008
- 5 recommendations
- I just stopped myself from replying to a post regarding caregiver resentment for cancer patients, and it's acceptance! I feel this is a 'open wound' subject that 'we' should discuss with a broad range ...
I need to have a better attitude!
- By so-tired · Posted August 5, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- I've been thinking a lot lately, that I really need to adjust my attitude! OK, so I have all of these illnesses, I just can't let that stop me from thinking more positively! I've heard the saying, "Acceptance ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- 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 ...
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS: Pass it forward
- By carosu · Posted May 14, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- Thatgirl posted about her everyday heros and it made me think. So many postings at this site are caring, supportive, and empathetic. Maybe we could share some stories about the random acts of kindness ...
Just give me strength
- By hopeful3 · Posted April 28, 2008
- 4 recommendations
- I do not ask to walk a smooth path nor bear an easy load. I pray for strength and fortitude to climb the rock-strewn road. Give me such courage and I can scale the hardest peaks alone, and transform each ...
Water or Coke? (or rather any carbonated drink)
- By meriterry · Posted November 18, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- This was sent to me by a friend: Focus on the hydration thing....... Water or Coke? I could not believe this..... Very interesting WATER #1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies ...
SO excited to share what I have found!
- By pwrsrg77 · Posted November 4, 2009
- 3 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 ...
I CAN HARDLY WALK TODAY
- By so-tired · Posted October 7, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- I HAVE SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH ME, BUT TODAY IS REALLY BAD. I AM SO WEAK, AND CAN HARDLY WALK! ANY IDEAS AS TO WHAT THIS COULD BE? I'M SCARED! PLEASE, REPLY? LINDA (SO TIRED ...
Pain tx options during post-op/ meds in gen.
- By janetbd · Posted September 5, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- Recently had a family member have back surgery (for the third time) and during her post -op time she immediately was in so much pain. She tried to get by on what she was told had been ordered by MD. The ...
