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November 21st

wifeofhubby62
  • By wifeofhubby62 · New reply yesterday at 8:09 pm
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • Sunny and cool. Good day for college and high school football games.. Levi rstless and quiet night. Just gave him his meds . Little way will bathe him and get dressed .Tells me to have my coffee and breakfast ...

A Lazy Susan for your side table or nightstand

JudyV
  • By JudyV · New reply November 18, 2009
  • Journal · 18 replies
  • I was telling someone about this little wonder, and decided to share it more widely by making a journal entry out of it. I recently recited what I keep on the table by my "seat" in the den, the place ...

Uh Oh I am really Dying Soon

JudyV
  • By JudyV · New reply November 14, 2009
  • Journal · 87 replies
  • Every now and then it hits. It hit tonight, big time. I wanted to call someone, but who do you call to say something like that? Who would understand how this realization can just suddenly flood over me ...

Is It Real? Can it be?

JudyV
  • By JudyV · New reply November 13, 2009
  • Journal · 28 replies
  • This strange life I am living now ... is it real? Who could have imagined this. I am 66. All my young years, thinking of my senior years would have put me on a cruise ship, living in a condo in Florida ...

Inspire members featured

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply November 4, 2009
  • Journal · 29 replies
  • Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...

"Better Half" Concluded His Journey- 9/16/09

iva1
  • By iva1 · New reply October 4, 2009
  • Journal · 18 replies
  • When the time came that our Earl Ray Huffingham could no longer make the difficult trip to the hospital for transfusions we all knew that his time left with us was limitted and when the last of the blood ...

only care giver

blessings742
  • By blessings742 · New reply September 24, 2009
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • newbie at this site, my hubby has many health issuses, plus heart troubles;;;; dont know what to add, so god bless, blessings 742 ...

LIVING WITH HOSPICE

iva1
  • By iva1 · New reply September 19, 2009
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATING "LIFE'S CHANGING JOURNEY' WITH THE WONDERFUL HELP of North East Florida Community Hospice in Jacksonville. I thught I was familiar with Hospice from the beginning almost 30 ...

care givers

blessings742
  • By blessings742 · Posted September 18, 2009
  • Discussion in Open discussion · 0 replies
  • hospice is the greatest thing when a family/ friend is in need, as we have had him on twice, he got better, has a bad heart, sleep apnee, blocked veines, acid reflex, many more, wont bore u, all;;; love ...

"While Judy & I were Married ..."

JudyV
  • By JudyV · New reply August 19, 2009
  • Journal · 34 replies
  • My husband of 38 years said the most telling thing the other day when he and I were chatting with our hospice Chaplain. I complained that Joe and I never did anything together any more. The Chaplain asked ...

Tattoo today - Harley tomorrow?

JudyV
  • By JudyV · New reply August 17, 2009
  • Journal · 20 replies
  • I am going to get permanent eyebrows! My wonderful hospice team member has arranged it. Other than the little dots for radiation, I have never had a tattoo. I'm nervous about it and I hate pain. I do ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply August 15, 2009
  • Journal · 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 ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply August 12, 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 ...

Thanks.

rich504
  • By rich504 · Posted July 27, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Thanks to Everything Every hospice or Hospitals and Discover health for everything ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply June 23, 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 ...

NEW EYEBROWS, NEW HAIR, NEW OUTLOOK!!

JudyV
  • By JudyV · New reply June 22, 2009
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • I did it! Thanks to Amy at Hospice, and "Hope Lives" in Fort Collins, and Abby at Vogue Laser in Loveland, I have eyebrows at last! I had a picture of my eyebrows on here, but they look even better each ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply June 12, 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 ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply June 9, 2009
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • 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 ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • 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 ...

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The Capital Hospice Support Community connects patients, families, friends and caregivers for support and inspiration. The Capital Hospice Support Community is sponsored by Capital Hospice in partnership with Inspire.