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New group in Inspire: The National Body Challenge

By Brian · Posted December 4, 2008
Journal · 25 replies
I am pleased to announce that today we added a new group to Inspire: The National Body Challenge. nationalbodychallenge We created this group in partnership with Discovery Health. The group focuses on ...

It's just getting so overwhelming.

By Pmorris · Posted October 9, 2008
Journal · 22 replies
Being 18 and only 7 months in having membranous nephropathy, it is hard. All of the medications seem to have stop working now. My condition has gotten even worse than when I first started. So now I'm ...

Sometimes I just wonder.....

By Bittersweet · Posted September 25, 2008
Journal · 0 replies
Sometimes I just wonder why it is that when I tell someone I am fighting cancer they have to say that their so and so DIED of CANCER.... That's just want I want to hear right?!!!! NOT!!!! Okay so I have ...

can't sleep

By Bittersweet · Posted September 9, 2008
Journal · 0 replies
Is it me, or is it the cancer, I just can't seem to sleep a whole heck of a lot recently..... I just have so much I want to do. I know I am not alone in this ...

letting go....

By DragonflyDream · Posted September 3, 2008
Journal · 17 replies
Finally at age 47 I let go of my desire/need for my mother's approval. I let my husband hear 27ish years of pent up hurt, disappointment, pure pain come streaming out and the next day I felt so much better ...

Privacy and control

By Brian · Posted August 27, 2008
Journal · 48 replies
At Inspire, we think about privacy all the time. Virtually every web site has a privacy policy; you can read ours here: http://www.inspire.com/about/privacy/. But simply following the letter of a privacy ...

bad news.....

By DragonflyDream · Posted August 13, 2008
Journal · 36 replies
Well as life will have it, of fate, or whatever, I had my latest cat/PET scan on Monday and the Cancer Institutes phone lines have been down and are still down today. This means I have not been able to ...

"Wish it. Dream it. Do it!"

By DragonflyDream · Posted August 12, 2008
Journal · 5 replies
I am one who seriously believes in the power of hope. I have to live and live as long as I can with a positive attitude. I want to see my grandson grow up and take on the world, and see my "bonus" kids ...

The New Face of Cancer

By DragonflyDream · Posted August 5, 2008
Journal · 41 replies
Okay, since the other day when I was so bummed and upset about a comment made by someone who has no clue what it is to FIGHT everyday for one's life I decided that since I "looked so good" that I should ...

from my morning's wanderings~~~~~~

By DragonflyDream · Posted August 4, 2008
Journal · 8 replies
from my morning's wanderings~~~~~~ dragonfly's delights -Comment by dragonfly's delights just now- -Comment sigh.....big hugs, I feel for ya! I too could use some of the poo poo panties now and then let ...

Carly, you rock!

By DragonflyDream · Posted August 4, 2008
Journal · 1 reply
“A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.” Carly Simon ...

Cancer bites!

By DragonflyDream · Posted July 24, 2008
Discussion in Emotional support for parents and caregivers · 1 reply
Hi, I am not a teenager but I was diagnosed with cancer at for me, was an early age. I was 39 and had not even had my first mammogram yet. Breast cancer AND a rare form of bone cancer at the same time ...

Support your group and raise awareness with badges

By Walter · Posted June 20, 2008
Journal · 39 replies
Hi everyone. We added a new feature today that you can use to support your groups and the organizations that sponsor them, and get the word out about the causes that are important to you. If you visit ...