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New group in Inspire: The National Body Challenge

By Brian · New reply January 12, 2009
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 ...

christmas update

By Pmorris · New reply December 22, 2008
Journal · 12 replies
i know the last time i wrote i was just starting college. since then i got really sick in october and missed a month of school but when i came back they were so nice to me and said if i passed they wouldnt ...

NEED HELP

By gators · New reply December 7, 2008
Journal · 1 reply
I need a buddy to help me lose weght ...

letting go....

By DragonflyDream · New reply November 21, 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 ...

bad news.....

By DragonflyDream · New reply October 6, 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 ...

The New Face of Cancer

By DragonflyDream · New reply October 3, 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 ...

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 ...

Privacy and control

By Brian · New reply September 1, 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 ...

"Wish it. Dream it. Do it!"

By DragonflyDream · New reply August 13, 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 ...

Cancer bites!

By DragonflyDream · New reply August 7, 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 ...

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

By DragonflyDream · New reply August 6, 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 · New reply August 4, 2008
Journal · 1 reply
“A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.” Carly Simon ...