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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
my NIH experience
- By dizzybee · Posted October 2, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE -- I HAVE TRIED TO LEAVE THE DOCTORS' INVOLVED NAMES OUT SO AS NOT TO CAUSE ISSUES -- AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. Well, where to start--nurse took my vitals and some allergy ...
Going Mad
- By Jacquieness · Posted May 27, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- I am new to this site and am in desperate need of support. I have had MCTD for 13 years now. I was in remission for a few years but then last year everything came back and now I am on more meds than ever ...
Cardiac Patients: Obtain record copies now
- By martzj · Posted February 24, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- Stop trusting US medical staff to take charge of your record transfers between. The odds of this happening with zero errors are not in your favor. HIPPA means that all US citizens are entitled (whether ...
A Little Courage
- By Jacquieness · Posted September 1, 2009
- 2 recommendations
- I promised I would post this months ago, but time flies when you're having trouble getting out of bed. I wrote the following as my diversity essay for admission to graduate school. Since then I have become ...
Scleroderma and Your Family
- By lin247 · Posted May 2, 2009
- 2 recommendations
- I have to say that none of my family understands my disease and expects me to so called (normal). I do wear my makeup and try to look ok, even though, I have a lot to cover up. I am so tired of my family ...
Unexpected Treasures Found After the Storm...
- By gracie62 · Posted January 22, 2009
- 2 recommendations
- I saw an article today online. It was about a contractor cleaning hurricane debris in Galveston, TX. Our area is still in recovery from Hurricane Ike, which hit in September, 2008. This guy was raking ...
NEW FRIENDS THANK YOU
- By mandyblue · Posted January 4, 2009
- 2 recommendations
- Being new to these groups, I want to thank everyone of you who accepted being my friend. I want to talk to each and everyone one of you. It may take me a couple of days as I am freshly out of the hospital ...
The Not Quite Calm After the Storm....
- By gracie62 · Posted September 21, 2008
- 2 recommendations
- This will be my last entry about Hurricane Ike. It will contain facts, observations, a dose of humor and end with the grieving I am experiencing. My heart has broken all over again. This post may be long ...
Pain in legs
- By Pawndy · Posted August 28, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- I am new to Inspire. I am glad that this is a place to ask questions and get other peoples experiences. I have Scleroderma, Hypothyrodism, Diabetis, Fybromyalgia, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, ect ...
Electrolyte Abnormalities
- By mandyblue · Posted June 7, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- This information is being posted in "My Journal" for anyone who wishes to use it as reference material to help understand their electrolytes, and metabolic disorders. I have previously promised my friends ...
Information Concerning Hypokalemia/Low Potassium Levels
- By mandyblue · Posted May 28, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- This is information that I think is very important for those who have problems with low potassium levels. Sometimes it is a metabolic problem that causes the loss of potassium, instead of just the use ...
