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Journals
Merry Christmas Michellle
- By cbrocket · Posted December 21, 2008
- 1 reply
- You are the greatest conversation starter. Have you noticed. When you start a thread it goes on forever. Have a happy holiday. rocket ...
Merry Christmas Lil Red Hen
- By cbrocket · Posted December 21, 2008
- 1 reply
- Have a beautiful christmas. Thank you for allyour help to everyone who joins our group. You offer concrete help topeople who are trying to navigate medical treatment and diagnosis. you ar invaluable ...
Merry Christmas Wendy
- By cbrocket · Posted December 21, 2008
- 1 reply
- happy holidaysand all the Lord's blessings to Miss Hospitality. rocket ...
merry christmas dannon
- By cbrocket · Posted December 21, 2008
- 1 reply
- Thank you for the way you listen to the folks here. Your special gift for clarification blesses us all. rocket ...
what are your thoughts on armour thyroid?
- By cbrocket · Posted December 20, 2008
- 9 replies
- Greetings I have been on thyroid medication for 6 months now and have been doing extremely poorly. i am completely dependent and need a wheel chair when out. I have been thinking about asking my doctor ...
New group in Inspire: The National Body Challenge
- By Brian · Posted December 4, 2008
- 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 ...
20 seconds of video fame (okay, anonymity)
- By Hughbetcha · Posted November 25, 2008
- 7 replies
- Last Saturday morning I participated in the Living History Farms race in Des Moines, Iowa. At 7500 runners, it is the largest cross country race in North America, and, I have to believe, probably the ...
Holiday
- By Lynn-Joy · Posted October 27, 2008
- 3 replies
- Just got back from visiting my parents,had a good time. My dad has alzheimers and now and again he'd ask mum who is that goodlooking lady??? Mum would reply it's your daughter!! She definately looks like ...
Trip to the doc and time off work
- By Mac33 · Posted October 27, 2008
- 10 replies
- Anyway, went to the doc this afternoon (thanks to a lucky cancellation, otherwise would have been waiting 11 days), mainly due to my recent crash but also for a bit of a checkup as I get the feeling my ...
RECOVERY......PATIENCE.......LOVE
- By amers88 · Posted October 25, 2008
- 3 replies
- Well we are now getting ready to celabrate Ron's 18th birthday. A very important milestone in a young manpersons life....adulthood, independence, freedom, ability to vote. Well Ron won't be able to understand ...
Visual Memory
- By Hairy0 · Posted October 19, 2008
- 5 replies
- Well, the most obvious results of the damage so far are she dosen't recognize anyone in her family. Not even her parent's( but is starting to, we feel). Not a lot of emotion or expression. It's only been ...
Holiday/vacation
- By Mac33 · Posted October 18, 2008
- 6 replies
- Righto, I'm heading off to New York for a quick holiday (5 days, 4 nights). I'll be seeing two NHL games (let's go Stars!) and maybe a show, along with some of the normal touristy stuff and a little bit ...
Lost
- By Lynn-Joy · Posted October 15, 2008
- 18 replies
- It's three years since I had encephilitis, I may not have died but I am no longer the person I was, I don't recognise myself. I used to be the one who would walk into a crowd and be happy and confident ...
no medication for 5 days
- By brighteyes · Posted October 14, 2008
- 0 replies
- Today, Wednesday, is the first day back on my medication after being asked to go off my medication for 5 days as my specialist want's to test me for Carcinoid Syndrome, but the Madopar I am on gives a ...
encephalitis herpes
- By SSFR · Posted October 13, 2008
- 5 replies
- The problem is lack of Words, It was not possible to read and write what I am doing right now. But there is a big gap. Specially ' Fixed' words eg name of doctors or place visited. It was Zero - it is ...
Returning to Work...
- By Belly · Posted October 6, 2008
- 11 replies
- After being diagnosed in May 2008 with MeningoEncephalitis (caused by getting Mastoiditis) I returned to work last week, for one day. I work in IT, so at least I'm sitting down all day. However, I have ...
Off the radar
- By Mac33 · Posted October 5, 2008
- 1 reply
- I've been off the radar on this site for a few days because I've basically just been sleeping, heh. I think this weekend I've averaged about 8 hours awake a day. Last night I had some nasty insomnia and ...
My journey!
- By Kepley · Posted September 28, 2008
- 5 replies
- My husband came down with HSE on Easter weekend of this year having a grand mal seizure on Easter Monday. I am thankful that the doctor diagnosed this immediately and saved his life. BUT we are still ...
Personality changes
- By Mac33 · Posted September 27, 2008
- 15 replies
- Since I've been sick, I've found: - I'm more emotionally labile (unstable). Small things set me off and I will get upset or angry; but equally, very small things will make me feel like a million bucks ...
One thing I will learn from this...
- By x0allisonx0 · Posted September 24, 2008
- 13 replies
- is Patience. On 9/11/08 my boyfriend of 2 1/2 years was admitted into the ER after being sick for a few days. All he did was sleep, but by that night he could hardly speak right. After a Cat Scan and ...
