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Hello! My name is Steph Shuff, and I am a writer working here at Inspire. Every month, I help to write, edit, and publish our Monthly Dose newsletter, a monthly email that highlights articles from ac ... Show more
Hi, I don’t quite know how this works, but here goes. It all started with knee surgery when my surgeon discovered salmonella in my knee. Unbelievable… then it turned into sepsis … and here I am four ... Show more
I have been spending a lot of my endless amount of free time lately thinking of things I miss. It’s a bit cathartic I guess, letting them go. Before my leak, I had been in probably the best shape of ... Show more
Hit my head last year and felt like maybe I had a semi-concussion. No loss of consciousness, just a bad headache. Woke up a few days later with the worst head pain of my life, which has remained cons ... Show more
DEFEAT “No one is beat till he quits, No one is through till he stops. No matter how hard Failure hits, No matter how often he drops, A fellow's not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to ri ... Show more
I know stem cells or other implement devices are on the horizon. We had tried number of different stem cell treatments 5 years ago. Unfortunately nothing seem to work other than emptying our savin ... Show more
Hey everyone, I have a question about head trauma/head injury and POTS. My doctors don't know whether I developed POTS from my head trauma I got from a concussion, or Covid. I have no idea either, s ... Show more
In my final year at High School, where at the time I was mostly an A grade student I was involved in a motor vehicle accident which resulted in me being in a coma for three months with significant fr ... Show more
Hi! My accident happened 2 years ago and I am dealing with trying to adjust to how my face looks. It is challenging to adjust to a new normal you are resistant to. I had La Forte fractures 2 and 3 ea ... Show more
I was hit by a car when I was 6.5 years old, it's been is been 27 years since my accident, I've been having tough times from time to time, I've been on antidepressants for almost 10 years now which h ... Show more