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sad again day...

grandmotherbird
  • By grandmotherbird · Posted November 18, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • I had a treat last evening. Friends I was once in Ministry with came over to visit all together for a mini-reunion. It's been 30 years since we saw our Brother Stephan. We laughed and were silly all evening ...

Day 5 tapering off Cymbalta

grandmotherbird
  • By grandmotherbird · Posted November 15, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • It's been a blur...that Cymbalta made me frantic at the end...not good for me at all. I knew it was the drug so I didn't have to panic...the side effects of being on that drug were getting worse by the ...

I am too sad today

grandmotherbird
  • By grandmotherbird · Posted November 13, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • My dear friends' mom committed suicide day before yesterday. She was 71 and was Bipolar II. I struggle with that concept and thank God for my family and birds cuz....they keep me from following through ...

Withdrawal

grandmotherbird
  • By grandmotherbird · Posted November 10, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Today is day 2 of the beginning..of getting off Cymbalta...for me...a very bad experience. I am doing this under my doctors supervision because I tried to do it by myself about a month ago and it was ...

Natural Remedies for Migraines

TheMigRel
  • By TheMigRel · Posted November 5, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • The largest study of migraines ever conducted, the American Prevalence and Prevention Study (AMPP), found that migraines affect 12 percent of Americans older than 12 - three quarters of them women. Nine ...

It's a New Day

grandmotherbird
  • By grandmotherbird · Posted November 5, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Yup! Woke up this morning and said...*I'm still here!* :) I haven't seen my daughter or grandson in almost a month. They only live 35 minutes away. Hubby said...last night...why don't you try to get up ...

How to deal with Migraine Pain

TheMigRel
  • By TheMigRel · Posted November 4, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Of all the health problems that people go through, migraines is among the most reported in patients complaining of pain in the head area. Migraines can cause a lot of trouble and discomfort to people ...

migraines & fibromyalgia

nanah
  • By nanah · Posted November 3, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • hi all, i'm new here & looking to share any info to ease or prevent headaches. i'm 64 yo & have had migraines since teenager-used to get them every mo. w/ my period, some so bad i had to go to ER. they ...

I Got Great News Why Am I SAD

Anjee_w
  • By Anjee_w · Posted October 28, 2009
  • 21 replies
  • I woke up this morning and noticed I had a voice mail message. It was the nurse at my doctors office. The message said ". Your MRI was normal".... That's great! Then why do I feel so sad and confused ...

true life

theyrethere24
  • By theyrethere24 · Posted October 8, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • true life called today. i dont care if i get on it. just the facty people need to know what we go threw. good luck to anyone that got the good threw ...

Doing a lot better than expected

jdbagley1
  • By jdbagley1 · Posted October 5, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • I was so worried that I wasn't making any progress until I weighed myself this morning. This last week I went from 312 to 309.8. Not bad at all. I worked out 4x's this past week on the recumbent stationary ...

Ammonia

jdbagley1
  • By jdbagley1 · Posted September 29, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Lately I have been really pushing it hard, burning a lot of calories, and smelling like ammonia. I was wondering if anyone else gets this. I am going to look at my diet and see if I need to add or take ...

Bad day yesterday :(

jdbagley1
  • By jdbagley1 · Posted September 26, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • I was so mad yesterday. I had a massive headache that prevented me from doing any workouts. I still ate healthy but the pain made it impossible to do anything strenuous. I thing that it was a mild migraine ...

Butt Kicking workout yesterday

jdbagley1
  • By jdbagley1 · Posted September 25, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • I really pushed myself yesterday and it felt great! I started off with EA Active which I did only for 12 minutes, warm up. I then jumped on the recumbant bike and rode hard for 47 minutes which ended ...

My journey so far...

jdbagley1
  • By jdbagley1 · Posted September 21, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Well to start off, my start weight last year was 350-360 pounds. Not really sure what the number was. I know it was a little over 350 lbs. I had gotten down to 333 by July when family members decided ...

+2 again

maloudevilla
  • By maloudevilla · Posted August 26, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • hi again to my friends and members of team inspire, I woke up today and test her urine( I do it everyday), and was shocked that her urine is spilling protein again....I felt so sad because here we go ...

How to know if a UTI is coming ahead using the multistix?

maloudevilla
  • By maloudevilla · Posted August 23, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • last two weeks was another sad days for our family, Nadine urine was +4 again and yes it was UTI again but its a regular UTI not the reflux one...after taking antibiotics for almost 2 weeks, her urine ...

Migraine Headache Pain Relief Management

TheMigRel
  • By TheMigRel · Posted August 12, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • One of the most complex forms of illnesses is the migraine headache pain. In fact, this condition is very common as it does not only triggers adults, but teenagers and children as well. Although unpleasant ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...

Again its' been a while since I last posted

CanadaNuse
  • By CanadaNuse · Posted July 4, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • A lot has happened since we last posted. Current Up date from NIH isn't going to be clear cut and to the point. All it say's that my daughter Ashley case is more complex then they thought! Yesterday July ...

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