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Year of Gratitude- 2013

By amarettosour · New reply 1:13 am
Journal · 423 replies
Happy New Years To All Inspire Members! I have decided to start a journal for gratitude for the new year. 2012 is behind us and its time to move forward. I know that life has it's challenges and I have ...

Springhill group korea reviews medical alert scam warning issued

By snoweriddle · Posted yesterday at 11:00 pm
Discussion in General health · 0 replies
FLORENCE | Times Daily — Officials with the Better Business Bureau of North Alabama are warning residents of a scam that has been circulating in the area offering people free medical alert systems. “We ...

"Put your LIFE up this is a HOLD UP."

By MZBIGGREDD · New reply June 18, 2013
Journal · 10 replies
"Put your LIFE up this is a HOLD UP.....What Do You Do When Disease Illness & Chronic Pain Robs You Of Your Identity?" "Pain, pain, go away, please I beg you don't come back another day!" One day I left ...

Five million

By Brian · New reply June 17, 2013
Journal · 243 replies
Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

I AM TOO POSITIVE....

By MZBIGGREDD · New reply June 15, 2013
Journal · 9 replies
My Kings and Queen let me share this message with you. Sometimes in life things happen. Things out of our control, things we didn’t plan for, and these things can change our life in the blink of an eye ...

Matteo turns 5 soon

By matteo · New reply June 15, 2013
Journal · 40 replies
Hi everybody, thought I would share the above photo with you all as it just makes me smile, he was having so much fun today. One year post chemo MRI/CT due on the 24th fingers and toes crossed! 5 years ...

reneeh

By ReneeH · Posted June 11, 2013
Discussion in Cancer · 0 replies
has anyone ever heardanything abnout using DCA (Sosium Dichloroacetate) to fight cancer ...

On being the CEO of your health

By John2 · New reply June 11, 2013
Journal · 4 replies
From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a link to a new column, "A moose no longer: How I faced down my fears of heart disease." The column is by ...

Livingly Dying

By DragonGirl · New reply June 9, 2013
Journal · 20 replies
I am trying to make community among those of us staring at imminent mortality. In 2013 more and more of us are finding the words terminally ill and chronic illness co-mingle. We are living longer and ...

Sarcoidosis Messed With The Wrong Girl!

By MZBIGGREDD · New reply June 3, 2013
Journal · 6 replies
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis came like a thief in the night, it has and will be my lifetime partner, bringing along unwanted friends to destroy my life. You are a potentially life-threatening disease ... with ...

Natural replacement for Lipitor?

By Liiiveinhope · Posted June 3, 2013
Discussion in Heart and cholesterol · 0 replies
Recently my legs have become quite a bit weaker and achey. I've been on Lipitor for years and two women and my chiropractor have warned me it could be the culprit. Has anyone found an effective replacement ...

I finished 94 lbs down U CAN DO IT!!!

By CoachT · New reply May 27, 2013
Journal · 22 replies
Back in April 2010 I started journaling about my weight loss journey. I started a blogsite, joined here and off I went. But some people can be real butholes!!! People dogged me for talking about God for ...

New column: “'Live Because:' Living a fuller life with chronic illness"

By John2 · Posted May 21, 2013
Journal · 0 replies
From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a new column on the Stanford University School of Medicine "Scope" blog, titled, “'Live Because:' Living ...

Some Very Special Mothers

By Mickeral · New reply May 12, 2013
Journal · 1 reply
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength… Oprah Winfrey@BrainyQuote Dear Fellow Travelers: May I offer a big Mother's Day salute to all of you ladies who face tremendous struggles against what ...

New article: Mom's virtual cancer family helps daughter cope with loss

By John2 · Posted May 12, 2013
Journal · 0 replies
From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a new article on NBC's TODAY.com, "Mom's virtual cancer family helps daughter cope with loss." You can read ...

Sleeping on Prednisone

By RonD26 · New reply May 11, 2013
Journal · 10 replies
Does anyone have any recommendations for getting some good sleep while on Prednisone? I am currently taking 60mg, 30 mg's in the morning and 30 mg's after lunch. I was taking the second dose after dinner ...

New column: National Pain Day

By John2 · Posted May 10, 2013
Journal · 0 replies
From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a link to a new column, "National Pain Day," that I think you'll find interesting. You can read the column ...

A new Inspire report in collaboration with Stanford Medical School

By Brian · New reply May 5, 2013
Journal · 84 replies
As many of you know, Inspire has a professional collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine. Inspire members have written personal stories for the Stanford Scope column. I am pleased ...

H.B. 609 - The Cancer Treatment Fairness Act of NC

By Mickeral · New reply May 4, 2013
Journal · 12 replies
Dear Fellow Travelers: I'm attaching some information about a bill that is working its way through the North Carolina state legislature. This bill entitled “H.B. 609 - The Cancer Treatment Fairness Act ...

When you say nothing at all: Living with an invisible illness

By John2 · Posted April 18, 2013
Journal · 0 replies
From: John Novack, communications director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a new column on the Stanford University School of Medicine "Scope" medical blog: "When you say nothing at ...

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