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Got any ideas for POTENT natural anti-inflamatory?

gerbear
  • By gerbear · New reply August 12, 2008
  • Discussion in Treatment of illness with herbs and supplements · 6 replies
  • Someone at my church yesterday told me that after 1 week of drinking this Mangoseeen juice she has had her arthritis pain cut in half in her swollen and discolored knees. She was doing leg lifts for me ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply July 30, 2008
  • Journal · 79 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply July 7, 2008
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • Hello everyone. I'm writing to let you know about some long overdue improvements that we'll be making to this site's messaging system later this week. The messages section is the most frequently visited ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 22, 2008
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • Hello everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that the improvements to the message system that I wrote about previously are complete. You can check them out now. You'll notice that we've grouped your ...

**Updated** System maintenance: Tuesday June 10th, 5 am - 7 am Eastern

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 5, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • ** Updated ** Due to power outages caused by storms in the Washington, DC area, we need to postpone this maintenance until Tuesday June 10th, from 5 am to 7 am. Thanks for your patience. ** Updated ...

getting along well

AgainstalOddz1
  • By AgainstalOddz1 · New reply May 31, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • ....I'm doing it, I'm getting on my way to walking and being independent!! It's tough though, cause i must leave my comfort zone and venture back out there. Yes there are many "road blocks" along my path ...

Sometimes we make mistakes

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 27, 2008
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • Two months ago, when we launched Inspire 2.0, we added a group called 'Team Inspire'. We did this with the best intentions: we wanted the group to be a space for new members to get oriented, ask questions ...

My mayo experiences 4th trip, part 16.

gerbear
  • By gerbear · New reply April 10, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Here goes the first day, Monday, April6, 2008. Up at 6 am for breakfast and then relax a bit before heading out for the day. We have a full day from 8 am to late afternoon. So here we go… PFT test with ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply April 7, 2008
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • 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 ...

Welcome!

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply April 7, 2008
  • Journal · 19 replies
  • I am pleased to present Inspire 2.0 -- the result of many months of fun and hard work. We have made numerous improvements to your community, the vast majority of which are ideas that came from you! We ...

Back to Mayo Clinic, trip 4, part 15.

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted April 7, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Mayo Clinic, trip #4, April 6, 2008. And We’re off…6:00am. I love my TV but when things don’t go well with the dvd player when you’re in a hurry things just don’t end well. I didn’t get to set it for ...

Going back to Mayo Clinic, pt 15

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted April 4, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I am packing for the 5th trip to Minn. I am going for a follow up to see if the meds and therepy is working. I have since caught a cold that turned into broncitis. really hard to breath and a cough that ...

Ongoing sago of the Mayo clinic, pt. 14

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted April 4, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Friday, Feb. 1, 2008 I did not post yesterday because I am just plain sick of typing. So today I will give you the lowdown. Lungs: I am to go from 40mg of prednisone to 30mgs every other day. I will now ...

Ongoing saga of the Mayo clinic, pt. 13

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted April 4, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Tuesday, Jan. 29. We got to sleep in, yah! Up at 7:30 and done with my oatmeal and donut by 8:30. We don’t have to leave for about 45 min. so I am watching Mondays (a week ago) general Hospital. With ...

Ongoing saga of the Mayo clinic,, pt 12

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted April 4, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Got up at 6 am and combed my hair and headed out. We thought it best that I not eat and drink anything just in case I have blood work. How dry I am! Had a breathing test first thing and got even dryer ...

Ongoing saga of the Mayo Clinic. pt 11

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted April 4, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Sunday, January 27, 2008. Third trip to Mayo clinic. I have been informed by several family and friends that I have not updated my carepage to let them know how my meds have been working. To list all ...

My experience at the Mayo Clinic, pt. 10

gerbear
  • By gerbear · New reply March 26, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Sorry this update is a little late but, seems like such a whirlwind. I’m exhausted. Can’t wait to be on my way home. Should be there by late Friday. I just can’t get over how efficient the Clinic is ...

My experience at the Mayo Clinic, pt 9

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted March 24, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Ralph and I have just gotten back to our hotel for liverwurst and banana. Not together. We are gong back for a EKG at 3:00. Talk to you after. We got to the cardiac unit at 2:15, they called me in at ...

My experience at the Mayo Clinic, pt 8

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted March 24, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Got up at 7:15 showered, breakfast and out the door at 8:40. We got to our appointment 25 min. early so I got my computer out, hooked up the headphones and they called us in. Well, how do you go about ...

my experience at the Mayo Clinic part 7

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted March 24, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Wait till you see the pics of ‘Cheap Charlie’s’. Talk about a hole inn the wall in the middle of Rochester sky scrapers! We got up at 6 this morning and I had a left over omelet from Cheap Charlie’s ...

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