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The Ice Cream Isle

Nerthus
  • By Nerthus · Posted January 2, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Made it past the ice cream in the grocery store! I'm really looking forward to dinner tonight. Chicken (grilled), white asparagus, and salad. If I have to have desert, I will opt for a tangerine. Not ...

I will allow regular pictures of myself soon.

Nerthus
  • By Nerthus · Posted January 2, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • No more hand on chin, neck stretched out really far to hide the double chin pictures for me. No more taking 48 digital pics to find one that I can tolerate. No more artfully cropped pictures. I will accept ...

time for the neurosurgeon

deebelle
  • By deebelle · Posted December 12, 2008
  • 10 replies
  • I got my MRI results back yesterday and as I thought, the situation has gotten worse.....what probably concerns me is that two years ago I got an MRI at a local hospital. The findings were poor in that ...

ok

deeeb426
  • By deeeb426 · Posted December 7, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • alright, i had organic spaghetti instead. not as appetizing but still good ...

ahhh!!

deeeb426
  • By deeeb426 · Posted December 7, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • i am hungry, it is dinner time and i really, really want a burger and fries. i love the quarter pounder from mcd's. really hard to resist that!! my husband is on this vegetarian kick and i miss meat ...

something is better than nothing

deeeb426
  • By deeeb426 · Posted December 7, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • well, i know i posted something not that long ago but since i posted it i have finished drinking my water for the day and did 30 min of high intensity dance aerobics. see, already this is keeping me going ...

Cryptococcal pneumonia

LMcMurphie
  • By LMcMurphie · Posted December 3, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • Hi everyone. I'm new to the site and glad to have found you. I was wondering if anyone was familiar with this infection (Cryptococcal pneumonia a fungal pneumonia). I was diagnosed about 2 weeks ago after ...

Finding my way

wayhut
  • By wayhut · Posted November 16, 2008
  • 6 replies
  • When a doctor looks you in the eyes and tells you have neurological sarcoidosis affecting your central nerves system and kidneys. With the next breath he tells you there is no cure and we don’t know what ...

Journal entry #2...Sheila R.-(Oct. 19,)

sheila_r
  • By sheila_r · Posted October 19, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • Just a lillte addition to my 1st journal post:.....don't know what else to TRY with my daughter....extremely frustrated and depressed!!!....this condition has caused her great depression and anxiety....now ...

Journal entry: Oct. 19-2008

sheila_r
  • By sheila_r · Posted October 19, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • Just a little update; my daughter's condition is still the SAME!!! ......There has been NO relief since IT all started about 1 year ago....this condition (Tietze's Syndrome) has been as painful a condition ...

A new chapter

AgainstalOddz1
  • By AgainstalOddz1 · Posted October 18, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • ...Well hello friends, it's been a while since I wrote in this journal, but I thought it was time for an update. In my late entry I was hitting roadblocks like crazy. Now I seem to be on smoother roads ...

getting along well

AgainstalOddz1
  • By AgainstalOddz1 · Posted May 29, 2008
  • 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 · Posted May 23, 2008
  • 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 ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted April 11, 2008
  • 136 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 ...

My mayo experiences 4th trip, part 16.

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted April 7, 2008
  • 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 ...

Back to Mayo Clinic, trip 4, part 15.

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted April 7, 2008
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ...

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