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CANCER PAIN STUDY

Rj
  • By Rj · Posted November 19, 2008
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • I have been accepted for this study and will actually start the drug, sativex or the placebo on friday 11/21/08. the study is still open and conducted in Hagerstown, MD. If your interested you can e-mail ...

GONE NEVER MEANS FORGOTTEN

Rj
  • By Rj · Posted November 8, 2008
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • My friend, who was like a brother to me, was diagnosed with renal cell cancer, died yesterday. He was diagnosed last July and went so fast I and his family are stunned. And I know this is just the beginning ...

PAIN & TREATMENTS

Rj
  • By Rj · Posted October 26, 2008
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • I've searched through all of my groups, but, haven't found any mention of "HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY" Please let me know if you have heard of this diagnoses? The pain is in all of my joints and bones ...

RESENTMENT vs GUILT

Rj
  • By Rj · Posted October 2, 2008
  • Journal · 44 replies
  • I just stopped myself from replying to a post regarding caregiver resentment for cancer patients, and it's acceptance! I feel this is a 'open wound' subject that 'we' should discuss with a broad range ...

FRIENDSHIP- REVISITED

Rj
  • By Rj · Posted September 30, 2008
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • Once again, LC patients tell the truth about 'friends and family's so far 44 more replies and counting to yet another discussion posted about how our so called friends decided to become (fill in the blank ...

Growing up with HIV

flwrgurl
  • By flwrgurl · Posted July 23, 2008
  • Discussion in Caring for someone with AIDS · 2 replies
  • i lived with my mother who was HIV+ and eventually it had turned into full blown AIDS. i just want people to know that caring for someone who has this isnt always that hard. Just treat them like any other ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 10, 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 ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 1, 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 ...

Well. Well, well, well.

Sanford
  • By Sanford · Posted May 25, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • I saw the neurologist this week, because my hands have started cramping. I assumed, because this is how my mind works, that I had Parkinson's or Multiple Sclerosis. I was wrong. My AIDS-related neuropathy ...

Sometimes we make mistakes

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted May 23, 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 ...

Drug cocktail

aflickrn
  • By aflickrn · Posted May 21, 2008
  • Discussion in Treatment · 2 replies
  • Hi, my son Lucas is adopted. When we met him in the NICU he was getting prophylactic AZT and tested negative. A month after bringing home we had the test repeated and he had converted to HIV positive ...

New Job at last!!!

Sanford
  • By Sanford · Posted May 2, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • I started a new job on 4/21. I was laid off due to budget cuts on 1/3/08, so I've been job hunting for quite some time. I got so depressed that my shrink upped my Zoloft (I hated the higher dose). I must ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted April 11, 2008
  • Journal · 134 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 ...

INSIDIOUS

GYFROMLA
  • By GYFROMLA · Posted April 11, 2008
  • Discussion in Testing · 0 replies
  • HIV IS INSIDIOUS & THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET TESTED!; I DIDN'T GET TESTED(LONG STORY) BECAUSE I WAS HEALTHY AND HAD NO SYMPTOMS I WENT TO THE GYM 3X A WEEK; I DEVELOPED PNEUMONIA AND A BLOOD TEST ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 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 ...

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