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swine flu

meriterry
  • By meriterry · Posted November 18, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • My daughter let us know that the doctor told her husband not to come into the doctor's office, and to assume he has swine flu due to symptoms he reported. He has headache, achy, fever, coughing, but unless ...

Water or Coke? (or rather any carbonated drink)

meriterry
  • By meriterry · Posted November 18, 2009
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • This was sent to me by a friend: Focus on the hydration thing....... Water or Coke? I could not believe this..... Very interesting WATER #1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies ...

Billy has cortico visual impairment

sophianbilly
  • By sophianbilly · Posted November 12, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • www.powercatcharters.com/Billy He had a chronic heart which resulted in brain injury due to anoxia to his brain and to his heart which resulted in the blindness.....He's coming back after 7 months......would ...

Dr. Hastings

meriterry
  • By meriterry · Posted November 12, 2009
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Dr. Carl Named to CRN Board of Directors. Reliv Vice Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Carl Hastings has been elected to the board of directors of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN ...

How long does Billy have with an ef of 29??

sophianbilly
  • By sophianbilly · Posted October 31, 2009
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • his defib/pacemaker was implanted in June 2009 when he was still at UCH after a chronic heart happened on April 2009......He had anoxia to his brain and heart which is why they waited soooo long....He ...

Kidney Cancer Support Groups in NC & SC - USA

Mickeral
  • By Mickeral · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • For those affected by Kidney Cancer (Renal Cell Carcinoma) -- there are many great developments that have occurred this year. As a 12-year survivor, I will be glad to pass along information to those who ...

www.powercatcharters.com/Billy

sophianbilly
  • By sophianbilly · Posted October 11, 2009
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • I look for information all the time.....My Billy had a chronic heart attack with anoxia to the brain and to the heart on April 10, 2009....I was alone in the morning with him when he complained of chest ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • Journal · 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 ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 28 replies
  • Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 32 replies
  • We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...

Time marches on

VirginiaCougar
  • By VirginiaCougar · Posted April 4, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • No matter how much chaos happens, the clock just keeps on tickin. My youngest daughter just keeps gettin older & more unsatisfied. My grandchildren keep growing. I keep getting fatter. ETC. April 2, 2009 ...

earache...

still-standing
  • By still-standing · Posted March 23, 2009
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • well, the last month or so has been pretty unsettling. my son had an earache in his left ear(1 month ago). Took him to doc. doc. gave him a shot to try to knock it out quicker. after 2 weeks he seemed ...

Tell me.

cjolie
  • By cjolie · Posted March 18, 2009
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • tell me, where did it go, the hopes that i had the belief, that all would be well. when did it get replaced by memories, distant, not quite real, of rainbows and sunlight, stardust glittering on the snow ...

Reflections

cjolie
  • By cjolie · Posted March 14, 2009
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • an open book, a pool of water, a starry night, pale moonlight. a penny. a nickle. a dime. a glass of cold wine. seeing yourself in his eyes for the very first time. your firstborn son. grapes fresh off ...

Back on the ball

kimm748
  • By kimm748 · Posted January 7, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Well, I had a rough few days but yesterday I got back on the ball. I drank my 64 oz of water. Today, I will have my cereal with banana, fruit and veggies, and more water. I have to get over the hump of ...

time for the neurosurgeon

deebelle
  • By deebelle · Posted December 12, 2008
  • Journal · 22 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 ...

reiki

riley84720
  • By riley84720 · Posted March 17, 2008
  • Discussion in Questions · 2 replies
  • I recently heard about reiki and wonder if anybody had any experience about this healing remedy ...

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