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A Lazy Susan for your side table or nightstand
- By JudyV · New reply November 18, 2009
- 18 replies
- I was telling someone about this little wonder, and decided to share it more widely by making a journal entry out of it. I recently recited what I keep on the table by my "seat" in the den, the place ...
Uh Oh I am really Dying Soon
- By JudyV · New reply November 14, 2009
- 87 replies
- Every now and then it hits. It hit tonight, big time. I wanted to call someone, but who do you call to say something like that? Who would understand how this realization can just suddenly flood over me ...
Is It Real? Can it be?
- By JudyV · New reply November 13, 2009
- 28 replies
- This strange life I am living now ... is it real? Who could have imagined this. I am 66. All my young years, thinking of my senior years would have put me on a cruise ship, living in a condo in Florida ...
"While Judy & I were Married ..."
- By JudyV · New reply August 19, 2009
- 34 replies
- My husband of 38 years said the most telling thing the other day when he and I were chatting with our hospice Chaplain. I complained that Joe and I never did anything together any more. The Chaplain asked ...
Tattoo today - Harley tomorrow?
- By JudyV · New reply August 17, 2009
- 20 replies
- I am going to get permanent eyebrows! My wonderful hospice team member has arranged it. Other than the little dots for radiation, I have never had a tattoo. I'm nervous about it and I hate pain. I do ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 15, 2009
- 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 ...
Scheduled maintenance this evening
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 12, 2009
- 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 ...
Don't try to drive the Electric Cart where it was Never Meant To Go!
- By JudyV · New reply August 10, 2009
- 17 replies
- Ohmigosh I really did it! My daughter had taken me to WalMart, and I used their wonderful electric cart and got to do my favorite thing: shopping I am very worried that I will be banned from all WalMarts ...
how to get the drive back
- By dollycat6 · New reply August 1, 2009
- 6 replies
- I know this is such a personalsubject but my last chemo was in March sometime 2008 and still I wait as does hubby. Where's the drive and will it ever rerurn. There's no forced issue but a whole lot of ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 23, 2009
- 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 ...
NEW EYEBROWS, NEW HAIR, NEW OUTLOOK!!
- By JudyV · New reply June 22, 2009
- 15 replies
- I did it! Thanks to Amy at Hospice, and "Hope Lives" in Fort Collins, and Abby at Vogue Laser in Loveland, I have eyebrows at last! I had a picture of my eyebrows on here, but they look even better each ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 12, 2009
- 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 - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 9, 2009
- 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 ...
Still Alive and Kicking
- By JudyV · New reply May 15, 2009
- 13 replies
- Some of my phone calls and emails are sweet and remind me of when I was pregnant and the calls I received after I went past the baby-due-date. People, understandably, want to know where I am in this battle ...
Moms, you rock!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
- 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 ...
Hospice nurse
- By cherri77 · New reply April 19, 2009
- 7 replies
- I work as a hospice nurse. I have been working in this for 15+ years. I do know how hard it is to loose a loved one. Presently, my father is on hospice. Not expected to live much longer ...
Am I a coward
- By barbsdaughter · New reply April 17, 2009
- 26 replies
- I come to this site daily hoping. Hoping to read of a survivor. Hoping to read that someone has been given 6-8 weeks (like my mom had been given) and is writing 3 years later. I logged on tonite and it ...
FOUR MONTHS TODAY SINCE I LOST MY MOMMY
- By barbsdaughter · New reply October 31, 2008
- 4 replies
- I have written each month since I lost my dear sweet mom to sclc. I can hardly believe that it has been four months since she has been gone. It truly feels like years i miss her so much I have to say ...
Help ...
- By debs1 · New reply September 25, 2008
- 2 replies
- Well, I've been a member of WomenHeart for awhile now and just discovered you this morning. My mom has been in hospice care for almost one full year. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer more than three ...
A Message to Kallygirlie
- By barbsdaughter · Posted August 6, 2008
- 0 replies
- Hi I havent seen a posting from you since your deeply moving announcement that you lost your mom I wanted to try to reach out to you and see how you were doing and see if there is anything at all tha ...
