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mybuddy
  • By mybuddy · Posted November 12, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Hi. I'm new here and needed some help. I've been married to a wonderful man for 20 years with 2 children. Looking back, I can say the problems started about 10 years ago, for my husband, with uncoordinated ...

Questions about Huntington's Disease

cn421
  • By cn421 · Posted November 8, 2009
  • Discussion in Living with Huntington's · 0 replies
  • Hello. My name is Cheryl and I am student new to this group. I was wondering if I could ask someone a few questions on how this disease can affect your day to day life. If anyone is interested in sharing ...

Questions About Living with Huntington's

JimmyVo
  • By JimmyVo · Posted November 6, 2009
  • Discussion in Living with Huntington's · 0 replies
  • Hi, I am a student attending san jose state university and I am currently in the occupational therapy program. I am trying to become more familiar with huntingtons disease. I would like to do an interview ...

father with huntingtons-scared for my life

tuffluv209
  • By tuffluv209 · Posted November 4, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • hi everyone. my name is stephanie. im 16 years old and living with HD in my family. my grandfather and aunt passed away from it before i was born. my other aunt is in a home and been living there with ...

DIMEBON the new hope for slowing progression...

blkcamaroz28
  • By blkcamaroz28 · Posted November 1, 2009
  • Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
  • I have been reading alot into the Dimebon HORIZON drug study that is getting much hype about slowing progression. John's Hopkins University has the trials going on right now as are other sites in different ...

My dad was diagnosed with HD

amandav77
  • By amandav77 · Posted October 31, 2009
  • Discussion in Genetic testing · 3 replies
  • My dad was recently diagnosed with HD in June of 09. He is in total denial, and we do not talk about it to him at all. I see his decline and it hurts my heart to know that within a couple years from know ...

looking to have questions answered

mikeyoung
  • By mikeyoung · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Discussion in Living with Huntington's · 4 replies
  • I am a student going to san jose state university and i am currently pursuing a degree in occupational therapy. I am trying to become more familiar with huntingtons disease. I would greatly appreciate ...

MIS-diagnosis

4theloveofmary
  • By 4theloveofmary · Posted October 6, 2009
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 2 replies
  • My wife's father was mis-daignosed with Huntington's disease 30 years ago. After the passing of my wife last year, it was determined our family has a genetic disorder, GSS tat has an early stage of onset ...

My husband has Huntington's Disease

lisbro
  • By lisbro · Posted September 23, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • My husband has HD. We have 3 children and have been married 23 years. I have taken care of him at home the past 10 years. I am so sad right now because I had to have him committed and am having a very ...

HD

Journeysend
  • By Journeysend · Posted August 18, 2009
  • Discussion in Caring for someone with Huntington's · 2 replies
  • I would like to know how to cope with this awful disease, My husband has had it for awhile but, only knew about it for sure since May, this year. The changes in him ARE SCAREY ...

me and my daddy

courtney1234
  • By courtney1234 · Posted August 15, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • this is my daddy he has hd its been 6 years now and im only 8 my mommy said to go hear and see if i can talk to other people like me and her ...

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 ...

A little bit about me

troublewithdad
  • By troublewithdad · Posted June 21, 2009
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • my parents have been divorced since i was in 2nd grade. My dad was diagnosed the year before that. And ever since then my dads mental stability has been getting worse and worse. I am entering the 8th ...

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 ...

WHY WOMEN CRY

neelyfamily7
  • By neelyfamily7 · Posted April 10, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • "Why are you crying?" a young boy asked his Mom. "Because I'm a woman," she told him. "I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will, but that's okay." Later the ...

Before you get tested?????

kekd4f
  • By kekd4f · Posted March 9, 2009
  • Discussion in Genetic testing · 6 replies
  • My fiance and I got engaged about 7 months ago. We have dated for over 4 years and I have known the entire time that he has the possibility of having HD. We are now in the process of getting tested. We ...

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