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Journals

GOOD MORINING EVERYONE....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted November 14, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • Hello all my wonderful and caring friends...i slept in the lounge last night as i was up practically every half hr to urinate....very painfull burning sensation....i didnt realise how common IC is....and ...

JUST CAME BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted November 14, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • Hello all well its been a preety rough weekend...went in on friday morning for a laproscopy, hysteroscopy, cystoscopy and a curette....well the doctor came in to see me in recovery and briefly mentioned ...

HAVING A LARPROSCOPY/CYSTOSCOPY ON FRIDAY...

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted November 11, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Hello to all the wonderful people who have been following my posts....as you all know i am awaiting surgery for a partial nephrectomy and a gallbladder removal.....but i have also a few gyno problems ...

14 YRS SINCE MY BROTHER PASSED AWAY...

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted November 3, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • Hello all the wonderful ladies and gents on this wonderful site.... Today is a sad day for me....today is my brothers anniversary....he passed away exactly 14yrs ago of pacreatic cancer..he was only 28yrs ...

RENAL ANGIOLIPOMA ANYONE???....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted October 26, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • Hello everyone..... as you all know me for those people who are following my posts....i have been told that i have a 5cm Renal angiolipoma on my right kidney....(have not had a biopsy as yet)...i also ...

A CYST ON MY OVARY....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted October 24, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • Hello everybody.... for those wonderful people who are keeping up with my posts...(LOL)...im just wondering if anyone can claryify this confusing situation....i was diagnosed with CIN1/HPV...so back in ...

HOPE ANYONE CAN HELP ME...

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted October 23, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • Hello all once again as i mentioned before i am scheduled for my app in december..(re partial nephrectomy)....i just have a few symptoms that im dealing with and thought which better place to ask than ...

FINALLY GOT AN APP WITH A HOSPITAL....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted October 21, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • Hello all i am soooo excited i just had to let everyone know the wonderful news...today i received a letter from 1 of the hospitals that i was on the waiting list regarding my kidney tumor....i have an ...

WENT TO THE ER.....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted October 18, 2009
  • 20 replies
  • Hello to all you wonderful people and thankyou for responding my post and offering wonderful advice....as i mentioned in my post a couple of days earlier...my right kidney has been hurting that no amount ...

MY KIDNEY HURTS SO MUCH....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted October 16, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Hello all for any of you wonderful people who have read my posts in the past will know by know bout my kidney tumor (angiolypoma)...as i mentioned before it was only found by accident through an MRI....so ...

UPDATE ON MY UPCOMING SURGERIES

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted October 13, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Hello all well its been a while since ive been on this site...mainly because ive been so busy moving home..finally settled....for those wonderful and caring people who have been reading my posts i just ...

Changed my screen name and test update

JulieKC
  • By JulieKC · Posted September 17, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Just wanted to let all my "tummy friends" know that I changed my screen name from JKH to JulieKC. lol I didn't want you to think I had dropped off the face of the blog world! Went to have my blood work ...

Nausea Relief

Dolphinlady
  • By Dolphinlady · Posted August 17, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • I think some people may have mentioned this before, but, I thought it might be worth making a separate post. A long time ago, in another life, I started to experience a lot of nausea that accompanied ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

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

Very Irritable Today

rob13
  • By rob13 · Posted June 18, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Everything was okay till 1:30am this morning. I got killed over with stomach pains from hell. I just hope today goes alot better. Man, stomach cramps really bite ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 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 ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

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

Today It Is Up To Me

Brokenwings
  • By Brokenwings · Posted June 3, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • I would like to thank you all for the encouraging words and empathy. I decided to make every day count and "try not" to sweat the small stuff. I am drinking more water and trying to decrease my intake ...

Today is not a good day

Brokenwings
  • By Brokenwings · Posted June 1, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • I am really in a nasty, irritable mood today. I am having pains in my stomach, migraine headaches,trouble breathing and can't go to the bathroom. I don't have any energy to do a thing. I sleep all day ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 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 ...

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