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GOOD MORINING EVERYONE....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · New reply November 16, 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 · New reply November 16, 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 · New reply November 15, 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 ...

RENAL ANGIOLIPOMA ANYONE???....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · New reply November 10, 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 ...

14 YRS SINCE MY BROTHER PASSED AWAY...

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · New reply November 4, 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 ...

A CYST ON MY OVARY....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · New reply November 1, 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 · New reply October 26, 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 · New reply October 23, 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 · New reply October 21, 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 · New reply October 17, 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 · New reply October 15, 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 ...

About me

stphnvnsn
  • By stphnvnsn · New reply October 14, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • This Oct. i'll be marride 33 yrs. to Fred. I have 1 son Shawn who will be 31. And 2 adorable grandsons Brandon age 10 and Christpher age 8. I own my business Fluffy Paws Pet Sitting. I'm owned by 3 cats ...

Changed my screen name and test update

JulieKC
  • By JulieKC · New reply September 18, 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 · New reply 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 ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • 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

TeamInspire
  • 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 ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • 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 ...

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 ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • 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

TeamInspire
  • 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 ...

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