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swine flu
- By kwisteen · Posted November 16, 2009
- Discussion in Living with diabetes · 0 replies
- anyone with any experience? They have given me tamiflu from a flu line but I think I need i properly confirming-I feel lousy, ketones etc Worried about my three grandchildren all under 5 and daughter ...
Long Time Diabetics Compare Notes
- By hmcguck · New reply November 13, 2009
- Discussion in Living with diabetes · 21 replies
- I was diagnosed with type I diabetes 50 years ago and am now two months shy of 80. I have at least a little of every expected complication, but remain fairly robust and quite active. I would like to compare ...
My Story (Tell me why you are here.)
- By TRPaul · New reply November 7, 2009
- Discussion in Raising a child with diabetes · 1 reply
- My daughter is the reason that I am on this site. She is my reward from God. I had my first child when I was 25. It was a boy. He is what you call a "high maintenance" baby. He was a handful. Cute, but ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · New reply November 4, 2009
- Journal · 29 replies
- Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...
Type I diabetes
- By mindgymnast · New reply October 23, 2009
- Discussion in Raising a child with diabetes · 15 replies
- Hi all, My daughter is living with type I diabetes since last about two years and on insulin 5 times a day . Looking for people to discuss, know more about the same. Suneel ...
Hello everyone
- By TamTam27 · New reply October 15, 2009
- Discussion in Living with diabetes · 2 replies
- i have just been diagnosed with type 1 diabeties with my PG only a couple of months ago. I have been coping ok but really am finding it to be stressful being a new mommy and everything I can honestly ...
People with good intentions?
- By Sekhmet_of_september · New reply October 5, 2009
- Discussion in Living with diabetes · 7 replies
- Does anyone have any advice or stories to share about how they might deal with people who think they know more about diabetes than you do? Or does anyone seem to get irritated about people not understanding ...
Botox (iv only been waitting for 2 years)
- By kloua · New reply September 16, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- well this time 2moro i would of had my botox. im a bit on edge at the moment, not sure whats going to happen iv been being sick alday thou, and im sure im gonna get DKA again. if i do i dont think i will ...
Cosmo Insulin pump
- By insulinpumpmama · Posted September 7, 2009
- Discussion in Raising a child with diabetes · 0 replies
- My daughter was wearing a cosmo insulin pump and it died! Of course, they have quit making the pump, so we have to get a different one. Some of the supplies we have will now have to go to waste. If anyone ...
Team Spazz! (or I Have a Dream)
- By maux · New reply August 29, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- [edit: The discussion has moved to http://www.inspire.com/groups/rare-disea se/journal/sps-fundraising-for-research/ ] LADA folks wanted. I have a dream: TEAM SPAZZ! Support for Stiff Man Syndrome. Inspired ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 15, 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 ...
Scheduled maintenance this evening
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 12, 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 ...
Baby Steps - a scene
- By maux · Posted July 21, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- A Wow, sounds like you've been through a tough month, but beautiful to help out another as you did. What did it leave with you? B I only nicked myself in the shower. A I mean your friend...? B Him? I ...
Type 1.5 Diabetes and Pregnancy
- By Sekhmet_of_september · New reply July 13, 2009
- Discussion in Living with diabetes · 2 replies
- I am interested to hear anyone's experience of pregnancy while being diabetic. I am hoping to someday have another child... I currently have a 2 1/2 year old who was a 26 week preemie, due to my diabetes ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 23, 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!
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 12, 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 - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · New reply June 9, 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 ...
Diabetic Recipes
- By SweetiesMom · New reply May 17, 2009
- Discussion in Nutrition · 3 replies
- I was only diagnosed with Type1, 5 years ago, in my 40's. Since then, I have tried to take recipes I find in magazines or on TV and make them more Diabetic friendly. As anyone else done this or got any ...
New feature: video!
- By Brian · New reply May 12, 2009
- Journal · 24 replies
- I am pleased to announce that we have updated Inspire to support video. You can now share a video of yourself, videos that you find inspirational or informative, and more. I've included one of myself ...
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