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Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
  • Journal · 25 recommendations
  • Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 23 recommendations
  • 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 ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 12 recommendations
  • 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 ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 7 recommendations
  • 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 ...

"HYPOKALEMIA OR LOW POTASSIUM"

mandyblue
  • By mandyblue · Posted June 2, 2009
  • Journal · 7 recommendations
  • I want to share this research information in "My Journal". This is a very long collection of articles, that explains in great detail, about Hypokalemia or Low Potassium. It is for anyone who needs help ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 5 recommendations
  • 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 ...

RESENTMENT vs GUILT

Rj
  • By Rj · Posted October 2, 2008
  • Journal · 5 recommendations
  • I just stopped myself from replying to a post regarding caregiver resentment for cancer patients, and it's acceptance! I feel this is a 'open wound' subject that 'we' should discuss with a broad range ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • 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 ...

My Personal Battle against Kidney Disease and Nephrotic Syndrome

ChristiL
  • By ChristiL · Posted September 19, 2008
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • My Personal Battle against Kidney Disease… I hope my story can help you write yours... I'm not sure how to share my story/my illness with you. So, I guess I'll just jump in and hope you can follow. I ...

SO excited to share what I have found!

pwrsrg77
  • By pwrsrg77 · Posted November 4, 2009
  • Journal · 3 recommendations
  • I have received TONS of wonderful support from this amazing community of people just like myself. All that struggle with debilitating symptoms, wrong diagnosis, less than quality doctors etc... I wish ...

my NIH experience

dizzybee
  • By dizzybee · Posted October 2, 2009
  • Journal · 3 recommendations
  • THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE -- I HAVE TRIED TO LEAVE THE DOCTORS' INVOLVED NAMES OUT SO AS NOT TO CAUSE ISSUES -- AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. Well, where to start--nurse took my vitals and some allergy ...

CLIMB THAT MOUNTAIN

NSPYR
  • By NSPYR · Posted August 21, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • I have overcome many seemingly insurmountable obstacles in my life. Most would have quit after any one of these events and been happy just to survive in some form or another. NOT ME! I have not only survived ...

Where to Begin!?

magdelena
  • By magdelena · Posted July 21, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • I have not posted an entry for quite a while. Hard to know where to begin--will try to go for the abbreviated version. Jeremy participated in a soccer tournament the weekend of June 27th, and when we ...

i think im losing my hair

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · Posted June 21, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • okay ive been on cyclosporine for like 3 wks now and i think im starting to lose my hair, its like one bad side effect after another.....when is this missory going to end....idk but i am glad im getting ...

NEW FRIENDS THANK YOU

mandyblue
  • By mandyblue · Posted January 4, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • Being new to these groups, I want to thank everyone of you who accepted being my friend. I want to talk to each and everyone one of you. It may take me a couple of days as I am freshly out of the hospital ...

GONE NEVER MEANS FORGOTTEN

Rj
  • By Rj · Posted November 8, 2008
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • My friend, who was like a brother to me, was diagnosed with renal cell cancer, died yesterday. He was diagnosed last July and went so fast I and his family are stunned. And I know this is just the beginning ...

Good news

Tanya1
  • By Tanya1 · Posted July 23, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • Went to see my neph yesterday. I have been on cellcept & cyclosporine starting Jan this year. my protein spill was 580 now it has dropped to 126. my gfr 27 to 30 I hope by the time I go back in Nov I ...

Through Natural way Treatment

khurram
  • By khurram · Posted July 21, 2009
  • Discussion in Kidney cancer · 1 recommendation
  • I want to suggest a product which can help kidney diseases. Any body can take information through Forever Living Products website. (www.foreverliving.com). If need further information so, email me at ...

medical insurance help

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • okay im 21 and im on welfare for my medical and if i work and make over 200 dollars a month they will take me off of my medical. so is there any medical insurance out there that doesnt cost an arm and ...

Electrolyte Abnormalities

mandyblue
  • By mandyblue · Posted June 7, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • This information is being posted in "My Journal" for anyone who wishes to use it as reference material to help understand their electrolytes, and metabolic disorders. I have previously promised my friends ...

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