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Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
- 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 ...
A Very Open Letter from an Oncologist
- By gpawelski · Posted August 8, 2009
- 7 recommendations
- A Medical Director at California Cancer Care, an oncology practice in Northern California wrote a candid letter to the Health Beat blog by Maggie Mahar. He is a member of The Century Foundation's Working ...
Neuropathy in Feet
- By bdecka · Posted December 16, 2008
- 6 recommendations
- Would you please let me know of any suggestions or help that you have received with regard to feet hurting at night which I assume is Neuropathy from the chemo that my sister received after ovarian cancer ...
meeting with the devil.....or social worker..whatever you want to call her
- By mizzdanadyme · Posted November 24, 2009
- 2 recommendations
- Today i met with my dad social worker (from hospice) and she was a total pain in the ass. I understand what my dad is going through-but to meet with me before thanksgiving and talk about funeral arrangement ...
Bottoms of Feet Hurt - especially the Heel
- By Peggy59 · Posted November 17, 2009
- 2 recommendations
- I've had a new development in the last couple of months in that the bottom of my feet hurt, especially the left heel. I brought it up with my apt with my rheumatologist in October and he said I may need ...
Living With Advanced Lung Cancer
- By ESKCSG · Posted November 10, 2009
- 2 recommendations
How do you detect lung cancer early?
- By NeeNee · Posted September 15, 2008
- 2 recommendations
- I ask this question because they found a spot on my left lung 2 years prior to my diagnosis. I had a pulmologist follow up every 3 month with ct scans. Also in that 2 year period I had a bronchoscope ...
Round 6 of 6 Completed
- By MajorMike · Posted yesterday at 9:57 pm
- 1 recommendation
- Carboplatin (Paraplatin), Paclitaxel (Taxol, Onxal), Bevacizumab (Avastin) Neulasta shot (will never be missed) covering 16 weeks is completed. Bevacizumab has been identified as my maintenance drug (can ...
Monday evening
- By Marg · Posted November 23, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- It has been a really good day. Mike woke up at 5:45 and said he felt great and wanted to get up and have coffee with me. That hasn't happened for weeks. His brother and mother came over and visited for ...
Do not be stupid like I was as I didn't even know who was my doctor. RUN
- By dianeS · Posted November 22, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- I was seeing this new Internist for the first time(I do not like that there just isn't a "Family" Doctor,we only have specialist to see sometimes just unbelievable thing, that cost 20%more). I to this ...