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Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- 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!
- 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 ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
- 10 recommendations
- 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 ...
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 ...
Learning to Cope with Cancer
- By mamafrog33 · Posted April 9, 2008
- 5 recommendations
- As a cancer patient or a caregiver, you will learn so much about a devastating disease that rarely leaves survivors. Everyone is hoping and praying for a cure to be found quickly, but more research is ...
Neurontin for pain management/neuropathy
- By gpawelski · Posted November 12, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- I've written before that anecdotally, drugs like Neurontin are used off-label. Most drugs are prescribed off-label. One must be cautious that off-label remedies are fully discussed with patients and must ...
Ex_turned_caregiver, going back to Ex
- By Ex_turned_Caregiver · Posted October 24, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- It was just starting to feel like home again. I knew where I was when I woke up and I eventually recovered my memories of where we keep stuff in our home. Our cupboards here are as sparse as the Ex's ...
ONE YEAR TODAY ..........
- By GutsyCheryl · Posted October 23, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- Hi Friends & Family, I hope everyone is well. But I know many of you are not, so I pray every night that you get better. Just wanted to share that exactly one year ago from today, October 23, 2009, I ...
Forgiveness
- By BetsyT · Posted June 29, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- Is it our JOB to forgive people that have walked away after our DX? A very tolerant, loving woman I know said you cannot forgive someone if they are not sorry. That makes sense to me. I "think" I can ...
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
On My Soap Box at Walgreens
- By Chi-Dreamer · Posted November 1, 2009
- 2 recommendations
- I just had Walgreens remove the pink cap from my prescriptions. I then went on to explain that it is now Nov and Lung Cancer awareness month. And guess what the pharmacist said, "well it could be prevented ...
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 November 25, 2009
- 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 ...
Finding Hope from This Site - Thanks
- By GitarGrl · Posted November 11, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- I come to this board several times a day to read the stories of hope. My Mom has stage 4 lc and hasn't smoked in 47 years. I'd call that a non-smoker. ;-) This took us all by surprise and I need to hear ...
The battle is over
- By reb8 · Posted November 9, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- Tootie died at 11:01 PM Saturday night. She put up a valiant battle to the very end - she simply would not give up. I was able to remain with her the entire time. Thank you to everyone for your prayers ...