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HOW ARE YOU?

JanetGrant
  • By JanetGrant · New reply 7:49 am
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • I haven't written a journal in quite a while and I think of and pray for all of you. If you are on my friend's list, I know a little more about how you're feeling than the rest. I read the posts on a ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply yesterday at 4:23 am
  • Journal · 94 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

UPDATE.....URGENT...NEED INFO ON 6YR OLD WITH PANCREAS PROBLEM

KathyG
  • By KathyG · New reply September 4, 2008
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • Today I had to take my 6 yr old grandson to the emergency dept. He has been sick for 2 days. In my earlier post I explained that he has a pancreas problem and is taking enzymes. About 5 weeks ago the ...

6yr old with pancreas problem our doctor puzzled

KathyG
  • By KathyG · New reply August 28, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • My 6yr. old grandson has been sick since he was 6 months old with respitory problems. He also developed a food allergy very young. Dr's said that he had Asthma. It kept getting worse over time and he ...

ORGANIC FOOD: COST and BENEFITS

JanetGrant
  • By JanetGrant · New reply August 7, 2008
  • Journal · 24 replies
  • Hello to all and I hope you are having a good, happy day. After reading and believing in Delirium's excellent post titled: "Diet For Sarcoidosis", I just wanted to put in my two cents about our food here ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply July 7, 2008
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • Hello everyone. I'm writing to let you know about some long overdue improvements that we'll be making to this site's messaging system later this week. The messages section is the most frequently visited ...

New feature - profile completeness gauge

Tasha
  • By Tasha · New reply June 25, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Greetings from TeamInspire! I'm your friendly neighborhood designer, here to tell you about some new features. You might notice that today we revamped your member homepage - https://www.inspire.com/member-home.pl ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 22, 2008
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • Hello everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that the improvements to the message system that I wrote about previously are complete. You can check them out now. You'll notice that we've grouped your ...

**Updated** System maintenance: Tuesday June 10th, 5 am - 7 am Eastern

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 5, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • ** Updated ** Due to power outages caused by storms in the Washington, DC area, we need to postpone this maintenance until Tuesday June 10th, from 5 am to 7 am. Thanks for your patience. ** Updated ...

Sometimes we make mistakes

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 27, 2008
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • Two months ago, when we launched Inspire 2.0, we added a group called 'Team Inspire'. We did this with the best intentions: we wanted the group to be a space for new members to get oriented, ask questions ...

TREATING PAIN AND DEPRESSION IN SARCOIDOSIS

JanetGrant
  • By JanetGrant · New reply May 18, 2008
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • I would like to thank all of you who so kindly and generously took the time to respond to my last journal, " INFLAMMATION AS THE CAUSE OF SARCOIDOSIS." I had intended to delve more deeply into the correlation ...

INFLAMMATION AS THE CAUSE OF SARCOIDOSIS

JanetGrant
  • By JanetGrant · New reply May 12, 2008
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • I recently went to see a pain management doctor, because I am in pain. DUH! His recommendation was that I change my antidepressant medication and take a muscle relaxant. I called my psychiatrist and asked ...

SARCOIDOSIS and DEPRESSION

JanetGrant
  • By JanetGrant · New reply May 12, 2008
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • I've wanted to write a journal about this topic for so long, but then again, it's just so darn, DEPRESSING! Every time I research or even broach the correlation of Sarcoidosis and Depression, I read the ...

WHEN INSPIRED BY SOMEONE, LET THEM KNOW

JanetGrant
  • By JanetGrant · New reply April 25, 2008
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Every time I write a journal or discussion and someone commends my essay, I feel an incredible sense of pride that maybe I've helped or touched someone. I've read many well written and informative articles ...

READ ALL YOU CAN ABOUT YOUR DISEASE

JanetGrant
  • By JanetGrant · Posted April 24, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Dear Friends, I love to read, so this isn't difficult for me to do. I read everything I can about my sarcoidosis and anything that can impact it, positively or negatively. For those of you who are as ...

HEY DOC... IT'S SARCOIDOSIS, NOT PSYCHOSIS Part II

JanetGrant
  • By JanetGrant · New reply April 24, 2008
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • Most of this blog was written on 3/20/08, though I've added a few more comments. I've rewritten a few others. When we moved from beachside to Orlando, I had severe acid reflux, stabbing center chest pain ...

SECOND OPINIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

JanetGrant
  • By JanetGrant · New reply April 23, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • I made some errors in my first essay on this topic and I hope I have managed to correct them in this rewritten version. After my wonderful experiences with my non-caring, and it's "all in your head" doctor ...

FRIENDS AND SOON TO BE... FRIENDS !

JanetGrant
  • By JanetGrant · New reply April 21, 2008
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • HELLO, Are You All Still There ? Dropped my journal a while back, as I was feeling sorry for myself AGAIN, sick AGAIN, and depressed AGAIN (but more than usual). Decided that I would only write to people ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply April 7, 2008
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • 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 ...

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