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charlie44
  • By charlie44 · New reply 10:21 pm
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  • SINCE I RETIRED 3 YRS AGO THINGS HAD BEEN GOING FAIRLY WELL WITH MY RETIREMENT FUNDS. BUT IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS I'VE LOST BIG TIME!!!! SO I DECIDED SINCE THEY "DON'T MAKE HEARSES WITH LUGGAGE RACKS" I ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply November 28, 2008
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  • 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 ...

cigar habit

charlie44
  • By charlie44 · New reply November 21, 2008
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  • STARTED BACK SMOKING A FEW MONTHS AGO ( AFTER BEING QUIT FOR 6 YRS ) NOW I SMOKE CIGARS ====I KNOW I SHOULDN'T===BUT MAN THEY TASTE GOOD==TRY TO QUIT NEXT WEEK==== JUST HANGING AROUND TILL THE OTHER SHOE ...

HOW ARE YOU?

JanetGrant
  • By JanetGrant · New reply October 24, 2008
  • Journal · 99 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 ...

new to the site

jand
  • By jand · New reply October 19, 2008
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  • Hi: Im interested in being able to talk to other people who have the same thing we are dealing with. I also want to help anyone I can with sharing thoughts,feelings and sometimes frustration too! Hope ...

Waking up and getting up!

fairydustgrma
  • By fairydustgrma · New reply October 19, 2008
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  • Oh uh another sleepless night, I almost hate to go to sleep because I know in the morning at 3am I will awake in pain, I keep my breakthru pain meds next to me and my cain and a drink, just for this reason ...

Scans, Waiting and prayers: Results

vh
  • By vh · New reply October 4, 2008
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  • Hello everyone..I have read many of your entries about the anxiety of waiting for scan results....now we wait formy sisters results and it is almost unbearable. In a way I want to hear now and in a way ...

Update on William with the pancreas problem

KathyG
  • By KathyG · New reply September 13, 2008
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Today we went to see his specialist. We found out today that he IS NOT going to send him to Duke University afterall. He is going to talk to a CF Pulmonary Doctor and try to get the DNA screening for ...

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 ...

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
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  • 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
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  • 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 ...

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
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  • 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 ...

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