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Prayers For Oklahoma!!!
- By ShelaKay42 · New reply 1:40 am
- Journal · 7 replies
- PRAYERS FOR OKLAHOMA TORNADO VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES! GOD BLESS AND BE WITH YOU ALL ...
Lupus and costochondritis
- By Beethie · New reply 1:14 am
- Discussion in Living with lupus · 3 replies
- Say fellow Lupies - does anyone have or ever had costochondritis? I got diagnosed with it last December 8 and I still have it to this day. Originally I had extreme chest pain on both sides of the sternum ...
Work
- By trish42 · Posted yesterday at 10:57 am
- Journal · 0 replies
- I have had to reduce my hours to 3 days a week. Wondering if I have need to take a break for a while. The thing is I need the money. But I never know how I'm going to feel. Some good some bad days. Have ...
Quick survey
- By Blondstu · New reply yesterday at 7:29 am
- Journal · 30 replies
- I am told that I should probably move to a warmer climate for my health. I want to ask three questions, no discussion in the answer because I don't want to be convinced, just have a curiosity. Question ...
Challenges
- By TerriShar · Posted yesterday at 1:04 am
- Journal · 0 replies
- I just feel discouraged. I try to eat and drink, but it is challenging. Endoscopy and Colonoscopy suggest all looks good. But I have bad Gerd, challenges with swallowing and drinking makes me nauseous ...
frustrated
frustrated
- By trish42 · New reply May 21, 2013
- Journal · 2 replies
- Hi I'm new to this. For 8 months I have been suffering. I started with a sore on head and losing my hair. Also have mouth sores. Didnt think they were connected. I get chest pains sometimes, nose bleeds ...
Question?
New column: “'Live Because:' Living a fuller life with chronic illness"
- By John2 · Posted May 21, 2013
- Journal · 0 replies
- From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a new column on the Stanford University School of Medicine "Scope" blog, titled, “'Live Because:' Living ...
Chest pain
- By Blondstu · New reply May 21, 2013
- Journal · 2 replies
- So, now we are working on 4 diagnosissss, PMR, Peripheral Neuropathy, Lupus, Cryoglobulinemia. I developed shortness of breath and chest pain over the weekend and went to the ER yesterday. I had an xray ...
A "Dear John" Letter to Lupus
- By Tiggr1 · New reply May 19, 2013
- Journal · 23 replies
- My good friend, Karen, is single and she once said to me, "Wouldn't it be nice if we could break up with our diseases as easily as breaking up with a person we're dating?" I wrote a "Dear John" to lupus ...
Five million
- By Brian · New reply May 18, 2013
- Journal · 205 replies
- Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...
peripheral neuropathy - burning sensation
- By screamingribs · Posted May 18, 2013
- Discussion in Symptoms · 0 replies
- has anyone out there ever have an extreme burning sensation start in your feet and move up your legs and then in your hands and forarms and face? What causes this? after this I started getting extreme ...
Feeling defeated and Lost
- By atex09 · New reply May 15, 2013
- Journal · 9 replies
- So far my fist ana test show irregular. I went to a rheumatologist and she said that the 5 panel test was all negative. That was nov of 2012 since then I have lost 5 front teeth, my left side of my heart ...
Anyone else having these problems?
Plaquenil dosage-- split or together?
Loving thought.
- By princess83442 · New reply May 9, 2013
- Journal · 5 replies
- Hug O'War I will not play at tug o' war. I'd rather play at hug o' war, Where everyone hugs Instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles And rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, And everyone grins, And ...
Poem "Your Illness is Chronic, It Won’t Go Away"
- By Tiggr1 · New reply May 7, 2013
- Journal · 47 replies
- Do you ever feel totally frustrated when you come away from a visit with your doctor? I do and I finally wrote this poem to express my feelings: Tell me your problems in five minutes, no more! I’ve got ...
Newbie (sort of)
- By Lori1234 · New reply May 6, 2013
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 7 replies
- Hi Everyone ... I'm new and I'm scared. I'll try to make my story short ... but like many of you, it's so dang long until I think (and hope) I'm now finally getting some answers. About 15 years ago, I ...
A new Inspire report in collaboration with Stanford Medical School
- By Brian · New reply May 5, 2013
- Journal · 84 replies
- As many of you know, Inspire has a professional collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine. Inspire members have written personal stories for the Stanford Scope column. I am pleased ...
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