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Welcome from TeamInspire!
- By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
- 25 recommendations
- 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 ...
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 ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
- 7 recommendations
- Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...
"HYPOKALEMIA OR LOW POTASSIUM"
- By mandyblue · Posted June 2, 2009
- 7 recommendations
- I want to share this research information in "My Journal". This is a very long collection of articles, that explains in great detail, about Hypokalemia or Low Potassium. It is for anyone who needs help ...
Moms, you rock!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...
I need to have a better attitude!
- By so-tired · Posted August 5, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- I've been thinking a lot lately, that I really need to adjust my attitude! OK, so I have all of these illnesses, I just can't let that stop me from thinking more positively! I've heard the saying, "Acceptance ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...
Water or Coke? (or rather any carbonated drink)
- By meriterry · Posted November 18, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- This was sent to me by a friend: Focus on the hydration thing....... Water or Coke? I could not believe this..... Very interesting WATER #1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies ...
SO excited to share what I have found!
- By pwrsrg77 · Posted November 4, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- I have received TONS of wonderful support from this amazing community of people just like myself. All that struggle with debilitating symptoms, wrong diagnosis, less than quality doctors etc... I wish ...
I CAN HARDLY WALK TODAY
- By so-tired · Posted October 7, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- I HAVE SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH ME, BUT TODAY IS REALLY BAD. I AM SO WEAK, AND CAN HARDLY WALK! ANY IDEAS AS TO WHAT THIS COULD BE? I'M SCARED! PLEASE, REPLY? LINDA (SO TIRED ...
About me
- By stphnvnsn · Posted September 18, 2008
- 3 recommendations
- This Oct. i'll be marride 33 yrs. to Fred. I have 1 son Shawn who will be 31. And 2 adorable grandsons Brandon age 10 and Christpher age 8. I own my business Fluffy Paws Pet Sitting. I'm owned by 3 cats ...
this is beautiful but I cannot take any credit
- By deebelle · Posted April 15, 2009
- 2 recommendations
- When I was given a cane, I cried. Before long I was given a walker, I cried. Next I was given a manuel wheelchair, I cried. Finally I was given a hoveround, I cried. I cried everytime I was given anything ...
NEW FRIENDS THANK YOU
- By mandyblue · Posted January 4, 2009
- 2 recommendations
- Being new to these groups, I want to thank everyone of you who accepted being my friend. I want to talk to each and everyone one of you. It may take me a couple of days as I am freshly out of the hospital ...
So far, So good
- By gettingby · Posted November 19, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- It seems to me that everyone at this web site has as illness. So with that in mind I would like to tell a story I heard from a friend. There was a man who was very optimistic. Accidently he fell from ...
TODAY HAS BEEN A BAD DAY~~~
- By so-tired · Posted July 24, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- I HAD TO GO T MY DENTIST, AND COULD BARELY WALK. THE NURSE HAD TO HELP ME INTO THE ROOM. I JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY LEGS?? MY SON THINKS IT IS FROM MY BAD BACK, I JUST DON'T KNOW ...
Electrolyte Abnormalities
- By mandyblue · Posted June 7, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- This information is being posted in "My Journal" for anyone who wishes to use it as reference material to help understand their electrolytes, and metabolic disorders. I have previously promised my friends ...
Information Concerning Hypokalemia/Low Potassium Levels
- By mandyblue · Posted May 28, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- This is information that I think is very important for those who have problems with low potassium levels. Sometimes it is a metabolic problem that causes the loss of potassium, instead of just the use ...
Sad and Depressed!
- By Seana · Posted January 11, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- Well here I am at my 3rd offical weigh in. Not only have I gained 4.8lbs but my hip to waist ratio went up too! I really can't seem to beat the 300's every time I drop below they come back and hit me ...
Learn to Live with it (just telling my story).
- By BBWWPeaches · Posted January 4, 2009
- 1 recommendation
- I have had problems with my knees since I was about 8 years old. In my mid twenties, I was diagnosed as having inherited Chondromalacia, along with having knee caps that were displaced so that they rubbed ...
