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stphnvnsn
  • By stphnvnsn · Posted September 18, 2008
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • 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 ...

Plaquinel and Long Term Disability

psjaquith
  • By psjaquith · Posted August 14, 2008
  • Discussion in Living with lupus · 3 replies
  • My lupus was first diagnosed as cutanious sigmoid erythmus lupus along with Sjogren's Syndrome. The insurance handling my long-term disability is dropping me saying that my lupus is disabling. I can not ...

Lupus / SLE Question

incredible1712
  • By incredible1712 · Posted July 9, 2008
  • Discussion in Family and friends · 1 reply
  • My Ma was detected with lupus about an yr back. She had a butterfly rash on her left cheek and it never healed so she consulted a doc and was diagnosed with SLE. She was put on steroids so she gained ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 10, 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 ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 1, 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 ...

CellCept and Plaquenil

txtech
  • By txtech · Posted May 31, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I have had Lupus since 1996 and was on Predisone and Plaquenil until about a year ago. My Lupus has been somewhat controlled with these medications, experiencing only a few flares and minor arthritic ...

Sometimes we make mistakes

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted May 23, 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 ...

Sjogren's/Lupus

psjaquith
  • By psjaquith · Posted May 7, 2008
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • I got the diagnosis of systemic lupus along with the Sjogren's. Wasn't thrilled to have it; but, wasn't surprised either. Some days up, some days down. The quinine has really been knocking me down. I ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted April 11, 2008
  • Journal · 134 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 ...

Lupus and Symptoms

psjaquith
  • By psjaquith · Posted April 4, 2008
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 0 replies
  • For a long time, my joints have become progressively stiff and painful. It started in my hips, showing arthritic changes, then knees and now my shoulders. I have limited range of motion when my shoulders ...

Quinine Drugs as course of treatment

psjaquith
  • By psjaquith · Posted April 4, 2008
  • Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
  • I was diagnosed with Epidermal Lupus in 2006, Sjogren's Syndrome in 2008. I learned this week that my sed rate confirmed that my Lupus is also Systemic. Is anyone else taking Quinine for treatment? I ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 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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