Journals

Down and depressed

Adance
  • By Adance · Posted July 12, 2008
  • 16 replies
  • I know we all have bad days and need to vent, this is a bad day! I haven't been feeling well with my GP, I have been really nauseated and started to vomit again. Nothing like I was before my pacer surgery ...

Increased liver functions?

Adance
  • By Adance · Posted July 10, 2008
  • 6 replies
  • I am posting this because my doctors have not really been able to put their fingers on why I have had increased liver values. The surgeon that did my gastric pacer thought my liver values would get better ...

Getting a port

Adance
  • By Adance · Posted July 3, 2008
  • 22 replies
  • I am writing this journal entry because I need advice. If you have read any of my posts you know all that I have been through and all that is to come. I have never had good veins. Being so sick and in ...

Applying for disability?

Adance
  • By Adance · Posted July 1, 2008
  • 19 replies
  • It is time for me to get down to business about this, I have been off work due to my health problems since July of last year and kept putting it off because I thought I was going to be well enough to ...

Still loosing weight?

Adance
  • By Adance · Posted June 30, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • I am 1 month and 1 week post op. from my gastric pacer surgery and am continuing to loose weight. I will admit I haven't felt the best for the past week and have not eaten as much as I should, but that ...

In the Hospital

JenD
  • By JenD · Posted June 15, 2008
  • 12 replies
  • Hi all, I've been hospitalized since Tuesday June 10th. I had a severe dystonic storm on Tuesday night and have been moved to IU University Hospital because my movement disorder specialist is here. My ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 10, 2008
  • 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 ...

Gait problems & Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)... Any hope?

serendipity
  • By serendipity · Posted June 8, 2008
  • 44 replies
  • I have found quite a few other postings regarding SPS, so I would like to share this and am hopeful that some of you can offer your input.... I am posting this in all of the Groups to which I belong in ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 1, 2008
  • 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 ...

Sometimes we make mistakes

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted May 23, 2008
  • 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 ...

Isaac Syndrome

rickthurbon
  • By rickthurbon · Posted April 16, 2008
  • 9 replies
  • Hello Beth Sorry to say, I like many others don't like the new site. Just before the changes there was a very active thread with about 75 posts on Isaac's - since the new site, there has been no activity ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted April 11, 2008
  • 124 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 ...

To steroid or not to steroid

smormac
  • By smormac · Posted March 31, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • There once was a girl named Sherri who took steroids that made her quite hairy She also got chubby to the dismay of her hubby and the kids thought she was very scary She was frustrated, feeling blue so ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
  • 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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