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Journals

Why meds and not HBOT

aNewBob
  • By aNewBob · Posted November 17, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Today seemed a little better. He is still very tired. He kept wanting to go back to bed. i have read that sleep is good for a brain injury. But if he sleeps all day then he won't sleep at night. Wished ...

would like to talk with othercaregivers

kellyjoe
  • By kellyjoe · Posted November 15, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • my husband is 41 and recently had a chemical spill at work that left him with a brain injury causing a type of dementia we have a 20 month old daughter looking for other caregivers to talk with that might ...

My granddaughter is dying from a rare Metabolic disorder

nanainpain
  • By nanainpain · Posted November 12, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Hi, I am at lost for words and feel extremely hopeless. My 1 yr old granddaughter was diagnosed with Molybdenum Cofactor deficiency with 2nd option of Sulfite Doxadise definiency. This being 50 known ...

hello

kellyjoe
  • By kellyjoe · Posted October 21, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • hello new to site kellyjoe ...

busy week

ann43
  • By ann43 · Posted October 11, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • this is fair week, in the community where i live. a very big celebration for the area. i will do that a couple times this week. i am also going out of town to kelly's island ohio this coming weekend with ...

Apocalypse - Ice Cream

Betty-Oops
  • By Betty-Oops · Posted October 1, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • "Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos." ~Don Kardong~ I was a child during the 60's. Television images imprinted my young mind with Walter Cronkite's nightly narratives. Political dissension ...

The Grand Twitch: Tourette Syndrome

voxina
  • By voxina · Posted September 14, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I'm a teenager with severe Tourette Syndrome. If you walked by me in the supermarket, you'd realize, at best, that I avoided eye contact, and at most, you'd see me thrashing around on the floor, spitting ...

hello

mrislander
  • By mrislander · Posted August 21, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I have not posted any journal ...

5 minutes on the lysosome. Because it's time we know.

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted August 13, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • So did you ever wonder what happens to the tadpole's tail? Does it just fall off? No actually. Lysosomes eat it. (autophagy: the cell's ability to eat itself...) And the webbing in our fingers and toes ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...

Lysosomal Disease and Alzheimer's

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted July 27, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Hi, Here is another little boy affected with Lysosomal Disease, Dillon. The correlations between Lysosomal Disease and much more well-known issues like Alzheimer's are being uncovered every day. With ...

Update & Upcoming Surgery

JenD
  • By JenD · Posted June 29, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • Hi all, I will be having surgery next week to change my roux n Y jejunostomy to a regular j-tube and to repair two large incisional hernias from my previous surgeries. I'm doing okay and fairly prepared ...

Alone????

Sunshineonmyface
  • By Sunshineonmyface · Posted June 28, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • Does any one out here have dystonia? Am I alone ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • 28 replies
  • 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 ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • 32 replies
  • 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 ...

Hope

Sunshineonmyface
  • By Sunshineonmyface · Posted May 30, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Today I am hoping that someone will answer connect with me so that I dont have to feel alone in this. Going outside to sit by the pool and let the sun shine on my face ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • 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 ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • 35 replies
  • 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 ...

This Hannah...

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted May 14, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • This what infantile Lysosomal Disease does ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • 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 ...

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