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Welcome from TeamInspire!

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  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
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  • 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

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 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!

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  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 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!

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

Moms, you rock!

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  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 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 ...

To steroid or not to steroid

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  • By smormac · Posted March 31, 2008
  • Journal · 5 recommendations
  • 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 ...

Guestbooks are now live!

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  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • Journal · 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 ...

Amazing Experience

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted February 24, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • I have been living in the "LysoWorld" now for about six years. I started very pinpointed with one particular disorder (there are over 60 - most w/ ridiculously hard names to pronounce). It took a long ...

Lyso-What?

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  • By StephLynStill · Posted March 9, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
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Cherry Red Spot is a telltale sign...

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  • By StephLynStill · Posted March 4, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • Today I returned a telephone call to a woman who's cousin's 7 month old son, Ben, has been displaying possible symptoms of a neurometabolic disease. You know, darting eyes, not rolling over, trunk weakness ...

An Ataxic Beginning

VES
  • By VES · Posted March 3, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • I'm going to lose my ability to walk. September 10, 2007, I walked into a doctor's office and for once I prayed that my mother was right. I prayed it was all in my head even though there was no way it ...

A good doctor. woohoo

smormac
  • By smormac · Posted January 17, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • I went to a new pulmonologist yesterday. He was referred to me by Dr White from the University of Michigan. His name is Dr McClelland and he is in Grand Rapids MI. He went to the U of M and worked with ...

Increased liver functions?

Adance
  • By Adance · Posted July 10, 2008
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • 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 ...

In the Hospital

JenD
  • By JenD · Posted June 15, 2008
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • 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 ...

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