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Journals

COURAGE

tmichaelroche
  • By tmichaelroche · Posted November 17, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • Courage is a special kind of knowledge; the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared, and how not to fear what ought not be feared. From this knowledge comes an inner strength that subconsciously ...

SO excited to share what I have found!

pwrsrg77
  • By pwrsrg77 · Posted November 4, 2009
  • 43 replies
  • 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 ...

Somebody PLEASE HELP!!! ={

pwrsrg77
  • By pwrsrg77 · Posted October 29, 2009
  • 83 replies
  • Well, I'm now 2 years into a disease that is sucking the life out of me. If I had a nickel for every time I've balled my eyes out & said my famous quote "I can't take this anymore" I'd be a very rich ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Inspiration for Today and Forever....

BJsHere
  • By BJsHere · Posted April 14, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • I don't care if you lick windows, take the special bus or occasionally pee on yourself. You hang in there sunshine, you're special. Every sixty seconds you spend angry, upset or mad, is a full minute ...

MS Group Members, Good Luck, Stay strong

BJsHere
  • By BJsHere · Posted April 13, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • My youngest daughter has had MS for over 10 years now, I think... Time passes quickly. She was 39 on March 23. She gets paralysis on her right side and he speech can slur at times. I wish all of you good ...

Changing Meds

PeggyTllmn
  • By PeggyTllmn · Posted April 1, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • My health issues are changing. I added two meds, (Evoxac and Plaquenil), and dropped two, (antidepressant, Effexor XL & soft muscle relaxer, Baclofen). My moods were crazy for a while, but things seem ...

waiting for the inevitable

skullroses
  • By skullroses · Posted March 20, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • at work today as i was reflecting on the last ten years and how the shear weight of a dx has on a young man. i never thought about the future until my future became uncertain. i have to admit that back ...

My twin is in a Nursing Home with MS and dementia

MaryKarnes
  • By MaryKarnes · Posted March 2, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • This is very hard. Her husband could not take care of her at home. We all tried. The Nursing Home she is in gives her 24/7. Some days she talks other days she looks into space...I know she knows we are ...

Prescribed Evoxac, hydroxychloroquine, or Numoisyn Lozenges?

PeggyTllmn
  • By PeggyTllmn · Posted February 25, 2009
  • 19 replies
  • I saw the Rheumatologist for the first time recently. From my symptoms, she believes I have Sjogrens, (and possibly Scleroderma, but she is running more tests). She has prescribed three medications, which ...

My Favorite Inspirational Quote

WolfDancer
  • By WolfDancer · Posted February 1, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • One afternoon I was watching Opra she happen to have my favorite poet Mya Angelou as her guest. They discussed all of the adversities that Mya went through in her life. She lived in a one room shack with ...

Livin W/ MS

heavydutyqt
  • By heavydutyqt · Posted January 27, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Hello Iam Valerie I have had MS for 20 + yrs. Iam very blessed to just have a cane.I was just DX 4 yrs ago.Iam on coppaxzone.I need get moving its hard though. Any suggesstions with gental movements.I ...

Just beginning my Journal

JuLeesMom
  • By JuLeesMom · Posted August 9, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • I will soon be adding all the things about my family...we have a lot of medical problems but the LORD has blessed us with each other and we couldn't ask for more than that ...

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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