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COURAGE

tmichaelroche
  • By tmichaelroche · Posted November 17, 2009
  • Journal · 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
  • Journal · 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 ...

Multiple Sclerosis caused by tramatic injury?

tmichaelroche
  • By tmichaelroche · Posted November 3, 2009
  • Discussion in Living with MS · 1 reply
  • Recently my Neurological symptoms have become worse. My Neurosurgeon and Neurologist have been evaluating my symptoms and MS keeps coming up in their conversations. I know nothing about MS and I am undergoing ...

Somebody PLEASE HELP!!! ={

pwrsrg77
  • By pwrsrg77 · Posted October 29, 2009
  • Journal · 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 ...

New Set of Doctor Eyes

CathyN
  • By CathyN · Posted September 22, 2009
  • Discussion in Living with MS · 0 replies
  • Hi All: After changing Doctors I finally found someone in Nashville who has questioned some of the symtoms that have been progressing. First, he immediately prescribed going back on Tysabri which my last ...

MEDICATION

yetzabee
  • By yetzabee · Posted September 1, 2009
  • Discussion in Traditional treatments · 0 replies
  • Is anyone using avonex? What is your experience with it? Thanks in advance for your help ...

IM CONFUSED

yetzabee
  • By yetzabee · Posted September 1, 2009
  • Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 0 replies
  • I joined the support group on this site for ecephalitus because the couple of neurologist I had before suspected that but didnt diagnose me with that. Yesterday i went to a research neurologist and he ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • Journal · 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
  • Journal · 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
  • Journal · 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 ...

How are people doing?

Dee25
  • By Dee25 · Posted June 4, 2009
  • Discussion in Living with MS · 5 replies
  • Hi to all: I just wanted to do a check in and see how everyone on Copaxone is doing. I have to go back in July for repeat MRIs to see if it's working for me. July will be six months that I have been using ...

Guestbooks are now live!

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

My head feels like someone is squeezing it and then there's that MS hug

25plus
  • By 25plus · Posted May 24, 2009
  • Discussion in Living with MS · 3 replies
  • I have had MS since I was at least 12 years old dx since 16. I have just recently been dealing with headache problems that feel like something is squeezing my head in and out. It goes on all day and night ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

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

Cellcept

CathyN
  • By CathyN · Posted May 19, 2009
  • Discussion in Alternative treatments · 12 replies
  • Hi Everyone: I just found this group today! I'm excited to have people to talk (so to speak) who also have MS, I was diagnosed in June 2007 at the ripe old age of 51. Unfortunately, I have Primary Progressive ...

Moms, you rock!

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

Join us for a chat on MRF's research - Tues. May 12 at 5PM PT/8PM ET

MRF_Justine
  • By MRF_Justine · Posted April 27, 2009
  • Discussion in In the news · 0 replies
  • On Tuesday, May 12 at 5:00 pm PT/ 8:00 pm ET, Scott Johnson, the president and founder of the Myelin Repair Foundation, will be hosting an MS World chat session to discuss myelin repair as a breakthrough ...

Any ideas abot what drugs to ask neurologist for PPMS

MartaPytel
  • By MartaPytel · Posted April 26, 2009
  • Discussion in Traditional treatments · 5 replies
  • Seeing that I've got my next appointment with neurologist this month, does anyone out there have any names of helpful drugs for PPMS? Thanks and take care, love Marta x ...

The Importance of Biomarkers to MS Clinical Trials, Part I

MRF_Justine
  • By MRF_Justine · Posted April 17, 2009
  • Discussion in In the news · 0 replies
  • As an MS Patient, you may be interested in the role and importance that biomarkers play in all MS clinical trials and diagnostics. Clinical trials test experimental treatments for safety and effectiveness ...

Stem Cell Therapy

MartaPytel
  • By MartaPytel · Posted April 17, 2009
  • Discussion in Living with MS · 3 replies
  • When will great britain finally accept this and offer it at a relatively low price? I am sicking of watching t.v. and checking on the internet just in case. Do you think Obama will have words with Gordon ...

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