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Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- 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!
- 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 ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
- Journal · 10 recommendations
- Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...
Dancing on the abyss
- By yesshecan · Posted November 2, 2009
- Journal · 6 recommendations
- Silent home. Cat sleeps. Dog sleeps. Cancer sleeps. PET scan came back with NED. Yet I am aware, so keenly aware that cancer can sleep and hide and edge forward when it choses. I dance on the abyss. Stare ...
Positive Experience with LEEP
- By mmk1383 · Posted January 8, 2009
- Discussion in HPV/cervical cancer vaccine prevention strategies · 5 recommendations
- Please share your positive experiences with LEEP. I think it would inspire many women to make the right decisions to get it done, while most of these postings make it very fearful ...
HPV Reinfection
- By corellin · Posted August 11, 2008
- Discussion in Early detection and testing · 5 recommendations
- HPV is a skin disease that to establish infection must infect the basal layer. It enters through minor trauma and can infect cells in the cervix, vagina, anus, etc., but won't necessarily infect all cells ...
Learning to Cope with Cancer
- By mamafrog33 · Posted April 9, 2008
- Journal · 5 recommendations
- As a cancer patient or a caregiver, you will learn so much about a devastating disease that rarely leaves survivors. Everyone is hoping and praying for a cure to be found quickly, but more research is ...
Nichole Greene 1976 - 2009
- By aileen · Posted November 15, 2009
- Discussion in Health challenges after treatment · 3 recommendations
- NICHOLE GREENE 1976 - 2009 Nichole Bernadette Greene devoted her life to serving and following her Lord and King, Jesus Christ. She died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Tarzana Regional Hospital after battling ...
Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma.
- By Momma24boys · Posted December 7, 2008
- Discussion in Cervical cancer stages and treatment · 3 recommendations
- On the 31st of October I was diagnosed with cervical cancer... 7 days later I already had an appointment with a Gyn-onc and he made me aware that it was a pretty serious type of cervical cancer known ...
What are YOU thankful for ? Happy Thanksgiving!
- By aileen · Posted November 17, 2009
- Discussion in Hope, friends and humor · 1 recommendation
- In the USA, we are coming upon Thanksgiving week. A time for family, friends and reflection of what we have to be thankful for. What are you thankful for? Thanksgiving time can take on a very special ...
Can someone answer my question?
- By 2soccermom · Posted November 14, 2009
- Discussion in Early detection and testing · 1 recommendation
- I just got the call from my Gyne that my pap showed I have the HP virus and Atypical Squamous cells and I have set up an appt for a biopsy. Of course Ive been to every web site to gather as much info ...
Experimental Vaccine Targets Genital Cancer
- By meliza4 · Posted November 5, 2009
- Discussion in HPV/cervical cancer vaccine prevention strategies · 1 recommendation
- To all ladies: This looks promising!!! I've copied/pasted the article here but here's the link. http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/h pv-genital-warts/news/20091104/experimen tal-vaccine-targets-genital-cancer?ecd=w ...
Should Boys get the HPV Vaccine? Who should pay for it?
- By aileen · Posted November 3, 2009
- Discussion in HPV/cervical cancer vaccine prevention strategies · 1 recommendation
- Well, we now know the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved one of the HPV vaccines for boys too. The approval is to help stop genital warts. The FDA approval was not to stop cancer in boys/men ...
will i get a period after cervical cancer
- By movingon · Posted October 28, 2009
- Discussion in Sexuality after cancer · 1 recommendation
- I am 25 and I found out in january that I had stage 3 cervical cancer with 2 positive lymph nodes. My surgeon moved an ovary up to hopefully prevent menopause. I then went through 6 chemo treatments 25 ...
HOW DO YOU TELL YOUR FAMILY
- By BeccaSL · Posted October 15, 2009
- Discussion in Fighting the stigma of STI cancers · 1 recommendation
- I just found out in August that I had HPV and abormal cells. After getting a colpo done, the doctor told me I have cervical intraepithelial neoplasia stage 2. I just got married this year, although my ...
