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Neuropathy in Feet
- By bdecka · Posted December 16, 2008
- 6 recommendations
- Would you please let me know of any suggestions or help that you have received with regard to feet hurting at night which I assume is Neuropathy from the chemo that my sister received after ovarian cancer ...
Tweety
- By Jonesnest · Posted November 23, 2008
- 6 recommendations
- Tweety passed away 12:30pm CST Sunday, November 23, 2008. I thank God that she is no longer in pain and for the time we got to have her in our lives. We miss her already but we also take great comfort ...
It irks me
- By laughingnikki · Posted September 30, 2008
- 6 recommendations
- I wrote a whole long entry earlier and something happened and it didn't save nor did it post. So, here is the jist. I'm irked that Oprah is having a huge show on breast cancer! I mean REALLY IRKED....she ...
Moms, you rock!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
- 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 ...
Pink vs. Teal
- By CarolAnn1 · Posted February 27, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- The pink ladies have such a sisterhood. I really envy them. They seem to be everywhere, with their pink "Bosom Buddy" tee-shirts and pink ribbons, and causes, and walks, and product endorsements. I went ...
Learning to Cope with Cancer
- By mamafrog33 · Posted April 9, 2008
- 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 ...
Neurontin for pain management/neuropathy
- By gpawelski · Posted November 12, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- I've written before that anecdotally, drugs like Neurontin are used off-label. Most drugs are prescribed off-label. One must be cautious that off-label remedies are fully discussed with patients and must ...
Depression...what can we do?
- By abbaschild · Posted October 27, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- It starts when we are thinking too much about this disease...then waiting for our next CA-125 results to come back...and if the numbers start to climb, we then start worrying more...then the "what if's ...
Patience
- By Ovacom06 · Posted October 26, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- While going through my cancer battle I came to the realization that there are three types of people who battle cancer: 1. The person who throws up his or her hands and gives up. 2. The person who digs ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
- 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 ...
"What can I do for you?"
- By Luke747 · Posted March 20, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- After my mastectomy, everyone asked the above question. I decided that to say "nothing" was not only a wrong answer but also deprived people of being blessed by helping to take care of me. So I decided ...
Chasing Mets (metastasis)
- By gpawelski · Posted August 1, 2008
- 4 recommendations
- On most cancer message/discussion boards, one of the most common themes is that of "chasing mets" (metatasis). Cancer patients are chasing mets because of the wrong type of chemotherapeutic regimens for ...
Easy Way to Raise Awareness of Ovarian Cancer
- By MOCAKG · Posted March 17, 2008
- 4 recommendations
- Hello Friends: Here is an easy way to raise awareness of ovarian cancer and support for MOCA. A vote for Lisa McLaughlin is a vote for ovarian cancer awareness! If you have a caringbridge journal please ...
My letter to Kroger
- By specialT65 · Posted September 27, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- Here's a letter I sent to Kroger. This is just a start in my letter writing. Today, September 25, 2009, I received my regular email from Kroger and when I opened it your pink heading caught my eye right ...
Final Goodbye to my Angel Seka!!! She lost the battle to OC!!!
- By hope4seka · Posted August 21, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- Final Goodbye to my Angel Seka!!! She lost the battle to OC!!! It is with great sorrow and sadness that I am sending this out. Seka passed away late Tuesday evening August 18, 2009. I can’t understand ...
- A Life Chaning Story - The Wooden Bowl
- By Shelter · Posted April 9, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- The Wooden Bowl I guarantee you will remember the tale of the Wooden Bowl tomorrow, a week from now, a month from now, a year from now. A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and ...
Vulnerability
- By Luke747 · Posted March 20, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- Living with a chronic illness has forced me to become vulnerable. I was a very capable woman, able to keep many balls in the air at the same time - go ahead and throw another one at me. Fibromyalgia eliminated ...
Asking for Prayer Support
- By DTMEDIC · Posted January 28, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- I've been away from the message board for awhile now as my MIL has become progressively more ill. When I last posted, ALL of her blood values were dropping despite blood transfusions, etc. She developed ...
HBOT For Radiation-induced Necrosis
- By gpawelski · Posted January 5, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- Radiation-induced necrosis is a serious reaction to radiation treatment. It may result from the death of tumor cells and associated reaction in surrounding normal brain or it may result from the necrosis ...
Cancer Patients in Nursing Homes
- By gpawelski · Posted November 12, 2008
- 3 recommendations
- Elderly nursing home residents receive relatively few cancer care services, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Few studies have examined cancer treatment and ...
