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Welcome from TeamInspire!
- By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
- 25 recommendations
- 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
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- 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
- 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!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
- 7 recommendations
- 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 ...
"HYPOKALEMIA OR LOW POTASSIUM"
- By mandyblue · Posted June 2, 2009
- 7 recommendations
- I want to share this research information in "My Journal". This is a very long collection of articles, that explains in great detail, about Hypokalemia or Low Potassium. It is for anyone who needs help ...
On my knees
- By hopeful3 · Posted April 26, 2008
- 6 recommendations
- I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go . Abraham Lincoln ...
ACCEPTANCE
- By Blkjewelz8960 · Posted August 14, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- I have several quotes on the wall of my cubicle at work. But I kept looking at this one the other day and felt it must be meant for someone so I am posting it here now so that it can reach who it is intended ...
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 ...
So sick of pain today
- By deebelle · Posted April 2, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- So tired of this pain. I am so miserable today..so sad and angry, all at the same time. It hurts so bad. My pinched nerve in my back really hurting right leg, and groin and hip. Barely tolerable today ...
A CREED TO LIVE BY
- By MZBIGGREDD · Posted January 8, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- A Creed to Live By Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself to others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only ...
RESENTMENT vs GUILT
- By Rj · Posted October 2, 2008
- 5 recommendations
- I just stopped myself from replying to a post regarding caregiver resentment for cancer patients, and it's acceptance! I feel this is a 'open wound' subject that 'we' should discuss with a broad range ...
I will.
- By erlandsonbwe · Posted September 24, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- I am not down and out I am up and coming I am not defeated I am a victor I am not disabled I have been re-abled to do better things I am not a drain on society I m a contributing member I am in pain but ...
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 ...
God Answers Knee-Mails
- By MZBIGGREDD · Posted January 8, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- You shall not worry, For worry is the most unproductive of all human activities. You shall not be fearful, For most of the things we fear never come to pass. You shall not carry grudges, For they are ...
New Symptom
- By LadyForce · Posted September 6, 2008
- 4 recommendations
- Well, I am not sure where this one is coming from, but.... I have recently come down with a new symptom.. of what, I am not so sure. My ankles hurt soooo bad.... It feels like I have two sprained ankles ...
Just give me strength
- By hopeful3 · Posted April 28, 2008
- 4 recommendations
- I do not ask to walk a smooth path nor bear an easy load. I pray for strength and fortitude to climb the rock-strewn road. Give me such courage and I can scale the hardest peaks alone, and transform each ...
To: Pain From: Me
- By Nina372 · Posted November 2, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- To: Pain From: Me Well hello pain, you might not want to hear this but you have out-stayed your welcome here in my body. You are the most annoying, agitating, distracting, way to needy, company that I ...
Pain tx options during post-op/ meds in gen.
- By janetbd · Posted September 5, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- Recently had a family member have back surgery (for the third time) and during her post -op time she immediately was in so much pain. She tried to get by on what she was told had been ordered by MD. The ...
9 AUGUST IS MY BIRTHDAY
- By Blkjewelz8960 · Posted August 9, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- Today is my birthday and I truly want to THANK GOD for allowing me to see my 49th birthday. I want to thank Him for the peace and joy He has bestowed upon me. And I definitely want to thank Him for placing ...
