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Decub from hell

pinkharleygurl
  • By pinkharleygurl · New reply 7:19 am
  • Discussion in Health matters · 5 replies
  • Hello from beautiful downtown Austin Texas. It's been quite a while since I have visited this site. I hope all is well, especially you Mikey. I'm in the hospital, have been since Aug 18th (after a week ...

Neurontin versus Lyrica

Gimpa50
  • By Gimpa50 · New reply 5:06 am
  • Discussion in Health matters · 19 replies
  • I am a C5 complete quadriplegic. I have been taking 2400 mg daily of Neurontin for nerve pain in my arms for 6 years since my accident. It helps some but does not eliminate the pain. I take Darvocet in ...

To: Pain From: Me

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · New reply 12:37 am
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • 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 ...

School = feeling horrible. need advice

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · New reply yesterday at 9:56 pm
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • I go to the University of New Mexico it’s been about a month since I have started my classes and it is HARD I am taking 14 credit hours. I am always worried I will pass out on campus as I almost did ...

pots/dysautonomia

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · New reply yesterday at 8:59 pm
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • Does anyone here have experience or knowledge about getting a pace maker for their postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (pots ...

Urinary Tract Infection

DaveDempsey
  • By DaveDempsey · New reply yesterday at 5:11 pm
  • Discussion in Health matters · 6 replies
  • Hello All, I had a hemorrage to my T-4 about 10 years ago. I get chronic UTI's. I have grown resistant to oral antibiotics. I have a small bladder only holding 300 CC-white male. The Dr has recomended ...

LLLT(LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY) FOR SPINAL CORD REGENERATION

tiger93
  • By tiger93 · New reply yesterday at 9:25 am
  • Discussion in Help desk · 74 replies
  • Hello has anybody heard anything about using low level laser therapy. To regenerate nerves in the spinal cord after its being injured ...

Inspire members featured

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply November 4, 2009
  • Journal · 29 replies
  • 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 ...

Antibiotics and blood sugar

Matt32
  • By Matt32 · New reply November 4, 2009
  • Discussion in Health matters · 1 reply
  • Is it possible for an antibiotic to cause your blood sugar to be extremely high? I ask because I had to be put on Amoxicillin for an infection last week and since being on it my blood sugar in the morning ...

15 months baby Hana Rehan afected spinal nurve inju;ry

Rehana
  • By Rehana · Posted November 3, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • My grand daughter Hana Rehan affected spinal nurve injury during in surgery in Karachi Pakistan not by hitting something but reaction of anithesia orany thing else during surgery After surgery she Paralyise ...

Another Year Gone By

LindsayBovshow
  • By LindsayBovshow · New reply November 2, 2009
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • Wow. I had completely forgotten about this website. Its been a little over a year since i posted and so much has happened. I'm glad to see how happy i was a year ago. Its trippy because i had no idea ...

scared to death

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · New reply November 2, 2009
  • Discussion in Family, parents and caregivers · 13 replies
  • Well let me ask what you caregivers out there do when your the sole caregiver and you come down with a possible case of H1N1... I am scared to death Matt is going to get sick. I am so sick I cant do much ...

see if you support 08 stem cell research

GB4
  • By GB4 · New reply November 1, 2009
  • Discussion in Health matters · 16 replies
  • See if you support in 08 supports stem cell research : Joe Biden- voted in favor of federal funding for stem cell research in 2005 Sam Brownback- opposes embryonic stem cell research, voted against federal ...

The innocent

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · New reply November 1, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Years ago I was faced with a question when I was 5 months pregnant with my daughter. The Doctor said your child is deformed, she has an open spine it didn't close and she could have down syndrome or turners ...

THE HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY WAS SO FUN

LindsayBovshow
  • By LindsayBovshow · Posted November 1, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I am so grateful to have such an amazing and successful life with great friends and family that are always around me. it helps to alway be having a great teim. LIFE IS GOOD! GOOD JOB! GOOD PEOPLE! and ...

685 Minus 1

mikey
  • By mikey · Posted October 29, 2009
  • Discussion in Living your life · 0 replies
  • At around 9:30 am the call came. I was expecting it and in anticipation I had spent my sleep cycle unable to sleep. I had about 45 minutes to get up and I was going to just lay in bed for another 20 minutes ...

More Pictures

GregDoran
  • By GregDoran · Posted October 27, 2009
  • Discussion in Help desk · 0 replies
  • How do we ask to get the site uploaded so we can post more than one picture ...

angel flight

greensmile
  • By greensmile · New reply October 27, 2009
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • a new angel has arrived on high he unfurls gossamer wings soft plumes for silken flight eyes so bright,face aglow,rosy cheeks ever so cherubic a new angel has come a guardian in heavens realm watching,praying,protecting ...

19 years old. alone??

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · New reply October 25, 2009
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • I am 19 years old and sometimes feel as though there is nobody else my age who knows what I go through. I know many other people who understand what I have to face every day and the difficulties involved ...

Real Man

mikey
  • By mikey · New reply October 24, 2009
  • Discussion in Living your life · 6 replies
  • I just did one set of 100 curls with 35 lb dumb bells. It was real painful. In fact, I am pissing on myself a little right now. That is the sign of a real man. Today was 3 years ...

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