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Finally home
- By Nina372 · New reply November 18, 2009
- 6 replies
- I am finally home after being in the hospital for a week. Last Friday I was sick all day and kept having black-outs. Around midnight I asked my mom to take me to the er because something felt very wrong ...
COURAGE
- By tmichaelroche · New reply November 18, 2009
- 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 ...
Matt in Hospital
- By angelbrd67 · New reply November 17, 2009
- 3 replies
- Last night Matt asked me to feel his head. It was on fire..he then started to tremor goose bumps head pain so we went through the steps for disreflexia first to rule out all his issues but the fever that ...
School = feeling horrible. need advice
- By Nina372 · New reply November 11, 2009
- 16 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 ...
To: Pain From: Me
- By Nina372 · New reply November 9, 2009
- 10 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 ...
pots/dysautonomia
- By Nina372 · New reply November 6, 2009
- 5 replies
- Does anyone here have experience or knowledge about getting a pace maker for their postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (pots ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · New reply November 4, 2009
- 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 ...
15 months baby Hana Rehan afected spinal nurve inju;ry
- By Rehana · Posted November 3, 2009
- 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
- By LindsayBovshow · New reply November 2, 2009
- 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 ...
The innocent
- By angelbrd67 · New reply November 1, 2009
- 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
- By LindsayBovshow · Posted November 1, 2009
- 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 ...
angel flight
- By greensmile · New reply October 27, 2009
- 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??
- By Nina372 · New reply October 25, 2009
- 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 ...
Help
- By tbone56031 · New reply October 22, 2009
- 13 replies
- My finance has a new injury C4/C5 and I thought we were doing okay with the situation or as best as anyone can handle it but I was informed last night by his mother that he has high anxiety and is talking ...
air
- By greensmile · New reply October 18, 2009
- 2 replies
- there's something in the air a special carress the soft breeze a quiet prayer drifting heavenward on the air touch of gossamer wings t'is the air the gentle flow-clouds -plumes of feathey softness floating ...
Botox for bladder
- By erlandsonbwe · New reply October 15, 2009
- 5 replies
- I want to tell everyone male and female about the positive effects of botox for the bladder. About two months ago I "underwent" the "surgery" (which was not that big of a deal). The doctor inserted the ...
belly fat
- By greensmile · New reply October 12, 2009
- 29 replies
- hi to all :) i know this sounds crazy but does anyone know how to get rid of belly fat? i'm totally grossed out by this "tire" of fat and obviously am unable to excercize it off.any attempt to strain ...
Matt is in surgery now
- By angelbrd67 · New reply October 9, 2009
- 7 replies
- it is 8:10am Matt is at florida hopital in surgery now for his baclofen trial....The surgeon who is also his physiatrist..said a prayer with us and wisked him away....this has to work.....then in a couple ...
I will.
- By erlandsonbwe · New reply October 9, 2009
- 10 replies
- 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 ...
Neuropathic pain
- By mmontague78 · New reply October 8, 2009
- 16 replies
- If someone had asked what would be the worse thing I could think of about being paralyzed...my first thought would have been not being able to walk...well now I know that not to be the truth...I would ...
