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Who Wants This?

jupiterjane
  • By jupiterjane · Posted May 13, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • This, this cannot Be My Life This is not My Life, This cannot be All that’s left of My Life! What the hell happened?! How could disease Destroy the energy, Light and optimism Of My Life? Here I am Floating ...

sinemet--helpful or harmful?

jansel2
  • By jansel2 · New reply April 22, 2012
  • Discussion in Treatment · 4 replies
  • I was diagnosed with PD 2 1/2 years ago. I'm 68. I'm on sinemet for my left hand tremor but notice the tremor is worse for awhile as the sinemet wears off. I'm curious to know how long people have been ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Howard Luks, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 15, 2012
  • Journal · 59 replies
  • Dear Inspire Community Members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people we feel are making contributions to helping patients worldwide. We are posting ...

The Scent of Love

jupiterjane
  • By jupiterjane · New reply March 26, 2012
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • How can so much strength, So much raw energy Radiate through your chest My head and shoulder Tucked safely within my ear listening, Counting every H a t e t e r b a Your arms holding Me close As you shhhhush ...

SOMETIMES

jupiterjane
  • By jupiterjane · New reply March 26, 2012
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • SOMETIMES Strength comes from The most unusual places It seeps through the cracks And fills up the empty spaces SOMETIMES It gives us the power To makes things right To fight for our lives Filling our ...

The Inspire Q&A--Inspire talks with Susan Grant

John2
  • By John2 · New reply February 15, 2012
  • Journal · 31 replies
  • Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. We are posting these interviews ...

Empty Is - Rod McKuen

jupiterjane
  • By jupiterjane · New reply February 7, 2012
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • Empty is the sky before the sun wakes up the morning. The eyes of animals in cages. The faces of women mourning when everything has been taken from them. Me? Don’t ask me about empty. Empty is a string ...

Just Need to Hear From Others

KCLee
  • By KCLee · New reply January 25, 2012
  • Discussion in Caring for someone with Parkinson's · 2 replies
  • We were diagnosed with Parkinsons in September and now he is suffering from depression. I am trying not to let it bother me; but it is creeping into my life. We have other health issues as well like a ...

Inspire is hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply January 20, 2012
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • Inspire is hiring, and we're wondering if you know someone who would be the perfect addition to our team. Hello everyone, I'm Walter, one of Inspire's founders and the head of our technical team. I'm ...

Don't Judge

jkmallsop
  • By jkmallsop · New reply January 9, 2012
  • Journal · 49 replies
  • Hard to explain to someone who has no clue. It's a daily struggle being in pain or feeling sick on the inside while you look fine on the outside. (Neurofibromatosis,Anxiety, Bipolar, Deaf, Depression ...

'look before you leap'

Cruachan
  • By Cruachan · Posted January 5, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Six months ago, a Consultant greeted me with 'Hello Mr G... How are you feeling? and I replied 'Well I always feel uplifted when I have an appointment, here and meet your colleages. 'Really' (he said ...

The Inspire Q&A--Inspire talks with Michele Baldwin

John2
  • By John2 · Posted January 3, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people making contributions to patients and caregivers worldwide. We are posting these interviews in a Q&A ...

"Ease into the Night"

jupiterjane
  • By jupiterjane · New reply January 3, 2012
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Ease into the night a quiet solitude. A sinewy stretch of silence disturbed only by the beating of my heart, echoing, echoing, off the hallow walls. Dark invading blackness, turns a light on in my mind ...

Missed Appointments.

jkmallsop
  • By jkmallsop · New reply December 25, 2011
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • My uncles funeral was yesterady and I thought I missed my neurologists appointment because of it. I was worried that i would still be billed for it because I didn't cancel with in 24 hours notice. So ...

The Way I See Things

jupiterjane
  • By jupiterjane · New reply December 22, 2011
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Living with Parkinson's Disease means I am no longer the person I once was, and I know it, and it pisses me off! My body no longer listens to what my mind tells it to do. Those poignant, witty remarks ...

Following: A new Inspire feature

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply December 5, 2011
  • Journal · 111 replies
  • Hello everyone, I'm writing to let you know about a new Inspire feature that we launched last night, designed to help you keep track of conversations you're interested in. We call it "following" and here's ...

This Life

jupiterjane
  • By jupiterjane · Posted November 26, 2011
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I hate this life, Oddly demanding And expecting All of me, All of me To bend low To its strength, To lie still, Allowing it To consume me. The disease Wants to Overpower me And I say, “yes, yes”, “I will ...

NO MS!!! But tumors on my pitutary gland.

jkmallsop
  • By jkmallsop · New reply November 26, 2011
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • I have been tested for ms and found I do not have it. I am still having numbness and tingling in my feet and hands. They did find a tumor on my pituray gland that is benign and they are just gonna watch ...

Today

jupiterjane
  • By jupiterjane · New reply November 25, 2011
  • Journal · 11 replies
  • Today, is no different Than any other day I look in the mirror I have dark circles Under my eyes, And a lost expression on my face Pain overwhelms me, Anxiety cripples me And all I can think of Is the ...

Life Lessons

jupiterjane
  • By jupiterjane · New reply November 17, 2011
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • I have never found it hard to start a conversation with a total stranger and an hour later have that stranger call me friend. I can listen to your life story all day long and never offer up my own. I ...

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