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Five million

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 205 replies
  • Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

A new Inspire report in collaboration with Stanford Medical School

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 5, 2013
  • Journal · 84 replies
  • As many of you know, Inspire has a professional collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine. Inspire members have written personal stories for the Stanford Scope column. I am pleased ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Deanna Attai, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 16, 2013
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • Dear members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people in this ...

PD diagnosis seems to vary from neurologist to neurologist

Molisang
  • By Molisang · New reply April 5, 2013
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 3 replies
  • I had suffered from depression during 2004 and 2005, and my GP diagnosed me as I thought I was because I had been living under a great lot of stress from workload and other issues. I was prescribed anti-depressant ...

Asthma and Trying so hard to get well

shirlytemple
  • By shirlytemple · Posted March 16, 2013
  • Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 0 replies
  • Hi, Just thought I would see if anyone could advise me please. My husband with PD symptoms for approx 18months was diagnosed on 27th February as having PD. Its very early days I know, his Neuro put him ...

Newly diagnosed with Parkinson's what to expect?

Spanky4867
  • By Spanky4867 · New reply March 14, 2013
  • Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 18 replies
  • Hi I am 45 and just diagnosed with Parkinson's. My symptoms started when people started asking me why I held my left arm a certain way when I walk, then I started noticing the tremors and the fine motor ...

Low dose naltrexone

mima222
  • By mima222 · Posted February 26, 2013
  • Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
  • Has anyone heard of this drug for your problems ? It is a 25 yr. old drug that has been introduced at a low dose and it is helping people with all sorts of things -psoriasis included, Here is the web ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Lindsey Miller

John2
  • By John2 · New reply February 6, 2013
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people featured in our Q&A series ...

We're hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted January 22, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hello everyone, We have a position open with our engineering team at Inspire, and I'd like to share the job description with you in the event you know just the person we're looking for. We found our most ...

"Broken: A poem about coming to grips with chronic disease"

John2
  • By John2 · Posted November 14, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a poem published yesterday in the Stanford University School of Medicine "Scope" blog. A California woman ...

Me, 24/7 caregiver to wife

Uli6way
  • By Uli6way · New reply October 23, 2012
  • Discussion in Caring for someone with Parkinson's · 1 reply
  • Nancy and I are "celebrating..." our 13th year being diagnosed with PD. The last 5 have been intense while seeking in-home help and just not being able to find the right person. Once or twice per week ...

young onset, is it really parkinsons?

mima222
  • By mima222 · Posted October 8, 2012
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 0 replies
  • I am now 31 but have had symptoms for about 10 years but never have been diagnosed. It started with a tremor in both hands, all of a sudden. MY tremors don't seem to be the type of normal parkinsons tremors ...

sinemet--helpful or harmful?

jansel2
  • By jansel2 · New reply June 26, 2012
  • Discussion in Treatment · 11 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 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 ...

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 ...

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